Workshops

Do you want to learn techniques for Senior Managers, Directors and VPs – even CEOs to find new positions, reduce stress, learn leadership, time management and career change strategies, job search tactics, improving resumes, LinkedIn and advanced interviewing techniques?

Your instructor, Marky Stein, has coached executives and managers in startups and in the Fortune 500 sector in companies such as Levi-Strauss, Cisco Systems, Capital One and more. She has contributed to the Wall Street Journal and is the author of the bestselling books “Fearless Resumes”, “Fearless Interviewing” and “Fearless Career Change” and will help you devise a plan for short-term and long-term goals with realistic plans to reach them.

Prerequisites: A Master’s degree or above in any field OR a Bachelor’ degree AND the title “Manager” or above in a previous position.

After a layoff or between jobs may be one of the greatest opportunities to “rethink” your career direction, especially with so many options for free training to change careers or upgrade your skills. Do you feel “lost” about what to choose next? Are you considering two or three different options for a possible career change and you’re not sure which road to take? In this class, you will take two of the most widely used career, personality, and interest assessments to see how your “natural” abilities and personality may fit certain job titles and/or career directions.

If you already have a resume that’s effective and you want to make it even better, but you’re not sure how, then maybe all you really need is some advice from our experienced and talented Career Coach, Marky Stein. Bring your resume on a flash drive. If you want to target a specific job posting, bring that too.

This course is specially designed for students who do not have a background in this subject and want to join the manufacturing industry as a blueprint reader. The workshop will cover various aspects of Blueprint Reading and will be offered as an integrated course that will include lectures, assignments, simple quizzes, and practical examples. This course will go beyond the basic introductory concepts. Students will learn:

• Basic concepts like dimensions and units, unit conversion, measuring tools.
• Difference between accuracy, precision, and resolution.
• Significance of various types of lines and their patterns and their symbols will be discussed.
• Engineering drawings will be introduced by looking at various sectional views through class practice assignments.
• Symbols for surface finish and engineering tolerances will be covered.
• Specifications and callout for machining processes including drills, reamers, counterbore, countersink, and surface textures will be discussed. T
• Types of holes, threaded sections, chamfers, and various types of weld symbols will be introduced.

The Last part of the course will cover topics related to the documentation emphasizing the title block, bills of material, and drawing notes that always appear on the final blueprint of the design.

Prerequisites: None

Learn the “do’s and don’ts” of resume writing!

If you are confused about your resume because everyone tells you different things about what you should include on it or how to format it, you’ll get the latest, universally accepted resume information and how you can make YOUR resume stand out from your competitors. Most importantly, learn how to attract the attention of the employer within the first 3-7 seconds they lay eyes on your resume and make them pick up the phone and call you for an interview!

Learn the special Key Words and “Buzz Words” that will get your resume to the top of the stack.

After this class, you will be able to write your resume at home and show it to a Career Adviser for more input and tailoring.

IMPORTANT NOTE: YOU MUST BRING A PRINTED HARD COPY of your resume to class. If you don’t have a printer, you can print out your resume BEFORE class in Room 7 computer lab. Digital resumes on your laptop or phone will not work for this class.