Congratulations! You made it through the WE24 annual conference. Before you rifle through your goodie bags and catch up on your overflowing inbox, don’t forget to take these important steps to strengthen any new connections and keep your momentum going.
1. Send Your Thank Yous
If you attended the career fair and spoke with a recruiter or hiring manager, don’t forget to send an email thanking them for their time. Be sure to reinforce why you’re interested in working for the organization and why you’d be a good match, and, if possible, consider adding something that you discussed while getting to know each other that makes the thank you email more personal.
2. Follow Up and Connect
Follow up with those who you made a connection with on LinkedIn or via email. Consider sending a short message reminding them where you met and how you may be able to help each other. If you made a connection that might benefit another colleague, pay it forward and make the introduction.
3. Review the Content/See What You Missed
You can watch on-demand recordings of this year’s WE24 Keynotes and Inspirational Insights sessions on the Advance Learning Center! All recordings are free and open to the public, but you will need to use your SWE login or create a SWE login in order to access.
- Note: two of the Inspirational Insights sessions are eligible to earn 0.1 CEU/1.0 PDH each. To earn CEUs, you must view the session recording in its entirety and pass the post-session knowledge check with an 80%. SWE will not award partial credit or adjusted CEUs to individuals who do not successfully meet the criteria. Please note: If you attended the Inspirational Insights sessions live at the conference and took the post-session survey and knowledge check to earn CEUs, your certificate can be downloaded from the Advance Learning Center by logging in and going to your name in the upper right corner and selecting My Profile, then searching under the Certificates tab.
4. Put What You Learned Into Practice
Ask yourself these questions:
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- What resonated with you the most?
- How can you use what you learned at work?
- Did the conference make you realize that you have a skill gap?
Review your notes and the learning outcomes for each of the presentations you attended and make an action list that you can start executing or building upon post-conference.
5. Share What You Learned at the Conference
Type up a summary of key takeaways, helpful strategies and pertinent links from the conference and share with your managers and colleagues alike. Not only will this reinforce to your boss that investing in you was a smart move ― and will give them a reason to send you to more events and opportunities ― but you may be paving the way for one of your colleagues to also get the okay to attend in the future.
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