Career Transition Workshop Series

Are you thinking about changing careers, changing jobs or reentering the workplace?

Next Game Plan Career Transition Workshop Series will help you gain self-awareness, learn, practice and build new skills/tools, network with other job seekers, and share resources.  Participants may sign up for one or both six-week workshops.  Series 1 is for career changers who want to explore their options first incorporating powerful assessments.  Series 2 covers career transition tools to jumpstart your job search.

Series 1- Career Explorers   

•    Write Your New Career Playbook-Ready or Not?•    Uncover Your Career Values
•    Discover Your Myers-Briggs Personality Type
•    Identify Your Strengths Using StrengthsFinder 2.0
•    Explore Your Interests through  Strong Interest Inventory
•    Define Your Next Game Plan    

Series 2-Career Transition Tool Builders

•    Understanding the Market and Positioning Yourself as a Candidate
•    What’s Your Offer?  Develop and Practice your Elevator Pitch
•    Resume and Cover Letter Writing Tips
•    Smart Networking
•    Interviewing for Success
•    Negotiating the Offer

Here’s what past participants have said about the workshop:

• “Amy. She is fantastic-- upbeat, real and focused!...
• This workshop is a great start for my job search……
• You are a fabulous career coach….
• Your passion for your work comes through and your enthusiasm for the process buoyed every class…
• The course is laid out in a logical, step by step way…
• You have a unique offering with the group approach.”

Facilitator:  Amy Jaller Gleklen W’81 and WG’86 is an ICF certified coach with more than 20 years of business experience. She is one of Wharton’s recommended coaches for Wharton Alumni and recently led a webinar on job search strategies in partnership with the Wharton Alumni Career Management office.  She also career advises 2nd year Wharton MBAs.  She received her coaching certification from Georgetown University and also holds a BS and MBA from the Wharton School and a MS in Counseling from Johns Hopkins University.  Member of the Wharton Club of DC.

Dates:  Series 1: Starts February 10th, Series 2: Starts February 1st
Times:  Series 1 Career Explorers: Wed. 10 to 11:30 am, 2/10 through 3/17
       Series 2-Career Transition Tool Builders: Mon. 7 to 8:30pm, 2/1 through 3/15 (no class 2/15)

Fee:

• Series 1: 350/person for Wharton & HBS Club Members (395 for non-members)(Series 1 includes four assessments: Knowdell Career Values, Myers-Briggs Type Inventory, Strong Interest Inventory, and StrengthsFinder 2.0 book) 
• Series 2: 275/person Members (310 for non-members)

Location: Bethesda//Registration Deadline is January 25th (call for exceptions-class size is limited).  

Any Qs? Contact Amy Gleklen (gleklen@nextgameplan.com or 301-642-9950)