Advancing Your Career – Strategies and How-To’s for all Career Explorers!
A free community service offered by the Center for Workforce Development to help everyone, employed or unemployed, to plan, network and learn the best practices from professionals who coach and teach what is needed while you are Advancing Your Career.
Workshops are held Tuesday evenings over Zoom from 6:30-8:00. Registration is required. Instructors will email students the login details a day or two before the start of each workshop. If you don’t see the link, please check your spam folder!
Please register only for the workshops you will attend, and mark your calendar!
Advancing Your Career
Ageism: Job Search Over 50
Navigating the job market as an older worker can indeed present challenges due to ageism. Learn strategies you can employ to overcome these obstacles. Leverage your experience to your advantage and position yourself for success in your job search.
Dates: Oct 8, Nov 12
Facilitator: Linda Trignano, MS – Linda is a certified corporate recruiter and trainer and has served as a subject matter expert at AT&T for instructing managers on how to hire and interview. With over 23 years of facilitation experience, she works with both individuals and leaders helping them reach their full potential through mentoring, training, and coaching.
Career Exploration and Planning 101
Ready to embark on your career or thinking about changing to a new field or industry and don’t know where to begin? Learn how to identify and explore potential career options, set SMART goals, and create a plan to help you get started.
Dates: Sept 10, Oct 15, Dec 3
Facilitator: Michele Johnson, MA, CPC – As a Career Counselor at The Women’s Center at CCM, Michele administers and interprets career-related assessments. Through career counseling, she assists participants in defining career goals and identifying areas for further education.
Career Boost Trio: Resumes, Cover Letters and LinkedIn Profile
Enhance your job search with a well-constructed resume and cover letter, and a standout LinkedIn profile. Learn best practices to gain the attention of hiring managers and land that interview!
Dates: Sept 17, Oct 22, Nov 26
Facilitator: Christy Bouziotis, Ph.D., M.A., CPRW – Christy has been writing professionally for more than 25 years and holds Ph.D., MA and BA degrees in English literature. Earlier in her career, she spent over a decade in corporate communications for companies including Intel and IEEE, where she developed a passion for business writing and the challenge of communicating highly complex information in clear, vivid terms. Since earning her Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) credential and taking up resume writing 15 years ago, Christy has authored more than 8,000 resumes, cover letters, and biographies for job seekers across all backgrounds and industries. In addition to her resume-writing work with a top career services firm, Christy teaches classes in business writing, resume writing, and public speaking at County College of Morris.
Leveraging Technology in your Job Search
Make your job search more effective! With the advent of AI, technology is more pervasive than ever in the job search. Learn what websites, platforms and AI tools are available to help you apply for jobs, boost search strategies and prepare for interviews.
Dates: Sept 24, Oct 29, Nov 19
Facilitator: Kathy Vincelette, MA, CPRW – As an Employment Specialist with The Women’s Center at CCM, Kathy assists participants with resume and cover letter writing as well as job searches and interview preparation. She also facilitates the Job Club Speaker Series, Job Seekers Support Group and the Interviewing Skills and Job Search Workshops.
The Interview: Putting it all Together
Learn the secret to answering questions that come at all stages of the interview process. Find out ways to present yourself successfully, whether in-person or virtually.
Dates: Oct 1, Nov 5, Dec 10
Facilitator: Susan Christensen, MBA – Susie Christensen has experience working in leadership development and corporate training, with a focus on teaching interviewing skills to managers. After leaving the corporate world, she worked as an independent consultant in those areas and has been teaching in CCM’s business department since 2020. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Princeton University and an MBA and masters in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University. She loves teaching in many capacities, and teaches fitness classes as well.
If you are unemployed, underemployed or dislocated, you may be eligible for grant funded educational vouchers up to $5,000 covering training, materials and exam certification fees. Here’s how:
- Call or email your local New Jersey One-Stop Career Center to schedule a meeting and determine eligibility. Morris/Sussex/Warren Employment and Training Services: 973-285-6880, msw-ets@co.morris.nj.us. Because they are busy, you should do this ASAP. Click here to visit their site.
- If you are accepted by the OneStop and given a training grant, register for whichever of these training programs interests you.
- After you’ve done this, contact our office at 973-328-5187 to schedule a meeting with a dedicated Workforce Development staff member.
Contact Us
Center for Workforce Development, County College of Morris
Student Community Center, Room 125
214 Center Grove Road, Randolph NJ 07869
E: wfd@ccm.edu
P: 973-328-5187
