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Changing Careers: You’ve Decided, Now What’s Next?
2025-06-04 11:00 - 11:45 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Congratulations! You’ve decided to take the plunge and change careers! So, what comes next? This webinar is designed to help in evaluating your career change plan, identify ways to build new skills or experience, and how to adjust your job search accordingly. If you are planning on a significant change, or just want to change jobs in the same industry, this webinar is packed with helpful information and best practices.

Interview Tips and Tricks
2025-06-04 12:00 - 2025-06-25 12:30 | Virtual
The interview webinar, held from 10:00 to 10:30 am, focuses on helping job seekers understand what makes a good interview. Key points include effective strategies, common pitfalls, and actionable advice to enhance interview performance. The session highlights practical tips on answering questions, presenting oneself, and following up. A lively Q&A session allows attendees to engage directly with the host, further enriching the experience. Overall, the webinar provides a well-rounded and informative half-hour, leaving participants with valuable insights and practical tools to succeed in their job interviews.

Introduction to Online Job Searching
2025-06-04 15:30 - 2025-06-25 16:00, 2025-06-11 15:30 - 16:00 | Virtual
Whether you’re starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or seeking a new opportunity, it can be challenging to know where to begin an online job search. Today, popular job search platforms connect you with a wider range of opportunities, offering a faster and more convenient search process. This webinar will explore these types of platforms and their benefits and provide tips for effective use. We will also go over taking a direct approach by applying directly to a company website, maintaining online safety, and some essential tips for online job searching. We’ll conclude with a lively Q&A session where you can engage directly with the presenter and have your questions answered. This informative session will leave you with valuable insights and practical strategies to confidently begin an online job search and navigate the online job market.

Mastering LinkedIn for Career & Business Success
2025-06-04 16:00 - 16:30 | Virtual
Welcome to Mastering LinkedIn for Career & Business Success! Join Jaime Chambron, a certified LinkedIn optimization expert, for this exciting online event where you’ll learn all the tips and tricks to boost your professional profile on LinkedIn. Whether you’re looking for a new job, attracting new clients, or simply wanting to expand your network, this event is perfect for you. Jaime will share valuable insights on optimizing your profile, networking effectively, and publishing content. Don’t miss this opportunity to take your career & business to the next level! Register now and invest in your future success.

Youth Series: Interview Tips N' Tricks
2025-06-04 18:00 - 18:30 | Virtual
Get ready to ace your next interview! Join us every other Wednesday from 4:00 to 4:30 PM for this introductory session, perfect for students aged 16-24. We’ll cover everything you need to know to make a great first impression, handle tough questions with confidence, and avoid common mistakes. Don’t miss out—sign up today and get the tips you need to stand out in your next interview!

Breaking Down the Interview: How to Prepare and Answer for Success
2025-06-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Navigating interviews can feel challenging and the pressure to make a lasting impression on a potential employer can be nerve-wracking even for seasoned job searchers. But with the right preparation, you can have interview success!
This session will offer essential strategies for in-person, online, and phone interviews, enabling you to leave a positive and memorable impression on your interviewer.
We’ll help you craft responses to the most common behavioral interview questions and master the STAR method, empowering you to articulate your experiences with clarity and relevance.
Pre-registration is required.
Register for our workshop and discover the strategies to stand out in the job market!
This workshop is available as an online, live-streaming webinar.
Once you have registered, you will receive an email with instructions on how to log on a few hours before the start time of the workshop. Please check your Spam/Junk folder if you have not received your email with instructions one hour before the start time of the workshop.

Moving On After Job Loss: Rebuild Confidence & Restart Your Career (Online)
2025-06-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
OVERVIEW:
Losing a job can be overwhelming, but it can also be an opportunity for growth and a fresh start. Moving On After Job Loss is an empowering webinar designed to help you process the emotional impact of job loss, regain confidence, and develop a clear action plan for your next steps.
This session will also introduce how AI tools can support your job search and career exploration, helping you build a stronger resume, research new career paths, and even practice interview questions using AI-powered tools.
Whether you’re struggling with the transition or looking to reenter the job market, this session will provide the tools, strategies, and tech tips to help you move forward with purpose and positivity.
What You’ll Learn:

Processing Job Loss Emotionally: Tips to manage stress, grief, and uncertainty.
Rebuilding Self-Confidence: How to recognize your strengths and value during this transition.
Exploring Career Options: Steps to identify new opportunities that align with your skills and passions, including how to use AI to research career options.
Effective Job Search Strategies: Practical tools for networking, updating your resume, and acing interviews — including how to use AI to help draft your resume, craft personalized cover letters, and prepare for interviews.
Managing Financial Stress: Tips to create a budget and manage expenses while in transition.
Setting Goals for the Future: How to create a roadmap for your next career move.

