What the heck is JOBCAMP DC?
JOBCAMP DC!, will be a daylong event that will give local hiring professionals an opportunity to use their talents and expertise to assist those on the job/career hunt.
The ultimate goal of JOBCAMP DC! is to engage and cultivate supportive exchanges between job seekers and job experts in a casual environment to adequately transfer useful jobsearch skills and tools. It is not a job fair where organizaitons set-up booths. It is not a nerve racking and pressure building interview setting. In addition to speakers, JOBCAMP DC! will offer resume reviews, practice interviews, social media training, speed networking, industry huddles, elevator pitch practice and free headshots.
Who the heck will be organizing JOBCAMP DC ?
This posting is to serve as an official call for organizing members, sponsors, and presenters. I am looking for close to 20 talented HR professionals to initially lend their skills and knowledge.
- Based upon the fundamentals of openness layed out by the founders of the Milwaukee JobCamp, JOBCAMP DC! will spread the honored ideals of volunteerism to the nation’s capital. That’s right, the overall goal of the event will be to make it completely voluntary (pro bono) in focus, and cost nothing to attendees.
- The hope for JOBCAMP DC! is to unite the Washington DC HR community in the common goal of lowering the local unemployment rate by providing leadership and lendng our skill-set to those in search of the ever illusive job offer.
Proposed structure of JOBCAMP DC!
JOBCAMP DC! will focus on the following areas for discussion/presentation. Each of the following areas will do their best to be applicable by industry category.
- Locating and Applying to jobs
- Resumes (presented by industry experts)
- Networking
- Speed Networking: Ace the event
- Social Networking: Completing your LinkedIn profile
- Social Networking: Utilizing LinkedIn effectively
- Interviewing
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Common Interview Question Practice
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Interview Follow-up
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JOBCAMP DC! Tool Kit
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Professional Picture
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Community resources
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Job seeker support groups
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(Suggested/proposed industries will include: Advertising/PR, Consulting, Consumer products, Education, Engineering, Financial Services, Healthcare, IT, Media, Public Sector, Retail & Hospitality, Services, Transportation, and Logistics.)
Tentative dates for JOBCAMP DC!
Tentative JOBCAMP DC! event dates will be posted as soon as a Volunteer team is assembled. Location is still to be determined.
INTERESTED in VOLUNTEERING?
Leave a comment, and let me know if you are interested in volunteering your time, or taking part in what will become a wonderful event for the local DC community.
Rob Lockard, SPHR
Chika Uwazie
