IDCN event at the OECD
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
9th March 2018
Partners, corporate members and volunteers have met on March 9 in the first IDCN Networking event of 2018 celebrated at the OECD Head Quarters in Paris.
We start the day with an interesting conference: The pursuit of Gender Equality by William Adema, DPhil senior economist of the OECD Social Policy Division.
Equality is not a fundamental human right; it’s also a keystone of a prosperous modern
economy that provides sustainable inclusive growth.
SOME PROGRESS BUT MUCH LEFT TO DO.
Since the adoptions of the OECD gender recommendations, some countries members have
made some changes; e.g.: fathers taking leave, pay transparency initiatives and woman in
leadership, however, overall progress has been limited and gender inequalities in a range of
social and economic outcomes persist.
In addition, the research carried out by the OECD shows us relevant data in terms of levels of
educational attainment, unpaid work, workplace schedules denoting important gaps between
men and women.
CHANGING CULTURES, CHANGING MINDS...
-A multifaceted approach including a focus on prevention, funding services for woman and
initiatives to change community attitudes to violence and abuse.
-Changing gender stereotypes; e.g.: through curricula, science, technology, engineering,
mathematics initiatives, and public awareness campaigns.
-Pay transparency initiatives, public information campaigns and greater transparency by
employers.
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Continuing with the program, we had the participation of Guillaume Pontnau, Commercial
Director / COO, Monster. And Bruno Bremond, Managing Director, Map & Math, shared:
“Insight into the French Job Market”
The agenda continued with the testimony of Isabel Pereira, current OECD collaborator and
former President IDCN Partner Committee who shared her experience abroad.
Workshop: NETWORKING!
Lastely, Margaret
*identifying who is in your network
*Networking with LinkedIn (to include tips summary paragraph)
*Networking in a face to face context (initiating conversation)
*Drafting a “personal pitch”
CV Helpdesk
Networking with the HRs form member companies.
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It was a fruitful event which gave a lot of relevant information about the job market in Paris. ​Thank you OECD for having us at your amazing office and thank you all the participants for being there. Thank you to all IDCN volunteers for yet another successful event!
IDCN Event
NISSAN AUTOMOTIVE EUROPE
​October 12th, 2017
A nice morning walk around Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, west Versailles, would take us to Nissan Automotive Europe offices, host of October’s IDCN Paris event.
Opening the program, Anthony Baehner, Product Planning Manager at Nissan Automotive Europe, talked about the role and the importance of product planning in the automotive industry, facing the current challenges of tomorrow's technology within the framework of a common concept: Innovation.
Anthony Baehner
Anthony shared relevant data with the audience such as production indicators, headcount, global presence, products, diversification, as well as strategic alliances. One of the most recent, with Mitsubishi Motors, reinforced an ambitious group of synergies such as joint production, common practices, and collaborations on new products.
Looking to the future: new competitors, social changes, regulations, the vertiginous technological evolution and the most important and essential requirement, talented people with new skills. Anthony closed his intervention by leaving the floor to Delphine Sicard, Human Resources and General Affairs Manager.
Delphine Sicard
Delphine exposed relevant aspects of Nissan organizational culture which is based on several human behaviors, reinforcing what has been said by Anthony: "Innovation challenges requires innovative people", seems the best formula.
Nissan welcomes multicultural teams, disabled employees, parents with a flexible timeframe and prioritizes experience over the academical background.
Charbel A. Ghanem
The next guest speaker delighted the audience with his mobility and life experience, Charbel Abi Ghanem, Digital Marketing General Manager at Nissan Automotive Europe. Born in Lebanon, Charbel exposed the challenges of five mobility processes! Five cultures and five different missions, meaning different functions and responsibilities, in addition to the challenges that sound familiar to all of us: the language barrier, dual career management and a global work environment. Five countries (Lebanon, Spain, Japan, E.U and France), a marriage and a baby, among others. Charbel shared his story as a testimony of the fundamental role that has been his family, emphasizing the accomplishment of his wife as part of his professional career.
