Join alumna Rituja Rao, a Management Consultant specialising in tech at Capco, as she explores the importance of professional networks and how networking can be vital to success as a student, professional or entrepreneur.
When the world changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional networking avenues increasingly disappeared, moving things online. If you find networking and building meaningful relationships online difficult, this event is for you!
With everything becoming more virtual, you now have access to a whole new world of opportunities, regardless of where you are located. Rituja’s talk will help you identify your voice online; help you carve your personal brand and use your platforms to effectively network and leverage your career. In the talk, Rituja will cover:
- Defining your personal brand and finding your niche
- Building your personal branding toolkit
- Finding a platform that works for you - LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and more
- How to meet people online, and stay connected
- How to network at scale
- Leveraging your personal network to enhance your job search or take your business to the next level
Rituja will also answer your questions during the Q&A session following the talk.
About the speaker
Rituja Rao (Journalism BA, 2018), Management Consultant, Capo
Rituja Rao is an award-winning IT Consultant and emerging thought leader in the UK tech industry, with a background in financial services and digital transformation. After graduating with a degree in Journalism, she immediately made a career change breaking into technology without any formal tech education.
She is currently a Management Consultant specialising in Tech Delivery at Capco, having previously successfully delivered multi-million-pound digital transformation projects for banking clients. Rituja is an industry speaker, passionate about graduate careers in tech regardless of STEM degrees, diversity and inclusion and career management. She is a strong advocate of skills diversity in tech organisations.
Rituja is currently mentoring other young people, empowering young girls to pursue a career in tech. She is a tech careers panellist, volunteering her time speaking at schools across the UK. Rituja is also an ex-Trustee for a UK based women's charity and actively advocates for younger people to start their board careers. Her latest venture is a new YouTube channel and a community called Gen-We, focussing on skills diversity and mental health during early careers.
Rituja is the Winner of the Future Stars of Tech: IT Manager award 2020 and TechWomen100 Awards by We Are The City, and was nominated as the Digital Hero of the Year at the Computing Digital Technology Awards 2019. She was also named a 'Rising Star' on the Women in FinTech Powerlist 2020 by Innovate Finance.
