SSW JOB SEARCH WORKSHOPS — SPRING QUARTER, 2014
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Date |
Time |
Topic |
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Thursday, April 10th |
4:00 – 6:00 pm |
16th Annual SSW Job Fair |
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Thursday, April 17th |
3:00 – 7:00 pm |
UW Annual Career Fair – HUB |
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Wednesday, April 23rd |
5:00 – 5:50 pm |
NEW! Money Matter$: Financial Life After Graduation |
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Thursday, May 1 |
5-5:50 pm |
Interviewing Skills for Social Workers |
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Friday, May 9 |
12:30 – 2:00 pm (90 minutes) |
Dependable Strengths for SW Job Seekers |
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Wednesday, May 14 |
5:00 – 5:50 pm |
Road to SW Licensure |
16th Annual School of Social Work Job Fair
When: Thursday, April 10th 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Where: 1st Floor Gallery, School of Social Work
Who: MSW and BASW students
Come to the School of Social Work’s 16th Annual Job Fair and meet potential employers, learn more about local agencies, and talk with UW SSW alums. Agencies registered to date: Alliance for Child Welfare Excellence | Alzheimer’s Association | Asian Counseling and Referral Service | Boys & Girls Clubs Washington State Association | Casey Family Programs | Children’s Administration | Community Psychiatric Clinic | Compass Housing Alliance | Comprehensive Health Education Foundation |Consejo Counseling and Referral Service | Dept. of Veterans Affairs – VA Puget Sound Health Care System | Downtown Emergency Services Center (DESC) | EvergreenHealth | Evergreen Treatment Services | Institute for Family Development | LifeWire | NAVOS Mental Health Solutions | Peace Corps | Providence Health & Services | ROOTS Young Adult Shelter | Ryther | Sea Mar Community Health Centers | Senior Services of Seattle | Senior Services of Snohomish County | Southeast Youth and Family Services | Swedish Medical Center | Therapeutic Health Services | UW Medical Center | UW School of Social Work | Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation | Work Opportunities | Washington Association of School Social Work | Washington State Dept. of Veterans Affairs | YWCA of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County |
No registration required for this event.
ALUMNI ready to answer your career-related questions:
-Stephanie Jones Peguero, MSW Systems Improvement Analyst, Casey Family Programs (available 4-6 pm)
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UW’s Spring Career Fair Thursday April 17th 3:00 – 7:00 PM, HUB Ballrooms careers.uw.edu DRESS CODE: Business Casual Open to all majors and class levels and alumni from all three UW campuses!
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“Money Matter$: Financial Life After Graduation” Workshop
Learn about loan repayment, creating a spending plan that you can live with once you graduate, and understanding your credit score. Get your questions answered before you leave school.
“Interviewing Skills” Workshop
When: Thursday, May 1 5:00 – 5:50 pm (50 minutes)
Where: School of Social Work (please register for specific room information)
Who: MSW and BASW students
Are job/internship interviews in your future? Want to brush up on your interviewing skills after a few years in school?
Lynnea Erickson, PhD and career specialist with UW Career Center will present on essential skills for a successful interview.
“Dependable Strengths:
Identifying your Strengths for Interviewing”
When: Friday, May 9 12:30-2:00 pm (90 minutes)
Where: School of Social Work (please register for specific room information)
Who: MSW students
The Dependable Strengths workshop, presented by Lynnea Erickson, PhD, Senior Career Counselor of the UW Career Center, is designed to create a safe place for social work students to explore their experiences, discover their unique patterns of strengths and talents, and to learn how to leverage them to find a satisfying career.
Assess your strengths and open up new opportunities. Identify what you enjoy, things you do well and events or experiences in which you take pride. Through guided group discussions, participants will identify good experiences, learn to articulate their worth to an employer, and succeed in interviews. Space is limited for this interactive workshop.
“Road to Licensure” Workshop
Register for workshop here: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/rufferl/232376
When: Wednesday, May 14 5:00 – 5:50 pm (50 minutes)
Where: School of Social Work (please register for specific room information)
Who: Alumni, MSW and BASW students
The NASW Washington State Chapter is pleased to provide information on Social Work licensure in Washington. This presentation will outline the steps you will have to take to become licensed as a Social Worker in Washington. Information on the different licensing categories, required work experience hours and required supervision hours to obtain your Social Work license will be provided. We look forward to your questions regarding licensure. For those students unable to attend this early evening session, we will be holding another mid-day workshop in 2014 about Licensure.
Bio of presenter: Jonathan R. Beard, MSSW, LICSW, CPRP is the owner of Progressive Strategies in Seattle, WA, where he provides a variety of project management, consulting, training, and program and/or organizational development services to public and nonprofit human service providers and organizations. He also provides private practice based clinical social work supervision to beginning and experienced social workers who are unable to obtain it where they work. Jonathan has many years of experience as a direct services provider, supervisor/manager and senior executive, primarily in mental health settings. Since 2003, he has taught a social work licensure examination preparation course to hundreds of Social Workers in Washington and throughout the Northwest to rave reviews.
Questions about any of these SSW workshops/events? Please email Linda Ruffer, Student Services, rufferL@uw.edu
MORE info on Job Search Skills here: http://socialwork.uw.edu/students/career-planning-process
To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at 206.543.6450 (voice), 206.543.6452 (TTY), 206.685.7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu, preferably at least 10 days in advance of the event.
