Registration is now open for CareerCampSCV 2012 – July 14, 2012
REGISTER FOR CAREERCAMPSCV 2012 TODAY TO INSURE YOUR SPOT!
Our third CareerCampSCV (Santa Clarita Valley) is happening on July 14th, 2012 and tickets are available starting today. We hope to see you there!
Unemployed? Underemployed? New college graduate? Considering new career options?
Join us for CareerCampSCV 2012!
When: Saturday, July 14, 2012 9AM to 3:30PM
Where: 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road Santa Clarita, CA 91355
FREE Admission • FREE Parking
College of the Canyons Career Center presents CareerCampSCV, a FREE hybrid conference/unconference dedicated to helping you build the career you deserve. The day will include scheduled speakers, ad hoc presentations and breakout ses- sions on all aspects of building your career. CareerCamp is FREE for all adults who want to build or improve their career. Space is Limited. Register for FREE today. For more information, a list of scheduled speakers and additional career content
Job Opening: Website Content Editor – Our Children LA
Job Description: Website Content Editor
Job title: Website Content Manager and Editor
Status: Independent Contractor- P/T equivalent
Organization Information: We are a new Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization, formed to create and maintain a free, publicly accessible website about Los Angeles’s children ages birth to 21. The site is in the final stages of construction and is envisioned as a comprehensive “go-to” web-source for information about the quality of life and wellbeing of Los Angeles children and youth with the goal of identifying need and empowering positive change in the lives of local children.
Job Description: Content editor will be responsible for managing the organization’s creation of compelling content for the services offered on the website. Selected applicant should be able to help build the organization’s vision and support the site voice, brand, and objectives. This position will have the primary responsibility for the polished quality of the site’s written product as well as overseeing interns, supporting bloggers and social media creators. Proofreading and editing to ensure proper grammar, sentence structure, punctuation and technical accuracy and message consistency of all content is required. Editor will also oversee regular content layout, graphics and headlines.
Qualifications: Applicant must have excellent written communication skills and experience in researching and writing content for a website, have excellent concepting, editing and copywriting ability, be innovative in content presentation, have strong organizational skills and be prepared to manage workflow and content maintenance. A thorough understanding of how to be a team player is critical. A working knowledge of MS Office, PowerPoint, and Google Docs, SEO best practices, and best practices in effective communication in a digital environment are also needed. The ideal candidate is passionate about children, positive, and is excited to join this effort to create an online community supporting all of the children and youth in Los Angeles County.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Experience: Minimum 2 Years writing and managing online content. Journalism background helpful.
To apply: Send resume and cover letter to info@ourchildrenla.org
CareerCampMini sponsored by Worksource has been cancelled
CareerCampMini sponsored by Worksource has been cancelled.
We regret that CareerCampMini on Wednesday May 9, 2012 has been cancelled.
We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to reschedule the event at a later date.
Please join us for an upcoming CareerCamp event, including:
CareerCampSCV (Santa Clarita Valley) on Saturday, July 14, 2012
You can receive notice of future CareeCamp events by subscribing to the CareerCamp International Mailing list or visiting the CareerCamp International web site.
Douglas E. Welch
Founder, CareerCamp International
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Career Opportunities Course of Suggested Study: Creativity and Innovation
Originally posted to Career Opportunities Blog and Podcast with Douglas E. Welch…
A self-directed education is a wonderful and productive thing. Sometimes, though, it can be difficult to know where to aim your educational focus. To offer a bit of help with this, I have put together some resources around a particular topic to get you started. In this first “Career Opportunities Course of Suggested Study” I am focusing on creativity and innovation, two very important topics for any careerist.
Career Opportunities Course of Suggested Study
Creativity and Innovation
We all have in us the ability and the necessity to create. Whether we are working on the next great technology or the next great recipe, creativity allows us to combine old knowledge with our own experience and create something new and wonderful. In order to “build the career you deserve” you need to explore this creativity at every opportunity and in every way. Deny your creativity and you will lose it. Honor your creativity and it will honor you back with great ideas, innovation solutions and idea that no one has thought before.
Questions to Consider
- Why do we create?
- How do we create?
- Is every job a creative job? Why? Why not?
- Can creativity lead to a better life and career? How?
- Is creativity the gift of a precious few or is everyone creative?
- Can you set aside “creative time” in your calendar?
- What would you create, if you took the time and energy to do it?
