Job Club for Employees provides support

By Communications staff, Washington State University
PULLMAN – The WSU Job Club for Employees provides a supportive time and place over the next eight weeks for employees who may be separating from WSU or are seeking a new position.
 
The WSU Job Club for Employees is a support, resource, and job assistance group ready to provide career related information to aid in preparing WSU employees for their next job search. Stefany Unda, senior career counselor and Janina Robbins, career advisor/marketing manager for the Center for Advising and Career Development (CACD), created the Job Club’s eight-session summer workshop series.
 
Robbins
The job club will usually be hosted 12:10 – 12:50 pm Wednesdays in the Lighty building (Room 403 on June 24). The workshops will run for eight weeks this summer with the last session held on Aug. 5.
 

 

 

“The main focus of the job club is to work with employees on their job goals,” said Robbins. “Our desire is to aid employees in gearing up for their job search while providing them with career related support so they may transition more easily into their next position.” 

 
 
 


Unda

Unda said  “Employees will have an opportunity to review their career interests, values, skills, brainstorm future opportunities, and begin to map a path to move in their new career direction. More importantly, Job club members will benefit from one another’s professional expertise and job hunting wisdom through facilitated career activities and conversations.”

 
Topics covered include the following:
 

June 17

Career Assessment and Your Career Stories

June 24

Career Planning and Educational Opportunities

July 1

Designing and Updating Your Resume and Cover Letter

July 8

Polishing Your Interviewing Skills

July 15

Job Search Strategies

July 22

Networking: The Most Effective Way to Job Search

July 29

Researching Career Paths, Industries, & Employers

August 5

Alternative Life Opportunities: Part-Time, Temporary, & Service Opportunities
 
 
It is the hope of the administrators and staff at WSU CACD and WSU HR that employees being effected by the separation process will attend the workshops to better prepare themselves for their next job search and utilize this time to try and locate another position.
 
All WSU employees interested in attending one or all of the job club workshops should check the CACD website for a listing of the posted topics and dates, resources, and any change in location at:
https://www.cacd.wsu.edu/JobClubEmployees
.
 
For more information on these workshops, please contact The Center for Advising and Career Development at 335-6000 or email Stefany Unda (
sunda@wsu.edu
) or Janina Robbins (
jrobbins@wsu.edu
).

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