New Line-Up of Workshops for September and October
JVS Cincinnati Career Network Workshops
Whether you are unemployed, underemployed, need to update your skills or are new to the job market, you can utilize the JVS Cincinnati Career Network workshops to fine-tune your job seeking skills at no cost to you.
Workshop Descriptions
Begin the Process, Job Search Preparation
Searching for a new job, position or career can be intimidating. A successful job search requires effort, organization, planning, setting priorities and scheduling activities. Even before you begin updating your resume, writing cover letters or securing networking appointments, take the time to consider learning ways to make the process of seeking employment as easy and effective as possible.
Job Search Boot Camp
Intensive session for job-searchers. Reflect upon your current employment situation, including your current and past experiences, interests, and most important priorities. Discover career options. Learn effective marketing tools, including how to write résumés and cover letters. Find the hidden and apparent job markets. We will offer tips about how to “wow” the employer at the interview and how to negotiate the best deals for you.
Mock Interview Questions - Group
Interviewing is your real opportunity to present yourself in a positive light to the potential employer. This is your chance to win a job! This workshop prepares you to interview with confidence and increase your chances of getting the job. The class includes group feedback on responses to interview questions, so please be ready to practice with the group!
Open Resume Critique
Your résumé is often an employer’s first impression of you. It is your first opportunity to “market” your skills and background to employers. Learn valuable tips on how to write résumés and cover letters that stand apart from the crowd. Receive feedback on your own materials.
Get Out and Network
Want to take the mystery out of networking? Are you interested in tapping the vast network of unadvertised positions? In this workshop, Participants will learn how to leverage their existing network of contacts and gain valuable skills to help expand that network. This workshop will focus on networking techniques that help you get closer to the community that interests you and the jobs within it.
Take the Social Networking Plunge: LinkedIn
Are you curious about how to develop your professional online presence? Are you looking for tips on how to build your LinkedIn profile and access the contacts and professional opportunities that you need to advance in your career? In this workshop, you will learn effective strategies for using the most popular online networking tool currently available to you: LinkedIn. You’ll also find out how to professionalize your online image so that the next time a hiring manager “Google’s” you, they will like what they see! This course is for people who are comfortable using Microsoft Word and Internet Explorer.
CCN Calendar - September and October 2009
BEGIN THE PROCESS,
JOB SEARCH PREPARATION - WORKSHOP
WEDNESDAY, September 2, 16 & 30 and October 14 and 28, 10:00 a.m.-11:30 p.m.
*Find out how a career consultant can help you focus your career search
*Organize the process of seeking employment for successful results
JOB SEARCH BOOT CAMP - WORKSHOP
WEDNESDAY, September 9 & 23 and October 7 and 21, 10:00 a.m.-11:30 p.m.
*Intensive session for job searchers * Review the fundamentals of a job search
*Learn the keys to marketing yourself in a tough economy
OPEN RESUME CRITIQUE - WORKSHOP
MONDAY, October 5, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
*Perfect your resumes and cover letters
*Stand apart from the crowd
GET OUT AND NETWORK! - WORKSHOP
MONDAY, September 7 & 21 and October 12, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
*80% of jobs are found through networking
*Learn how to network efficiently and effectively
MOCK INTERVIEWS (GROUP) - WORKSHOP
MONDAY, October 26, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
* Learn winning strategies for successful interviews
TAKE THE SOCIAL NETWORKING PLUNGE: GET LINKED IN - WORKSHOP
MONDAY, September 14 and October 19, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
*Why you should be using Linked In and how to get started now
JOB SEARCH TECHNIQUES and OPEN COMPUTER HOURS
TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS, 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
*Perform online job searches *Research companies
*Create and print resumes and cover letters
WE APPRECIATE YOUR RSVP.
INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENTS WITH A CAREER CONSULTANT
ARE ALSO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
All Workshops are PRESENTED BY PROFESSIONAL CAREER CONSULTANTS
AND ARE located at THE OFFICES OF THE CInCINNATI CAREER NETWORK
LOCATED at 4300 ROSSPLAIN ROAD, CINCINNATI, OH 45236.
