Events

  • 2024 Apr 01

    Monday Job Seekers Connection: Navigating Your Unique Career Path

    11:00am to 12:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Explore alternative pathways to career advancement with Coach Kae Ricketts. This session goes beyond the typical career ladder conversation, offering a strategic approach to leveraging key experiences and themes to help propel your professional journey forward through personal development and career success.

    This weeks's presenter: Kae Ricketts
    Topic: Navigating You Unique Career Path

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  • 2024 Apr 02

    Toddler Morning Playgroups

    Repeats every week every Tuesday until Tue Jun 18 2024 except Tue Oct 17 2023, Tue Dec 26 2023, Tue Jan 02 2024, Tue Jan 23 2024, Tue Feb 13 2024, Tue Apr 09 2024, Tue Apr 23 2024.
    10:00am to 11:30am

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    The Harvard Ed Portal and Family Nurturing Center (FNC) are partnering to offer toddler morning playgroups! The playgroups are for parents and caregivers to interact and build skills with their young children through play... Read more about Toddler Morning Playgroups

  • 2024 Apr 03

    Business Builders with Philanthropy Mass

    11:00am to 12:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Trends in Philanthropy & Where Philanthropy MA Fits In

    Speaker: Phyllis Corkum, Philanthropy Mass.

    Drawing on a half century of work with the grantmaking community, Philanthropy Massachusetts staff will offer perspectives on how the funding community has been changing in response to the health and social crises of the past several years. Participants will learn about trends in the grant making world that address the calls for transparency, flexibility, and trust-based philanthropy. You will come away with tips on how to initiate and build relationships within the grantmaking community.

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  • 2024 Apr 04

    Spring Yoga @ the Ed Portal-- April 4 session

    6:00pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join us for free in-person yoga classes in February, March and April at the Harvard Ed Portal! Led by Taryn Burns, these weekly classes will cover basic poses with modifications for all skill levels. Come away feeling relaxed, rejuvenated, and more flexible!  Sign up for each week separately-- registration opens two weeks in advance!
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  • 2024 Apr 08

    Monday Job Seekers Connection: Networking Your Way to a Job Using Informational Interviews

    11:00am to 12:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Start your week with a community of other job seekers who support, encourage, motivate, and learn from each other through their job searches. Spanish interpretation will be available.

    This weeks's presenter: Adesuwa Igbineweka
    Topic: Networking Your Way to a Job Using Informational Interviews

    How do you build relationships? Networking is a great way to build professional relationships. As the workplace becomes increasingly diverse with talent and technology, there's so much to learn. Informational interviews gives us a time to effectively expand our social contacts and exchange insights. It is an opportunity to go beyond job inquiries and build relationships. Learn how to use the power of relationships to secure your next role.

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  • 2024 Apr 10

    Small Business Certification and Procurement Panel

    6:00pm to 7:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join us for a panel discussion with the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Administration (SBA), the Supplier Diversity Office (SDO), and  Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA). They will discuss the steps you need to take for your small business to become woman, minority, veteran, LGBTQ+, small disadvantaged, B corp, HUBZone, or LEED certified, and how to access increased procurement opportunities with these certifications.

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  • 2024 Apr 15

    Monday Job Seekers Connection: Rebuilding Confidence After a Job Loss

    11:00am to 12:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Start your week with a community of other job seekers who support, encourage, motivate, and learn from each other through their job searches. Spanish interpretation will be available.

    This weeks's presenter: Jayne Mattson
    Topic: Rebuilding Confidence After a Job Loss

    Losing your job can lower your confidence & confidence is needed to conduct a successful job search. Jayne will guide you through exercises intended to elevate your confidence so you can present your best self to your network and hiring managers.

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  • 2024 Apr 16

    Toddler Morning Playgroups

    10:00am to 11:30am

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    The Harvard Ed Portal and Family Nurturing Center (FNC) are partnering to offer toddler morning playgroups! The playgroups are for parents and caregivers to interact and build skills with their young children through play... Read more about Toddler Morning Playgroups

  • 2024 Apr 22

    Monday Job Seekers Connection: Mastering the Art of Job Interviews

    11:00am to 12:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Start your week with a community of other job seekers who support, encourage, motivate, and learn from each other through their job searches. Job Seekers Connection energizes and inspires participants by sharing valuable strategies and techniques from professional career coaches, recruiters, and Human Resources representatives.

    This weeks’ presenter: Kam Unninayar, Certified Executive Coach, ACC, MS, CPA

    Topic: Mastering the Art of Job Interviews – Strategies for Getting Hired

    This session will equip you with tools to prepare for successful interviews and respond to questions in a thoughtful and credible manner while effectively demonstrating your attributes, skills, and experience.

    Spanish interpretation will be available.

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  • 2024 Apr 29

    Career Cafe

    11:00am to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Spanish interpretation will be available.

    Career Café is a drop-in space for job seekers, career professionals, entrepreneurs, and community members to leverage resources provided by the Harvard Ed Portal's Workforce and Economic Development team. Move your career or business ahead in the company of like-minded peers! You can work independently on your own laptop or use one of ours, either in a group or with staff from Harvard Talent Acquisition, our in-house career coaches, or with a small business mentor from SCORE Boston!

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