Previous PennACE-Sponsored Professional Development Seminars

• Interviewing from the Employer Perspective: A Live Demonstration of What Employers Ask and What They Want to Hear, August 5, 2010 at Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA

• Taking Career Counseling to the Next Level--Combining the Myers-Briggs and Strong Assessments for Career Development, April 28, 2010 at Wilkes University & April 30, 2010 at Community College of Allegheny/Boyce

• Come Together: Creating Partnerships that Enhance Career Services Quality in Tough Times and Beyond, January 2010

• During January 2009, PennACE sponsored a professional development program entitled Sharpening Your Sales & Marketing Skills:  Building Cooperative Relationships during Turbulent Times.  In an attempt to provide convenient drive-in seminars, the event was held in two locations: in the East at Messiah College (January 22) and in the West at Grove City College (January 30).  Mr. Ethan Chazin, consultant and employment coach with The Chazin Group served as our presenter.  The total attendance for both events was approximately 80 participants.  Chazin encouraged Career Centers to develop a specific strategy for identifying our current and prospective employer stakeholders: a) target prospects and consider our marketing skills; b) consider solution-selling strategies to "close sales"; c) list customer service skills that effectively work for our repeat customers; d) identify our current client relationship skills that will convert our repeat customers to apostles or advocates.  More information on this session.