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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

*Parking is limited in the area so you may want to walk or take the Marguerite*

 

 

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand resources available at Stanford to help you in career pathing
  • Learn the what's and how's of informational interviewing and networking
  • Develop your personal sound bite, a networking tool

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Agenda

Time
Topic
10 Minutes
Introductions, Icebreaker, Overview
5 minutes
Charting Your Career Course: Initial Planning
30 minutes

Navigating the Waters: Career Exploration. Why Explore?
Explore What? Discuss Resources for Career Exploration
How to Explore? Methods of Exploration
Discuss Informational Interviewing/Networking

5 minutes
Trip Preparation: Goal Setting, Skill Building, and Self-Marketing Tools
10 minutes
Q&A Evaluation

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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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