Activity Fair at International School of Dusseldorf
Thank you International School of Düsseldorf for inviting us to the Parent’s Activity Fair yesterday. We had some amazing conversations with women, old and new to ISD, about their future career and business plans in Germany. iwibdus is there for women who want to explore what working in Germany could be like, what setting up …
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What is the iwibdus Talent Fair?
International Women in Business are now on their 3rd Talent Fair in Dusseldorf. At our previous Talent Fairs, 80% of the women who presented found jobs within 3 months. The companies and speakers found the experience enlightening. “This is an untapped talent pool of women who are motivated and experienced who we can have access to. …
European Women on Boards Webinar
Last night, iwibdus hosted online event from European Women on Boards Chairwoman, Hedwige Nuyens. Hedwige spoke about her organisation, European Women on Boards www.europeanwomenonboards.eu and the excellent work that they do around helping women get to their next positions. Their purpose is to have gender equality in these C-Suite leadership roles through: Partnerships with companies Development …
Start-up support with the Office of Economic Development, City of Düsseldorf
Bettina Löhr and Erkan Kara from the City of Düsseldorf presented to the International Women in Business Düsseldorf e.V. (iwibdus) about why Düsseldorf is such a great city for you to start your business. Düsseldorf is calling all entrepreneurs! Why is the City so great? Rhein/Ruhr area has lots of companies and potential clients plus …
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Frazer Jones and iwibdus online workshop collaboration
Frazer Jones and iwibdus have collaborated again for a second but now online workshop “How to Get a Job Interview in Germany”. Frazer Jones has been recruiting for the HR market in Germany since 2008. Their local presence in Düsseldorf gives them the advantage and knowledge of the German HR landscape and expert knowledge of …
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April’s Mini Sparks of Meaning – a Positive Psychologist’s view on Flourishing During Times of COVID-19″ Session 2
Mini Sparks of Meaning Session 2 Nina Jankovic from Spark Positive and iwibdus were back this week with more mini sparks of meaning. Nina started the call with reminding us about last week’s slides and asking if we had any examples of where we had followed the mini sparks… Our audience told us about playing …
“April’s Mini Sparks of Meaning – a Positive Psychologist’s View on Flourishing During Times of COVID-19” Session 1
The Mini Sparks of Meaning first session was a mini spark of positivity in our typical lockdown day! International Women in Business Düsseldorf are presenting one month of support, growth and learning with Nina Jankovic, practicing Positive Psychologist and founder of Spark Positive. In this first session we had women from all over the world …
Speed Networking
Speed Networking for International Women in Business Düsseldorf this Tuesday was a huge success! More than 35 women came to the event and they even managed to pass the obstacle course presented to them as the front doors were broken in our Downtown location! We were kindly hosted by Frazer Jones on Tuesday 28th January …
Kicking the blues out of winter!, with Tove Schraenkler
Are you feeling a bit down this winter?. Do you feel lack of energy, with no strength?. It’s ok, and it’s normal. It’s winter time!. A group of us spent a great couple of hours listening to Tove, an expert in nutrition, talk about ways we can improve our mood and health in general by …
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2nd Talent Fair: connecting international talent with companies in Düsseldorf
12 women from 11 different nationalities presented their skills in front of representatives from 8 companies. The event was held on December 2nd, 2019. The 12 women presented their skills in 5 minute onstage presentations. Their backgrounds were in Finance, Project Management, Marketing, Communications, Software Developing, Copywriting, Accountancy, and Fashion. Companies were surprised by the …
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Talent Fair Testimonials
Talent Fair Testimonials from our Presenters at the March Talent Fair. In March 2019, we hosted our 1st Talent Fair. Twelve women with international backgrounds presented themselves to organisations from across Düsseldorf. We are very proud that we helped 8 of these women find a new job within 3 months. “Your precise feedback helped me …
Games Night – ouch my brain hurts!
Games night made us all a little cleverer and a little better at communicating! I have been watching a BBC programme called the Family Brain Games where they take a family and give them tests of logic, visual puzzles and mathematical or language games. The studies show that the groups must all work together to …