[Nfbv-announce] Exciting Agenda for Employment Seminar on Saturday (11/12) afternoon

[Tracy Soforenko]

Take Charge:  Strategies for Success -- It's more than just about

a paycheck!

 

Whether you are pursuing your first job or you have been in your career for
thirty years, this Saturday afternoon seminar is for you.

 

In a competitive job market, learn about the tools that will empower you to
take the next step toward achieving the career you want!  Through
interactive engagement, you will hear from presenters and other participants
about their secrets for Success.  By taking an active role in securing your
first job or advancing in your career, learn how to become the indispensable
employee!  Explore strategies to position yourself to become the employer if
that is your dream!

 

Saturday, November 12, 2016

2:00 - 4:30 P.M.

 

Rappahannock & James Rooms,

 

Wyndham Virginia Beach Oceanfront

5700 Atlantic Avenue

Virginia Beach, VA 23451 

(757) 428-7025

 

2:00:  Call to order and welcome-Melody Roane, Director, Virginia
Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired, Richmond, Virginia.
Pamela Allen, Director, Louisiana Center for the Blind, Ruston, Louisiana
and first vice president of the National Federation of the Blind

 

2:20:  Take Charge of Your Job Search:  Networking Is the Key-Evelyn Valdez,
Logistics Management Specialist, Office of Acquisitions and Logistics, U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.

 

2:40:  Take Charge of Your Career Advancement:  Ain't nothin' gonna break my
stride; Nobody gonna slow me down!-Joanne Wilson, former Commissioner of the
Rehabilitation Services Administration, Arlington, Virginia



3:10:  Take Charge of Finding Your Place In This World-Pam Hinterlong,
Director of Workforce Services, Department for the Blind and Vision
Impaired, Richmond, Virginia

 

3:35:  Taking Charge of Difficult Situations In Finding and Advancing In
Your Career-Alex Castillo, rehabilitation teacher, Virginia Department for
the Blind and Vision Impaired, Fairfax, Virginia

 

4:00:  Taking Charge From a Human Resources Perspective-Carrie Schroeder,
Human Resources Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, McLean, Virginia

 

4:30:  Wrap-up and recommendations for future employment seminars