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Alums can watch any of the sessions from the Career Conversations series by logging into 听and visiting the Resources section.

Harnessing the Power of LinkedIn: Building a Strong Profile and Job Search Strategies
November 26 | 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET听
LinkedIn can be a powerful job searching and career development tool – if you know how to use it strategically! Join us for a career workshop to learn how to optimize your LinkedIn profile, network effectively, leverage the job board, and utilize hidden LinkedIn strategies to help you reach your aligned goal.

Negotiation 101: How to Proactively Advocate for Your Wants and Needs
December 10 | 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET

Most people know how important negotiation is when you receive a job offer, but it’s common for emotions or lack of knowledge to get in the way of actually doing it. Join us for a tactical, practical workshop on how to negotiate effectively, navigate tricky conversations, and create mutual benefit by asking for what you want and need.

Rewrite Your Career Story: Closing the Gap Between Our Professional Reality and Our Dreams
January 21, 2025 | 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET

The stories we tell about ourselves, our worth, and our career trajectory have a profound impact in creating our reality. While these stories and beliefs can be tricky to identify and overcome, when we have the right tools it is possible to transform our reality and step closer to a more aligned life and career. Join us for a reflective workshop that can help you identify your career story gaps, intentionally reflect on the career you want, and create an action plan to move forward.

Alums can watch any of the sessions from the Career Conversations series by logging into 听and visiting the Resources section.

CREATING STRONG RESUMES AND COVER LETTERS
Having a strong resume and cover letter is a critical component of a successful job search, but there is lots of conflicting advice about what makes them great. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to format, write, and tailor these two documents to optimize your chance for an interview and create a positive impression.

JOB SEARCH STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATION
Tired of sending off application after application into the black hole of online job boards? In this workshop, you’ll learn how to organize your job search to fit your life and how to find work opportunities using traditional, creative, and underutilized methods.

CAREER-CHANGING STRATEGIES AND OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
Career changing is becoming an essential skill for professional resiliency as the labor market changes rapidly. Whether you’re actively career changing or planning to in the future, in this workshop you’ll learn strategies to understand what kind of switcher you are, how to overcome emotional obstacles, and ways to proactively anticipate employer concerns.

Alums can watch any of the sessions from the Career Conversations Fall 2020 series by logging into and visiting the Resources section.听

OPTIMIZING YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE
Join former Career Planning & Resources associate director Valinda Lee for tips to make your LinkedIn profile stand out for all of the right reasons. Learn how to be intentional and strategic in how you present yourself on the #1 professional social network.听 Situations including change of industry, working multiple positions, and common concerns about the profile will be addressed.

MAKING THE MOST OF ONLINE NETWORKING TOOLS: LINKEDIN & OLIVE GROVE
Join former Career Planning & Resources associate director Valinda Lee and former director of alumnae engagement Jess Butler ’09 for a deeper dive into utilizing the online networking tools at your disposal. Valinda will cover Linked-In and Jess will talk about Scripps’ new online mentoring and networking platform, Olive Grove.

7 STEPS TO PREPARE FOR AN INTERVIEW
Master proven strategies that will put anyone in the driver鈥檚 seat of their next interview.听 Serena Santillanes, professional career counselor and corporate facilitator, has developed seven clear steps to help you know exactly how to get ready for an interview. She has seen these steps quickly build interview confidence and success. Learn not only what you should say, but how you should say it. Also, understand the current virtual interviewing environment and how that has changed the game in what you need to know.
*This is part 1 of a 2-session interview focus. The 2nd session will take place in a separate session and will put these strategies to the test as active participants can engage in real-time practice and preparation.

PERSONAL POSITIONING WITH SARAH HODGES ’03
Alumna and partner at VC Pillar Boston, Sarah Hodges ’03, will lead this workshop on personal brand positioning. Learn how to build a strong personal brand from this alumna expert as you pursue your career goals鈥� it can be one of the greatest tools in your professional arsenal. Position your strengths, technical skills, and unique qualities you bring to your work, so that you can market your personal brand across multiple channels.

PRACTICE YOUR INTERVIEW STRATEGIES
In this interactive session, get a chance to put your interview strategies to work by practicing some of the most difficult and commonly used interview questions. Practice is key to going from a good to GREAT interviewee! Whether you want to jump into the 鈥渉ot seat鈥� and receive facilitator feedback or just watch as others share their best interview stuff, this session promises to offer you real time feedback on how you can up your interview game.

Spring 2020 brought a new program to support alums in their career journeys: Career Conversations. These virtual sessions led by experienced career counselors from Career Journeys听based in Pasadena, CA, provided the opportunity for the alumnae community to explore various topics related to job support and emotional health and well-being.听

BUILDING STRESS TOLERANCE
Take a deeper look at how to effectively handle stress. In this session, we will focus on building stress tolerance to further access your emotional intelligence, a key tool for successful work and personal presence鈥攅specially during these challenging times. You will also learn ways to identify emotional triggers in times of stress and create strategies to effectively manage emotional reactions to maintain a state of calm and clarity.

CAREER HOPE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
When challenging times happen, our motivation and hope are challenged. Fear creeps in and creates a type of chaos that can make it difficult to decipher between reality and fear. What does it mean to have hope during this time? Learn how to create a healthy internal and external work-life shield.听Career counseling and coaching methods will be engaged while we come together as a community to exercise these muscles.

READY, SET, GO! USING THIS TIME TO PLAN
Stay motivated during this time with career planning. As we鈥檝e heard from so many sources, 鈥淪tay safe at home and if you鈥檙e looking for something to do鈥�organize your closet and cabinets.鈥� This is also a time to sort through career items that may have been put on the back shelf simply because of a busy schedule or you just would rather do something else! As part of this session, we will use strategies to reorganize what is working well and what could be adjusted in your current work. Lean into and stretch the career assets you have or show them for the first time.

You can view the recording of this webinar in the Resources section in .听

MID-CAREER R脡SUM脡 REVIEW
Has it been a while since you last looked at or thought about your r茅sum茅? This session is designed to provide you with tips and tools on how to effectively update your r茅sum茅. During today鈥檚 difficult times, it is even more critical to make sure you are prepared in case you need to jump back into the job market or put your best foot forward if you are already in it. Participants will learn how to write a skill-focused work experience section that includes accomplishments and incorporates their brand. This session will benefit alumnae at any age or stage in their career!

You can view the recording of this webinar in the Resources section in .听