Gvahim
Produces: 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 assist qualified olim (new immigrants) in realizing
their professional aspirations in Israel, is producing 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 Communications and PR Manager 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."

Mickael Bensadoun: "Connecting the
entrepreneurial spirit of Israeli professionals with Olim."
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 projects 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 projects networks.

Anabelle
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 Gvahims 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.
Gvahims 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.

Tania
Amar: "Introducing Gvahim Olims
to as many Israeli companies as possible".
We are
very pleased to see that more than 150 Olims and entrepreneurs
from the Gvahim and Garage Geek communities have already registered
to the event, and we expect many more people to join," said
Gvahim Technology and Industry Network team leader Tania Amar.
"Our
main purpose with this kind of events is to have Gvahim Olims
exposed to as many Israeli companies as possible that are looking
to hire international talents and encourage discussions around
concrete professional opportunities.
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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