A Case Study Dialogue:
How to support underrepresented clients in navigating bias in the hiring process
Presenter: Jennifer Tardy
Location: Virtual (a link will be sent to you a few days before the event after registration)
Time: 11:30-1:00
In this session, Jenn Tardy, Career Coach + Diversity Recruiting Trainer, will guide career coaches / counselors through the hiring obstacle course often experienced by minoritized individuals in search of a new career.
Her goal is to bring awareness to the internal and external struggles faced by job seekers when they are underrepresented in the workplace. In addition, she will share strategies for career coaches who are seeking ways to best support their clients with similar experiences.
This is an interactive session and open dialogue is encouraged. There will be a composite case study, which will be sent out in advance of the session for you to review.
Session will run from 11:30 – 12:45 EDT, with 15 mins of optional networking time 12:45- 1:00pm EDT
**Registration is by donation. All collected proceeds will fund career coaching scholarships for selected underrepresented job seekers. If you do not see a donation matching the amount you wish to give, please contact cccnortheast@gmail.com.**
About Jenn:
Jennifer Tardy, Career Success Coach, owns and operates JTC which is a diversity and inclusion consulting organization in Maryland. Through her #CareerSuccess coaching programs for job seekers and #HiringSuccess diversity training programs for recruiters, she is on a mission to make it easy for recruiters and historically underrepresented job seekers to meet and forge career success. She is an official partner to LinkedIn and The Society for Diversity where she serves as a career coach to it’s members. Jennifer has vast industry experience as a Recruiting Thought Leader, Diversity Practitioner, and Career Success Coach with over 14 years of experience in the field of human resources and recruiting. She has recruited in the tech, healthcare, education, railroad, plumbing supplies, and professional services industries. She is a graduate of Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Business Administration. She has received several certifications in Human Resources and Diversity and Inclusion including her Professional in Human Resources (PHR), Certified Diversity Recruiter (CDR), Certified Diversity Practitioner (CDP), and Certified Diversity Executive (CDE). She is also a Certified DiSC Instructor. In addition to JenniferTardy, LLC, Jennifer is also co-owner of Proving What’s Possible, LLC (PWP), headquartered in Altavista, VA. PWP is a Mental Health Counseling organization that provides mental health skill building services to help individuals cope with mental illness and achieve community stability and independence. Jennifer resides in Maryland with her two boys, Austin and Aiden, and her love, Antione.
Facilitator: Anne Chace
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
(with optional 15 min small group networking 1:00-1:15)
Let’s talk about ways to create connection to keep our wholeness, stay engaged with clients, and provide support. Join CCC member Anne Chace as we share ideas and stories about positive activities to try. You can stay for the entire conversation, or just join for the first half hour. At the end we'll have 15 mins for optional small group networking in breakout rooms.
This session is free to members and $15 for non-members.
About Anne:
For 5 years and counting serving as the Alumni Career Advisor at the MCPHS University, Boston, MA. Anne has a MSW from the Boston University School of Social Work. She is a member of CCC and the Alumni Career Service Network.
Career Counselors' consortium
Summer 2020 *Virtual* conference
Conference Update Related to Coronavirus
Wednesday, August 12th
10:00 - 10:10
Welcome
10:10 - 10:35
Keynote: Lianne Hambly
"Neuropsychology of Motivation"
10:40 - 11:30
Workshops
11:35- 11:45
BREAK
11:45 - 12:35
12:40 - 1:40
Lunch break with optional breakout sessions to chat informally
1:45 - 2:10
Keynote: Susan Joyce
"Google Search Tricks"
2:15 - 2:25
2:25 - 2:50
Sharing Best Practices
3:00 - 3:30
Final wrap up
Thursday, August 13th
Keynote: Jim Peacock
"Intentional Serendipity"
TBD
Keynote: Jenn Tardy
"Leaning Into Diversity"
2:25 - 3:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER TOPICS & BIOS:
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS & FACILITATOR BIOS:
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Give ‘Em Something to Snack On: A Menu of Micro Content Delights presented by Erika “Riky” Hanlon
Too much of anything can be a bad thing, even carrots. How is content delivery any different? Just as we encourage students and clients to tailor their materials, we must consider our audiences as well. How do they prefer to be served, digest, and process content? With a growing smorgasbord of noise from all aspects of life, career development mealtime is short and sweet. So, let’s give ‘em something to snack on with a menu of micro content delights.
