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How To Stay Current & Marketable in a Competitive Business Climate

Zahra Jamshed, Mary Schumacher
October 4, 2019 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET Virtual Free to attend

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About this session

In today's competitive job market, companies are looking for more than just technical competency when assessing who to choose for their next hire. Companies want the whole package - but what does that even mean? Join seasoned business leaders Zahra Jamshed, Senior Director at Cognizant and Mary Schumacher, Founder of CareerFrames for a live, virtual discussion about how you can stay current and marketable in this competitive business climate through powerful personal branding.

Meet the speakers

Zahra Jamshed

Zahra Jamshed

Innovative Digital Solutions Alliances Strategist

With a background in strategy, solutions and sales, Zahra has served as global thought leader in go to market strategy, consultative solutions selling, strategic alliances, & business development. Zahra’s interest and passion in personal growth and advancement keeps her involved in blogging, advanced learnings, mentoring and coaching. Zahra has managed and developed diverse teams both as direct manager and matrix leader at DellEMC, Thomson Reuters, Savvis, & AMS/CGI). Currently, Zahra is a Senior Director at Cognizant.

Email: zahra.Jamshed@cognizant.com

Mary Schumacher

Mary Schumacher

Writer and Personal Branding Strategist

Mary Schumacher is a writer and personal branding strategist. As the founder of CareerFrames writing practice, she produces original content for resumes, LinkedIn profiles, executive bios, marketing briefs, and other career documents. She came to this role after positions in government, business, and associations. Throughout all of her roles, Mary brought a talent for distilling myriad data points into compelling storytelling and for celebrating human cleverness.

Email: mary@careerframes.com

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