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Career Event Tag: Friday Forum

Strategic Interviewing: Becoming the Candidate of Choice

This webinar goes beyond the basics of what to wear and how to answer certain questions. Larry Braman takes a strategic look at interviewing, offering advice and specific examples of what you can do before, during, and after an interview to best position yourself as a top contender for the role.

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Audiences, Established Professionals, In Transition, Interviewing, Job Search, New Grads, Rising Professionals, Topics, Webinar Library

Fiction & Memoir: 5 Ways to Write and 3 Paths to Publish

Do you have a story in you that wants to get told? Is it a novel, a short story, a memoir? So many of us have an inspiration or a life experience that we want to tell, a tale of human interest, whether it is a mystery, love story, tragedy or comedy. Is there a […]

Earth Day 2.0: How Social Media is Making the World Greener

Want to do something green but not sure where to start? Need to build online support for your nonprofit but lack a social media strategy? Thinking about starting a non-profit or switching to the non-profit world? Or maybe you’re curious about what crowdfunding is – and how it really works. Join us for a special […]

Take Charge of Your Personal Brand

We all know products and organizations have a brand. In the global, connected market of today, leaders, executives, and professionals have a personal brand whether they realize it or not. You have a personal brand. Branding is more than your physical image, and if you’re not actively and intentionally designing, creating, and managing how you’d […]

Sell Yourself (Without Selling Out)

Are you a consultant, attorney, graphic designer, accountant, life coach, photographer, sales professional, or someone who sells their expertise? Are you a CEO selling a vision to your management team, a fundraiser selling potential donors on a worthy cause, or a middle manager selling your boss on a new direction for business development? If your […]

Working with Today’s Executive Recruiters

Executive search firms today are more proactive, more technologically agile and industry savvy than “headhunters” of the past. Join Mark Caldwell, Associate Principal at Heidrick & Struggles, for an upfront discussion on the current executive search and talent acquisition industry, how executive recruiters identify candidates and strategies for you to effectively connect with them. He’ll […]

Overcome Procrastination and Do Something Different…for a Change

Procrastination is the great thief of productivity and entices us to put off doing the very things that would move us toward the change we desire. Clinical psychologist, psychology professor, author, radio host, and speaker Peggy Mitchell Norwood (Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology ’91) will explain the three common barriers to change and the ways that procrastination keeps you stuck.

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Audiences, Career Planning, Established Professionals, In Transition, Make a Plan, New Grads, Retirement, Rising Professionals, Topics, Webinar Library

Résumés that Land Interviews

Your resume is not a biography — it’s a sales tool; wherever you are in your career, a well-crafted resume is essential to opening the doors to the opportunities you seek. Larry Braman, ’87, a Los Angeles-based career consultant who helps clients nationwide, tells you how to take your resume to the next level and make you stand out from the crowd.

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Audiences, Established Professionals, In Transition, Job Search, Job Search Materials, New Grads, Rising Professionals, Topics, Webinar Library

Nonprofit Careers: Follow Your Passion and Make a Living

Can you follow your passion and still make a living? Teri Lovelace has done exactly that, and she will help you explore careers in the non-profit sector that allow you to align your personal and professional values. In this webinar, Teri will investigate the growing number of jobs in the nonprofit sector and examine the […]

Beyond the Job Title: The Value of Transferable Skills

What does your job title really mean? Does it convey all you can do? Avoid the trap of assuming your job title tells prospective employers what you know how to do; know and use your transferrable skills!