MAKING CONNECTIONS THAT WORK FOR YOU Career and College Seminar
Friday, March 10, 2017
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
At the
2233 West Shepperd Avenue
Littleton, Colorado 80120
Lunch will be provided. To reserve your lunch, please RSVP no later than March 6th to Monique Melton at mmelton@cocenter.org or 303-778-1130 extension 221.
Don’t miss the keynote address:
“Trends in Employment – The Future Has Arrived” presented by Alexandra Hall.
Exhibitors and Presenters
- AECOM – Engineering, Design, Construction, Management (Jeff Douglas, Recruiter)
- Arapahoe Community College (Amanda Johnson, Accommodations Specialist, Access Center)
- Arapahoe Douglas Workforce Center
- Institute of Technology (Michael Hess, Owner)
- ness Technology Training (Paul Sandoval, Owner)
- Colorado Association of Students (Anna Givens, President)
- Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (Laverne Dell, Supervisor, and Low Vision Services Unit)
- Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation – Business Enterprise Program (Dan Whalen, Manager, and Low Vision Services Unit)
- Comcast (Aurora Warner, Recruiting Business Partner)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Patricia McMahon, Outreach and Education Coordinator)
- Inverness Hotel and Conference Center (Erin Wilkerson, Director of Destination Services; Emily Friedhoff, People Services Manager)
- KNFB Reading Technologies
- Learning Ally (Michael Turner, Regional Director of Community Development)
- Newsline
- School of Piano Technology for the (Don Mitchell, Director of Instruction)
- Sprint (Kelly Egan, Customer Relations Manager, /Low Vision Outreach)
- Team EEI (Brenda Mosby)
- University of Colorado at Denver (Glenda Nash-Buscarello, Coordinator, Disability Resources and Services)
- Verizon Wireless
Agenda
9:00 am Registration
10:00 am Welcome: Diane McGeorge, Chair of the Board of Directors,
10:10 am Keynote address: “Trends in Employment – The Future Has Arrived”, Alexandra Hall, Director of the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics, Senior Executive Service of the State of Colorado
11:00 am Lunch and exhibits
1:00 pm Breakout sessions (1–2 pm)
- Getting started; working with the Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
- The Business Enterprise Program; what does it take to be a success?
- Working for the federal government; how to apply and obtain the job
- Using workforce centers along with online resources and social media to find your job
- Competing in college on a level playing field
- Effective networking; handling meetings and large groups of people and more.
2:00 pm Breakout sessions (2–3 pm)
- How about a career in piano tuning?
- What exactly is an IPE and how do I choose my vocational goal and get the services I need? Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
- The application process; how to get into the college or university of your choice.
- Effective networking; handling meetings and large groups of people and more.
- Getting your job through the interview process—discussion and practice.
- Using workforce centers along with online resources and social media to find your job.