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Workshop Can Aid Alumni Making Career Transitions

With the second highest unemployment rate in the nation, the state of Washington has more than its fair share of laid-off workers. Local alumni who need to reinvigorate their careers or chart a new career direction have help-the career transitions workshop, "Redirecting Your Professional Energy," to be held Saturday, April 6 in 134 Mary Gates Hall on the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø campus.

The day-long workshop, which starts at 9 a.m., is designed to help alumni sort out the steps it will take to enhance their current position or make a career change.

Participants will learn how to evaluate their relevant strengths, values, interests, risks and barriers-and how to develop an action plan to get where they want to be in their work life, explains Don Gallagher, manager of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Alumni Association's Husky Career Advantage program. The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøAA offers this event in partnership with the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Center for Career Services.

In addition, all participants will receive individual networking referrals to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø alumni and a guide to the best career resources in print and on the Web.

The first career transitions workshop, held last May, has already paid big dividends for Leigh Krassner Watson, '98. She credits the referral she received through the workshop to fellow Husky Deborah Sanders, '85, with helping her land a great job two months later at Microsoft.

"Deborah really went out of her way to help me," says Watson. "And I truly appreciated her expert advice. I would not have been able to meet her though, had it not been through the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Alumni Association."

The career transitions workshop, which features a panel of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø alumni speaking about their successful career transitions, is just one part of the comprehensive Husky Career Advantage program offered by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøAA to alumni and students.

The workshop costs $60 for ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøAA members and $75 for non-members. For more details and to register, go to and click on "Husky Career Advantage," or call the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Alumni Association at (206) 543-0540 or 1-800-AºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-ALUM.

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