EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
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Networking
10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM
Statistics say 70% - 80% of jobs are found through networking. Learn how to effectively communicate with others, give and receive job leads, and discover unadvertised job opportunities.

Resume Writing
10:00 AM and 1:00 PM
Employers spend on average 5-15 seconds reviewing a resume. Learn how to catch an employer’s interest, draw attention to your skills and qualifications, and get into the “call” pile.

Interviewing
11:00 AM and 2:00 PM
Employers make decisions about candidates within first few minutes of the interview. Learn how to make a positive first impression, answer questions appropriately, and follow-through to make yourself stand apart from your competition.

2009 Job Search Techniques
10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM
It is an employers’ market. Learn what happens on the employers’ end when they have a job opening and how you can apply different job search techniques to give yourself a competitive advantage.

Career Exploration & Discovering Your Transferable Skills
10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM
Thinking about going a different direction with your career? Learn how to identify your transferrable skills and the process for exploring and identifying a new career.

Financial Aid for Education
10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM
  • How to obtain financial aid for school
  • The best resources for student loans
  • Repayment options
  • Additional useful advice

Dress For Success presents: "Impression Management"
10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM
Impression management is the deliberate 'bending' of the truth in order to make a favorable impression. Managing impression includes deliberate use of any or all of:

  • Dress, make-up, hairstyle and other management of visual appearance.
  • Manner and general behavior, such as being pleasant, assertive, and so on.
  • Managing body language to conceal anxieties or untruths and show openness, etc.
  • Being economic with the truth, not telling lies but also not revealing the whole truth.
  • Downplaying or denial of negative factors that make you look bad.

Good Credit....Good Job
10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM
  • About Credit Bureaus
  • About Credit Reports
  • About Credit Scores
  • How potential employers access your credit information
  • How Employers make the connection/comparison between a good employee and a good credit score