Repeats every week every Monday until Thu Aug 31 2017 except Mon Jan 16 2017, Mon Feb 20 2017, Mon May 29 2017, Mon Jul 03 2017, Mon Jul 10 2017, Mon Jul 17 2017, Mon Jul 24 2017, Mon Jul 31 2017.
11:00am to 12:30pm
Location:
Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston
Connecting with other job seekers can make all the difference between exhaustion and enthusiasm. Join other job seekers each week for mutual support, encouragement, inspiration, and empowerment in your job search. Job Seekers Connection energizes and motivates participants by teaching valuable career search strategies and techniques. You are invited to exchange job leads, business cards, resumes, networking techniques, and interviewing tips. The topics addressed each week are based on input from the group—so come prepared to articulate the kind of job you are seeking.
Do you feel your age is a barrier to getting a job? This workshop focuses on the age-related issues that can arise when you’re looking for a job and provides practical suggestions for dealing with them. After completion of the course, you will understand the benefits you bring to an employer because of your age, strategies for getting an interview, how to overcome age-related objections some employers may have, and how to answer age-related questions that may arise in an interview.
Repeats every week every Friday until Fri Dec 08 2017 .
9:00am to 11:00am
Location:
Charlesview Community Center, Computer Lab 123, Antwerp Street Extension, Brighton, MA
Connect with others in a supportive and professional setting while conducting an effective online job search! Career specialists will offer technical and practical job search assistance—as well as encouragement and support—to anyone who is unemployed, underemployed, or seeking a career change. You will be able to identify jobs that align with your skills and experiences, edit your resume to highlight your strengths, and customize your cover letter to directly apply for jobs online. Come prepared to clearly articulate what kind of job you are seeking. We encourage you to bring electronic Read more about Friday Job Seekers Connection
Charlesview Community Center, Computer Lab 123, Antwerp Street Extension, Brighton, MA
Connect with others in a supportive and professional setting while conducting an effective online job search! Career specialists will offer technical and practical job search assistance—as well as encouragement and support—to anyone who is unemployed, underemployed, or seeking a career change. You will be able to identify jobs that align with your skills and experiences, edit your resume to highlight your strengths, and customize your cover letter to directly apply for jobs online. Come prepared to clearly articulate what kind of job you are seeking. We encourage you to bring electronic Read more about Friday Job Seekers Connection
Gain the skills and confidence to successfully negotiate your salary and benefits package at a free American Association of University Women (AAUW) Work Smart Salary Negotiation Workshop at the Harvard Ed Portal.
Participants will learn how to
Quantify and articulate their value
Conduct objective market research to determine a target salary
Charlesview Community Center, Computer Lab 123, Antwerp Street Extension, Brighton, MA
Connect with others in a supportive and professional setting while conducting an effective online job search! Career specialists will offer technical and practical job search assistance—as well as encouragement and support—to anyone who is unemployed, underemployed, or seeking a career change. You will be able to identify jobs that align with your skills and experiences, edit your resume to highlight your strengths, and customize your cover letter to directly apply for jobs online. Come prepared to clearly articulate what kind of job you are seeking. We encourage you to bring electronic Read more about Friday Job Seekers Connection
Delve into the life cycle of six historic Allston-Brighton landmarks through a curated exhibition Rejuvenation, presented by the Ed Portal’s Crossings Gallery and local non-profit Unbound Visual Arts. Through mixed media works by local artists, this exhibition surveys properties in the neighborhood that have gone through a cycle of birth, deterioration, and abandonment or renewal. The works on display will also explore parallel processes of rejuvenation in human life and ask how the past and future affect the present.
Charlesview Community Center, Computer Lab 123, Antwerp Street Extension, Brighton, MA
Connect with others in a supportive and professional setting while conducting an effective online job search! Career specialists will offer technical and practical job search assistance—as well as encouragement and support—to anyone who is unemployed, underemployed, or seeking a career change. You will be able to identify jobs that align with your skills and experiences, edit your resume to highlight your strengths, and customize your cover letter to directly apply for jobs online. Come prepared to clearly articulate what kind of job you are seeking. We encourage you to bring electronic Read more about Friday Job Seekers Connection
Charlesview Community Center, Computer Lab 123, Antwerp Street Extension, Brighton, MA
Connect with others in a supportive and professional setting while conducting an effective online job search! Career specialists will offer technical and practical job search assistance—as well as encouragement and support—to anyone who is unemployed, underemployed, or seeking a career change. You will be able to identify jobs that align with your skills and experiences, edit your resume to highlight your strengths, and customize your cover letter to directly apply for jobs online. Come prepared to clearly articulate what kind of job you are seeking. We encourage you to bring electronic Read more about Friday Job Seekers Connection
Charlesview Community Center, Computer Lab 123, Antwerp Street Extension, Brighton, MA
Connect with others in a supportive and professional setting while conducting an effective online job search! Career specialists will offer technical and practical job search assistance—as well as encouragement and support—to anyone who is unemployed, underemployed, or seeking a career change. You will be able to identify jobs that align with your skills and experiences, edit your resume to highlight your strengths, and customize your cover letter to directly apply for jobs online. Come prepared to clearly articulate what kind of job you are seeking. We encourage you to bring electronic Read more about Friday Job Seekers Connection
