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TBA
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Concurrent Workshops
Track: Coaching
Are you stuck using 20th Century coaching/counseling methods and techniques in the 21st Century?
Carleen Mackay, Ageless in America, El Dorado Hills, CA
Brad Taft, Taft Resource Group, Scottsdale, AZ
- If the future is unlike the past just as the modern jet is to the horse and buggy, then 21st century career coaching and counseling must reflect the world as it is, and as it is becoming. An evolving economy, the changing workplace and an increasingly diverse workforce call for a new vision. This presentation will make a “hard, market-driven case” for reinvention of career coaching/counseling in order to remain relevant and to support your clients' success in the 21st century.
Track: Career Development Research/Military
CareerOneStop: Free Online Resources to find your Career Pathway
Kelly Tenner, CareerOneStop, St. Paul, MN
- One of the most important measures of career success is the ability to find work that utilizes your skills, college experiences, coursework, and degrees. We can assist job seekers in preparing for the job market by using electronic career planning and job search tools. CareerOneStop and the U.S. Department of Labor deploy no-fee e-tools that help foster career success.
Track: Coaching/Military
Flying Solo: Career Development for the Entrepreneur
Jim Wojtak, Vandover, St. Louis, MO
- Entrepreneur means “one who organizes, manages, or assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.” Small business is a major force in the American economy, accounting for 70% of new jobs and more than half of non-farm private GDP. How do you coach this population? Learn key ways to support entrepreneurs and see real-world cases from across the country.
Track: Colleges and Universities
Integrating Active Learning Strategies into a Career Exploration Class
Lea Beth Lewis, CSU Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
Karen Kerr, CSU Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
- Students today are not the students our educational system was designed to teach. That means changing the way we ‘teach’, by using active learning strategies that include ethics, economics, politics, sociology, – things that matter to students today. Immediately incorporate activities, strategies, and sources for connecting with students from the first day of your existing programs, making them more engaging – for everyone!
Track: Business and Industry/ Military
Interviewing - The Lost Art of Exposing the Truth
Fred Coon, Stewart, Cooper & Coon, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
- You sit down. The applicant sits down. You ask question and they provide answers. They leave and you make a recommendation. Eighteen months later, they are gone. Did you do your job? If so, then why is your turnover so high? What did you really learn and "hear" when they sat in front of you? Want to know how to improve your hiring recommendations? Learn the “art and science” of the behavioral interview.
Colleges and Universities/Military
Intro to Technology - Technology your students are using. No prior technology experience required, just an open mind.
Don Mineo, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
Eric Hilden, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
Michael Engels, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
- Avoid becoming part of the digital divide! Understand how social networking and web 2.0 technology is changing they way people communicate. See how millenials use Facebook, MySpace and ITunesU sites for social networking and career and job search. Learn how employers are using social networking sites and viral marketing to excite their products and places to work.
Organization Development
Professional Relationship Effectiveness – Build and Maintain Relationships for Results
Melissa Karz, Kruz Consulting, Los Angeles, CA
Rachel Karu, Kruz Consulting, Los Angeles, CA
- Get skills to strengthen existing professional relationships Change from “have to do it” or “hate to do it” perspective to the “I want to do it” Take and debrief the Relationship Practices Inventory (RPI), a self-assessment tool to determine existing relationship management strengths Learn the 4 key disciplines to professional relationship effectiveness Identify the appropriate type and frequency of contact with your networks Increase comfort and enjoyment with networking Get live hands-on practice of how to build effective professional relationships
Track: Coaching/Military
Tips, Tools and Tricks every Career Coach and Counselor should know!
Heather Wieshlow, Turning Point Coaching and Consulting, Laguna Niguel, CA
- Do you want to know some unique and innovative ways to make the job search process easier for your clients and yourself? For example, understand how to use Career Mind Mapping to clarify the alignment of one’s skills with a specific job or career opportunity, and use a "Dart Chart" to develop a strategic job search plan from the 45 basic, intermediate and advanced techniques, and more.
Track: Private Practice
Work Less, Make More Money: How to Grow and Manage Your Private Practice Using Technology
Markell Steele, Futures in Motion, Inc., Long Beach, CA
Roni Lavi, CSUN Master’s in Career Counseling program, Northridge, CA
- People start businesses to gain freedom. However, many underestimate the administrative aspects of running a private practice. You have to handle the intake process, administer assessments, collect payments, pay the bills and market your services. This session offers creative solutions to more easily run your private practice while improving the quality of your services.
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