Professional Development

February 19, 2016
9:00am	Best Foot Forward	Professionalism in our speech, our attitude, our dress, our character or online is a skill set that we all should possess to be successful in our jobs. Are you putting your “Best Foot Forward”? In this face-paced experiential workshop we will focus on 6 core aspects of professionalism:...

February 18, 2016
1:00pm	Yale CareerConnect 2016	Join professionals from across Yale to learn about the career development resources available to Yale staff. Here is a preview of our agenda for the day: Learn about job crafting from our Keynote Speaker, Professor Amy Wrzesniewski Hear...

January 29, 2016
8:30am	Leveraging the Power of LinkedIn	LinkedIn is a great way to connect with others at Yale and in your career specialty but most don’t leverage the many tools that are available. In this 2-part workshop, you will learn how to build a LinkedIn profile that promotes you and your accomplishments and establishes a network...

January 26, 2016
9:00am	Interviewing with Confidence	“Interviewing with Confidence” is a class designed to help participants enhance their interviewing skills by: • Researching and preparing for an interview • Telling their story and describing their background in a way that gets interviewers to want to know more • Answering...

January 20, 2016
12:00pm	Peer to Peer Lunch- The Beautiful Balancing Act: Experiences and Tips from Working Professional Parents	Please join us to hear the challenges, triumphs and tricks that four staff members have experienced in trying to balance life as a working professional and parent. Adoption, maternity leave, child care challenges, communication with managers and family, balancing travel demands and rotating work...

January 12, 2016
12:00pm	FLY & WWN Mentoring Lunch & Learn: Your Personal Board of Directors - How to Maximize Mentors	No woman is an island - even at work. Research shows that mentoring is essential to career success. Hence, individuals seeking to move up the ladder must seek out mentors and create what is called a “Personal Board of Directors.” In addition to mentors, it is equally important to build a strong...

December 11, 2015
12:00pm	FLY Peer to Peer Luncheon: Insider's Guide to Departments at Yale	Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work at a different part of Yale, either a different department or a different school? Join a panel of your peers who have worked in diverse parts of the university to hear first-hand how their departments or schools work. Lunch will be provided....

December 10, 2015
8:30am	CareerPower: Optimizing Your Career Development	Do any of these questions “ring” true for you? Are you happy where you are, but want to enhance your current job? Are you aware of the forces “out there” in the industry, and how they are shaping your choices? Do you know what your career options are and...

December 9, 2015
8:30am	Leading through Change	“Leading through Change” is an interactive learning experience designed for people responsible for leading teams and organizations. Participants will learn how people respond to change, gain new insights and explore how to apply these findings in a practical way. In this course, participants...

November 19, 2015
7:30am	The Big Connect	Join The Big Connect for a leadership breakfast, speed networking, The Big Taste, Millennial Move Makers Celebration and more! Keynote Speaker is David Wessel. David is director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy. He joined Brookings in December 2013 after 30 years on...