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By Vishal Thacker
Stop Following The Job Market's Orders
Feb
10
18:00 CET
60 minutes
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According to a cornerstone psychology research paper, most careers "follow the job market’s orders”. It’s not your fault: most of us were only taught to find jobs, not build careers. In this introductory session you’ll learn some 3 things: research backed methods, meta-competencies and a mindset that helps you change your orientation towards building a meaningful career and navigating change in the marketplace.
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About the speaker
Vishal Thacker is a Careers Professor who has served 3500+ career changers at LBS, IMD, HEC Paris, IESE, ESMT Berlin, SDA Bocconi and his alma mater, Esade. As the creator of Career Narrative Authoring™, his work is built on a central idea: when you articulate a coherent narrative of your career, you grow in power, meaning, resilience and agency. He aims brings research backed methods back into career education.

Vishal Thacker is a strategist and speaker, who helps people & organisations shape their narratives to drive more effective actions & communication. Trained in marketing & communications, he started his career as a brand strategist and in over a decade has worked with brands such as Coca Cola, Kellogg’s, Unilever, Danone, Diageo, Wipro and others. During his MBA at Esade Business School, Vishal saw first hand the impact of helping students reframe their career narratives to drive the career change they sought to make. In 2018, he pivoted to speaking in business schools and has since spoken at IMD, London Business School, Warwick, SDA Bocconi, IESE, HEC & his alma mater, Esade. He has trained over 3000 career changers, with his signature workshops & learning journey – The Story Of Your Career. Paraticipants have remarked, “It’s great to be taken on the process as opposed to just being told what to do”, and “Extremely helpful! I intend on coming back to this process in a few years after I graduate”