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Workshops

The Career Center staff is available to present on-campus workshops on a variety of topics to your class, group, or club. For the Fall 2020 semester, we will be offering virtual workshops. We have two options for Faculty requesting workshops: 

1) Live: synchronous virtual workshop - available for any workshop on our menu below; make your request using the Google Form below

2) Pre-Recorded: we have pre-recorded several of our most popular workshops for non-synchronous groups available on our Canvas Course. For access to this course, please email kelsey.bensky@sonoma.edu 

(Pre-Recorded workshops available at this time: Beginning Resumes; Advanced Resumes; Successful Interviewing; Job/Internship Search; Focus2Career; LinkedIn)*

*There is an option to request a live, 15-minute post-workshop Q&A with a Career Advisor as part of the request form.

To request a LIVE virtual workshop:

Complete our Workshop Request Form. Any Live workshop requests (live workshop and/or Live Q&A session) must be requested at least 2-4 weeks prior to your requested date. Classroom presentations are limited to one per class/group per semester. 

  • Introduction to the Career Center: Brief introduction of Career Center (may be presented by Career Center student staff) and a quick overview of resources and services available to students.

  • University Studies - Introduction to Career: An introduction to the Career Center and career education, including commonly held career myths, an introduction to career readiness, and more. Specific to UNIV Studies classes.

  • Introduction to Resumes (Beginning Resumes): Introduction to resumes including basics including formatting, content, and how to get started creating a resume. 

  • Preparing your Resume for the Job Search (Advanced Resumes): This advanced workshop includes a brief overview of resume basics as well as resume strategies to land a job interview. 

  • Focus2Career: Exploring your "VIPS" - Values, Interests, Personality & Skills: Exploration of Focus2Career as a resource to help students discover possible career paths based on their values, interests, personality & skills. 

  • Successful Interviewing: Best practices and strategies for a successful job interview. 

  • LinkedIn Workshop: Covers uses and best practices, how to set up a profile, and useful functionalities, including the alumni search tool for informational interviewing. 

  • Job and Internship Search Workshop: Provides an overview of the job search process including the best job-search tools and best practices. 

  • Exploring Career Pathways: How to explore possible career pathways through market research and informational interviewing.

  • Graduate School: General overview of the graduate school application process from research to application submission. 

  • Preparing for Career Fairs: How to prepare your resume and Handshake profile, networking tips, and strategies for success at Career Fairs. 

*All workshops are scheduled for 60 minutes, with the exception of "Introduction to the Career Center" which is scheduled for 5-10 minutes. If you have a 50-minute class, we can adjust our workshop, but we ask that you let us know in advance. Thank you!