Students!  You need to take advantage of these opportunities at the Hancock Center during the next month. All sessions are free to students.

Brown Bag Session: Job Interviewing and Professionalism

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

12 – 1 pm @ Hancock County Higher Education Center

Description:  The job interview is a crucial event in the job search; however there are many opportunities in the process to make a positive or negative impression. Learn how to create and maintain a good impression before, during, and after a job interview.  Participants are encouraged to bring their lunches with them.

Presenter: Carrie Martin, Training Manager, EBS Building Supplies

Career Exploration Workshop: Putting Your Personality to Work

Thursday, March 17, 2011

9 – 11 am @ Hancock County Higher Education Center

Description:  Find out which career areas are most compatible with your personality. Interpret the result of a personality style assessment (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) to gather insights for satisfying career and life choices.  Registered participants will receive a self-assessment to complete and bring to the workshop.  Free to all students, $20 for community members and non-students.

Presenter:  Robin Finelli, Coordinator of Career and Academic Advising, UMA

Brown Bag Session: Retail Management as a Career

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

12-1 pm @ Hancock County Higher Education Center

Description:  When we think about business, we think about big corporations and large banks, but retail businesses are everywhere you look.  Matthew Mann will share his career path in retail management and the benefits of a retail management career.  Participants are encouraged to bring their lunches with them.

Presenter:  Matthew Mann, Home Depot, Ellsworth

Brown Bag Session: Using CHOICES for Career Exploration and Planning

Thursday, March 31, 2011

12-1 pm @ Hancock County Higher Education Center, Computer Lab

Description:  Explore careers that fit your interests and aptitudes using the web-based program CHOICES.  CHOICES offers several self-assessments, a career planner, a resume builder, and a local job search engine

Presenter:  Ann Delaney

Look on the website for more sessions to come in April.

Bonnie Sparks, Director
Hancock Cnty Higher Ed. Center

248 State St. Suite 1

Ellsworth, ME 04605
1-800-696-2540
Fax: 207-667-7451
www.learn.maine.edu/ellsworth