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STUDENT DETAILS
Student Name: Yuanzhen Liu
PY Provider: Performance Education
Provider Student ID Number: 303410
ACS Member Number: 4220353
Report No (1, 2, or 3): 2
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Topic: ACS NSW YOUNG PROFESSIONALS HALF-DAY CONFERENCE
Speaker: Hayden Offord
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019
Event Venue: Kirribilli Club, 11 Harbourview Crescent, Lavender Bay NSW 2060
CPD Hours: 6 CPD hours
SFIA Skill Alignment: Learning and development management (ETMG) - 4

EVENT REPORT

Fill in all the fields below as best you can. Describe the event in a total of 150-300 words. Some
points you should include are as follows:
Where you able to contact Name: Great person, encourages me to make
anyone via this event who Kevin Johnson connections with other.
offered you some useful industry Company:
advice? If so, please provide their Fujitsu
details here.
What ideas or advice did you Find a dream job and never work again in life. This concept is
gain from this event on how to important, although the process of looking for the dream job is
get started in the industry? difficult.

What do you feel was the key
‘Takeaway’ point of the speaker’s
presentation?
1. Finding a job is not only sending resumes and cover letters, but
also by making connections with people who are in the industry.
These connections are the key resources in this networking are.
2. LinkdeIn is one of the most powerful tool to grow connections
with others, and everyone should hold on this tool.

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EVENT REPORT

Fill in all the fields below as

best you can. Describe the
event in a total of 150-300
words. Some points you
should include are as follows:
What new ideas did you gain 1. ACS is a community that helps young individuals or workforce
that added to your who are newly injected into the Australia’s ICT industry.
understanding of the ACS
and its role within the ICT 2. ACS holds many different events covering all aspects we need
industry? to be better in our career.

How was the event topic The event signify the importance of the connections between
relevant to your internship or people. I realized if I wish to get an opportunity in a large or
future work? higher standard company, a recommendation from my
connection could save a lot of time. Hence, a strong network
could help me in my future career.

Insert a photo(s) of you with

friends or colleagues at the event
or a copy of the link with a
screenshot of the online event.
NB: use low resolution and size
the picture (5x5cms max) so they
fit in the frame opposite (or
attach them as a low-res JPEG.
Other Comments, learnings, Because the speaker is a consultant from recruitment agency, he
observations or feedback spent half of the time introducing his agency and the successful
cases. Most of the cases are very successful and very far from my
life, cause they all have more than five years or more working
experience.

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