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Volunteers Needed for Career Smarts
Career Smarts is a semiannual event hosted by LWHRA and Seattle Jobs Initiative (SJI). SJI connects human resources professionals with community college students, ready to make their next big career move. The event consists of four 30-minute "power" sessions. Suggested topics for power sessions include:
- Interviewing skills
- Networking skills and informational interviews
- Job benefits and compensation benefits
- Financial literacy
- Applications
- One-on-one advising
Students will rotate between sessions based on their interests and needs. Those students who attend all four sessions can enter their name into a drawing for a prize at the end of the event.
Wednesday, February 20
1:00-3:30 pm (volunteers should plan to arrive around 12:30 pm)
BROCKEY CENTER
South Seattle Community College
6000 16 Avenue S.W.
Seattle, WA 98106-1499
We are seeking volunteers to present "power sessions" or participate in a general question and answer session. If you are interested please contact Lindy Fowler at lindy@accessstaff.net. |
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LWIT SHRM Student Chapter Receives National Award for the Fourth Year
Lake Washington Institute of Technology's (LWIT) Society for Human Resource Management Student Chapter has once again received the Superior Merit Award from the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) organization for 2012. Founded in 1949, LWIT offers affordable professional and technical training for today's job market. The LWIT-SHRM Student Chapter was honored for their "exceptional job of providing opportunities for growth and development to its student chapter members."
"Outstanding news for our chapter," says Greg Roberts, LWIT's Executive Director of Human Resources and the group's co-adviser with Ren'ee Mangini, SPHR, GPHR, lead faculty member, and HR program coordinator in the school's Human Resources Management program. "Ren'ee has worked very hard to get students involved in the chapter and aligning our chapter's activities and curriculum with SHRM."
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