Who Should Attend:

Individuals who have recently experienced job loss.
Professionals looking for guidance on transitioning to a new role or career path.
Anyone struggling with the emotional and financial impact of job loss.
Those seeking strategies to rebuild confidence, restart their career, and leverage AI tools to enhance their job search and career planning.

How to Identify Your Most Lucrative Transferable Skills to Enhance Your Job Search
2025-06-05 13:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
Do you know you don’t have to have ALL the skills an employer lists on the job description to be a competitive applicant? Have you heard about transferable skills and how they can be a critical part of your job search, especially to land a job that may be a slight career pivot? Are you not sure exactly how to frame your transferable skills to your advantage? If any of this sounds familiar, be sure to join our Career Expert Team to learn everything you need to know to enhance your resume and cover letter with your key transferable skills!

LinkedIn & Jobscan
2025-06-06 15:00 - 16:00
When seeking employment, you just GOTTA have a Linkedin profile and one that is well filled out, enough to make a recruiter pause more than 1/2 second. And, if you wish for your resume to get past the Applicant Tracking System bots to even make it onto the desk of the recruiter, you’ll most certainly want to learn about the amazing software platform JobScan.
Launch Pad Job Club Founder Kathy Lansford Powell leads this satellite class on today’s most important tools to the job seeker.
Here is the Zoom login information as Eventbrite has made it most difficult to add Zoom to our satellite classes. Please copy and paste into an appt. on your calendar:
Join Zoom Meeting:
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Join the job club any Friday. Our meetings are FREE and OPEN TO ALL. For meeting details, visit the Calendar tab on our website: launchpadjobclub.org

Planning Your Job Search workshop
2025-06-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
It’s been said that finding a job is a job. How can you make the most of the time you have available for your search? Learn strategies for planning and executing a job search that keeps you on track and gets results.

Mastering Digital Interviews
2025-06-10 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
With the rise of the digital revolution, video interviews are quickly rising in popularity, especially since the pandemic.
What are the differences between in-person interviews and those conducted online? How can you best prepare? In this live online workshop, career coach Jonathan Kwan will provide tips, frameworks and a checklist of what to watch out for in a video interview. You will have the opportunity to practice your digital interviewing skills and get immediate feedback.
The Career Coaches in Residence program is generously supported by lead donors Azrieli Foundation and RBC Foundation.
Questions about the Career Coaches in Residence program? Email ccir@tpl.ca
Questions about online programs? Email us at programproposals@tpl.ca
Accessibility
If you identify as a person with a disability or as a person who is Deaf, and require an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email, accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

Work From Anywhere: How to Make it Happen!
2025-06-10 13:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
It’s a common misconception that all remote jobs can be done from anywhere. Some remote work has location requirements, but some remote work doesn’t! Work from Anywhere (WFA) jobs do exist, and oftentimes those who have Work from Anywhere jobs are called digital nomads. If you are a digital nomad searching for a new gig, want to become a digital nomad but haven’t had much luck yet, or just want to learn more about working from anywhere, this webinar is for you!
Our Career Experts will discuss what exactly Work from Anywhere (WFA) entails, including the careers and jobs best suited for WFA, companies that offer WFA, and how to find the Work from Anywhere job that suits you best.

Creating an Action Plan for Your Remote Job Search
2025-06-10 14:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
Wish your search for a remote or flexible job was more organized and efficient? FlexJobs wants to help you develop a plan to create better progress in your job search. Join a FlexJobs Career Expert as we walk you through creating an action plan for your remote job search.
FlexJobs offers a wealth of resources for job seekers to figure out each of the steps they need to take during their job search. But how do you know which steps you should follow for your specific goals? What do you do when you get stuck on a step? We offer practical tips and answer job seekers’ questions about developing a personalized job search plan.

Supporting Autistic Employees In The Workplace
2025-06-11 07:00 - 08:30
Join UMO’s expert-led workshop designed to equip employers, line managers, HR professionals, and higher education institutions with the knowledge, tools and confidence to support autistic and neurodivergent employees during the transition to work and beyond.
Whether you’re developing a graduate programme, updating recruitment practices, or building a more inclusive workplace, this session offers essential insights and actionable strategies.
What we’ll cover:
🔹 Reasonable Adjustments, Flexible Working, and the Law
Understand your legal obligations under the Equality Act and learn how to implement effective, low-cost adjustments that empower autistic employees.
🔹 Neurodivergent Graduates and the Transition to Work
Explore the unique challenges faced by autistic and neurodivergent graduates during their move from higher education to employment—and how employers can bridge the gap.
🔹 Inclusive Recruitment Practices
From job descriptions to interviews, discover how to attract and assess autistic talent fairly and effectively.
🔹 Productivity for Neurodivergent Workers
Learn how to support focus, time management, and wellbeing—without relying on traditional productivity measures that may disadvantage neurodivergent staff.
🔹 Autistic Burnout and Mental Health
Recognise the signs of autistic burnout, how it differs from general stress, and what preventative and recovery strategies can be put in place.
🔹 Autism and the Menopause
Understand how the intersection of autism and menopause can impact wellbeing and performance, and what supportive practices make a difference.
🔹 Autism-Friendly Communication and Management
Develop approaches to feedback, communication, and task-setting that work better for neurodivergent minds—and the whole team.
🔹 Social Interaction in Diverse Teams
Explore inclusive ways to navigate team-building, workplace socials, and informal communication for employees with different social needs.
🔹 Designing an Autism-Friendly Working Environment
Discover practical adjustments to physical and digital workspaces that reduce sensory overload and support concentration.