Jorgelina Guandalini
Katerina Hajek
To close the first part of the event, we also had a testimony-video of Jorgelina Guandalini, a former IDCN volunteer who shared with us her personal journey as well as interesting tips about how to succeed in international mobility and how she eventually used IDCN as a platform to build networks and to meet new people. The IDCN volunteers team wishes you success! Thanks for your contribution!
Katerina Hajek, the new president of IDCN Paris Partner Committee welcomed everybody to our 21st IDCN event. She presented the Partner Committee and their important mission, as well as an overview of IDCN's global presence. Katerina also presented information about partners, such as professional profiles, academic background as well as key figures of the community. After that, Zenia Arsiwala, leader volunteer of our events team, invited all the audience to join a coffee break, followed by the networking time with HR’s from 11 member companies.
In the meantime, the roundtable “We Made It” was the meeting point to listen the experiences of Ana Pantic and Gabriel Perez, two current Nissan employees, and former IDCN volunteers, who shared with the participants not just their useful tips, but also their personal point of view about life aboard France; culture, education and other interesting common topics for everyone.
That is how we arrived at the end of this journey. We want to express our gratitude to the excellent Nissan's team for his great organization and support throughout the event, to all participant members and, of course, special thanks to the volunteer’s team for their commitment and professionalism.
See you next IDCN event which will take place at OECD (date to be confirmed)
IDCN 2017 Third Event:
Workshops, Conferences and Networking
The Saint-Gobain 2017 Event was held at Saint-Gobain’s Paris HQ and focused on Positivity and Success in Job search.
There were two side events in breakout rooms: the Networking and the Workshops. The practical workshops focused on “How to Adopt a Good Networking Spirit”, facilitated by Expat communications. Several people mentioned that they would love to see workshops focused on particular subjects and we, at IDCN Paris, listened to them! The topic was a success, and the feedback received showed that it was really top!
Attendees also had the opportunity to showcase and have feedback on their curriculums, on the rubric “CV Clinic”. Interested partner members got feedback from the perspective of what the French market is expecting as the “ideal“ resume. A truly valuable advise!
01st June, 2017 By the IDCN Communications Team
All Images were captured by our volunteers
The conferences:
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Conferences were the first part of the event. Opening remarks were conducted by our host, Agnés Pébarthe, Compensation and International Mobility Manager from Saint-Gobain, who welcomed our IDCN 75 partners attendees, while sharing the story, values and current statistics from Saint-Gobain.
The Presentation by Alix Carnot:
”Preserve your energy and self-confidence during your job search in Paris”, from Expat Communication was the second session of this exciting event and offered suggestions on how to survive expatriation as a family, while running a dual career. Alix also reviewed two books that constituted interesting readings for anyone who plans, or is planning, to expatriate with their family, on a dual career mode.
A long term expatriate herself, moved 8 times during her expat life. She shared with us successful tips on:
• How do people manage dual careers
• How to succeed in expatriations
• How to adjust your expectations to the local market
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Latifa Taleb-Serre, Head of International Mobility –France L'Oréal / IDCN President (International Dual Career Network), presented IDCN Global, its board structure and the role of the partner and the corporate committee. Currently established in 15 different countries, IDCN exists for 5 years in Paris to:
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• Promote networking between expats partners and the corporate community through HRs and recruiters.
• Foster volunteering in order to have successful events and sustainability of the organization.
• Constitute a Network structure composed of 19 corporate members, assist and provide advice on job search.
Her focal message was that the key to success is our energy & the self confidence that we are able to show when facing a recruiter.
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She provided us with a sustainable job search framework, below, where equilibrium is found by splitting our energy focus the right way.
President of IDCN Paris Partner Member, Isabel Pereira, shared that being an expat is a competitive advantage, and not a disadvantage, as it might feel at first. Changing countries is not a threat, its an opportunity to reinvent ourselves, to understand the specificities of the geography and adjust.
IDCN Corporate Members were represented by the HRs of 14 companies. In another effort, to feel everyone welcomed, our volunteers & leadership team of IDCN Paris were able to manage attendance, and with great time management skills, allow a great number of participants to have interviews with their companies of choice.
