Gvahim Sponsors: Israel - The Land of Milk, Honey, Startups Networking Conference
By Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency
Jerusalem ---- November 27, 2009 ..... Gvahim, a leading Aliya organization which strives to find employment for Olim (new immigrants) in Israel, is sponsoring a networking conference in Ra'anana, Israel entitled: The Land of Milk, Honey and Startups.
Gvahim, which was launched in March 2006, has created an exciting event on December 10, 2009 dedicated to entrepreneurship in Israel with some of Israel's leading and most successful entrepreneurs providing insight on how to make it in Israel.
The event, which will include cocktails and networking, will feature a panel of Israel entrepreneurs and VCs comprising of Uri Adoni, Partner at JVP; Ariel Beeri, founder and co-director of PresenTense Group, Aaron Boublil, co-founder and CEO, 2pad, Gigi Levy, entrepreneur and CEO of 888 Holdings; Joel Leyden, President of the Leyden Internet Marketing, SEO and Digital PR Communications Group and publisher of the Israel News Agency, Barak Ron, lawyer and owner of the BR Law Office, Dean of Students of the Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering Dr. Mel Rosenberg and Aliza Landes, director of the New Media Desk at the International Press Branch of the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Yaron Carni, the founder of ZShow, will serve as the moderator of the panel. Carni coordinates a boutique Angel Group of high added value individuals from New York and London that invest privately in a variety of Israel based companies.
"We are putting together an event on global entrepreneurship for Gvahim members," says Gvahim PR Director Anabelle Pimienta.
"Gvahim's mission is to assist qualified Olim from around the world in realizing their professional aspirations in Israel and provide them with a strong social anchor for a successful Aliyah. After 3 years of activities under the Rashi Foundation management, Gvahim became an independent non profit organization headed by Yair Shamir, Chairman of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), in July 2009) and the GarageGeeks community, an Israel based not-profit physical and virtual space for innovative and creative people to introduce, network, expose, create, brainstorm, innovate and build."
Pimienta adds: "The goal of this networking and conference event is to cover all fields of entrepreneurship, to illustrate the very impressive Israeli entrepreneurial model and success worldwide as seen in the newly published book "The Start Up Nation", and mix highly qualified Olim (new immigrants) with top Israeli professionals to share ideas and experience, meet and innovate."
During the past ten years, a growing number of talented professionals from different countries including the United States, France, Great Britain and Canada have decided to make Aliyah and develop their professional careers in Israel. The Gvahim project’s mission is to encourage this trend and ensure that graduates from US and universities in Europe, with or without professional experience, find employment positions fitting their qualifications in the Israel marketplace.
Gvahim has offered its participants different types of services designed to promote their professional success in Israel including individual support, professional workshops and networking through the project’s networks.
Pimienta: "an event on global entrepreneurship
designed to help Olim find employment."
Gvahim is a joint initiative of the Rashi Foundation and of a group of Israel business leaders including Elie Ayalon, President of DSPG, Sami Friedrich, President of Shaldor and Yair Shamir, President of the Israeli Aircraft Industry.
The AMI Association and the Association of French Alumni in Israel (AAEGE-Israel) have been leading partners of the projects from its start. Nefesh B' Nefesh and Israemploy recently joined the project, helping Gvahim reach non-French speaking highly qualified olim.
Gvahim provides career development support which includes consultation with a human resources specialist including adapting the curriculum vitae to the Israel market, preparation for interviews and provision of useful tips for effective job searching. Individual support by an Israeli professional: definition of career plan and objectives, advice and network development and professional workshops.
These workshops provide Gvahim’s participants with skills and knowledge useful for their job search: an overview of the Israeli market and of specific sectors, meetings with Israeli business leaders, visits to Israeli leading companies, tips for salary negotiation and more.
Gvahim’s professional networks in Israel – the Financial Network, the Marketing and Communications Network and the Technology and Industry Network – were established by leading volunteers of the Gvahim Project as a platform where Israel professionals link up with highly qualified Olim.
The networks provide its members with new knowledge horizons and career development opportunities.
They also enable the sharing of information and the best, most effective practices, as well as personalized communication between professionals involved in common areas of activities.
Over 200 Olim have participated in Gvahim since its creation in March 2006. With or without experience, they are all graduates of leading universities in Europe and North America.
Among the first 130 participants of the project, 77 percent found a position in the Israel marketplace in less than six months and 75 percent of them feel their job fits their professional skills and academic level.
The Land of Milk, Honey and Startups Networking conference will be held at the Amdocs Amphitheater, in Ra'anana A small registration fee of 40 NIS will cover the food and drinks. Registration will be open until December 8, 2009 and pre-registration is mandatory. The organizers are expecting up to 500 people to attend.
One can find more information about Gvahim and their networking events on the Web 2.0, social networking Website Facebook.
"Connecting the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of Israeli professionals with the skills, global know-how and strong motivation of highly qualified Olim will create fresh thinking and new projects that will impact the Israeli economy," says Mickael Bensadoun, Executive Director of Gvahim.
"Our mission is to stop the brain drain from Israel by making certain that those who make Aliya land on their feet and provide the opportunity for these new Jewish immigrants to contribute to Israel's continued growth and development."
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