More and more employers are placing greater emphasis on the need for job seekers to have soft/transferable skills in addition to their job specific skills. As career professionals, we often educate our clients and students for success in securing and maintaining a job. WCDA invites you to attend our professional development opportunity on “Soft Skills” to learn techniques, tips and tools to incorporate into your interactions with your students/clients to help them prepare and succeed in the work place.
AGENDA
REGISTRATION (8:00 am – 9:00 am)
Light breakfast provided
PRESENTATION
Chris Czarnik, Manager – Employment Connections, Fox Valley Technical College
"Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The two biggest challenges of turning education into employment”
Break
NETWORKING ACTIVITY
PRESENTATION
Simon Jason Brown, Career Counselor - Humanities and Social Sciences, U.W. Whitewater
Using Storytelling in Career Development
Lunch provided (11:30am-12:15pm)
PRESENTATION
Marie Smith, Independent Career Coach
Interactive Activities to Identify Soft Skills
Break
PRESENTATION
Pam Peterson, Regional Health Training Institute Coordinator, & Stacy Kopecky, Workshop Presenter, Racine WDC
Growing the Critical Thinking Terrain
What are you going to take home in your tool bag? Sharing Session. (2:30pm-3:00pm)
Gateway College, 1001 S. Main Street, Racine, WI 53403, Racine Building, Superior Room #102
Parking lot D (No Parking Permit Required)
Click here for map and directions
*Please email eischs@gtc.edu if you need a gluten free sandwich due to allergies.
If you have questions about the Professional Development Workshop, please feel free to call or email Sheri Eisch at 262.564.2720, eischs@gtc.edu