Visit our global web site: http://www.idcn.info/
Once again, we finished this productive day with a new experience and met lots of new people; many of them as possible contacts to include in our professional network.
Thank you to Saint-Gobain for hosting this great event, to our guest speakers, those of you who attended the event, as well as our corporate members, IDCN Global, and of course, all our volunteers who make IDCN happen!
None of these useful and successful events are possible without our host companies. This time Agnes Pebarthe and Genevieve Basses were our Masters of Ceremonies from the company members and we could not have done it without Franca Mazzoleni and Talin Baghdassarian from the Partner Event team ! THANK YOU!
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Our voluteers at IDCN are the reason why these events are made. Made by you and for you!
Please join us for our next event: October 12th, 2017 hosted by Renault-Nissan.
Yours in volunteering.
Your IDCN Paris chapter team.
On a cold and grey March morning, Technip FMC welcomed us, with a huge array of Croissants and Coffee!
After settling down in the Auditorium, Cosette Berry-Chartois, International Mobility Manager at technic FMC explained her personal story. After following her partner to Paris, from Beirut, Lebanon, she faced the difficulties that we can all relate to. Like many of us, she had both advantages and disadvantages while trying to find a job here in Paris. But now, as an International Mobility Manager, with a team of 6 people, Cosette provided three lessons for us, as following partners, to help us find work.
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Lesson 1: Think outside of the box and use your international skills – here, she gave us the example of using her language skills;
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Lesson 2: Build your network – it can often lead to more opportunities!
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Lesson 3: Accept to decrease your expectations by perhaps taking up a lower position – these opportunities can often lead somewhere, it is a good idea to just “get your foot in the door”.
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It was so great to hear Cosette’s story, as this success story could well have been one of us.
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Sandra Martin, International Mobility Manager for L’Oreal and also IDCN Paris Corporate members' representative, lead welcomed new IDCN members and talked us through the global network and partner testimonies. This is a great place to build your own network, where you can learn other people’s journeys, and connect with them.
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Irum Ausaf, our former Data team leader then spoke about her personal journey, after moving to Paris. She wasn’t planning on working when she moved here, but has been volunteering with IDCN since her first event (at Technip) in September 2014.
Irum spoke about “the stages of expatriate adjustment” which we can all relate to, and how she eventually used IDCN to build networks – both professionally and socially, to meet new people and build new skills.
Thank you for all your help with IDCN, Irum!
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We then had a presentation from Fabiola Ortiz, Senior Intercultural coach at Communicaid. Again, she has also experienced being an expatriate (she’s originally from Costa Rica) as well as being a following, expatriate’s partner.
Fabiola also gave several tips for finding a job in France:
• Consider ALL useful channels for applying.
• Cut down your CV to one page –be selective, and be relevant.
• Perfect your cover letter! In France, this is often called a “motivation letter”. You need to be specific about the job on offer when writing this.
• DO your homework! For interviews; know about the position, know about the company, and most importantly, know about yourself!
• Speak French – although the most challenging for most of us, although this will increase our chances of finding work.
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Lastly, we had Partner Committee words, from both Jorgelina Guandalini, our Events team leader and Isabel Pereira, IDCN Paris President. Jorgelina stressed that we are always looking for new volunteers, and become members of our LinkedIn group.
Isabel spoke about the structure of the IDCN partner committee, along with some interesting member statistics. Did you know that we are very educated? 26.6% of members have a Bachelors degree, and a massive 58.9% of members have a Master’s degree! Our talent pool is large and varied!
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After a short coffee break, networking commenced, alongside a CV clinic. Networking gave us a chance to talk with HR’s from 11 of our corporate member companies.
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There was also a Workshop, running back-to-back, entitled “Deciphering the French business code” by Fabiola Ortiz, from COMMUNICAID. Here, she gave interview tips, as well as letting us know what recruiters expect from candidates.
