February 2021 Edition - WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT PODCAST SERIES: Akida John-Ambrose Speaks

The Podcast Series is intended to guide new and recent graduates to become quality professionals in these troubling times as they seek their careers and adjust to the new realities outside the walls of college campuses. Employers and professionals from various industries will share experiences, guidance, information, instruction and recommendations for graduates. The hope is for graduates to strategically navigate new useful ideas to deal with realities never taught in college. For this episode, we invited a talent acquisition expert from the United Kingdom to share useful insights needed for new and recent graduates to use in their job search. Ms. Akida John Ambrose has over 7 years' recruitment experience introducing junior- to Board-, Director- and C-Level executive into corporate, professional services firms, and private equity organizations across Africa, Europe, the US and Australia. She has strong relationship and stakeholder management skills gained from executive-level recruiting, trustee leadership and cross-cultural project management. Raised from humble Caribbean and English roots, Ms. John-Ambrose is driven by a spirit of continuous learning, curiosity and ‘intrapreneurship’, as demonstrated by Warwick LLB and Birkbeck Mini-MBA practices. She grew the first Africa-focused community of its kind at Movemeback, connecting 50,000 global professionals to African opportunities. She is an ex-Board Member and Trustee for youth-driven, Africa-focused volunteering and grant-making charity in the UK. As a Personal finance coach, she has been a support foster caregiver for young people with autism for the past 12 years. Ms. John-Ambrose has a Law degree with honors from Warwick University, a degree in Commercial and Company Law from Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands and a Mini MBA from Birkbeck, University of London.