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 17/5/22 3:30 TO 4:30  Speaker: Lum Stew Hong  The webinar I attended was about working on world class projects in game and enter tainment industry by passion republic, which was delivered by Interior Designer Lum Stew

Hong who was the one of the designers for the game Unchar ted 4 as one of the team members, he also designed the game The last of us par t II.  where it took them a month to complete the game design. He was basic working on ar t works for the game and some murals which he was asked to design based on a real person. He also spoke about how to deal with clients at times where he said to study like a freak, build up a resilience becoming mentally strong, becoming a solution provider such as ideas, techniques, software, etc. Research and references where he watched all of the podcast about the game and books in order to understand how to go about the game design. Another game he designed was High bash where they went to Tokyo and took some pictures for the miniatures, as he was in charge of all design colour layout of the game, VFX concept design, thumbnails for

YouTube content, ar t and buildings. He had to understand the backstory of the game and created area 51 inside the game.

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 18/5/22 10:00 TO 11:00  Speaker: Aegene Ong  The web binary was about best practice and personal branding strategy using linked in, where by today thy have 810 million people using their application, where more than 16 million companies use the app, 14 million jobs are also posted everyday over 200 countries use it. Miss Aegene spoke on what defines your professional brand, such as what makes a good brand is how they are and the services the offer. Identifying the brand and showing people you are the right choice. She also gave us ways on how to build up your page,  Using a great picture. The use of non-distracting background, dress for the job you want, smile and have friendly expressions also making sure your face takes up the majority of the frame. The members with profile photos they receive up to 21 times more views and 9 times more connection request. Edit your profile. By adding location and industry, education, certificates, skills, programme or organization, volunteering experience, working and internship experience gained.  Building your professional network and discover existing connections by searching also for new connections and expand your network strategically. 34 million job seekers visit linked in jobs every week. To find work faster you need to enable open to work.

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 18/5/22 11:30 TO 12:30  Speaker: Alif Ariff  The webinar was about the best practices in curating architectural design cv and portfolios by Mr Alif from Veritas design group where he spoke about the resume guide which include name and photo, background, education, professional experiences, languages, education, skills, employment skills and publication. The average recruiters only spend 7.4 seconds reviewing a resume which is less than 8 seconds to make an impression.  He also gave us a tip on how to catch recruiters eyes which include, clear flow with appropriate title and head sizing, bulleted accomplishment, relevant keywords and include a mission statement at the top of your resume. Also, he gave us 4 rules to write a resume guide, keep it simple, utilize the words in the job description, design your resume to the position and lastly focus on specific accomplishment.  Portfolio guide which has 2 types, resume portfolio and interview portfolio where the resume portfolio guide includes no online portfolio, keep it short and simple, focus on what you did, never send resume without a sample portfolio, reduce the file size max to 10mb only and also include visual composition while interview portfolio guide includes your best work on front and second best at end, focus on what you did, print out in A3, student portfolio is the first and then work experience

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 18/5/22 02:00 TO 03:00  Speaker: Joanna Bessey  The webinar was about enhancing your business acumen through creative arts by Miss Joanna Bessey from Enfiniti Academy which created play by creativity igniting growth mindset for corporate success. Enfiniti

Play it’s an experimental and interactive training programme using copyrighted techniques adapted from the theatre which as in result produced are immediate and long-lasting results in the development of your organisations main players (THE PEOPLE).  The training is providing tools for enhancing soft skills, genuine human connection and so much positivity in our forward-thinking work cultures.

They have been training people ever since in 2011 in different locations, in their studios, at Tiarasa escapes glamping resort and currently they doing it online since when the pandemic started, they have been conducting a lot of virtual trainings by trying to adapt to the current situation.

 Creativity whereas it’s the tendency of generating ideas or possibilities that maybe useful in solving different problems, communication withgo there and entertaining ourselves and others. Creativity has a lot to do with business acumen in having good judgment, the ability to make quick decisions and the ability of understanding business issues. Creative artsbased training in helping businesses in experimental fun learning, harness creativity, changing work attitude, genuine human connection, increasing trust and increasing morale.

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 19/5/22 10:00 TO 11:00  Speaker: Khaled Kliqxe  The webinar was about tips for developing your career identity, which was delivered by Mr Khaled from Kliqxe academy where he spoke of why we need to build up a strong career identity for the following reasons, such as professional differentiator where the faster you can be identified to fix a specific problem within the company the further you will go.

Direction and roadmap where a strong career identity become your career guide as it helps you decide what jobs to take or when or where to transition for other opportunities. Purpose and motivation where your purpose and motivations only become stronger with time. Career value shaping where a strong career identity contributes to work ethics and productivity there by shaping value in your work place.  How to build a strong career identity where he spoke about fear of failure where a master has failed more times than an apprentice has tried. What you offer or bring to the table that is valuable to a company. Through mentorship by learning from others where you can’t make and learn from all mistakes. Checking yourself where overestimation of capability is more detrimental than you think. Start with why at the core of whatever you do. Handling criticism as constructive. Never stop trying always and should be flexible according to your experience.

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 19/5/22 11:30 TO 12:30  Speaker: Dato Grace Lee  The webinar was about career development within the events industry which was under the company of Milestone production and was presented by Dato Grace Lee. The company was established in 2002 where ever since it’s been providing 360 events and digital events solutions for businesses and corporations such as conferences, corporate functions, product launches with their own developed virtual event platform which allows fully customization to every client.  Events in the digital age they provide on ground virtual hybrid such as business events e.g. conferences, annual dinners. Exhibitions and trade events e.g. road and trade shows. Social events such as parties, networking, concerts and tea talks. She spoke about the job scope for an event specialist where the front sales and client servicing team provides team and client meetings, brainstorming sessions, proposal and budgeting, business development and client servicing and lastly event execution.  Climbing the ladder of an event specialist goes up the line from executive to senior executive to assistant manager to manager to senior manager and top of the list is the head of the department or event director. As the world progress, human communications have become limited which has been taken over by Artificial Intelligence, therefore it will need people, brands and products that can communicate effectively.