Join us
at the CIPD West London Branch
Careers Event
On Saturday 26th January 2008
9.30am to 1.15pm
At Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College, Gliddon Road,
Barons Court, W14 9BL
This is an excellent opportunity for CIPD members to gain some advice on their careers,
whether it’s upgrading membership; being a good HR business partner or exploring learning
and development opportunities.
The event starts at 9.30am with registration and coffee, followed by a welcome speech, then
workshops and experts on hand to offer advice throughout the morning. Programme details
are outlined below and more information about the workshops is outlined over leaf.
There will be a charge of £10 per person (to include light refreshments) and entry will be by
advance ticket only. Unwaged members of the CIPD may apply for £5 concession tickets.
If you are interested in attending this event, please contact our Branch Administrator, Jacqui
Priestley to book your place. Full details are given over leaf.
Programme
9.30am
Registration and coffee
10.00am
Welcome and introduction to the event
10.30 – 11.30am
Managing Your Career in HR with Carole Pemberton
of Career Matters
Or
Becoming a Self Employed Consultant and Interim Roles with Steve
Toft, CIPD West London branch Independent HR Consultants Group
11.30 – 12.00
Coffee Break
12.00 – 1.00
HR Business Partnering with Rita McGee of RMG Consulting
Or
Returning to Work with Giles Brady, Managing Director of Cepec
Career Management, leading suppliers of outplacement services and
executive coaching in London.
1.15pm
Close
Experts on hand, throughout the morning to offer advice include:
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Membership and upgrading
CPD
Independent Consultants
Learning & Development
Mentoring
Searchers Group
Image Consultants
Workshop Details:
Managing Your Career in HR
In this session, Carole Pemberton of Career Matters will encourage you to consider:
 What does success mean to you?
 What are your real strengths?
 What is your currency in your current context?
 What might you need to do to increase your currency?
 What does marketing yourself really mean doing?
There will also be a Senior HR Practitioner at the session to help you consider those career tactics.
Becoming a Self-Employed Consultant and Interim Roles
With Steve Toft, CIPD West London branch Independent HR Consultants Group
 Are you suited to self-employment?
 Marketing and Networking
 Budgets, Accountants and VAT
 Interim Management roles
 Routes to Interim Management and useful contacts
HR Business Partnering
With Rita McGee of RMG Consulting, an HR Consultancy and Training Company
 What is Business Partnering?
 Drivers for Partnering and different models of the HRBP
 Assessing yourself against the key skills of an HR Business Partner
 Next steps – how to move to business partnering.
Returning to Work
With Giles Brady, of Cepec Career Management, outplacement services and executive
coaching
 Determining suitable roles and sectors
 CV up-date
 Optimising vacancy sources
 Flexible working options and work-life balance
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Image and personal presentation with Colour Me Beautiful Consultant, Angela Weyers
For your tickets, apply to the Branch Administrator below.
Please send your cheque and booking form to:
Jacqui Priestley, 26 Curzon Road, Ealing, London, W5 1NF
Telephone: 07766 177747 Email: jacquicipd@aol.com
Please send me……....Ticket(s) for the West London Branch Careers Event at Ealing, Hammersmith & West London
College, Gliddon Road, Barons Court, W14 9BL, on Saturday 26th January 2008.
Workshop Choice – you can choose to attend a maximum of two workshops, one from the 10.30-11.30am session
and one from the 12.00-1.00 session. Please tick your choice(s) below:
10.30 – 11.30
Tick box
Managing Your Career in HR
Or
Becoming a Self Employed Consultant and Interim Roles
12.00 – 1.00
HR Business Partnering
Or
Returning to Work
Name: __________________________________________________________________
Contact Address: __________________________________________________________
_______________________________________ Email: __________________________
Contact numbers: Home ____________________ Work: _________________________
Cheque enclosed £_______________ Please make payable to CIPD West London Branch