The New Work Is In Your Network: Building a Global Security Career
The purpose of this workshop is to address a critical professional capability: strategic networking as a career accelerator in global security. Research supports this; over 50% of jobs are found through networking. In a field buffeted by complexity, change and uncertainty, professionals must enlarge their sphere of influence for career advancement and seek more effective ways to translate conference interactions into sustained relationships, career opportunities and cross-sector collaboration.
Networking done well is more than simply exchanging business cards. It is a purposeful interaction designed to solidify rapport, establish mutual benefit and promise productive outcomes. Conversations are customized to each counterpart and to the context. Networking conversations can happen spontaneously, like at a conference, or deliberately, during a scheduled information interview.
Grounded in the global security context, career development practice and intercultural communication, this 60-minute interactive workshop is designed to equip attendees with practical, future-ready career skills that complement their formal education and current experience.
Attendees gain a practical networking framework they can immediately apply throughout the conference, in their home locations, and on the road. The paired work supports reflective feedback, reciprocal curiosity and confidence building across levels of seniority, sectors and geography.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Master a compelling networking framework to forge stronger reciprocal relationships
- Feel confident and competent in using the framework
- Employ that framework during the conference to take advantage of such a gathering
Speakers
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Ewa UrbanowiczSecurity Consultant
Atlas Risk AdvisoryEwa Urbanowicz is a senior security leader with 20+ years’ experience in public and private enterprise risk management and physical security strategy for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Fortune 500 and high-technology companies positioning physical security as a strategic business function. She held additional roles with Lyft, Pinkerton and Crisis24.
Urbanowicz has an M.A. in Slavic languages, is an active member of ASIS International and serves as Women in Security co-chair for the ASIS Chicago Chapter.
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Pamela ExCareer Coach
Pamela Ex, ACC is a global career coach with 30+ years’ experience across the federal, corporate and international development sectors, dedicated to helping women at various career stages succeed in complex environments such as diplomacy, international security and technology. Ex holds an international MBA.