We began preparing content for a workshop we were to present to Flinders students prior to our trip to Australia, and today was finally workshop day! The title of our workshop is “The Swedish Work Culture & More”. Despite the fact that students are no longer in class and it’s now exam time, there were 20 students signed up for our workshop and 15 came as well as a few staff members. Now don’t get us wrong, there are plenty of students on campus, everywhere, but considering they are in an intense exam period, we were impressed to have such a good turnout for our workshop. We played off of one another during this workshop, given our different international backgrounds, which is where the “….. & More” part of the workshop comes in. The focus was on Swedish work culture, but we also brought in examples and compared things to the USA and Italy. There were a few technical difficulties with the internet not allowing us to show a little video clip we intended for the students to see, but all in all we were pleased with our delivery and interaction coming from the students. We will repeat this workshop again tomorrow with a new set of students!
In addition to our workshop, our day was filled with a variety of other things. We had the pleasure to listen in on a counselling appointment with Bernie, our chauffeur from Sunday. What a pro! Annie went to a LinkedIn workshop, delivered by Greg Ward, another Career Development Consultant. It was interesting to see both similarities and differences between how we do things. Directly following the LinkedIn workshop, Annie attended an employer presentation which was extremely interesting. The guest speaker was an HR professional from a home development company, and the presentation, “Tips for New Graduates”, re-confirmed that what we inform the students is exactly in line with what employers are doing. While Annie attended these presentations, Malin had another run through about the Horizon Awards program with Beth.
Nina and Verity were so kind to take us out for drinks nibbles at an amazing roof top bar overlooking Adelaide after our work day. You can’t beat ending a day with an amazing view and lovely company!
