Young Talents meet valantic

• Arrival at the office and office tour
• Introduction of the valantic experts and the participants (incorporate icebreakers, e.g. “I am the only one in the room who …”, “What are my expectations for today?”)
• Duration: 30-45 min.

• Short introduction of valantic/CC: Who are we and what do we do? (approx. 15 min.)
• Presentation by colleagues from the department: Focus on a specialist topic, What does the day-to-day work of a consultant/developer in the respective CC look like? (approx. 30-45 min.)

• Students work on a task/case study (in small groups, the task may vary for each group) (approx. 60-120 min.)
• Moderation + sparring by colleagues from the department
• Presentation of results by the students + feedback from the department (approx. 45-60 min.)

Presentation of entry opportunities, application process, benefits (approx. 30 min.)

Closing the day, focus on fun and networking

Creation of a landing page

• The landing page contains all relevant information about the event and the registration form. To give you enough time to promote your event, the landing page should be created 3 months before the event. The Website Team takes care of the creation on the marketing side and takes approx. 2 weeks with feedback loops.
• You can find an example landing page here (password: event). You can use this template to design your landing page.

Publication on the career site

• The event can be published on the valantic career page in the “Meet us” section (contact: Website team).
• If your CC has its own homepage, you can also advertise the event there.

Creating a LinkedIn event page

• To share your event on LinkedIn and actively invite young talents, it is advisable to create an event page on LinkedIn (contact: Lisa-Marie Adam).
• Young talents can register for the event via the LinkedIn event. In this case you should check whether the interested parties have also registered for your event via the official registration form.

• You can have posts about your event posted free of charge via the valantic channels on LinkedIn and Instagram (lead time: approx. 1 week). Contact persons for this are Constantin Pelka and Sarah Pfeil.
• You and your colleagues can use your own LinkedIn profiles to promote the event. To increase the reach, it is important that the posts are liked, commented on and shared by you and your colleagues.
• If you plan a budget for event marketing, you can push individual posts or place targeted ads in your target group to increase your reach (budget approx. €100-300).
• You can also advertise the event on your CC’s channel.

• To acquire participants for your event, it is helpful to approach them directly on LinkedIn.
• You can also advertise the event via universities in your region or collaborate with student initiatives.

To provide a reminder for the participants and to minimize the bounce rate, it is advisable to send a countdown email to participants a few days before the event.

Subsequent posts with photos from the event on LinkedIn and Instagram are important for our social media presence and helpful for promoting future events. The consent of the participants must be obtained in advance for this.

After the event, you should contact the participants again, thank them for their participation and, in particular, make potential candidates aware of entry opportunities and keep them in the loop (reminders in the calendar if necessary).

Especially with the business cases for the practical part, you should look individually at what best suits the specialist focus of your CC. The following examples can serve as a guide:

• Developing a start-up model: The aim is to develop a business idea from three given pieces of information and present it convincingly.
• Carrying out a hackathon
• Outlining a supply chain
• Gamification
• Pitch yourself – How do I pitch myself in application processes / how do I pitch *product*?

The After Work Event marks the end of the day – the focus here is on fun and networking. Think about whether you want to organize the after-work event at your office or at an external location. Perhaps there is also something that is typical for your region and is particularly suitable. The following examples can serve as a guide:

• Escape room
• Black light mini golf
• iPad rally / geocaching
• Thriller dinner
• Cocktail course
• Cooking course
• Who wants to be a millionaire / quiz duel
• Casino Royal
• Karaoke
• Table tennis tournament
• Theme evening (20s, superheroes)
• Bowling
• Theme games evening
• Torch archery
• Impro theater
• Curling
• Buddy Bash
• Barbecue

Participants can take the goodie bags home with them as a souvenir to remember the event by. It is therefore particularly nice if the giveaways have a certain use and don’t just gather dust in the corner. Perhaps there is also something suitable that relates to the planned after-work event.

• Pens
• Notepads / notebooks
• Muesli cups
• QR codes from LI for making contact
• Bags (jute bags or similar)
• Drinking cups (reusable coffee-to-go cups) / thermo mugs / cups
• Umbrellas
• Case for credit cards (possibly with magnet or similar for cell phone)
• Cooking aprons, barbecue aprons

In order to create a connection to valantic, the give-aways should be branded with a valantic logo, if possible. The valantic-branded cloth bags are particularly suitable as goodie bags. You can find these and a selection of other items in the valantic online store.