Keep In Touch

The Keep in Touch Portal has been designed to keep those members of our industry who have been made redundant due to the COVID-19 pandemic, connected with the AEO. The key focus of the Talent Working Group in 2021 is to attract, assess and retain talent, with the aim to provide the industry with a wealth of diverse, quality candidates that have chosen events as a first choice career.

At the AEO we know that our industry is only as strong as the amazing people who are part of it and we hope that you will use this portal to access content and resources and the jobs board to support you with recruitment, but ultimately to know that you are still connected to the AEO and your industry so we are all positioned and poised for when we come back stronger with a new skills and expertise to enable us to do so.

Job seekers can post their CV for free on The Hub Jobs, and AEO has partnered with The Hub Jobs to provide current AEO member companies with a discount to post jobs and access the CV library.

To post your CV click here

The Virtual Events Institute is a global platform to bring the community together to inspire, discuss and learn how to produce exceptional virtual and hybrid events. Through certification training, events, awards and market insight, the Virtual Events Institute is supporting event professionals to deliver excellence in virtual and hybrid events.

For an out of work discount, click the link below, and head to the 'Open for Work' tab

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esprecruitment and tfconnect have joined forces to lead an initiative to help event professionals whose jobs have been made redundant due to COVID-19, by providing a “one-stop-shop” of services.

We are hoping to offer the following services for the unemployed during the pandemic:

• Outplacement webinars 
• One-to-one support 
• Job search toolkit 
• CV review
• Keeping in-touch and engaged with the events industry
• Training
• An online presence
• Mental health podcasts

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The Ops Nest is offering FOC places for 3 months, for operations professionals who have found themselves redundant as a result of the pandemic. They are also offering a FOC Masterclass of your choice, normally priced at £70.

Please contact theopsnest@opsshaper.uk to get started

The Ops Nest is the place for event professionals to connect, collaborate, and learn together. Offering learning opportunities, direct access to experts, networking, mentoring, and support on tap, Ops Nest membership includes;

• CPD-accredited monthly masterclasses on topics such as electrics, rigging, and AV Peer-to-peer mentoring and weekly 'Let's Talk sessions with industry experts Quarterly Ops-Stacles;
• outputs that enable members to brainstorm together on topics and challenges for the benefit of the wider industry Ops on Tour and regular meet-ups – virtually at the moment
• Access to all Ops Nest resources and downloads, including a ‘Guide to the Guidance’ which advises on the measures you must put in place to open indoor events safely post Covid
• A full library of previous Let's Talk sessions
• Job board and tailored CV advice from our recruitment partner, Expocast

UK Event Professionals Redundancy due to Corona was created by Anna-Marie Trzebinski, in March 2020 at the beginning of the UK COVID 19 pandemic.

As of Dec 2020, it had over 1300 members and with a highly engaged community, the group is a way to meet and network in the UK events industry

This group is sponsored by AMTEventsGlobal.com

UK Event Professionals Redundancy due to Corona group was created for three reasons:

1. Life is hard enough currently for those made redundant, lost their job/ work without feeling isolated and alone; hopefully you can find a place of great comfort and consolidation in this group sharing your worries and thoughts with others,
2. For recruiters and businesses hiring that want to post a role, for a small donation to help support the group and keep it running.
3. For those that wish to join to offer your expertise & advice to those that have been made redundant.

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Pledge by EventWell offers vital and immediate support to any event professional experiencing personal and financial hardship and is open to anyone working in creative communications, experiential marketing, live and business events, exhibition, hospitality and travel, in response to the global Covid-19 pandemic.

Pledges are open to anyone in need and/or experiencing professional, personal and financial hardship to apply, with the aim of being as simple and accessible as possible. 

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We are Event Masters is the only facebook group by eventprofs for eventprofs with marketing responsibility.  We’ll be sharing insights, tips, tricks, tech, how-tos and marketing masterclasses on all things event marketing.  If you’re currently out of work, it’s never been more important to keep your fingers on the pulse of what’s new, what’s changing, what’s working and what’s not, in event marketing.  With the constant churn of social, new tech and new platforms you need to keep abreast of trends and developments and keep in touch with your peers.  Come and learn, be inspired, ask questions, get recommendations, inside information and quick wins.  Also look out for our monthly job vacancies opportunity – where marketers share their vacancies and freelancers or out of work marketeers can flag their availability.   

Come and join your tribe of event marketers at We are Event Masters.

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