Finding Your Perfect Match

Target group

Students who are in the process of applying for an internship, semester abroad, scholarship, furtherstudy place, or for those preparing for their first job

Content

• Understanding employment as “exchange relationship” building on match
• Understanding match in terms of social values
• Self-assessment of own self-concept and social values
• Assessment of company self-concept and social values
• Addressing the match in application material

Description

Given that successful relationships between employers and employees build on the perfect “match” or “fit”, applicants need to be able to navigate a highly complex web of requirements and offerings when taking career choices.

The workshop seeks to develop this ability by helping participants to
- assess and understand their individual interests, self-concepts and social values
- assess and evaluate the target organizations’ (companies, NGOs, universities, etc…)interests, self-concepts and social values (as communicated through job ads, corporate web-sites, etc…) in order to take informed decisions where to apply best.

Building on this comparative assessment participants develop strategies how to best address the match of interests, self-concepts and social values through their individual application material (CV, cover letter, etc…).