Your Career - What's Next? Tips for Discovering New Career Opportunities and Moving Forward


Presented by Marlene Delanghe
Free Seminar, Please register online through the PD Registration System. Registration open on Tuesday, June 14.

Thursday, July 07, 2011 at 10:30 AM (Point Grey Campus)


Program Summary
You’ve landed a job in a great organization – congratulations! But where do you go from here? Have you considered your career future and what you want? Whether you are new to UBC or have many years invested, it may be time to ask yourself “what’s next?” Attend this inspiring and hands-on workshop to gain a framework for considering your career options, practical steps to take and resources available to you.


You Will Learn

In this workshop, you will gain tools and resources to:
  • Understand how careers really develop and gain a new understanding for how to approach your career no matter what career stage you are in
  • Identify your strengths, values, transferable skills and interests through informal activities and create some initial career profiling to clarify career fit
  • Learn what practical and doable steps you can take to discover new opportunities and connect you to career alternatives
  • Develop your 20 second verbal resume important for networking conversations
  • How to initiate a conversation with your supervisor regarding your career future
  • Create a road map for your career future
Presenter Bio
Marlene Delanghe, Principal of Career Solutions, has coached hundreds of career-committed professionals to find rewarding work and proactively manage their careers. She has assisted specialists in IT, accounting, administration, biotech, hospitality, and corporate sales and other fields to implement practical strategies that open new doors and transition to new opportunities.

Marlene also provides corporate training and coaching within government departments, post-secondary institutions, and some of Vancouver’s top firms. Her focus is on working with organizations build their workplace culture through effective hiring processes, welcoming new employees through orientation practices, career development, performance management coaching and management development programs. Her partial client list includes UBC (various faculty and departments), BCIT, Deloitte Touche LLP, BC Hydro, Centre for Drug Research and Development, Edge Training & Consulting, Service Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Her credentials include a Master’s degree in Psychology, an undergraduate degree in Business Administration, as well as certifications in psychometric tools. As a professional and contributing member of her community, she is a member of BC Human Resource Management Association and who also sits on the Steering Committee of the Minerva Foundation, mentors clients of various not-for-profit career programs as well as contributes to the “Wealth Academy” providing workshops for women who wish to gain financial wisdom.

Who Should Attend
All AAPS members

Program Information

Thursday, July 07, 2011
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Main Campus
Ponderosa Centre
2071 West Mall [view location Map]
Arbutus

This event will not be catered; only refreshments will be provided. The lunch break will be from 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm. Members can bring a lunch or go to the Ponderosa Centre cafeteria to purchase lunch.


To Register
  1. Please login and register using the Professional Development Registration System starting June 14.
  2. Register in the course by selecting the checkbox
  3. Check your mailbox for confirmation