Career Workshop

Have you, or someone you know been impacted by a company downsizing or considering a future job change? Join us for a five-part career planning workshop. Each session begins with a relevant presentation followed by discussion. The sessions are designed to provide a safe environment in which to identify resources for a career transition, and conduct a successful job search while supporting your family and yourself financially and emotionally. This is NOT a job fair, rather a forum to gain career transitional tools, and share information between attendees.

We're currently planning the next workshop for September 2010, but all of the handouts from the past workshop are included below.

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Career Search Resources and Suggested Reading Materials:

Job Search Network and Support Groups

Pat Morley: How to Survive the Economic Meltdown (pdf)

 

Session #1  Now What? - How to protect my family?  How to prepare myself?
Speaker: Tom Richardson/Chris Jackson

• Steps and resources to stabilize your financial situation
• Developing priorities for a career change
• Leveraging networks
• Preparing for interviews
• Handouts (doc)
• Slides (ppt)

 

Session #2: Can a Career Transition be a Good Thing?
Speaker: Eric Daugherty

• A Framework to transition between roles
• Communication tools for difficult conversations at home
• Slides (ppt)
• audio recording (mp3)

 

Session #3: Moving from Intentions to Action
Speaker: Tom Richardson

• Testing your direction
• Energizing your path
• Sharing resources and contacts
• (NOTE: BRING RESUME AND STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT)
• Slides
• Handout: Personal Planning Sheet
• Handout: Intentions to Action

Concurrent Session for Spouses and Significant Others on Jan 28

• Coping & Supporting a Family Through Change
• A Discussion with Jen Knebel (Pastor)

 

Session #4: Peace Through Career Turbulence
Speaker: Craig Edlin

• Stepping back to see God’s plan
• Comfort in Crisis
• Stepping Forward in Faith
• Slides (Introduction)
• Slides (Peace in Career Turbulence)

 

 

Session #5: Going Deeper with Five Breakout Topics

For the final week, the format will change.  You will have the choice to attend two of the following five breakout topics.  Each session will run 45 minutes and will be more of a discussion and cross learning exchange led by one of the Workshop leaders.  The five topics will be:

• Resume Building
• Improving Communication with your Spouse/Family
• Improving Action Plans
• Strengths Assessment
• Marketing and Selling Yourself and Overcoming Barriers to Networking

Overall agenda.  If a handout is used, it will be highlighted above in blue.

 

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