Recorded Webinar

Recorded on February 22, 2022

Universities in South East Asia face various challenges in building career services to support their student populations. Challenges range from the lack career guidance knowledge amongst faculty, shortage of resources and technology platforms to reach out and serve a large student population or the new methods needed to engage the millennial population.

In order to help universities understand the different challenges and possible solutions faced in meeting the career needs the young minds of today, Mr. Benjamin Wong, CEO and CO Founder of Kinobi Asia will share his understanding of various career needs and challenges and possible solutions from his collated experiences working with universities groups representing more than 60 universities across Indonesia, Singapore and Philippines.

Mr. Benjamin Wong’s experiences and expertise includes real estate private equity, management consulting, legal, startups, entrepreneurship and multi-family office across various industries in Asia.  As a big advocate for mentoring, public speaking and collaboration, Benjamin founded public speaking initiatives, mentoring circles, collectives that brought polymaths together to share ideas during his school days. Today, Mr. Wong is pursuing his dream of helping 200 million young people in Asia to take charge of their careers.

This webinar will cover examples of key challenges and possible solutions in the context of South East Asian universities working with student population. Participants will gain the understanding of common and unique challenges faced by universities in building career services and pick up examples of solutions and ideas adopted to overcome the challenges.

Recorded Webinar

Tips & Techniques for a Great Career Fair

Recorded December 8, 2022

Join other members of APCDA who work in career centers to share advice on how to run a virtual career fair, or a hybrid (both virtual and in-person) career fair.  Bring your ideas and tips for using the virtual space.  Share your experiences with different software for running career fairs.  How do manage and schedule all of the employers effectively? What do students like/dislike about the virtual experience?  If you have run a Hybrid career fair with both virtual and in-person options, how was that different?  Which tips do others need to know to run a successful hybrid career fair?

When you register, please select “I have answers” if you have any information or ideas to share, and select “I have questions” if you do not want to speak. Everyone is welcome to type questions into the Chatbox. 

Recorded Webinar

Careers in Space

Dr. Susana Deustua 
Mon Jan 16/Tue Jan 17, 2023

To Be Informed – Private sector and industry developments

Do you know any clients who are fascinated by space? There are many paths to becoming part of space exploration. A few will be able to travel in space and many will be needed to make this travel possible, to photograph objects and events is space, to make sense of what we see with increasingly powerful instruments, and to analyze the data gained from space exploration. The breadth of careers in space is astounding. A highly accomplished space scientist will help us to understand this field. Bring your questions and prepare to be 

Dr. Susana E. Deustua, Ph.D. in Astronomy in from the University of Michigan, has expertise in precision spectrophotometric calibration, and observational cosmology; additional interests are solar system science, astronomy education and outreach. Dr. Deustua is a Physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She shared the 2007 Gruber Prize in Cosmology and the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics awarded to the Supernova Cosmology Project for their discovery of Dark Energy. 

Recorded WebinarRecorded on March 22, 2022

Today's youth will control the future.  PilotCity creates a space where young people can  gain usable technical workplace knowledge to further their professional careers. Solid skills can bridge the gap between high-end technology companies and motivated students. At PilotCity, we furnish students with real-world experiences and the capabilities to enter  the workplace fully informed and emotionally equipped to contribute to any company. PilotCity youth gain experiences in various industries, including telecommunications, energy, transportation, healthcare, and education innovation.

This webinar and panel discussion with youth includes a live podcast of alumni, high-tech employers, US teachers & schools, and Silicon Valley  parents. We answer some of the following questions:

• Why don’t employers see high school students as talented? How can we prove that we are talented?
• How can high school students get industry internships?
• How does project-based learning (PBL) serve as work-based learning (WBL) to give students an edge in their future jobs and careers?
• What are the benefits of digital internships, asynchronous interviews, and no formal applications?
• How does PilotCity build engines of innovation for local community residents and companies?

Fees: Cost for residents of high-income countries: $20 for members, $30 for non-members, $15 students; Cost for residents of other countries: $10 for members, $15 for non-members, $7.50 students

Recorded Webinar

Kinobi Digital Career Platform for Asian Youth

By Benjamin Wong and the Kinobi Board
Recorded July 11, 2022

Kinobi is a digital career platform helping 200 million young people in Asia job explore, job prep and job switch. We have a growing presence in Asian and Pacific countries. Kinobi includes a Resume Builder, Cover Letter Builder, and Job Portal. Resume Builder creates outstanding resumes using our best practices curated from our 10 years of experience. Kinobi also offers interview practice, e-learning courses, and connects the users to coaches and mentors. At present, Kinobi is used in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, India & Australia.  Could Kinobi be useful to you?

To learn more about Kinobi, please view the recorded webinar from February called Building Up Career Services to Engage Youth: Experiences from Southeast Asia Password: EngageYouth22. This webinar will focus on how our members can use Kinobi in their work and the steps needed to get started.

Cost: Free to Members, Non-members: High-income country professional $10, Student $5; Not high-income professional $5, Student $2.50.

Mr. Benjamin Wong is the founder of Kinobi.  His experiences and expertise includes real estate private equity, management consulting, legal, startups, entrepreneurship and multi-family office across various industries in Asia.  As a big advocate for mentoring, public speaking and collaboration, Benjamin founded public speaking initiatives, mentoring circles, collectives that brought polymaths together to share ideas during his school days. Today, Mr. Wong is pursuing his dream of helping 200 million young people in Asia to take charge of their careers.