Networking is the main opportunity to find a job, or relations leading to future work.
However like Billythekid says, these networking events and organizers must think above their own interests and only what the individuals that join in expecting.
I think its alright to ask for money for your time and knowledge shared, but the information given must be of interest to the people attending.
I havent been on this event, but on a networking event you would expect to get contacts and ideas, points in how to network, share and learn the process in finding work, we all been there including myself that is still fighting like many others for our next contract.
But I still think the training providers/schools must take some responsibility aswell here.
The industry is very difficult, and the students must know this I keep telling people that only the best individuals or with extensive training and the ones given 110% will be sucsessfull.
I am being contacted by alot of people asking for help and information about work, and still they trained with other organisations.
Dont get me wrong its always the students choice and how much he/she wants fight/work to find a job. No training provider will tell who will be given a job or not, its always the individual.
But people dont understand how a CV should be written, they dont understand the process from the initial contact from a company and what is happening later.
What type of stuff they need to have done prior to an application incase youre picked out.
What papers, documentations, records etc is asked for
Some training providers seem to plan a new course when the students last day is coming up, when the questions and in formation is needed they turn the focus away on setting up a new course.
Its more starting to look like industrial terms of the automation principles
Its also a huge diffrence between nationalities since Europeans / Scandinavians or other nationalities cant just apply within British / US companies.
If you have diffrent nationalities on a course each individual have to be treated diffrently in terms to employment
They must have the right information about which companies offering work to a Finish guy or who recruit ex Germans.
Another very important thing is the various backgrounds from students.
Some have elit military background and hostile experience and others may have extreme qualifications in medical training etc..
There are diffrent ways in to the industry but the training provider must sit down and point out the facts for each individual what is his/hers best way to enter the industry, what is his/hers advantage
I am not saying this in disrespect to training providers, I am very comfortable that the skills and training effort is 100% just that we need to give the students more then training a insight in what is expected and what ways are ahead.
In the past when I was training bodyguards in tactical pistol, protective driving, basic and advance courses in bodyguarding for iba, the courses was full and many training programs runned over the years. Now I run my own company instead even with more skills, experiences but the interest is far from what it have been.
I know some of you out there are disapointed, but when you choose training provider ask the questions before. When people is contacting me I dont whant to offend anyone but when guys is saying I trained with this and that company can you help me find employment?
Now why should I help someone and give out my personal contact details to recruiters and country mangers to someone that trained with someone else?
Again this with network is very important, I just strongly feel the training providers to be more responsable to hand out all information and contacts to its students that pass a course.
All the best,
Hawk
