Careers and Jobs Event – online webinar

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Kathleen O'Neill for 150 students at Dixons Fazakerley Academy aged Age 8 - 9.

Event description

Join our interactive online event where inspirational leaders from the world of business share their unique career journey. By sharing insights, career guidance, lessons and tips to motivate and inspire we hope to support young people to make informed decisions about their future.

Similar to a TED Talk, speakers will share their career journey for 8 - 10 minutes, followed by a lively Q&A session where students can ask questions online.

Speaker Profile:
Chris Parker-Brads - Business Development Manager at Miconex. Dedicated to helping people realise the power that great technology can have on their communities. Skilled in rapidly scaling businesses to meet key stakeholder expectations. Always looking to learn and improve my skill set, shown by his undertaking of Harvard Business School Online courses.

Catherine Cooper - Director at Veitch Cooper Ltd and The JCR Community C.I.C.. Innovation specialist focused on developing Distributed Energy Systems for social gain.

The event will be Moderated by Michaela Eschbach, Managing Director. After a career across different industries, Michaela has successfully set up a social enterprise and is now managing director at a charity.

Age Appropriacy: This type of event is appropriate for any student aged 5 through 24. Refer to our white paper pages 10 and 11 for more details. This white paper summarizes more than 100 externally validated research papers on career pathways for students.