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The French business and Interview etiquette can be quite different from what we are used to! It was advised that we should:
• “Prepare our pitch”, where we have a 2-3 minute personal pitch of our achievements, and what we want to tell our interviewer. Those of us who also attended the January “Elevator pitch” workshop will have already worked on this!
• ADD VALUE to your interview. Don’t just repeat your CV. Pitch yourself differently. Link your past work experience, your achievements and the impact you had, to the role.
• Link all your examples to the job offer.
• Prepare to be interrupted!
Lastly, Fabiola touched upon what recruiters want.
You need to be able to answer the question: why should we hire you?”
Once again, we finished this productive day with a new experience and met lots of new people; many of them as possible contacts to include in our professional network. All of the attendees left with an uplifted willingness to conquer Paris!
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Thank you to Technip FMC for hosting this great event, our guest speakers, those of you who attended the event, as well as our corporate members, IDCN Global, and of course, all our volunteers who make IDCN happen!
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What makes expat life so addictive is that every boring or mundane activity you experience at home (like grocery shopping, commuting to work or picking up the dry cleaning) is, when you move to a foreign country, suddenly transformed into an exciting adventure. Try finding peanut butter in a Japanese grocery story or explaining in broken Spanish to the Guatemalan pharmacy that you need cough drops and you’ll understand. When abroad, boredom, routine and ‘normal’ cease to exist. And all that’s left is the thrill and challenge of uncertainty.” – Reannon Muth
Hosted by OECD and lead by Riktta Prassad, this workshop took place on the cold morning of Monday 23rd January.
Most people think that a Pitch is only useful for sales people, but actually it can be used in many other situations.
What is an elevator pitch? An elevator pitch is a conversation, that will lead into a deeper dialogue about you. It is to introduce yourself very quickly in a few words, using some techniques and skills to impact your listener! It could really help you in your job seeking.
Even though specialists have different ideas to how to build a good elevator pitch, we can summarize by answering this questions:
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What do you do?
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What is your greatest strength offered in your area?
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What would you like to do?
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What is your motivation?
In practice, typically you have just 60 seconds to leave an exciting impression.
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So, the key is... practice your Elevator Pitch! Surely you will expand your possibilities of success not only in a professional field, but also in the pursuit to reach durable social relations.
Around 20 IDCN members participated in this workshop, they all enjoyed the day!
The IDCN Paris and Total Teams arrived early on Tuesday to prepare for the Total event. From a very cold morning outside, we walked in to the Total headquarters at la Defense, and in to a very warm and contemporary reception hall. The striking reception area gave us a great welcome, a double height space surrounded by modular seating areas, with not only cosy waiting areas for visitors, but open spaces for gatherings including a small amphitheatre. These spaces are sheltered by overhead working areas created by Jakob + MacFarlane Architects with a playful external cladding in an origami wave that tells us a story of modern commitment and innovation.
This was Total’s first event and a really impressive one! Their team’s commitment and organization were consistent throughout the whole morning. The general welcome had a well prepared arrangement of the practicalities: brochures, signs, badges, and the security measures were well delimited - we had a wonderful escorting team, running up and down with participants and IDCN volunteers.
The event started with the traditional welcome coffee in an informal space that created an atmosphere for members to network, have a chat and enjoy the nice coffee. Then, at around 9am, Ms. Christa Botes, Senior Vice-president Human Resources & communication for Total Refining & Chemicals opened the event - introducing the company and their actions around the planet working with locals and expats.
She was followed by Ms. Sylvie Pruvost, Executive Leadership Development and career coach at Right Management. From her “World of Trends” we grabbed key questions and comments:
“What can I offer that is new? Utilize and show my key talents; how my experience can be helpful for someone else? What do I want? Stop talking about it, ACT!”
Something to reflect on, clues to reconsider at the re-shaping of our careers during an expat experience.
With this in mind, we moved on to networking with the HR representatives of partner companies and some of us had the chance to join the workshop “Managing your professional identity and your privacy settings on social professional networks: LinkedIn”. This workshop was lead by Ms. Pascale About, Consultant in Management of Information and Research consultant at Right Management. We left the workshop with tools to make the best from our LinkedIn pages and secure our online profiles:
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Search for your online visibility and check your digital footprint with online tools like Webmii. You could have personal information or details online that you do not want to be public. Refer to CNIL: https://www.cnil.fr/ for data protection in France.