Finding Work 102- Mock Interview Webinar
2025-06-11 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
Join us for an interactive Virtual Mock Interview Workshop. This one-hour workshop is currently being presented as a live interactive workshop via the Microsoft Teams platform.

Job Interview: Tips and Strategies Workshop
2025-06-11 10:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Join us for an in-person virtual interactive workshop to learn practical tips and strategies to excel in interviews and land your dream job.

Ageism and the Remote Job Search: Tips to Land a Remote Job at Any Age
2025-06-11 11:00 - 11:45 | Virtual
Are you seeking a job that lets you work from home? Older workers can face higher hurdles in a job search—often based on unfair assumptions or outright age discrimination. These things are all too common.
Learn how to approach your search for a remote job in a way that guards against ageism and allows employers to focus on why you’re a GREAT candidate, rather than focusing on your age.

Session 2: Hiring and Keeping the Right People
2025-06-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Attracting talent, onboarding well, and keeping your best.

How to Job Search at the End of the World
2025-06-11 15:00 - 15:45 | Virtual
How to Job Search at the End of the World is a brand new webinar designed to help you tackle job search and career challenges while navigating an increasingly complex set of obstacles including layoffs, election stress, and corporate greed (just to name a few).
If you’re feeling extra demoralized lately – you’re not alone.
Career pivots, transitions and job searching has always been a hard – but to protect your career and your priorities, you need a job search webinar that’s responsive to your personal roadblocks and the additional hurdles of our collective during this time.
Work Wonders Careers founder Jenn Walker Wall will be facilitating this webinar to help you:

Clarify your goals and strategy to maximize success in a competitive landscape
Manage your time effectively, avoid perfectionism and make decisions more easily
Use our 3 step resume strategy to increase your chance of interviews
Network more easily and in a less transactional – and more effective – way
Consider options including portfolio careers, freelancing and contract work
Shift your energy when you’re feeling stuck or frustrated
Take care of yourself along the way

You’ll also hear success stories from today’s market, small and easy-to-implement changes that can help you get more traction ASAP, and more about how Work Wonders Careers can help you put yourself back in the driver’s seat.
With10+ years of experience helping mission driven professionals initiate and navigate career transitions, Jenn will be sharing best strategies that not only help people move the needle in their search, but encourage self compassion and creativity that will help you stay the course.
This webinar is for: mission driven job seekers or anyone planning or considering a change in their work and career.
This webinar will be recorded and sent out to registrants. A Zoom link will be sent prior to the webinar. Registering will add you to our newsletter, Careers at the End of the World. You may unsubscribe at any time. To learn more about Work Wonders Careers, please visit us at www.workwonderscareers.com.

Power Positioning: Build Your Job Search Strategy
2025-06-11 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
Power Positioning: Build Your Unicorn Job Search Strategy is the event you’ve been waiting for!
Success in today’s job market requires standing out. Discover how to build a job search strategy to position and market yourself to get noticed.
Today, qualifications alone do not get people noticed. It’s positioning and strategy.
Join a career coach and job search strategist bringing real-world experience of crossing career boundaries in tech, business, and product. Discover the elements to position and market yourself to get noticed, and walk around those “NO’s”.

What to expect:
✔️Fresh, practical job search strategies
✔️ Marketing perspective that showcases your career and value
✔️ Real talk on what it takes to get noticed in today’s complex job search landscape

Job Fair Preparation
2025-06-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Are you ready to land your dream job? Join us for a virtual event that will help you prepare for upcoming job fairs. Our expert speakers will share valuable tips on resumes, interviews, and networking. Don’t miss this opportunity to boost your confidence and stand out from the crowd!
Register now and take the first step towards a successful career! See you there!

Navigate Online Job Applications [Online Workshop]
2025-06-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Discover the true purpose of online job applications (it’s not what you think).
Save hours of time filling out applications with our preparation tips.
Improve the accuracy of the data in your applications.
Identify the mistakes most people make when filling out applications.
Master techniques to make your application stand out.
Avoid the common pitfalls of automated online application software.
Get expert answers to your questions about online applications.
Learn to spot job listings that are a scam.
Identify the qualities employers look for in a candidate.
Dramatically increase the chances your applications will be read.

