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Career Workshops This Week Highlight Travel Experience, Job Search Success, Personal Marketing, and GSLIS Resumes

Filed under Career Exploration, Job Hunting, Networking, Resumes and Cover Letters, Workshops
Posted by Libraries, February 06, 2006
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http://my.simmons.edu/library/collections/career/register.shtmlThe following workshops will be held in the Career Resource Library (P304E) this week:

(Register online!)

Jobs and Careers Using Your Travel Experience
Tuesday, February 7, 3-4:30pm
Your travel or study abroad experience can help you get a job. This workshop will review a variety of occupations in the USA and internationally that could maximize your global education, use your travel savvy, or send you abroad again—and this time you’ll get paid. Hear about occupations in development, peace, travel, business, environmental issues, social change, and more.

Secrets of Job Search Success
Wednesday, February 8, 12:30-2pm
Discover the keys to a successful job search: set your goals, know your strengths, research and target employers, find job openings, and network your way into employment. Learn the “how to’s” and benefits of a proactive job search, as well as tools to stay organized and on track.

Marketing Yourself Professionally: The Two-Minute Infomercial
Thursday, February 9, 6-7:30pm It takes more to get a job than a resume! Learn to communicate your strengths, accomplishments, and career goals in a powerful and concise manner by creating a verbal marketing piece. This technique works when networking, exploring career options, and interviewing.

Resumes and Cover Letters for GSLIS Students
Day session: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 1-2pm
Resumes for GSLIS Students
Evening session: Wednesday, Feb. 8, 5:30-6pm
(Evening cover letter session to be held Mar. 1.)

Register online any workshop listed above! (Drop-ins also welcome.)
For additional career workshops offered at Simmons, see http://my.simmons.edu/library/collections/
career/workshops.shtml.

—Kelly Jo Woodside