Yale Club of Washington, D.C. Virtual Event

Co-sponsored with the Cornell Club of Washington, D.C.

Career Conversation Series

Join alongside our Ivy League friends for a lunchtime series with top career coaches on Wednesdays at 12:30pm throughout the month of April

We want to help you take that next step!
Join one session or join them all! 
Register for our free series here. 

REGISTER  

• Week 1: Updating your LinkedIn Profile with Wendy Maldonado '93- Wednesday, April 2 at 12:30pm - Join Zoom here! 
  Transform your LinkedIn profile into a powerful career advancement tool in this supportive, interactive workshop. Learn to showcase your professional impact and build an engaging professional presence that attracts new opportunities. You'll get hands-on guidance to optimize your profile and position yourself for success. 
  
  
• Week 2: The Elevator Pitch Made Easy with Laura Brennan '88- Wednesday, April 9 at 12:30pm - Join Zoom here!
  “So, what do you do?” Are there five more dreaded words in the English language? You know that networking is foundational to success, yet it’s still challenging to get past the awkwardness of pitching yourself. The good news is: it doesn’t have to be. Networking can be genuine, easy, and fun. In this workshop, Laura Brennan (’88) offers templates, strategies, and personalized advice to help you develop a new approach to talking about yourself, reaching out to people, and tapping into your existing network. Even if you hate networking.
  
  
• Week 3: Career Transitions: Mindset Management with Stephen Blum '74-Wednesday, April 16 at 12:30pm - Join Zoom here!
  During our April 16th session, Steve will lead an interactive discussion focused on self-awareness and self-assessment. For that, he’ll draw on two past career transitions. He’ll also remind us of related tools that can help – and that these tools work well only if preceded by honest self-awareness and self-assessment.
  
  
• Week 4: Let's Create Attention Grabbing Resumes with Melissa Reitkopp Cornell '85
  Wednesday, April 23 at 12:30pm - Join Zoom here!
  Social media is a powerful tool, use it to your advantage! While your resume is a static but essential piece for your career, your social media presence is dynamic and offers more opportunities for engagement. Both are important for showcasing what you have to offer.  In this interactive workshop we will  help you create a powerful and effective resume.  Additionally, you will learn how to use Canva to create different resume formats.  Finally, building on the work from the first workshop, we will optimize your LinkedIn profile and explore tools to update your resume, add hyperlinks, and more.
  
  
• Week 5: How FABulous You Are! An Interactive Interview Prep Workshop with Melissa Reitkopp Cornell '85
  Wednesday, April 30 at 12:30pm - Join Zoom here!
  Think of an interview as a chance to market yourself-it's all about being prepared with the right info and knowing how to close. Anticipating questions and sharing clear, impactful responses will make you more effective.  We will work in an interactive workshop to learn the FAB (Features, Accomplishments, Benefits) method that incorporates a behavioral interview technique called STAR (Situation, Task, Action Results), a game-changer for interview prep. The FAB with STAR stories is a powerful way to help you "show, not tell." Solid prep means you'll feel more confident, provide stronger answers, and have better conversations. Don't forget to identify and overcome any objections with key closing questions.