IAC 2024 Career Opportunity Forum
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) provides an excellent mechanism for students, young professionals and those seeking career opportunities to explore the global space community and its constituent organisations. With approximately one third of IAC attendees being young professionals, it is already a staging event for various organisations to offer initiatives, events, or services with space as the unifying theme.
In 2024, the IAF Industry Relations Committee (IRC) is proposing a new event – the IAC 2024 Career Opportunity Forum – to directly connect jobseekers with prospective employers. While IAC is already an outstanding place to make connections, this Forum aims to create a dedicated space to assist and inform independent organisational recruitment mechanisms whilst supporting candidates in identifying and exploring career opportunities.
Who can apply?
- Members of the IAF Industry Relations Committee;
- IAF Industry Member Organizations in good standing, regardless of their current involvement into the IRC;
- Students and Young Professionals participating in the International Astronautical Congress.
Objectives:
- Offer a forum to students, young and experienced professionals to help seek and assess new career opportunities whilst at IAC;
- Offer a forum to IRC committee members and IAF Industry Members organizations to identify and capture talent whilst at the IAC;
- Ensure diverse representations across geography and industry, agency and academia;
- Offer a new dimension to IRC committee members and IAF Industry Members organizations by contributing to the macro-industry challenge of talent identification, development and recruitment. Proposal;
- The IRC would like to facilitate an environment for face-to-face meeting in which prospective candidates can arrange to meet contacts from prospective organisations to: explore opportunities, ask questions and build a link with organisations. (This would not extend into any formal selection process).
Format:
The IAC 2024 Career Opportunity Forum will be organized in the frame of the IAC Industry Day, Tuesday 15 October 2024 from 14:45 to 17:45 CEST.
The format foresees two options:
- A group presentation of the companies’ recruitment opportunities, profiles, application process, regulations and constraints. This is offered as an option to interested companies and it is not an obligation if selected face-to-face contacts are preferred;
- Dedicated face-to-face contacts organized via appointment, after registration of the interested candidates. These will be handled as specific dialogue with company executives or HRs in a more private sphere than the previous option.
How to apply?
- The application call for IAF Industry Members to participate in the IAC 2024 Career Opportunity Forum is CLOSED;
- The application call for Students and Young Professionals to participate in the IAC 2024 Career Opportunity Forum is OPEN. The deadline is Friday 13 September 2024 .
Questions? Contact us at IAFcareer@iafastro.org