Navigating Your Career Path at Stanford
University
Workshop
led by
KATHLEEN SEXTON
Training
and Organizational Development Specialist
Wednesday, May 9
Noon - 1:00 PM
Littlefield
Room 107, Graduate School of Business
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*Parking
is limited in the area so you may want to walk or take the
Marguerite*
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Learning Outcomes
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Understand resources available at Stanford
to help you in career pathing
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Learn the what's and how's of informational
interviewing and networking
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Develop your personal sound bite, a networking
tool
Agenda
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Time
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Topic |
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10 Minutes
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Introductions, Icebreaker, Overview |
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5 minutes
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Charting Your Career Course: Initial Planning
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30 minutes
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Navigating the Waters: Career Exploration. Why Explore?
Explore What? Discuss Resources for Career Exploration
How to Explore? Methods of Exploration
Discuss Informational Interviewing/Networking
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5 minutes
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Trip Preparation: Goal Setting,
Skill Building, and Self-Marketing Tools |
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10 minutes
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Q&A Evaluation |
Kathleen Sexton's Professional
Biography
Kathleen Sexton, MS, NCCC, has a master's degree
in counseling from San Francisco State University and a bachelor's
in Business Administration from Cal State Hayward. She is a Nationally
Certified Career Counselor. Kathleen is an evening career counselor
with the Career Action Center. She is a Training and Organizational
Development Specialist for Stanford University's Training and
Organizational Development Department. She also consults with
organizations on career development issues. Kathleen has previously
served as Assistant Director at Santa Clara University's Career
Center and Manager for the Career Fitness Center, a private career
center for a network of hospitals in Burlingame. Kathleen's specialty
areas include working with: recent college graduates and Gen Xer's
clients dealing with layoff and transition issues clients on self
assessment and life visioning issues using traditional as well
as creativity techniques and assessment tools MBTI occupations
in health care, biosciences/biotech, human resources, training
and organizational development, marketing/public relations, EAP,
and counseling.
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