Resources
- The Accidental Creative with Todd Henry – Blog | Podcast | Book
- Killer Innovations with Phil McKinney – Blog | Podcast | Book
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield – Web Site | Book
- A Whack in the Side of the Head by Roger van Oech – Blog | Books
- Goosing Your Muse with JoAnn Braheny – Blog | JoAnn’s Creativity Book Recommendations
- Video: Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity from Ted.com
- Video: Tim Brown on creativity and play from Ted.com
- Video: Charles Leadbeater on innovation from Ted.com
- Video: Gever Tulley teaches life lessons through tinkering from Ted.com
- Book: Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
- Book: Feel the Fear . . . and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
- Book: Flow – The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Book: If You Want to Write – A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland
- Book: Jumpstart your Brain by Doug Hall
- Book: Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie
- Book: Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind by Natalie Goldberg
*Many of these books are available at your local public library. Save yourself some money and look there first.
Share your thoughts!
What did you learn from this Suggest Course of Study? Do you have questions or comments? Would you like to discuss this with your fellow Career Opportunities readers and listeners?
You can create and continue the discussion on Creativity and Innovation here on the blog by posting a comment, or starting a conversation on the Career Opportunities Facebook page or the Career Opportunities page on Google+. You can discuss this topic in real-time on the Career Opportunities Work Room at Hall.com. This includes a chat room and video conferencing capabilities. Contact career@welchwrite.com for an invite.
Free Kindle version – The On-Purpose Person by Kevin W. McCarthy
Kindle books are readable on nearly every computer platform using the free Kindle Reader software. You can also now read directly in your web browser.
From Amazon.com…
Is Your Life Filled, Yet Unfulfilled?
Do you feel pulled in a thousand different directions?
Are your days so busy you hardly have time to think?
Are you living up to other people’s expectations while your own plans and dreams go unmet?
In The On-Purpose Person you’ll learn how to discover who you are, where you are headed, what you should do, and what’s most important to you! That’s being on-purpose!
Tap Into Your Highest Potential With The On-Purpose Person
Nothing adds more fullness and meaning to your life than discovering your purpose and living it out every moment of your life. With The On-Purpose Person, you’ll be on your way to greater order and clarity within 30 minutes of picking up the book. This entertaining story format provides clear principles that are easy to apply to everyday life. You’ll put them into practice immediately. Regardless of whether you’re in your teens or well into retirement, being on-purpose will inspire and guide you to live true to yourself.
Download The On-Purpose Person by Kevin W. McCarthy
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CareerCampMini Speaker: Jennifer Oliver O’Connell
Jennifer Oliver O’Connell is scheduled to be a speaker at CareerCampMini on May 9, 2012.
Session Description
What Does Social Media Have to Do with My Career?
This topic highlights why Social Media is an essential component in building a career or seeking work. Jennifer will talk about the most popular and the most effective sites, and show how Social Media can–and should–be used to control of all aspects of your career.
Bio
Jennifer Oliver O’Connell is a Writer, Reinvention Coach, and Yoga instructor. She blogs at As The Girl Turns, is the Los Angeles Faith & Community Examiner for Examiner.com, and is the YL Columnist forWorld Radio Online.
Jennifer founded Tuesdays with Transitioners, a support group for those who have been laid-off, downsized, or are looking to make a career transition. Because of her work with job seekers, Jennifer was asked to be a part of a Jobs Club panel in Washington, D.C., hosted by the United States Secretary of Labor’s Office of Faith-based initiatives and Neighborhood partnerships.
Jennifer is also the co-founder and co-chair of CareerCamp International, a conference/unconference that helps participants build the careers they deserve. Jennifer speaks at other job clubs and career venues on such topics as: “10 Things to Do While You’re Looking”, “Rethink. Refocus. Reinvent”, “How to Build an Enduring Career Reputation”, and “Career Branding and YOU.”
Register Now for CareerCampMini sponsored by Worksource
Sponsored by Worksource
A FREE “Prepare for the Job Fair” Conference
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 9am – 1pm
LACC Northeast Campus 1930 Fletcher Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90065
Register Today! http://CareerCampMini.wordpress.com
Join CareerCamp and Worksource for a series of seminars dedicated to “Building the Career That You Deserve”
Prepare for Worksource’s May 16, 2012 Job Fair by discovering new ways to build your career and present yourself to potential employers.
The day will include scheduled speakers, and breakout sessions on all aspects of building your career. CareerCamp is FREE for all adults who want to build or improve their career.
Speakers and sessions include:
Douglas E. Welch, Career Opportunities Column and Podcast Career Compass: Discovering the work you truly want to do
Jennifer Oliver O’Connell, Tuesdays with Transitioners What Does Social Media Have to Do with My Career? Career Branding and YOU
Mitch Krayton, Krayton Seminars What’s a resume for? Resume Roundtable
…and more!
