Nonprofit Career Conference
June 16, 2011 - Thursday
Cal State East Bay’s
Oakland Center
1000 Broadway – Suite 109
Oakland CA 94607
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Nonprofit Networking Event
at The Liege Spirits Lounge in Oakland.
Cost to attend Nonprofit Career Conference: REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
Partial scholarships are no longer available!
Join us for an enriching day of workshops and consultations designed to help you be successful…
Opportunity Knocks in partnership with the YNPNsfba (Young Nonprofit Professionals Network – San Francisco Bay Area chapter) are proud to present a day of workshops and consultative sessions to help you improve your job and nonprofit career development strategies and job-seeking skills.
Led by experienced and qualified career consultants, nonprofit leaders and subject matter experts you will learn how to become more competitive in the nonprofit job marketplace.
You get a full day of training and consultations that will provide you with the skills needed to:
- Analyze your resume and job search strategies
- Assess your employability skills
- Understand the current landscape of the nonprofit sector
- Determine a nonprofit career path
- Transition from the for profit to nonprofit sector
Format of the Conference
This full day will consist of 4 Workshops plus all-day Consulting Stations to give participants individual sessions with career consultants, nonprofit educators and subject matter experts in the Bay Area community.
Featured Workshops and Speakers
Writing to Make a Difference: Essential Skills for Nonprofit Jobseekers
Are you looking for a new nonprofit job? Are you trying to transfer your skills from another sector, or seeking to advance your existing nonprofit career? Check out almost any nonprofit job description and you will find reference to the need for good writing skills. Your first opportunity to demonstrate those skills is with the two most essential documents of your job search: an intriguing cover letter and a winning resume.
In this session, we will discuss the DO’s and DON’T’s of pulling together both of these key pieces to establish your position as a candidate worth interviewing. And you will leave with a handy tip sheet!
Presented by Dalya Massachi, M.A.,, Founder Writing for Community Success.
Job Search Strategies: Tools for the Trade
How do you break through and rise to the top of the candidate pool? Learn tactical strategies to elevate yourself to human resources heads, hiring managers, and recruiters. In this session we will explore:
Presented by Mauri Schwartz, President and CEO of Career Insiders
Staying Competitive in a Changing Nonprofit Sector
As today’s nonprofit organizations evolve, grow and/or reinvent themselves, what staff and management skill sets will provide job seekers, and those wishing to advance their careers, with a competitive edge?
Presented byKathy Ferber Program Director,Nonprofit Management Certificate Program, Division of Continuing and International Education at California State University, East Bay.
Presented by Nelson Layag, Projects Director CompassPoint Nonprofit Services
Bring your Resume! Receive guidance, advice and recommendations at our all day Consulting Stations.
Meet with Career Counselors and Nonprofit Subject Matter Experts throughout the day during 12 minute individual consulting briefs including Resume Guidance and Nonprofit Career Paths and Volunteering.
Who Should Attend?
Nonprofit professionals of all ages who seek to advance their career and for-profit/corporate professionals looking to switch careers to the nonprofit sector.
Cost to attend Career Conference
$99 - Includes the following:
YNPNsfba paid member discount available click here.
Click here to read and view pictures about last year’s Nonprofit Career Conference at Cal State.
Group Discounts available for four or more attendees.
Contact sales@opportunityknocks.org for more information.
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CANCELLATIONS, NO SHOWS, AND TRANSFERS
Workshop Cancellation Policy: Any registrant choosing to cancel a Career Conference registration will receive a refund minus a $25.00 handling charge. Notice of cancellation must be received by Opportunity Knocks at least five business days prior to the workshop. No refunds can be made after that date under any circumstances.
