Join the PSR UTC, USC Price, METRANS, and the NNTW as we host this 3-part webinar series that focuses on giving students a needed edge when it comes to their career development and succeeding in today’s highly competitive job market.
Using the Information Interview: A Powerful Tool in Job Search and in Life
WEBINAR DATE: March 30, 2021, 12pm Pacific
Are you fully aware of the power of informational interviews in your career development? In this webinar, you will learn how to use this powerful information gathering and networking tool to build meaningful professional relationships and to uncover and secure the dream job or internship you have been seeking. Join us for a productive workshop led by USC alumnus, Bob Gold, for valuable tips for your next informational interview.
REGISTER HERE: https://tinyurl.com/2tzfw37h
The Discomfort of Criticism: Transforming Pain to Gain
WEBINAR DATE: April 6, 2021, 12pm Pacific
The reality is that everybody gets criticized from time to time — and no amount of over-achieving will change that. This workshop will explore the social, professional, and personal aspects of receiving and providing criticism, and offer specific strategies for receiving, reframing, and integrating feedback in workplace settings and in life.
REGISTER HERE: https://tinyurl.com/43hv4sx9
Team Excellence and Overcoming Obstacles: A Leader’s Perspective
WEBINAR DATE: April 15, 2021, 12pm Pacific
Join us for an opportunity to learn about team leadership from METRANS Student Chief of Staff Lt. Colonel Sean Fazande. Drawing on decades of military experience as well as his doctoral education, Lt. Colonel Fazande will share best practices for building and sustaining effective teams, how to avoid and address common team dysfunctions, and numerous leadership challenges.
REGISTER HERE: https://tinyurl.com/ncwjxe7s
Join the NNTW, NTTD, and NLTAPA in welcoming back V2Y Conference plenary speaker Jonathan Fanning for a 90-minute session on how creative leadership can help build a culture of innovation. This September 30th webinar (11:00am ET) has only 500 slots available, so early registration is recommended.
Jonathan Fanning is the author of several books, including Who are you BECOMING? and has been coaching leaders – from Fortune 500 executives to sole proprietors – for over 15 years. If you are familiar with TED talks, Jonathan was voted the best speaker at a recent TED conference. A traumatic car accident and several other “Frying Pan” moments in the middle of Fanning’s career as a management consultant to Fortune 500 companies triggered a quest for a deeper sense of purpose, meaning, and significance. “Who are you BECOMING?” and “Who are you helping others to BECOME?” became central to Jonathan’s life, businesses, and speaking.
Apprenticeship Program Best Practices Guide
The Highway Construction Apprenticeship Development Guide—a companion piece to the Playbook—was developed by CITT’s Education and Workforce Development Analyst Deanna Matsumoto and Research Assistant Caitlin Mace, as part of a Southwest Transportation Workforce Center grant awarded to CITT by FHWA. As part of her work, Matsumoto and a team of research assistants conducted semi-structured telephone interviews with the Working Groups/Task Forces for ten out of the twelve HCWP pilot locations in order to gain insight on each Working Group’s best practices. The Guide matches pilot program recommendations with plays from the Playbook. A future update of the FHWA Playbook will incorporate CITT’s work to produce a final, comprehensive document.
The Guide also develops additional recommendations for future career development programs, building upon those addressed in the Playbook. It recommends implementing many progressive strategies for outreach such as using social media to recruit workers, creating a “no wrong door” policy that seeks to fit potential workers into positions that best suit their skills, and targeting areas where mobility infrastructure development was a high need, thereby facilitating economic development for communities through mobility in addition to job creation. Other innovative recommendations included facilitating childcare services for employees, addressing transportation obstacles through ride-sharing and similar programs, and case management services to assist with external factors that play into career success such as housing, food insecurity, substance abuse, and financial literacy education. These recommendations were all pulled from best practices identified through the interviews with the FHWA Pilot Program managers.