Career guidance

Step 1 - Identify your strengths
Before you start your job search, think about the skills you have and what you want in your work life. If you find it difficult to express your strengths, motivation, and job preferences in words, CBS are there to help you.

Workshops on skills identification
CBS’ skills identification workshops will help you formulate your:

•    Strengths
•    Motivation
•    Job preferences

Check out CBS' Event Calendar for upcoming workshops.

What you can do yourself
You can start by identifying your skills yourself. Use the e-Guidance and templates to find inspiration, exercises, and tools for your skills identification.

Step 2 - Career planning
It is a good idea to think about your career and your career goals. Let CBS help you express in words what you wish to obtain in your first job and in your work life in general. Subsequently, we will discuss how you achieve your goals and make a plan for you to reach them.

Workshops on career planning
In a career planning workshop, we work with your career plans.

•    What do you wish to achieve?
•    How do you do that?
•    What does it take from you right now?
•    What does it take from you in the long term?

Check out CBS' Event Calendar for upcoming workshops.

What you can do yourself
Get off to a good start with your CV and cover letter writing. Find inspiration, templates, and articles under e-Guidance & templates.

Step 3 - CV and cover letter
When you have a general idea of your most significant competences and job preferences, you should create an efficient CV and a compelling cover letter. CBS has different offers to help you create the best possible presentation of yourself.

Workshops
Optimise your CV and your cover letter in a workshop. Careers will help you prepare a professional and efficient CV and a compelling cover letter. We will work with structure and content to give your CV the finishing touch.

Check out CBS' Event Calendar for upcoming workshops.

Seminars
Join a seminar to learn how to make an efficient CV and a compelling cover letter.

The seminar covers:

•    Introduction to templates
•    How to write a good CV and cover letter
•    Do’s and don'ts
•    The employer's perspective

Check out CBS' Event Calendar for upcoming workshops.

What you can do yourself
Get off to a good start with your CV and cover letter writing. Find inspiration, templates, and articles under e-Guidance & templates.

Step 4 - Job interview
It is important that you are well-prepared for your job interview. CBS can help you prepare for your job interview.   

Workshops
CBS offer job interview workshops which will train your job interview skills. It will prepare you for the most common job interview questions and practice your answers through different exercises.

Check out CBS' Event Calendar for upcoming workshops.

Seminars
Participate in a job interview seminar and get prepared for the job interview.

The seminar covers:

•    Preparation for job interviews
•    Most common interview questions
•    Do’s and don'ts
•    The employer's perspective