Free Resume Workshops – NYC Access and Employment Week | October 21-25
From the NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities:
Free Resume Workshop with Microsoft Word
Daily Sessions from October 21st – 25th
11:00am – 1:00pm
Microsoft Fifth Avenue Store
677 5th Ave, New York, NY 10022
Workshop Description:
Whether you’re gearing up for college, an internship, or a career after completing higher learning, you need to have a professional resume. This resume workshop will help you learn how to stay organized, and jump start your job search by building your resume with Word.
Each Session Includes:
- Tips for landing your first job
- General Formatting and Page Length
- Targeting your resume
Registrations
Register for Monday, October 21st at 11:00am
Register for Tuesday, October 22nd at 11:00am
Register for Wednesday, October 23rd at 11:00am
Register for Thursday, October 24th at 11:00am
Register for Friday, October 25th at 11:00am
This series is part of NYC Access and Employment Week (10/21 – 10/25) by Microsoft and the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities. For a full schedule of events visit NYC.gov/AccessEmployment
Welcome Back to the Fall Semester
Welcome back to a new school year! We hope you had an enjoyable summer break.
Appointments: Please note that our full appointment schedule is now posted on our career management system, Career Connect. Appointments can be booked up to six weeks in advance, with extended hours on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and are available in person, by phone, or via Zoom. To schedule, simply log into Career Connect, then go to Advising > General Advising > Add Appointment. We’re here to help you update your resume, prepare your career action plan, explore career options, and more!
You may also stop by without appointments during Drop-In Hours, Tuesdays through Thursdays from 1:00 to 2:00 PM for brief 10-15 minute meetings. Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Please make sure to check these weekly announcements for any changes to this schedule.
Workshops and Events: We also have a number of events coming up, including our Art of Networking Workshop being held on Wednesday, September 4, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM in Room C03. There is still space to attend! Take a look at additional upcoming events on our Career Events page.
New York State Society for Clinical Social Work | Barbara Bryan Mentorship Group Program
The New York State Society for Clinical Social Work invites Social Work Students and New Graduates to learn more about their
Barbara Bryan Mentorship Group Program
Designed to help social work students and new professionals cope with professional life before and after graduation. Groups are small and meet once a month.
Led by very experienced licensed clinical social workers, these groups provide you with information, both practical and clinical, to help you with guidance, growth and the latest knowledge, to be part of the evolving field.
What you can learn at our once-a-month meetings:
- Planning your career
- Information and support for job searches
- Case discussions
- Professional ethics
- Options for further training
Mentorship Group participation is FREE with membership in the NYSSCSW. Student membership, for students and new graduates, is presently $48 a year, for the first year.
For further information contact the Met Chapter Mentorship Committee:
Chris Farhood, LCSW, at 212-582-7326 or chrisfarhood@yahoo.com
New York State Chapters: Metropolitan, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, Westchester, Staten Island, Mid-Hudson
Planning Ahead for Post-Grad Opportunities
- Conducting a self-assessment of your unique strengths, interests, values, motivators, and goals;
- Creating a job wish list including target organizations and opportunities;
- Preparing your marketing materials (e.g. resume, LinkedIn profile, and pitch);
- Developing your network of contacts in your fields of interest; and
- Setting goalposts to measure your progress
Not sure where to start? Book a career appointment, or take a look at the extensive resources available within the Document Library of Career Connect. Finding an accountability partner with whom you could share your goals, challenges, and successes can also be a great way to stay on track!
Job Search Tips for International Students
The job search process can be a challenge for any student, but particularly if you are an international graduate student seeking opportunities outside of academia. With restrictions outside your control, planning early and being strategic in the search process is imperative. Take a look at these tips from Inside Higher Ed to start.
Where ever you are in your career stage, keep in mind that the process begins with you — knowing what drives you, what you excel at, and what options you have. To further explore your skills, interests, and goals, make an appointment with us via Career Connect. To learn more about your employment options based on your status, meet with an advisor from the International Students and Scholars Office (ISSO). ISSO also offers useful information on their site on employment as well as workshops throughout the year. Make sure to review their newsletters so you don’t miss their events!
Free Technical and Soft Skills Training
Did you know that as a CSSW student, you have free access to self-training for hundreds of software tools as well as personal and professional development via Lynda.com, also known as LinkedIn Learning?
Click here to explore online tutorials on an array of topics from data science to program and project management.
Free iRelaunch Return to Work Roadmap with Registration to Conference | Thursday, October 3
CALLING ALL CAREER “RELAUNCHERS!” The iRelaunch Return to Work Conference is returning to Columbia University.
Thursday, October 3, 2019 8:30am-5:30pm
Are you on a career break and planning to go back to work? Learn the most effective return to work strategies, meet employers and programs interested in career relaunchers, and network with your highly educated professional peers. The iRelaunch Return to Work Conference is led by Chair and Co-founder Carol Fishman Cohen, TED Talk speaker and co-author of Back on the Career Track. REGISTER NOW to secure your seat before the Conference sells out! And upon registration enjoy the added benefit of immediate access to the online iRelaunch Return to Work Roadmap to help you start working on your relaunch now! More information here:
Free Technical and Soft Skills Training
Did you know that as a CSSW student, you have free access to self-training for hundreds of software tools as well as personal and professional development via Lynda.com, also known as LinkedIn Learning?
Click here to explore online tutorials on an array of topics from data science to program and project management.
2019 APPAM Research Conference in Denver, Colorado | November 7 – 9, 2019
Rising to the Challenge:
Engaging Diverse Perspectives on Issues and Evidence
November 7 – 9, 2019 | Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel | Denver, Colorado
The APPAM 2019 Fall Research Conference will be a multi-disciplinary research conference attracting the highest quality research on a wide variety of important current and emerging policy and management issues. The focus will be on bringing together researchers and practitioners with a wide range of perspectives to engage the evidence and discuss how best to improve public policy.
Details from the conference website:
Pre-Conference Workshop
Deploying Machine Learning Tools for Public Policy Impact
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sheraton Denver Downtown
The workshop seeks to provide an accessible introductory overview to machine learning tools, illustrate the range of policy problems to which they can be applied, develop understanding of what makes for a good policy application for these tools, what can go right (and wrong), and where and how policy analysts can add value to making progress on these problems. We will also include some discussion about how machine learning tools can be useful for solving the sort of causal inference problems that have traditionally been the focus of policy analysis work.
Innovation Lounge
Introduced at the 2018 Fall Research Conference, the Innovation Lounge is an easy-to-access space where experienced researchers are invited to meet and share cutting-edge research with conference attendees. Innovation through diversity will be a major theme of this conference, so we strongly encourage our attendees to do just that in the Innovation Lounge!
Positions in Policy
The APPAM Positions in Policy (PIP) program connects job seekers who plan on attending the Fall Conference with organizations who will be conducting interviews and potentially hiring at the conference. The employers will contact job candidates directly to set up onsite interviews at the conference for open positions. Those positions may be for a variety of job functions, both academic and non-academic, to appeal to job seekers at all levels including students, postdocs, and early- and mid-career professionals. Those positions may be for a variety of job functions, both academic and non-academic, to appeal to job seekers at various levels including students, postdocs, and early- and mid-career professionals. When available, the positions being interviewed for at the conference will be noted on their Job Listings page.
Networking Opportunities
Opportunities to network at the conference will be plentiful through our educational programs, social events and special programs.
Student Resources
There will be student specific events during the Fall Research Conference, including mentorship programs, a Student Lounge, networking opportunities with policy experts, the PhD Program Fair, the Equity & Inclusion Fellowship, and student-focused content.
Go to APPAM’s conference page for more information and to register.