Revamping your career may seem mind-boggling at times, but with a carefully designed plan and goals in place, you’ll be on your way to snagging new work you’re excited about. In this session with Laurie Ruettimann, author of Betting on You: How to Put Yourself First and (Finally) Take Control of Your Career, you’ll learn how to makeover your career by focusing on self-leadership, well-being, continuous learning, and risk taking. Discover exercises and techniques to empower your search and take back control of your career.

The pandemic has shifted the future of work. Job forecasters could not have predicted such a tumultuous year for companies, economies, and personal careers. As organizations and people continue to shift behavior, data researchers have been able to get a read on what skills will be most in demand in the coming year, and which ones will decline. In this session with career strategis Marti Fischer, you’ll discover the media-centric skills that employers in various industries are hiring for in 2021. Find out how traditional soft skills are the new hard skills and how to position yourself for those roles. 

Antonio Neves, success coach and author of upcoming book Stop Living on Autopilot: Take Responsibility for Your Life and Rediscover a Bolder, Happier You, will provide strategies on how to push yourself beyond limits you’re used to, endorse yourself, and build a career roadmap so that you have the confidence and tools to jump into a new career. In this motivational moderated Q&A session, Antonio will go over specific actions to take to see progress in your career goals and personal growth.

For this career makeover, let’s start from scratch! Toss out your old resume and rebuild it with a revamped professional summary and personal brand. In this inspiring and tactical session with the founder and managing director of Artisanal Copy, Jorli Peña, you’ll discover how to authentically communicate, package, and market your professional story to potential employers. Jorli will guide you in putting these techniques into place, and show you how to use them throughout the entire career building process.

Much consideration goes into creating your online portfolio; the platform to use, the work to show, and how to maintain it. Get direction in this session from Farrah Daniel-Bermudez, who has tried out all the online portfolio platforms and can advise you on what tools work best for your needs. You’ll learn what mediums and formats to exhibit, what employers want to see in 2021, and where to start if you don’t have much work to show. Walk away from this session with motivation and tangible resources to build a portfolio that will help you land work that fits your brand. 

In this tactical session, you’ll get step-by-step tips on how to efficiently expand your network in one week. You’ll learn how to set your goals, what sites and events to look for, and how to engage, whether with scheduled Zoom meetings or on social media. You’ll leave this how-to session with a template to follow so that you can take action immediately.

Want to know what recruiters and hiring managers really look for in an interview? No one knows better than Bucky Keady, who has led talent development and executive recruitment at Conde Nast, Time Inc., and MediaLink. Learn the specific things recruiters screen for and find out what hiring managers need to learn from you in your initial meeting. Most important, discover how to turn the tables to glean what you need to know about the company before deciding if it’s a good fit for your next career move.

In this session, get a candid look into negotiation myths and realities with salary negotiation expert Jim Hopkinson. Learn how to research and find your true worth, and gain the confidence to ask for what you deserve. Jim will share negotiation case studies and provide a step-by-step walkthrough of what to say and how to say it when talking to hiring managers. At the end of the presentation, you’ll have a chance to ask Jim your salary negotiation questions.