This workshop is part of a larger series of workshops designed to help you get a job and keep it! To learn more about the services we provide and to register for other workshops, please visit our website HERE

Networking, the Game Changer in Your Job Search
2025-06-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Are you tired of sending out countless resumes and not hearing back from employers? Join us for a virtual event that will transform your job search game!
Learn how to leverage the power of networking to land your dream job. Our expert speaker will share valuable tips and strategies to help you build meaningful connections and stand out in a competitive job market.
Don’t miss this opportunity to level up your job search skills and take your career to the next level. Register now and let networking be the game changer in your job search!
The views expressed by our guest speakers are their own and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Computer Coach or its affiliates. This event is for attendees within the United States. Recorded events will be added to our blog soon.

Chart Your Start on a New Job [Online Workshop]
2025-06-12 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Taking an active role in your orientation as a new employee makes sense in today’s competitive work environment. Not only is it practical, it shows that you have initiative and self-direction, which are both seen as key qualities by employers.

Learn why the first 90 days on a new job are critically important.
Learn how to take an active role in your orientation.
Learn how to ask questions and gather information while on the job.
Learn how to chart your progress with specific actions steps.
Learn how to make yourself a more productive member on your new job.
Identify to consider before your first day of work.
Learn what to avoid in the first 90 days on a new job.
Learn how to best ask for feedback from the supervisor.
Learn how to prepare for a performance review and impress your supervisor.
Learn to accept positive and negative feedback in a performance review.

This workshop is part of a larger series of workshops designed to help you get a job and keep it! To learn more about the services we provide and to register for other workshops, please visit our website HERE

Building your Job Hunt Blueprint
2025-06-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Explore the practical and emotional sides of job searching, with real talk on burnout, rejection, and staying motivated. Drawing from personal experience, guest speaker Anique Senior will share what worked and what did not work for her to help build a job hunt process that can keep you focused (and sane). Anique will share tips and strategies to help stay motivated during the job hunt and how to handle rejection.
Anique is a Construction Project Coordinator with a dynamic career journey across multiple industries. Born and raised in Jamaica, she immigrated to Canada just before the COVID-19 pandemic, navigating career transitions and adapting to a new environment with resilience. Originally trained in Analytical and Industrial Chemistry, Anique discovered her passion for planning and project oversight, which led her to pivot into Project Management and pursue formal studies at George Brown College. Now working in the construction industry, she collaborates closely with her project team on multiple projects, ensuring seamless daily operations. Actively building her path toward a Project Manager role, Anique is passionate about sharing her experiences and insights with others navigating similar challenges. She is eager to offer guidance on embracing change, taking strategic risks, and confidently forging new career paths.

Mastering the Job Search: Get More Interviews with Less Stress
2025-06-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Mastering the Job Hunt: Effective Strategies for Success
Join a proven workshop with over 4,000 past sign-ups from job seekers just like you. In this interactive session, you’ll gain a structured approach to navigating your job search with confidence and clarity.
We’ll walk you through how to:

Systematically track your job search activities
Identify and evaluate new opportunities
Start meaningful conversations with employers and networking contacts

You’ll also gain tools to clarify your career goals and align your job search with your long-term aspirations. Whether you’re just starting or feeling stuck, this workshop will help you streamline your efforts and boost your chances of landing the right job—faster.

Job Search Strategies - Get Job Ready Workshop Series
2025-06-15 22:30 - 23:30 | Virtual
Are you ready to take your job search to the next level? Join us for an engaging and informative Job Search Strategies Workshop designed to equip you with the knowledge and techniques needed to navigate the job market successfully.
Led by experienced qualified career counsellors and industry professionals, this workshop will provide you with practical insights and actionable strategies to enhance your job search efforts and increase your chances of landing your dream job.
Whether you’re a recent graduate, career changer, or seasoned professional, this workshop is designed to provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to succeed in today’s competitive job market.
Join us using the WebEx meetings link provided upon registration. Don’t miss this opportunity to supercharge your job search and take your career to new heights!

Level Up Your LinkedIn
2025-06-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Are you ready to take your job search to the next level? Join us for this online event where we will provide you with valuable tips and strategies to boost your confidence and stand out in the job market. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your job seeker journey!
Hang out after for live Q&A
Due to the differing nature of job search processes, this event is for attendees within the United States.
Any recorded event will be up on our blog soon after.

Virtual Interviewing: Making a Great Impression
2025-06-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Types of interviews and how to prepare for them
Best practices for interviewing
Researching companies who want to interview you

Multiple sessions to choose from.
The workshops will be recorded so people can view them at a later date at OaklandCountyMIWorks.com.
Questions? Contact: oaklandcountymiworks@oakgov.com
