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UvA Career Skills Week (March)

Last modified on 23-06-2023 12:59
The Uva Career Skills Week is the largest UvA in-house career event. For three days everything revolves around you, your skills, and your career.
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Recap UvA Career Skills Week 2023

From 7 to 9 March 2023 the annual UvA Career Skills Week was held at Science Park, the Roeterseiland Campus, and the Social Hub. As a student, you could join all kinds of bootcamps, workshops, and lectures. Developed by the UvA Student Careers Centre, the Career and LinkedIn bootcamps were well-visited, and offered dynamic sessions.

UvA Career Skills Week Event 09-03-2023

The week was closed by the UvA Career Skills Week Event on Thursday 9 March in the Social Hub Amsterdam CityExternal link. This day offered 20 workshops and lectures in 4 rooms, and over 35 companies presented themselves at the business fair. Popular workshops were, for example, "Working for the EU", and the session "Skills? Just do it!", led by the VP of Walt Disney Benelux. In addition, many students took part in workshops on effective communication, paid or organic marketing, and talent development. Furthermore, you could have your CV checked by a team of professional recruiters, and there was the option to have a LinkedIn profile picture taken by a professional photographer.

Watch the video for a short impression of the UvA Career Skills Week 2023 (1:12 mins).

UvA Career Skills Week 2024

After this past edition, we at the UvA Student Careers Centre are already busy preparing the new edition in 2024. How do we make the next edition even better?

Do you have any suggestions, did you miss something, or would you like something done differently? Please email us at careerevents-sts@uva.nlExternal link, and also follow us on InstagramExternal link!