Career Connections Job Fair

Where training, talent and opportunities converge

Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010 - Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Where: WEC Career Center, Room 105, Vancouver Convention Centre
Questions: Contact Randy Crabtree at +1 972-702-3085 or rcrabtree@mpiweb.org

Click here to register for the job fair as a JOB SEEKER

Click here to register for the job fair as a JOB RECRUITER

For the MPI family of members, this is the one global event of the year where you get to see and interact with your peers, network and connect with the MPI community, and this year, find job opportunities while at WEC. As part of the MPI Cares program, the MPI Career Connections Job Fair at WEC is designed for planners and suppliers who are currently looking for jobs, or those simply exploring what might be the next challenge in their career path.

Held in the WEC Career Center each day of the conference, the Career Connections Job Fair will be the place where job seekers, employers and recruiters meet face-to-face and virtually.

Some of the features of WEC and the Career Connections Job Fair:

Unique job postings just for WEC participants to view
On-site computer bank
Connections spot for tucked-away conversations
Educational content sessions
Personal coaching
Resume consulting

Personal/Professional Development Educational Track at WEC

The Personal/Professional Development track contains sessions that focus on improving personal wellness and professional development. The information provided will allow you to focus on certain areas of development that interest you and will help you as you progress in your career. The sessions will offer valuable information for all professionals and will span all experience levels. The topics to be addressed at WEC include:

Leadership Skills
Personal and Professional Branding
Career Management
Public Speaking Tips
Sales and Networking Tactics
Communication Skills

These sessions are specifically called out as beneficial for professionals in transition:

Sunday, July 25, 2010
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM : Your MPI
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM : Practiced Spontaneity: Cultivating the Leader Within Through Improv Theater Skills
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM : Small Business UnSummit

Monday, July 26, 2010
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM : Taking the Tiger by the Tail - Seizing Control of Your Career Destiny
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM : The Ins and Outs of Networking
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM : Starting an Event and Meeting Planning Business
3:30 PM - 12:00 AM : Keeping your Career Current: MBECS and MPI Global Training

Tuesday, July 27, 2010
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM : Success - Moments that Matter
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM : Sales Skills for the Independent Planner

Our Onsite Career Expert

Dawn Rasmussen, CMP, is the president of Portland, OR based Pathfinder Writing and Careers Services, which specializes in mid-to executive-level professional resumes. She is a frequent professional speaker and writer on career management topics and teaches resume writing and other job search strategies at several Portland-area colleges. Dawn is also the official columnist for One+ Magazine, a trade publication distributed to over 26,000 meeting professionals worldwide and also volunteers on a weekly basis teaching a free resume writing class for the Oregon Employment Department.