Manage Networking
Conduct Informational Meetings
Target & Research Companies

Attend the full series, or select individual sessions.

Dinner will be provided – sponsored by the Leeds Family.

Switching Gears – Evening Workshops are a 4 session series of 2-hour workshops targeted to individuals in career transition. Whether you are just beginning your career, returning to the workforce after an absence, or considering a career change, it’s essential to plan for your future with current, relevant, and practical tools and strategies that are indispensable to remaining viable in today’s job market. These 4 sessions cover the nuts and bolts of your career transition, at whatever stage you may be.

Supported by the Rooms To Go Foundation.

Session 3 – Outcomes:

• Develop a career-long networking strategy.
• Identify and prioritize your networking contacts.
• Discover the best methods to make connections, and arrange & conduct successful informational meetings.
• Develop a targeted company letter.

Session 3 – What We Will Cover:

• The myths and realities of networking
• The major networks and who’s in them
• Keys to successful networking
• Understand informational meetings and their benefit to job seekers
• Develop a script for informational meetings
• Where to find company information

Session 3 – Materials to Bring:

• Your résumé
• Business cards (if you have them)

Workshop Length:
2 hours. Participants should plan to arrive 15 minutes early.

Who Should Attend:
Individuals who are in career transition, conducting a job search, considering changing careers; people returning to the workforce; people whose job search has stalled, or those who are at the early stages of their careers.

Cost to Attend:
$50 for the entire 4-part series or $15 per Switching Gears session.

Free for TBJL program participants.

Dress:
Business casual.
Out of consideration for other participants, we ask that all candidates refrain from wearing fragrances, perfume, and cologne.

Where:
OUR NEW LOCATION
TampaBay-Job-Links
Jack Roth Center for Career Development
1211 N. West Shore Blvd.  Suite 300
Tampa, FL 33607

Registration https://tbjl.org/program/switching-gears-3-of-4/