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Identify the right words to be in your profile: “Your profile is not your CV” – Clearly define your objectives, career goals, key competences, NOT private information.
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If you are in transition, the title to your profile should include what you are looking for, then the type of responsibilities you are wanting and a brief description of the role.
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Achievements in your job profile are great help!
All this very relevant information continues to enrich those essential tools required to search and re-invent ourselves in order to become part of the French Labour market, particularly in Paris.
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Thanks again to Total, their team and the IDCN Paris team to close the year with such a great event. See you all again in 2017!
FIRST IDCN PARIS EVENT FOR THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MAEDI CO-HOSTING WITH AIR LIQUIDE
11th OCTOBER 2016
We started the day on a chilly autumn morning in October. The old National Printing Office, today’s “Ministère Des Affaires Etrangères Et Du Développement International” opened its gates on Rue de la Convention to receive the participants to the October’s IDCN Paris event.
Once inside this historic building, the temperature rose with the warm welcome given by the team of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Air Liquide, followed by great coffee and croissants that were awaiting the participants in the welcoming hall.
This was the first time that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted an IDCN event and we had the privilege to be joined by the Minister himself who was present for the first half of the event. New members from MAEDI also joined us, getting to know the companies involved, taking advantage of the networking and grabbing an opportunity to chat with our IDCN Paris volunteers to get to know more in how to become members of our team.
Caroline Ferrari, the Human Resources Director from MAEDI, opened the event - with a bilingual welcome to everyone, followed by Martine St Pierre, Talent Management Director from Air Liquide - who shared with us the challenges she has also tackled as an expatriate.
Then, space was given to the HR representatives from the 19 corporate members in Paris. This event had a particularity: an extended schedule for members to network with HR representatives and a larger team of members from MAEDI and Air Liquide to advise on CV’s: their structure and presentation. This in particular was a helpful desk that not only prepared new members about the tricky requirements from the local market, but also gave more clues and tips to more experienced members.
All the teams did a great job, but some corporate members shined according to the participants, this is a chance to applaud the Total’s representative Ana Victoria HERNANDEZ sharp advice!
Thanks to all the corporate members for their support, time and advice to each of the members that took the chance of a morning for networking and understanding a bit more of the Parisian labour market.
And lastly, thanks to our team of dedicated volunteers and to Air liquid and MAEDI for making this event possible! We will see you again in few weeks, on the 08th November 2016 at the Total Headquarters, La Defense!
It was a pleasant morning and we were welcomed by Nestle for the third IDCN event of the year. The event was held at the Nestle headquarters in Noisiel, Paris - A beautiful building, and a rather historic site. The Nestle headquarters, otherwise known as the Nestle waters is 150 years old, and it is a legendary marvel! A complete tour was arranged for the participants, which was pretty exciting. But, more on that in just a little bit.
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The agenda of the event was set for the entire day with all the IDCN volunteers’ ready to roll. The day was kicked off with a brief introduction by Philippe Mathoulin, Nestle’s Global Head of Human Resources. He quickly walked us through the history of Nestle and their various products, a wide range of information.
​Next up was Marc Saunder, founder of Nexmove. He introduced “Bridging the gaps in your CV: there’s always an exciting story to tell…” He highlighted a lot of interesting insights. One key takeaway from this session was, “it does not matter if you’re unemployed, and are hunting for a job. This will be an ongoing process until something clicks. It is important to keep yourself in the market”. He also gave us some light on how one can do that: make use of one’s soft skills. This is a great way of keeping minimal gaps in the CV. E.g. Taking up some volunteer work, or being part of some cultural exchange program to immerse in more detail , the native culture.
