OUT for Work is proud to announce that the 2nd Annual Career Center LGBTQ Summer Webinar Series will take place July 10-26, 2012. In the commitment to provide valuable tools and resources to assist career centers in better serving the LGBTQ students on campus with their needs, OUT for Work has identified three themes for this summer’s series.
Themes
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Building relationships with the LGBTQ campus group
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Online Career Counseling for LGBTQ students
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Hosting an LGBTQ employment recruiting event
All webinars will focus on providing comprehensive information, best practices, and actionable steps that your career center can put into use. Each session will be one hour in length and contain some pre and post suggested work.
What professionals are saying about last year’s summer webinar series.
"Very helpful information, thank you!"
"Great info and ideas for programming/outreach efforts!"
"This was good for us as we are just starting to directly focus on the needs of our LGBTQ students and do targeted outreach."
Webinars
Webinar 1: Building relationships with the LGBTQ campus group
July 10 | 2pm ET
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Forming a relationship with the LGBTQ campus group can lead to increased utilization of the services and resources that your career center currently offers. Further, doing so can lead to innovation of new
programs and initiatives that better serve the specific career needs of this demographic. The webinar
utilizes presentations, discussions, and pre-session exercises to assist your career center in successfully
building beneficial relationships.
Topics Covered
- Benefits of building a relationship with the LGBTQ campus group
- Understanding the mission an LGBTQ campus group
- Best practices in forming relationships
- Anticipating and overcoming challenges
- Creating a plan to build a relationship
Webinar 2: Online Career Counseling for LGBTQ students
July 18 | 2pm ET
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For many LGBTQ students, walking into the career center and discussing their sexual orientation and
gender identity as it relates to vocational opportunities can be difficult. This session explores the use of
technology to provide career counseling to this demographic of students. The webinar utilizes
presentations, discussions, and pre-session exercises to assist your career center in implementing an
online component.
Topics Covered
- Understanding the stages of the queer identity as it relates to career development
- Ethical issues to consider when offering on-line career counseling
- Best practices in offering online career counseling
- Anticipating and overcoming challenges
- Creating a plan to implement an on-line component
Webinar 3: Hosting an LGBTQ employment recruiting event
July 26 | 2pm ET
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In the current job market, employers are looking for innovative ways recruit the best and brightest. For
LGBTQ students, looking for internships and job opportunities after graduation understanding the
LGBTQ inclusiveness of an organization is an important factor. The career center hosting an LGBTQ
specific employment event is where these two needs intersect. The webinar utilizes presentations,
discussions, and pre-session exercises to assist your career center to organize such an event.
Topics Covered
- Understanding the need for a specific LGBTQ recruiting event
- How to engage employers
- Best practices in organizing such an event
- Anticipating and overcoming challenges
- Creating a plan to organize a specific LGBTQ recruiting event
Benefits/Pricing
Benefits
- Career Center LGBTQ Summer Webinar Series includes:
- Access to webinars for all your career center staff
- All pre- and post-session materials
- Link to recorded webinar session
- Certificate of completion
Pricing
Career Centers that have completed the 2012 LGBTQ Career Center Certification Program Assessment are eligible for the CCCP discounted rate for the summer webinar series. If you are interested in certifying prior to registering for the webinar series, you may do so before May 1, 2012. There is no cost to certify the first year. If your career center certified in 2010 or 2011, you can recertify before May 1, 2012 to receive the discount. There is a small administrative fee associated with recertifying. Visit www.outforwork.org for more information.
| PRICING |
CCCP Rate |
Non-CCCP Rate |
CCCP Savings |
| Single Webinars |
$75 |
$125 |
$50 per session |
| All 3-webinar Combo |
$150 |
$325 |
$175 |
Registration
All sales are final. Credit card and check payment accepted.
Send check payment to:
OUT for Work
1325 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Suite 700, #702
Washington, DC 20005
To ensure an interactive environment of learning, space will be limited.
