Network your comeback: Networking for jobseekers
As work and careers continue to shift rapidly, building meaningful connections can feel more complex than it should.
✨In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore how to shift from need-based, outcome-driven networking to a more intentional, relationship-centered approach that aligns with your values. Through reflection, dialogue, and practical exercises, you’ll reconnect with your natural voice, clarify who you’re genuinely curious to engage with, and experiment with ways of reaching out that feel grounded, genuine and human.
You’ll leave with:
➡️A reframe of networking that feels energizing and aligned
➡️Greater clarity on who you want to connect with and why
➡️Practical ways to initiate and sustain conversations authentically
➡️A more sustainable, relationship-driven approach to growing your network
You host
Esra Uzun Masonis a Learning & Development leader and facilitator with over 12 years of experience designing and scaling employee and leadership development strategies that build high-performing leaders, enable internal mobility and drive measurable business outcomes. She currently serves as Head of Employee and Career Development at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where she leads a team of facilitators and partners with senior leaders to deliver scalable development experiences that help people grow with clarity and build meaningful skills.
With a background in education, Esra’s work blends mindfulness, design thinking and intercultural awareness to help people deepen self-understanding, make intentional decisions, and foster meaningful connections. Originally from Türkiye and now based in North Carolina, Esra brings a cross-cultural lens to her work and is known for creating warm, reflective and highly engaging spaces where people can explore new ways of thinking and relating.
In addition to her work in organizational development, she is building Papriqqa, a new community-centered platform supporting individuals navigating layoffs and life or career transitions, reimagining networking as a more human, curiosity-driven experience, with a pilot program launching soon.
Relaunch
Relaunch is an initiative, set-up through Coaching Innovators, where career coaches and mentors have joined forces to help those facing career set-backs such as redundancy, job-loss, career transitions, return from maternity or sick leave etc. The second edition is running between March and June 2026 and you can apply for 3x free sessions here.
This workshop is open for anyone facing a career set-back, globally and charges a small fee of £5 to help fund the initiative and keep everything free or low-cost as much as possible.