After this meaningful talk by Marc Saunder, it was time to learn a little bit about the “Tricks and traps in job searching and interviews”. This session was conducted by Nadine Verschelden and Sixtine de Naurois from Aidemo. They provided the participants with some vital points about how you can get the best of an interview in France. This included tips on body Language and posture, what words to use, and how to address the interviewer (specifically in French). There was a little quiz that involved the whole audience, including pencils as gifts for each correct answer, which gave us some clues to the formal and informal French communication. The famous “vous” or “tu” - when to use either, according to the situation.
Next, there was a short presentation on IDCN by Liesbeth Ramonth, IDCN Paris president. She described what IDCN is about, brought some testimonies from former volunteers, and a few success stories.
​“Networking” was one crucial word that was brought up quite often throughout the presentation sessions by all the speakers. At every IDCN event, networking is the key word to be engraved in all the participants. After a short coffee break, it was time to put networking into action!
HR’s from 20 member companies were present, for more informal and formal networking sessions. This is always a good platform to meet various organizations, and network with them. One never knows what door might open to step into a whole new world of possibilities.
Alongside the networking session, there were CV helpdesks. Experts were available to guide us and advise on how to make our CV’s more crisp and impactful, as well as what kind of format works best for Paris: keep your CV no more than one & a half pages. In addition to that, having a version of your CV in French for certain organisations, could prove handy.
After all the networking and CV guidance, there was an amazing lunch buffet followed by a guided tour of the Nestle historical site. There were three separate groups that were taken around. The guides explained (in English) every little detail, and certain other historic points that made the site so much more fascinating. The tour also included a visit to the ancient factory which still had the old machines that were used to make the famous Nestle chocolates.
And at the end of it all, it was a fruitful event which gave a lot of significant information about the job market in Paris. It was an excellent location to meet so many people from so many different nationalities, including the HRs from the member companies. To top it off, a Nestle goodie bag was given to the participants which was the icing on the cake!
​Thank you Nestle for having us at your beautiful office. Thank you all the participants for being there. Last but not the least, thank you to all IDCN volunteers for yet another successful event!
A beautiful and historic welcome!
This time we were welcomed by BNP Paribas, opening their doors at their headquarters on Rue Bergère in Paris. The building is the former headquarters of the Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris, a symbol of 19th century bank architecture design - a historical jewel, and a great location to open the event!
BNP Paribas has recently joined IDCN and we were delighted with the enthusiasm and commitment from their staff, and their collaboration with all IDCN volunteers, members and participants in this event.
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The day was a new opportunity to network, learn about the tricks of the expat life and temporary work in Paris.
BNP PARIBAS front façade, former headquarters of the Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris
BNP PARIBAS beautiful reception area
Participants networking!
BNP PARIBAS front façade, former headquarters of the Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris
Vicenzo Cuzzone, Global Head of Recruitment and Mobility Policies at BNP Paribas opened the event with a practical reflection: What are the challenges and rewards of the life in Paris as expatriate. A positive question to open our perspective and understanding of the culture and the practicalities of the day to day in Paris.
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Following Vicenzo, Hans Vanbets, Global Head of HR Strategy & People Management Policies from the banking group, highlighted the relevance of defining a corporate culture through a more intelligent organizational structure based on three important factors: An inspiring vision; A mission involving all collaborators and players of the industry and finally, values classified in such way that promote the best practice in the industry. ​
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The challenge is to involve companies with this type of vision, but the answer is perhaps promoting values on mobility, and giving options to the employees to stimulate their social integration. For example, mobility days organised by various companies involve employee’s families, which help to contribute to the development of a healthy corporate culture. We are happy to say IDCN is an example how companies are supporting this principle.
To close the mid-morning, Michael Rees, account Manager from the Recruitment agency Manpower, gave an insight on Temporary work Agencies in France and advice in job hunting: How to get the interview: target online sources: recruitment agencies, company websites, pole employ, social networks: LinkedIn, Viadeo in France; Getting out there: participate in trade fairs, recruitment events, activity groups, asking friends and friends of friends too!
Don’t forget the YOU-ME-US structure when presenting your CV and cover letters: YOU: the company, job and why you are interested; ME: your experience and skills you are bringing to the company, and US: what you and the company can accomplish together!
