Good Careers for Young People to Consider
2022-08-26 01:00 - 02:30 UTC | Online event. Sign up with Eventbrite.
You are invited to a workshop on the topic of careers for young people to consider aiming for as you think about your own future.

About this event

August 25 @ 6pm to 7:30.

Are you a student or young person and have been thinking about what kind of work you will want to do in the future?

If you are between the age of about 15 and 25, you may wish to join us to hear from people who can explain four broad career areas you can consider as your future to explore:

1. Technology companies and tech jobs and IT support jobs

2. Finance and banking career jobs

3. Social media and communications jobs

4. Healthcare and biotech careers

You will have the chance to hear from managers inside of companies in these four areas

AND

You will be able to go to a breakout session to talk more personally with managers from companies like Facebook, Linkedin, Buzzfeed, Ethos, and TekSystems, as well as managers from market research and education.

Our experts will describe a variety of career roles and will candidly answer your questions and share tips for job hunters interested in entering each field of work and advancing careers.

Topics that will be covered include:

- What are the entry level jobs?

- What is a good way to break into the field?

- How to stand out and be perceived as especially valuable as a candidate?

- If you want to be a successful job hunter in the "field what kinds of things ought you to be interested in, or study or learn?-

- As a job hunter, how do you look at your own skill set and pick out what will be valuable to an organization?

Register for free today! You will be asked which career area you would like to explore in our breakout room session. The Zoom link will be sent to you before the start of the meeting via email.

Sponsored by Miranda Lux Foundation:

Our program of customized content for young people is made possible in part by support in the form of a grant from the Miranda Lux Foundation which supports educational vocational initiatives that prepare young people for the world of work.

The Job Forum is the SF Bay Area's longest running job search career service. The Job Forum has been providing career and job advice on Wed evenings for 70 years, with up-to-date advice and coaching directly from managers who work in companies here in the SF Bay Area.

The Job Forum hopes you will join us in this exciting tech careers workshop.

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