"Applied" to "Accepted": Your Job Search Debugged

​A hands-on workshop for women navigating the job search

​Lots of applications. Very few interviews. It’s rarely about how hard you’re working. It’s where that effort goes, and how you talk about what you’ve already done.

​Join Shubhra Bedi (The Career Room) and Kashaf Salaheen (Ctrl+She) to fix both.

​🎯 Part 1: Where your effort should go
A short talk on the 80/20 of job searching: what actually leads to interviews, and what only feels productive. Then you’ll audit your own week, sorting it into “moved the needle” and “felt productive but didn’t.”

​🎤 Part 2: Resume vs. Reality
A short talk on why so many of us undersell our own work, and how to spot impact we don’t recognise as impact. Then, in breakout rooms, you’ll interview a partner about a recent win and pick out the strongest thing she said. Then you’ll hear yours.

​You’ll leave with
✅ A clear view of where your job search time is really going
✅ One or two changes you can make this week
✅ A more confident way to talk about your work
✅ A few new connections

​Who it’s for
Women at any stage of the job search: recent grads, career changers, newcomers to Canada, and anyone returning to work after a break.

​Come prepared
Have a rough idea of how you spent your job search time last week, and one recent win you’re proud of, big or small. Be ready to join a breakout room with your camera on if you’re comfortable.

​About the hosts

​Shubhra Bedi: CIBC professional and founder of The Career Room, helping early-career professionals in the GTA network smarter and land roles at the companies they want.

​Kashaf Salaheen: IBM professional and founder of Ctrl+She, an inclusive space for women in tech to talk openly about their careers, their struggles, and life beyond work.