Career Services Professional Development Day

Become a Tech-Savvy Career Professional

The Colleges of Worcester Consortium Career Services Committee will host its annual Professional Development Day on Friday, November 18, 2011, at Unum, in Worcester, MA.

EVENT SCHEDULE:

9:00 – 9:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 – 11:00Hear from Unum, ranked 235 on the Fortune 500.   Learn about their exciting growth and hiring needs and fantastic internship program; Unum will lead us through an interactive and creative technology-related activity. 
11:00 – 11:15Break and Networking
11:15 – 12:00Navigating the Black Hole. A panel of employer and job board company representatives will explore best practices for helping job seekers successfully use job boards. 
12:00 – 12:45Lunch, provided by Unum
12:45 – 1:30Sharing Best Practices for Self-Assessment, Preparing Students and Recruitment Systems in a roundtable format - you choose! 
  • Self-Assessment:  Discuss the web-based Strong Interest Inventory, MBTI, Focus, Do What You Are…
  • Preparing Students:  Discuss Optimal Resume, Career Spots, Spotlight on Careers, Interview Stream…
  • Recruitment Systems:  Discuss Nacelink/Symplicity, eRecruiting, CSO Research, College Central…
  • Surveying, Outcomes and Reporting:  Discuss survey programs such as Qualtrics and Survey Monkey…
1:30 – 1:45 Break and Ntworking
1:45 – 2:30Choose from three best-practices sessions:
  • "Become a Fan of Using Social Media in Your Career Center" presented by Jeanette Doyle & Maggie Becker, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • "You Can Google It: Measuring Online Effectiveness" presented by Andrea Dine, Brandeis University
  • "Brandeis Internship Exchange" presented by Alexandra Anweiler, Brandeis University
2:30 – 2:45Announcements/Closing/Raffle Winner Announced

REGISTRATION is $50. Register by November 15 at: www.cowcworks.org/profdev.

PLEASE REGISTER ASAP, SPACE IS LIMITED.