Hear from a range of professionals about the different things to weigh up when deciding what model of employment is right for you.
About this Event
Collaborative Future is a social enterprise reimagining the world of work. We know that different people are suited to different models of employment and want to make it easier for young people to explore what's right for them.
Join this panel discussion to hear from those who have experienced a variety of employment situations to work out what you need to consider when making decisions about your future.
Meet our panellists:
Jaz Broughton, the founder of Just Jaz, is a coach for life and work; championing the importance of creating the life you want while doing the work you love. Integrating years of tech expertise with coaching, consulting and personal development to deliver memorable events and impactful services. Multi-passionate and proud founder, techie and Hustle Crew consultant helping others to grow through personal development.
Sirena Bergman is a journalist, currently working as the editor of indy100, a vertical at The Independent. Prior to that, she was a freelance journalist for around 4 years, after working in-house at a number of publications, including The Guardian, the Times Education Supplement, Mental Floss and a journalism startup called The News Hub. Currently, she specialises in politics, digital culture and identities/social justice news and features.
Delza Chidi Brown is the Co-founder of FreelancedUni, a start-up tech company, and a 3rd year engineering student. From his mid teenage years Delza has had a proactive interest in aiding all the "tryers" from artists to directors and a spectrum between. He understands many people want to do what they love and make a living from it. To give a helping hand to all the tryers still at university, he helped to create FreelancedUni.
Michelle Williams, the founder of Nurture Company Health, is a chartered accountant who helps those who are self-employed to reap the rewards of their efforts. Throughout her career she has built companies, lost companies, she has worked for large, cash rich corporations and she has tried to save companies from Insolvency. To this day she uses all her experience to help people just like her Dad, who has experienced the highs and lows of self-employment through building his company.
Kathryn Rodgers, the founder of face2faceHR, has been working in HR for just over 18 years. In that time she has worked for all sizes of companies and industries, handling everything from opening new offices to redundancies and retirements. In that time, she has learned that no matter what industry or part of the world you’re in, the same people challenges come up time and time again. She believes that it’s always possible to have a conversation and that there is always a solution.
The panel discussion will run for 30 minutes followed by 30 minutes of Q&A.
This event is freely accessible to those aged 18-24, but we kindly ask others to donate £5 which will be invested in our program which provides young people with the opportunity to gain a variety of work experience.