400 Cathedral Street Baltimore, MD 21201 | Phone: 410.396.5430

Workforce Development Conference

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Thursday October 11, 2012
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Central Library
400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore MD 21201

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The conference will be a mix of outside speakers & interactive breakout sessions. Leave the day energized and ready to go back to your library & better assist job seekers! Participants will earn 5 CEUs for attending the full-day Conference.

Registration Closed October 1st!


For more information, please contact Andrea Snyder at 410-396-5317 or asnyder@prattlibrary.org.

Schedule
9-9:30am Coffee and Registration
9:30-9:45am Welcome
9:45-10am DLLR/MAPLA Partnership Update
10-10:25am Sheree Finley, Director of Office of Workforce Development, DLLR
10:25-10:35am Stretch Break
10:35-11:45am One-Stop Career Centers, Gerald Grimes
Noon-1:30pm Lunch (Provided by SLRC)
Keynote Speaker: Jason Perkins-Cohen, Job Opportunities Task Force
1:45-2:45pm Breakout Sessions (Choose One)

  • Successful Partnerships: Hear from local library staff how they have successfully collaborated with local organizations to provide services to job seekers. Leave the session with ideas & practical tips on how your library can do the same.

  • Assisting Job Seekers on the Front Line: Working with job seekers can be both challenging and rewarding. Discuss how you can best overcome the challenging situations & leave with best practices you take take back to your library.

  • Train the Trainer: Resume Writing, Job Searching & Interviewing: Interested in providing training to job seekers at your library? This session will go over the basic content & handouts provided at Pratt's trainings.
2:50-3:30pm Wrap Up