Take a look at how the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Career Development center has incorporated micro content into their career education and student engagement strategy, while gaining and understanding of how you or your clients might enhance communication through bite-sized content delivery.
This session will include discussion of print, digital, and reusable content formats.
Participants will …
Riky Hanlon is a Career Advisor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and has an educational background in business and the arts, and experience in teaching, program development, and marketing and communication.
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A New Psychology of Working presented by Amy Mazur
This workshop will introduce Dr. David Blustein’s Psychology of Work Theory of Career Development and provide an overview of how using interventions based on this model more effectively address client needs and goals. Participants will walk away with tools, techniques and a deeper appreciation of how this model can work to support clients who do not feel they have choice or volition.
The key goals of this session are:
Amy Mazur is a Career Development Specialist and Counselor Educator who has been working in the field for over 20 years, and who assists individuals to begin, renew and advance their careers. Her expertise includes educating, training and mentoring professionals in career and workforce development on using counseling skills to foster growth and change.
Best Practices in Outreach to Employers presented by Jacqui Sweeney
Based on experience with employers and students, Jacqui will lead participants through case studies to illustrate best practices in successful employer relations within difficult industries. Particular focus will include:
Jacqui Sweeney, Cooperative Education Coordinator at Northeastern, is an experienced professional with over 25 years of practice in cooperative education, program development, career counseling, building relationships, job development, teaching, and project management.
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Preparing Students of Color for a Diverse Worksforce presented by: Adesuwa (Ade) Igbineweka
Ade will lead a conversation about how we can help prepare students of color to build career competencies and contribute to a positive and diverse workplace. She will consider the following questions: How can we help students and employers celebrate and appreciate the diverse talents of employees (our students and clients)? How do students and clients identify employers who are committed to honoring their mission of diversity? What strategies are employer relations team (universities) using to promote diversity, equity and inclusion?
In addition, there will be time for peer-to-peer sharing of best practices from their own experiences and have the opportunity to ask the speakers questions.
Adesuwa Igbineweka is a Career Services and Employer Relations Specialist in the Office of Career Services and Internships at UMass Boston. She has been in the field of education for 7 years. She has had numerous roles in Academic Support, she has served as an Academic Success Coach and advisor. She also taught in the National Youth Corp program during a service year in Nigeria and taught adult learners at the Agency for Adults and Non-Formal Education. Before returning to higher education, she worked with adults with mental and physical disabilities.
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Supporting Clients who are Neurodiverse presented by Katie Fernandes and Sarah Breen
Meeting clients where they are can be time consuming and labor intensive. Add a learning challenge, (e.g. attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, specific learning disability, executive function, autism spectrum disorder) and then where do you begin? This engaging session will explore strategies and the implementation process as a counselor to best support neurodiverse learners. During this session we will focus on the practical application of these universally designed strategies with small group case studies. The application of these methods will examine how to provide accessible support for all while empowering them to achieve their career goals
Topics/theories include:
Katie Fernandes serves as an Academic Skills Specialist at Providence College. Katie’s area of professional interest include promoting university-wide accessibility, mental illness on residential campuses and universal design in and out of the classroom. In all of Katie's work, she strives to empower students to be self-advocates in every aspect of the educational journey.
Sarah Breen is the Assistant Director of Career Counseling at Emmanuel College. She has worked in hiring and career capacities in the non-profit and education industries. Through her work, she has assisted students with diagnosed learning challenges on next steps after college and preparing for the job search process.
Create a Thriving Career Counseling Practice presented by Gail Liebhaber, and Jim Peacock
In a small group environment participants will learn the basics involved in starting a career coach business by getting the answers to these questions and discussing these how-to’s. Come with your questions, leave with answers and a name for your business.
What are the costs involved in opening a career coaching business?
Jim Peacock is an award-winning career development specialist and owner of Peak-Careers. He has more than 25 years of experience giving career advisors and counselors the tools to help their clients see that they have choices and that—with a little support—they can find the work they love to do.
Gail Liebhaber has been involved in the field of career development for over 25 years as a trainer, consultant, coach and counselor. She has an M.Ed. with a specialization in career counseling and is a Licensed Social Worker in Massachusetts. Her private practice is called Career Directions.
