Employment Workshop

Employment Workshop

January 5, 2010 4 Comments

This event has passed; however, comments from attendees and presenters may have relevance to job seekers still.

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Join us as we co-host our Employment Workshop with ProEdit. You’ll learn resume and job search tips, preparing for interviews and staying employed in an ever-changing market.  Contact Jen Collier if you are interested in attending or have questions. Lunch will be included.

Cost: Free for Atlanta STC chapter members or $25.00 for non-members

Schedule

9:00 Introduction � Jen Collier
9:15 Job Search in the Age of Social Media � Stacy Nelson, ProEdit
9:45 Getting Through to the Gatekeeper/Marketing Me � Ashley Mitchell and Molly Scott, ProEdit
10:45 Resume Tips for the Technical Communicator � Holly Harkness, STC
11:30 Break (Lunch is Served)
11:45 Building Your Portfolio � Rachel Peters, STC
12:45 Interviewing Prep and Role Play � LaToia Pickett, ProEdit
1:45 Break
2:00 How to Stay Employed in an ever changing market � LaToia Pickett, ProEdit
2:30 After you get hired: 10 tips for keeping your job � Holly Harkness, STC
3:00 Wrap up

(Photo by kwalk628)

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About Jen Collier

I am the President and Program Manager of the Atlanta STC chapter. I've loved every minute with STC. Reach out to say "hi" if you like - jenstc@live.com.
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4 Responses to “Employment Workshop”

  1. Jen Collier Reply November 18, 2010 at 8:35 am

    We have 27 people signed up so far. It’s going to be a full house.

  2. Holly Harkness Reply November 23, 2010 at 10:34 am

    Thanks to everyone who turned out on Saturday!
    I hope our presentations and discussion were helpful to you.

    Here are some links from my presentation on resume writing.

    Example of text version of a resume:
    http://www.personalmarketingtools.com/images/maxine-kent.txt

    Power verbs to use on your resume:
    http://www.jobskills.info/resume_edge/power_verb.htm

  3. Holly Harkness Reply November 24, 2010 at 11:08 am

    One more link!
    Tom Johnson solicited help for a resume review on his blog a few weeks back.

    Here’s the result.
    http://idratherbewriting.com/2010/09/17/why-no-one-will-hire-you-40-professionals-give-advice-on-improving-a-technical-writers-resume-collaborative-post/

  4. Jen Collier Reply November 29, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    Here’s the link to the online resume site that Stacy talked about: http://www.visualcv.com/