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Students & Professionals Virtual Event
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented changes in our social interactions, and even in how employees go about seeking jobs and how employers go about finding candidates to fill positions. We have put together a panel of experts that will inform us about interviewing, standing out, and developing diversity in these challenging times. There will be tips on video interviews as well as current issues and emerging trends to manage diversity in the workplace.
Learning Objectives include:
Understanding interview trends in the 2020-21 Job Market (employer and employee)
How to prepare for and execute video interviews
How to navigate employment issues (employee job search and employer candidate search) in difficult social and economic times
How to approach career entry and progression in both the public and private sector
How employers can equalize imbalances and develop inclusion
How employees can be trailblazers in the fight for equality
This event qualifies for 1.5 hr. non-technical CPE.
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Panel biographies:
Lorri Salmon is the owner of Cornerstone Accounting & Business Solutions, LLC. She has over 25 years of experience in Business Development, Accounting, Audit, Tax, and Information Security. Industries that she has serviced include Restaurants, Retail, Construction, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Information Technology, Home Health Care, Non-Profit, Education, and Government Contracting. As an adjunct instructor at Clover Park Technical College, she teaches QuickBooks. She is active in the community and is a member of the Accounting & Financial Women's Alliance. Her clients and community reap the benefits of her knowledge and expertise, which she applies in a wealth of cost-effective solutions resulting in financial and business sustainability. She will serve as our moderator for the panel.
Travis Sjostrom has 15 years of expertise in recruiting for direct hire accounting and finance jobs in the greater Seattle area. In 2013, he founded Recruiting Integrity to step away from the recruiting-machines and re-personalize a service that has extremely personal impacts on people's lives. Having talked with thousands of hiring managers and candidates with this approach, Travis will share his observations regarding the best and worst practices in candidate and client interviewing habits, as well as discussing how to adapt to the digital age of interviewing.
Keir Schmidt is the owner of Structure Recruiting and has worked in the personnel placement industry for over 12 years. His business specializes in connecting Accounting & Finance professionals transitioning from Big 4 and 2nd tier firms to industry, placing industry professionals with public/private mix background, and preparing students to enter public accounting from college. Keir will speak to us on how to approach career progression both in the public & private sector and on the transitioning process, especially in light of the challenges that COVID-19 has created in this years job market.
Dr. Kirsten Wilbur has 27 years of clinical practice experience in adult rehabilitation and adult mental health. She joined the University of Puget Sound faculty in 2009, served as the Academic Fieldwork Coordinator until spring 2020, and presently coordinates the Community Mental Health Clinic. In addition to her administrative duties, Dr. Wilbur teaches foundational course content on health disparities, culturally responsive care, mental health treatment theories and frames of reference, and occupational therapy's role in the treatment of older adults. Dr. Wilbur has presented nationally and internationally and published in peer-reviewed journals on issues related to diversifying the OT workforce, and equity and inclusion in OT/OTA programs.
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