Professional branding for career growth: CV, LinkedIn and interview workshop

Bring your CV, LinkedIn profile and career goal.

Leave with clearer professional positioning, practical improvements to your application materials, stronger interview language and a 90-day career growth plan.

This four-hour working session is for professionals applying for new roles, preparing for promotion or wanting to become better known for the value they bring.

Date: Saturday, 3 October 2026

Time: 10 am–2 pm

Venue: Auckland Business Chamber

Limited to 30 participants

When you are applying for a role, your CV and LinkedIn profile have to work hard before you enter the interview room. They need to help employers quickly understand your experience, strengths, career direction and the value you can bring.

Once you are in the role, it shows up in how you contribute in meetings, build trust, communicate progress, develop relationships and position yourself for future opportunities.

This workshop will help you make the value you bring easier to see on paper, online, in interviews, in meetings and in the rooms where career decisions are made.

Who this workshop is for

This workshop is for professionals who are ready to communicate the value they bring more clearly across every stage of their career.

It's for you if you:

Feel like your CV does not fully reflect the value you bring.
Want to improve your LinkedIn profile so your experience is easier to understand.
Are applying for roles and want to stand out in a sea of applications.
Want to answer interview questions with more structure, confidence and relevance.
Feel overlooked despite your skills, experience or qualifications.
Want to contribute more confidently in meetings and workplace conversations.
Want to build stronger professional relationships without feeling fake or forced.
Are preparing for a promotion, leadership opportunity, career move or greater responsibility.
Want to become better known for the value you bring.

What you will learn

1. Stand out in the application process

You will learn how to position your experience so employers can quickly understand your value.

We will cover:

CV writing and how to tell a stronger career story.
LinkedIn profile improvements that support your job search.
How to make your skills, strengths and achievements easier to recognise.
How to avoid sounding generic in a sea of applications.
How to connect your experience to the roles you want next.

2. Show up strongly in the interview

You will learn how to speak about your experience with more structure, confidence and relevance.

We will cover:

How to answer interview questions with stronger examples.
How to connect your experience to the role.
How to speak about your achievements without feeling like you are bragging.
How to communicate your professional value clearly under pressure.
How to prepare examples that show capability and readiness.

3. Grow once you’re in the role

You will learn how to build visibility, trust and credibility after you get the job.

We will cover:

How to contribute more confidently in meetings.
How to communicate your work and progress.
How to build relationship capital with managers, peers and decision-makers.
How sponsorship works and why it matters.
How to position yourself for promotion, leadership and future opportunities.

By the end of the workshop, you will leave with:

A clearer professional positioning statement.
A stronger understanding of what your CV needs to communicate.
Practical LinkedIn profile improvements you can make straight away.
Stronger interview language and examples.
Scripts for meetings, networking and career conversations.
A relationship map to support visibility, sponsorship and career growth.
A 90-day professional growth plan.

Why this workshop is important for your career growth

Many people are not held back by a lack of skill, they are held back because the value they bring is not always easy to see, understand or remember.

A strong professional brand is not about pretending to be someone else. It's about making your experience, strengths and career direction easier for the right people to recognise.

This is important when you apply for a role, when you walk into an interview, when you speak in a meeting. It's important when someone is deciding who to recommend, sponsor, promote or invite into the next opportunity.

This workshop will help you build the language, tools and professional presence to move through your career with more intention.

Delivered by Emmagness Ruzvidzo

Emmagness Ruzvidzo is a multi-award-winning brand strategist, communications leader and personal brand advisor with more than two decades of experience helping people and organisations become better understood, trusted and remembered.

She has held five leadership roles in Australia over the past eight years, across health insurance, fintech and the not-for-profit sector. She has also worked with ASX-listed and Fortune 500 companies as a consultant, and now leads the communications and media function for a national research organisation.

Her work brings together brand strategy, professional identity and career visibility to help professionals communicate their value clearly across their CV, LinkedIn profile, interviews and workplace presence.

Event details

Date: 3 October 2026

Time: 10am - 2pm

Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Format: In-person workshop

Individual ticket: NZ115

Bring a colleague or friend: two seats for NZ178 — best value

Please bring:

Your current CV, even if it is not perfect.
Access to your LinkedIn profile.
A notebook or laptop.
One role, opportunity or career goal you would like to work towards.

You do not need to have everything figured out before you arrive. That is what we will work through together.

This is a practical, working session. Places are limited, so there is enough space for reflection, discussion and individual application.

This workshop is relevant for professionals seeking support with CV writing, LinkedIn profile improvement, interview preparation, career development, workplace visibility, professional branding, networking, and career progression.

Book your ticket now and join us in Auckland this October.

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