And some final advice: Be patient and keep hunting!
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Finally, the workshops facilitated by Chhaya Mathur Saint-Ramon from Communicaid were a reminder on How to Build and develop our networks through the breaking of our own barriers, listening and thinking on the key rules: What I can give from myself to anyone I’m networking with? Focus on the relationship first: Build trust; Reciprocity: think what you can do for them; Listen first: Be curious about their challenges; Listening more than talking: people like to talk about themselves; demonstrate your credibility: let them know what you know & Demonstrate reliability: if you say you will do it, do it!
Let’s act on that!
How it started...
It has been more than a week since our last event at AXA Matignon, but we are still excited about it here!
So, it will not be a surprise to learn that every time we launch a new event, there is thrill of excitement and the expectation runs high among the team after many meetings to discuss every detail, the venue, the speakers, even the colour of the pens!
So when the day arrived we were prepared for action.
Olga Kravchenko, Global Head of International Mobility and CEMI, of the AXA group opened the event with warm welcoming words, reassuring us that this was going to be good!
Wisely, she invited us to get active in the community as a way to make our host country, our new home. Adaptation and integration became the key words of the day.
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Life in Paris from Adaptation to integration...
Jessica Rojas, an expert in talent development and career transition gave us six key secrets to unlock our potential while discovering and experiencing the assets of a new environment:
1. Define your values and priorities: built your strategy
2. Target your job and define your search: prioritize
3. Determine the resources you will need: Language, education, working permits etc.
4. Understand the system: Job search, applications, recruitment, responses
5. Networking: be active! Online, conferences etc.
6. Take Action!! Step by step to move forward! Every small step will take you closer to the job you want!
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Understanding the basis of the French individual Income tax regime!
Michael D. Sime Executive Director of Ernst & Young, in a very practical presentation, walked us through the domestic legislation, professional activity, economic interest and penalties within the French income tax regime. If you would you like to learn more about the topic, visit:
http://www.expatica.com/fr/finance/A-guide-to-taxes-in-France_101156.html
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Networking, workshop, testimonies and a surprise!
We had the opportunity to listen the successful job experience from one of our members, Torben Siggard currently Quality Manager Africa Division at Danone. Congratulations to him!
The networking event between the partner companies and active members developed in an atmosphere of enthusiasm, discussion, advice and information.
The CV clinic had a busy morning and the LinkedIn workshops led by David Diaz Global Strategy Accounts Manager for LinkedIn Talent Solutions, were all fully booked!
AXA surprised us and the participants with a free photo session to improve the image presentation in our personal LinkedIn profiles. It was a blast and modelling skills were quickly very evident !
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IDCN Paris has been offline, but we are back! Several stories to tell, but today, first our main update: Tomorrow is the first event of the year! All IDCN members have been invited, the programme, the volunteers and speakers are ready! So looking forward to it. Check out below the details!
See you there tomorrow!!
IDCN Paris team
Thanks to everyone who came along to the latest edition of the IDCN networking event on the 19th June, hosted by Lafarge.
I'm sure that you'll all agree that Lafarge gave us an excellent space in which to network. Many thanks to them for all their hard work.
As usual attendees had the opportunity to meet with HR representatives from our corporate partners. Feedback has been excellent about this activity and it's really pleasing to hear that some attendees have been offered interviews for positions with several member companies.
Our guest speaker , Marc Suander,delivered an excellent presentation and you will find that presentation in the document section of the blog site. Here you will also find the material that Nicole Könz Flaig delivered in her great workshop.
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“E-Reputation: Boost Your Visibility!” by Marc Saunder
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“Create Your Own Business: Go Freelance” by Nicole Könz Flaig
We have also added the IDCN booklet from the Lafarge event too.
You may have noticed the video playing in the back ground on the day. This was filmed by SANOFI at their event and is now available on Youtube. You can of course watch it here!
Many thanks for your attendance. I hope you enjoyed the day. We are now working on the next event,to be hosted by TECHNIP on the 30th September, so hold the date!
We look forward to seeing you there.