You’re invited to Golden Key Asia Pacific’s 2026 Networking Event
- Melbourne
- 30 September 2026
- $35
Whether you’re looking to grow your professional network, explore new opportunities, or connect with like-minded individuals, this event is designed to support your next steps in today’s fast-changing, AI-driven job market, where standing out and staying employable requires clarity, confidence, and a strong personal narrative.
This year, we’re doing things a little differently with a two-part program designed to help you strengthen both your networking approach and take confident next steps in your career. This networking event will take place in a welcoming, inclusive environment co-hosted by CPA Australia and will include guided activities, giving you the opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations, build connections, and learn alongside Golden Key members and guests.
The first part of the evening, Articulate Your Value: Stand Out with Confidence in a Competitive Market, focuses on defining and communicating your personal value with confidence across networking, interviews, and LinkedIn.
The New Employability Reality: Getting Hired in the AI Era, explores how hiring has changed and what it really takes to be job-ready and visible in 2026.
We can’t wait to once again bring together a fantastic group of people for what is shaping up to be a wonderful evening, no matter what stage of your studies or career you’re at.
Articulate Your Value: Stand Out with Confidence in a Competitive Market
With Kate Lalak, speaker, facilitator, and founder of The Engine Room.
You’ve explored networking, now it’s time to strengthen what you say when opportunity appears. In today’s fast-moving, AI-driven job market, clarity is your competitive advantage. Whether you are job hunting, interviewing, networking, or stepping into a new role, your ability to confidently articulate your value is what sets you apart.
In this interactive workshop, Kate will help you define and communicate your personal value proposition in a way that is clear, credible, and memorable. You’ll build practical tools you can immediately use in networking conversations, interviews, LinkedIn, and professional introductions. This session focuses on building confidence first, because when you’re clear on your value, networking becomes easier, more authentic, and far more effective.
You’ll walk away with:
- A clear personal value statement you can use immediately.
- More effective language to describe your strengths and experience.
- A simple framework to position yourself confidently in interviews and networking situations.
- Greater confidence in how you present yourself professionally.
This is a hands-on working session designed to help you stand out in today’s competitive market.
The New Employability Reality: Getting Hired in the AI Era
With Natalia Tapia, CEO and founder of Gradstack.
Building on the theme of positioning yourself with confidence, this session takes a wider look at how the job market itself is changing.
Job searching has evolved rapidly, but many people are still being advised to prepare the same way. Resumes are now filtered by AI, employers are overwhelmed with applications, and being application-ready is no longer enough.
This session breaks down what employability actually means in 2026 and how to position yourself to be genuinely job-ready, discoverable, and future-fit in an AI-enabled workforce.
It’s a practical, honest conversation that explores:
- Why job searching feels harder right now.
- What employers are really looking for (hint: it’s capability, not formatting).
- The difference between being resume-ready and truly employable.
- How to articulate your strengths, projects, and real value.
- How to use LinkedIn strategically (without living on it).
- Why endless online applications don’t work, and what to do instead.
- A simple 7-day action plan to build momentum immediately.
You’ll leave with clarity, practical tools, and a new way to think about your career positioning in an AI-shaped world.
Event Details
When
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Time
Arrival 5.30pm until 8.30pm/9pm (approx)
Cost
$35 AUD per person
Refreshments
Light refreshments will be provioded
Location
CPA Melbourne, Function Rooms, Level 20, 28 Freshwater Place, Southbank
Refund Policy
If you have purchased a ticket and can no longer attend, you may request a refund up to 7 days before the event. Please note that Eventbrite's processing fees are non-refundable and will be deducted from any eligible refund.
