Event Speakers

Yara Alassade

Yara is our Careers Specialist at Re:Coded. She has previously worked as an HR Consultant, and also has extensive experience supporting and working alongside refugee populations in the Netherlands. As our Careers Specialist, she is coaching our fellows through their job search and career journeys.

About the event

Making sure a hiring manager gets a great first impression of you is critical when you’re doing a job interview and it sets the tone for the rest of your conversation. That’s why it’s essential to understand how to be able to present yourself and your story from the very first minute.

In this session, our Career Specialist at Re:Coded, Yara Alassade will teach out the techniques to make sure a hiring manager will remember you.

Overview of Topics

Storytelling

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What actually is storytelling? Here we'll introduce storytelling in the context of an interview and how you can use it to become credible, authentic, and memorable in your first encounters with a hiring manager or recruiter.

Developing a personal story line

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Everyone has a story. But how you structure it can vary a lot. We'll give you a solid introduction to how to develop your own story line for a hiring manager.

Highlighting what matters

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You'll want to make sure that your stories are good ones. We'll discuss how to pick out what to highlight so that your stories stand out in an interview.

Tips and tricks

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No session would be complete without a few tips and tricks to get you started!

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Event Speakers

Yara Alassade

Yara is our Careers Specialist at Re:Coded. She has previously worked as an HR Consultant, and also has extensive experience supporting and working alongside refugee populations in the Netherlands. As our Careers Specialist, she is coaching our fellows through their job search and career journeys.

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