Career and Technology Day: "This Is Not Your Parent's Job Search" Mini-Conference Nov. 3 at WIU

October 24, 2016

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The Western Illinois University Career Development Center and Instructional Development Services (IDS) in the WIU College of Education and Human Services (COEHS) will host a free Career and Technology Mini-Conference for job seekers Thursday, Nov. 3 on the WIU-Macomb campus. The event, "This Is Not Your Parent's Job Search," is a series of sessions that will start at 1 p.m. Sessions are open free to Western students, faculty and staff.
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MACOMB, IL — The Western Illinois University Career Development Center and Instructional Development Services (IDS) in the WIU College of Education and Human Services (COEHS) will host a free Career and Technology Mini-Conference for job seekers Thursday, Nov. 3 on the WIU-Macomb campus. The event, "This Is Not Your Parent's Job Search," is a series of sessions that will start at 1 p.m. Sessions are open free to Western students, faculty and staff.

Sessions include:


  • 1-2:30 p.m. — Creating an Online Portfolio with WIX, Horrabin Hall 111
  • 2-2:30 p.m. — Video Résumés, Horrabin Hall 104
  • 3-3:30 p.m. — Tweet Your Way to a Job, Horrabin Hall 104
  • 3:30-5 p.m. — Infographic Résumés, Horrabin Hall 111
  • 4-4:30 p.m. — Skype Interviewing, Horrabin Hall 1
  • 5 p.m. Presentation by Jessica Schaeffer, marketing director at LaSalle Network, via Skype in Horrabin Hall 1

Online registration for the individual sessions is available at www.wiu.edu/coehs/technology/careerandtechnology.php.

For more information, contact Dawn Sweet, in COEHS IDS, at DR-Sweet@wiu.edu or Michelle Howe, from the Career Development Center, at MC-Howe@wiu.edu.

Posted By: Teresa Koltzenburg (WIUNews@wiu.edu)
Office of University Communications & Marketing