29 Jan 2017

CEMS Alumni discussing family and career


Dear CEMSies,

our event on the topic Family and Career took place in a bit untypical environment for CEMS gatherings - in kids' entertainment center Café Koala. This showed up to be a great choice for both kids thanks to the enormous amount of play and fun opportunities in the center as well as for adults due to very nice and comfortable atmosphere, great café and friendly and smiling staff.
Almost all attendees of this event were parents. After we all met and kids started to explore the neighboring slides and jungle gyms, we did an introduction round. Each of us introduced himself / herself and also added what he/she currently faces in relation to family and career. 

Clearly the key point of discussion was, under which conditions a mum can work but also be with her kids - i.e. a compromise between full time job full time household. CEMS mum enjoy being with kids at tome but at the same time are capable and want to work, further use and develop their skills and capabilities. 

So what is the ideal scenario? Based on our discussion, it is a part time job with flexible working hours that can be done from home. Although, the reality of the job market is a different story. There are some cases, when a mum is offered a part time job that can be combined with family. 
Though what we learnt from our own stories or based on our own experience, these are mostly individual exceptions, company and society rules are still rather rigid in this area. 

This can be a great topic also for big companies, for CEMS corporate partners. Today's huge topic is CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). Isn't this one of the key topics in the CSR agenda?

We would like to thank to all participants of this event. We are looking forward to seeing you at other events coming this year (more details soon :-)). 
Thank you for being interested in this topic and also reading this article.
Pavlina, Vojta and Honza
Your CEMS Alumni Board Team

26 Jan 2017

CEMS Alumni Saturday morning event on the topic Family and Career

Dear CEMSies,

this is a little reminder about the upcoming CEMS Event dedicated to the topic Family and Career.
We are meeting on Saturday (28th Jan) at 10 am in Cafe Koala in Prague Hostivar
If you are coming with public transport, take a bus number 111 from Skalka to the station "Tovarny Hostivar".
Cafe Koala is a kids' entertainment center, so also kids are warmly welcomed :-)
Registration via email at: cemsalumni@seznam.cz
We are looking forward to meeting you,
Your CEMS Alumni Prague Board

PS: There is no entrance fee for adults of babies up to 1 years. The entrance fee to the kids' entertainment park in Cafe Koala for kids between 1 and 3 years is 150 CZK, for kids older than 3 years, it is 250 CZK.

18 Jan 2017

Sign up for the 2017 CEMS Mentoring Programme

Dear CEMS Alumni
we would like to invite you to join 2017 CEMS Mentoring Programme. This is an initiative that was running successfully in past and we would like to continue with this tradition.

Do you want to share you passion as well as your experience? Do you want to support the new generation of CEMSies through career or life mentoring? Join the 2017 CEMS Mentoring Programme

No previous experience in mentoring is needed. What is important is your willingness to share part of your time and your experience with others. No matter whether you run your own business or work in an international or local company, whether you do business or work for NGOs.Everyone has something valuable to share. 

Do you want to take part in the CEMS Mentoring Programme?
  1. Sign up via this form
  2. Book the evening on 23rd February 2017 between 6:30 and 9pm for the joined kick-off event (at VSE, Prague 3) 
  3. Be comfortable with spending one hour of your time every two weeks on meetings with your mentee (meetings can be face to face or skype) between March and June 2017.

How is the CEMS Mentoring Programme organized?
After the kick-off event on 23rd February, we will finalize the matching between mentors and mentees. You will get contact details on your mentee, so you can agree on the first mentoring meeting. The frequency, location and time of your meet-ups depends only on the agreement between you and your mentee. After two months, we will call for a Catch-up meeting to share what is working as well as ideas for improvement. At the end of the 2017 spring semester, we will make the final evaluation. The mentoring programme may end for you at the end of the spring semester or you may agree with the mentee on it further continuation. 

Any questions?
Feel free to contact the CEMS Alumni Prague Team at cemsalumni@seznam.cz
Still not sure? Check out this video


Pavlina, Vojta and Honza
Your CEMS Alumni Board Team

16 Jan 2017

CEMS Alumni event on the topic Family and Career (bring your kids along :))

Dear CEMSies,

we would like to invite you for a networking as well as a family event on Saturday 28th January at 10am in Café Koala. During this event, we will talk about combining family and career, sharing our experience, while kids have space to explore the kids' center in Café Koala.To secure enough space for us, please register at: cemsalumni@seznam.cz

A short summary:
Topic: Family and Career
Where: Café Koala, Dolnomecholupska 209/17, Praha 10 Hostivar
When Saturday 28th January between 10am and 1pm
Registration at: cemsalumni@seznam.cz

We are looking forward to meeting you!
CEMS Alumni Board