FW: [FREE] KAYA Career Development Workshop: Network with DC professionals

[Anthony Bowman]

For those in the DC metro area, please see below announcement.

 

From: Jude Paul Matias Dizon [mailto:jude...@umd.edu]
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 9:42 PM
Subject: [FREE] KAYA Career Development Workshop: Network with DC professionals

 

Kaya Leadership Program 2nd Annual Career Development Workshop

When: Saturday, July 19, 2014 from 12:30pm - 4:30pm. 

Where: National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development 1628 16th St NW #4, Washington, DC 20009

 

RSVP Here

 

The Kaya Leadership Program Career Workshop will allow participants to effectively communicate their personal and professional skills, goals, and experiences; learn how their skills and experiences may be employed in different professional and post-graduate settings; and learn how their identity as an AAPI may influence their opportunities for professional advancement and development in the workplace.  

 

This 4-hour afternoon workshop includes 2 sessions: one on resume and cover letter drafting, interview tips, and mock interviews, and the second on post-undergraduate options for AAPIs and navigating the workplace for professional development opportunities. Snacks and refreshments will be provided. There will be a networking reception after the workshop.

 

First Session Panelists:

Molly O-Reilly Pol, The Midtown Group

Lina Woo, PHR, Ethics Specialist, US Department of Agriculture 

 

Second Session Panelists:

Charita Castro, Chief of Research and Policy, US Department of Labor

Cezar Lopez, Senior Advisor, US Department on Health and Human Services

Loren Nadres, Global Operations Officer, The World Bank Group

Dr. Neil Ruiz, Associate Fellow, The Brookings Institution

 

For attendees interested in the public sector and federal government who would like their resumes critiqued, please send them to 2Lin...@alum.berkeley.edu before July 18. Ms. Woo will return the resumes with comments at the end of the first panel.

 

Co-Sponsored by Filipino Young Professionals of DC.

 

RSVP Here

 

 

Jude Paul Matias Dizon

Coordinator for Asian Pacific American Student Involvement & Advocacy

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