Alberta Residents Career Workshop: Branch Out ™ with Non-Traditional Work

This two day workshop teaches Albertans how to explore opportunities in the non-traditional workforce to meet their career and income goals.

By Purposeful Careers

Date and time

Tue, Jun 11, 2024 8:00 AM - Wed, Jun 12, 2024 3:00 PM PDT

Location

Online

About this event

1 day 7 hours

BRANCH OUT™ WITH NON-TRADITIONAL WORK – IT CAN WORK FOR YOU!

Alberta residents, join us for an exciting online workshop starting on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 to explore the world of non-traditional work opportunities across industries.

Discover alternative ways to work to meet your personal, career and financial goals. From freelancing and contract work to gig economy and income streaming, we'll cover it all. Our expert presenters will share how to:

Increase your opportunities by considering non-traditional work
Build a positive mindset that attracts opportunity
Align your knowledge, experience, and skills to employers’ needs
Approach employers in a new way that gets their attention

Learn how to leverage your skills and passion to start your career, add to your income, build your portfolio of project based work or create a flexible, fulfilling and financially rewarding non-traditional career.

Here's What People are Saying...

I am so impressed with the depth of (the instructor's) knowledge, wisdom and experience when it comes to navigating non-traditional work! I learned so many practical and actionable steps I can take right now to improve how I look for clients, how to approach potential clients, what to say (and not say), and how to keep the conversation going! Kellie E. (Virtual Assistant)

T his workshop is for Alberta Residents who are:

Unemployed
Underemployed
Employed part-time
Employed on short-terms contracts
Employed casually, on-call or seasonally
Self-employed freelancer, contractor or consultant
Have an English proficiency of CLB 7-8 or IELTS 6-6.5

Join us online to discover how non-traditional work can work for you!

This is one of three workshops covering topics to help you understand and succeed in the world of non-traditional work. Check out the other two workshops:

Branch Out™ as an Independent Worker – Work your Way
Branch Out™ with a Portfolio Career - Earn a Living Income Streaming

The Branch Out™ Workshop Series is funded by:

The Province of Alberta is working in partnership with the Government of Canada to provide employment support programs and services.

The Branch Out™ Workshop Series is the intellectual property of:

Frequently asked questions

What is the non-traditional workforce?

The non-traditional workforce is made up of self-employed freelancers, contractors, consultants, employees working on-demand, task based gig workers and portfolio careerist who have multiple income streams.

How does this workshop help Albertans?

Albertans who understand why and how employers hire non-traditional workers can better create career agility and resiliency because they know how to navigate opportunities in both the traditional and non-traditional workforce throughout the lifetime of their career.

Can I come on Day 1 and not come on Day 2?

In order to participate in this funded workshop, you have to be able to commit to attending both days

Can I jump into the workshop on Day 2?

No. You have to attend Day 1 in order to attend Day 2. Day 1 information is a pre-requisite to Day 2.

What does my English language proficiency need to be to attend?

We recommend language proficiency of CLB 7-8 or IELTS 6-6.5.

Organized by

Purposeful Careers

In our Branch Out Workshop Series, we equip Albertans to meet their personal, career and financial goals through leveraging opportunities in the non-traditional workforce. In this workshop series, you learn how to align to the changing needs of employers and growing opportunities in the non-traditional workforce. You learn how to land a job faster, set up an independent career or leverage a portfolio career of multiple income streams by combining part-time jobs, multiple contracts, side hustle gigs or entrepreneurial ventures.

Albertans report that non-traditional work helped them build experience and skills, get their foot in the door of a company, add to their income streams, increase their network, meet their need for a flexible work schedule and test drive their entrepreneurial spirit. Albertans who are skilled at navigating traditional and non-traditional workforce trends also report having better career resiliency and feel they can better maintain income and employment during shifts in the labour market.

Purposeful Careers is owned by Gail Kastning. It is a career services company in operation since 2007 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.