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360° Career Management: Taking Control of Your Future
When and where
Date and time
Location
Online
Description
With Canada’s unemployment rate hovering at 20%, the world of work has been turned on its head. With this economic uncertainty and state of a state of unprecedented change, our careers can falter without adaptability, creativity and courage.
In this interactive session, Helen Dewar will share career management best practices and concrete methods for managing your career at any time, with social distancing in place or not.
Bring your questions to help build your career toolkit: resumes, networking & interviewing via social distancing and negotiating job offers. Leave feeling confident of your next step. Session is limited to 30.
Attendees will leave this session, with an understanding of:
- The changing world of work
- Career management strategies for use at anytime
- Building your network while social distancing
- Additional career development supports available to you
Featured speaker:
Helen Dewar is a Certified Career Practitioner who has worked as an educator, instructional designer, facilitator, and career coach for over 20 years in organizations across Canada, US, and the UK. In her practice, she works with professionals, on a specific career-planning journey, to improve their re-employment skills, and define their goals toward finding satisfying work.
Helen designed, developed and facilitated the award-winning Minerva Helping Women Work™ (MHWW) programs, sponsored by The Minerva Foundation for BC Women — a unique career exploration, job search and mentoring program attended by over 500 professional women over 35 who were re-entering the workforce.
Event details with login information will be sent to you the morning of the event.
For any event inquiries, please contact alum_asst@sfu.ca.