Employment Workshop
— January 5, 2010 4 145This 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
- Date: Saturday, November 20th
- Time: 9:00 – 3:00
- Location: Mirant, 1155 Perimeter Center West, Atlanta, GA 30338
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 |
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We have 27 people signed up so far. It’s going to be a full house.
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
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/
Here’s the link to the online resume site that Stacy talked about: http://www.visualcv.com/