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Outpost London Events Calendar
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News - including Job Opportunities
with Outpost London)
Shell
partners and employees based in London are advised of the following
Outpost London events.
Winter
2010
Settling
into London
Tuesday 12 January
Time: 10.30-12.30
Venue: Outpost London office, Shell Centre
Outpost London Team has pleasure in inviting new expatriates
to London to a 'Settling into London' morning. There will be
a short introduction on living in the UK - health system, education,
career and development - and time for you to ask your own questions.
You will get to know the team and the services we offer and
you will meet other expatriate Shell families.
Enhancing
Cross Cultural Learning, by
Dr. Po Li Tan.
Thursday 14 January
Time: 12.00—2.00
Venue: Shell Centre
Dr. Po Li Tan is a Lecturer in Higher Education at King’s Learning
Institute, King’s College London. Living and working in a foreign
country can be challenging and stress full. However if you are
equipped with an appropriate mindset, or disposition to ‘learn’,
the journey of living in a foreign country could be a pleasant
and more meaningful one. The aim of this workshop is to make
participants feel empowered as effective ‘global learners’ in
a cross-cultural environment.
Career
& Development Support Group
Tuesday 19 January
Time: 10.30 - 12.00
Venue: Shell Centre
If you are considering working, studying, changing career or
volunteering in the UK or anywhere else in the world, now or
in the future, do come and join us. The Career & Development
Support Group is an informal sharing of experience as well as
an opportunity to create networking contacts while meeting with
other likeminded Shell expatriate partners.
Coffee
Morning— Esher
Tuesday 26 January
Time: 10.00—12.00
Venue: Suelan Hart’s house
Suelan Hart will host a coffee morning in her home. This morning
will give you the perfect opportunity to meet with new arrivals
and to catch up with old friends.
Coffee
Morning with a Twist—
Colour me Beautiful with Nanja van
Doesburg
Tuesday 2 February
Time: 10.30—12.00
Venue: Shell Centre
More information will follow
Coffee
Morning— Richmond
Wednesday 10 February
Time: 10.00—1.00
Venue: Eva Reindl’s house
Eva Reindl will host a coffee morning in her home. This morning
will give you the perfect opportunity to meet with new arrivals
and to catch up with old friends.
Settling into London
Wednesday 24 February
Time: 10.30—12.00
Venue: Outpost London Office, Shell Centre
Outpost London invites new expatriates to a ‘Settling into London’
morning. There will be a
short introduction on living in the UK -health system, education,
career and development- and time for you to ask your own questions.
You will get to know the team and the services we offer and
offer and you will meet other expatriate Shell families.
If interested
in any of the above programmes, please contact us at
OutpostLondon@shell.com or call us at 020-7935 4005 or 2114.
Career &
Development Events - FOCUS
FOCUS
Information Services,
based in central London, also offer a wide range of programmes
that explore aspects of living and working in the UK. To supplement
our own services, Outpost London has partnered with FOCUS to
provide career support services. The Career & Development
programme of FOCUS is free for Shell spouses. .
News from Outpost London
Have you moved office location?
With the
Renewal Project in Shell Centre Tower, Outpost London has lost
track of some of you. Please contact
us if you have moved office or if you have not received
Outpost London correspondence (e.g. Destinations magazine) through
internal mail in the last three months. Also, if you received
correspondence but it was re-directed by Shell Mail Services,
please let us know.
Have
you changed your contact details?
If you have
moved house whilst living in London or have changed your home
email address, please contact us
to guarantee receipt of reminders of our upcoming events, E-Newsletter
notification and Expat Adverts list.
Current
Outpost London Job Openings
Office
Volunteer
An
office volunteer will be responsible for the upkeep of the main
database. Other duties may include: ordering information pamphlets
from schools, organisations etc., photocopying, maintaining
the Library and general office assistance. We prefer a
candidate who has working knowledge of MS Excel, MS Word and
MS Outlook and can commit to one day a week 10.00am – 3.00pm.
Career
& Development Volunteer
A
Career & Development volunteer will be assisting our C&D
advisor with a project on Spouse Vocational Assistance.
For more information contact Nathalie on Tuesday or Thursday
Tel: 020 7934 6007.
Area
Coordinators
Would
you like to be part of the Outpost London team but prefer the
comfort of your own home, why not become an area coordinator?
Area
coordinators welcome like-minded expatriates in their area by
organising a coffee morning three times a year. Outpost London
will look after the invitation email and distribution.
We
appreciate it if you could also provide the new expat with local
information and knowledge.
For
more details contact Irina Morariu on Monday to Thursday Tel:
020 7934 4005.
Newsletter
Outpost
London is always interested in hearing your experiences as an
expatriate. If you want to share your impressions with other
Shell families, please drop us a line.
We also would love to hear from your children about their experiences.
Library
Do
you have a new posting coming up? Is it time to start thinking
about your next posting? Why not stop by the Outpost London
Library to borrow a book/DVD of your next potential destination.
PS:
If you have any unwanted travel books on Shell locations, we
would be very happy to receive them.
Please
note: Outpost London deals solely with enquiries from
Shell employees and their families, worldwide. |
