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	GOING BACK TO WORK: New! Inspiring Strategies for Comeback Moms Deciding on that first job after staying home with the children is both exciting and challenging. Do you want to do what you did before? How do you find work that fits into your kids’ schedule? What are you qualified to do after taking years off? Jump-start your job search by joining other moms for an exciting workshop that unites personal assessment with an overview of current job search techniques and hiring practices. Please note the October 23rd class is being held at the York Middle School. 1) Thursday, Oct. 23 - at the York Middle School - Adult Ed. classroom 2) Saturday, Oct. 25 1 session, 10-11:30 am Instructor: Andrea St. Jean Cost: $15 Andrea St. Jean MS, CCC is a professionally Certified Career Coach with more than 20 years of professional experience. She also has a Master’s Degree in Adult Development and continues to be trained in the latest career search strategies. HOW TO WRITE A RESUME Whether you have never written a resume, or just need to update your resume, this course will teach you the best ways to present your experience, skills and career goals. Wednesday, Oct. 8 Instructor: Amy Pollard 1 session, 6:30–8:30 pm Cost: $15 JOB INTERVIEWING SKILLS Learn some interviewing tips. This course will focus on the job interview itself—what to say (and what not to say!) in an interview in response to those difficult questions, and what questions you should be asking the interviewer. Wednesday, Oct. 15 Instructor: Amy Pollard 1 session, 6:30–8:30 pm Cost: $15 DON’T RETIRE - REFRESH, REINVIGORATE & RE-ENTER! New! Sixty-four million baby boomers -- 40 percent of the current American work force -- will begin to hit retirement age by 2010. We will be the largest, healthiest, longest-living, and best-educated generation in American history. But do do what? Play golf? Drag on in boring jobs? Or, adopting a new concept and a new way to look at ourselves, use our gifts and experience to build a better world through an “encore” career. This course will review some of the sociological and vocational trends that are changing options for the boomer generation, and will provide you with an extensive list and discussion of options and opportunities to pursue work (both paid and upaid) that will allow you to use your abilities to do the kind of work you’ve dreamed about for years, and truly make a difference in your community and your country. Amy Pollard, herself a baby-boomer, has over twenty-five years experience in Human Resources as a recruiter, and has an MS in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. She looks forward to using the tools she presents in the class as her own retirement gets closer! Wednesday, Nov. 12-Nov. 19 2 sessions, 6:30-8:30 pm Instructor: Amy Pollard Cost: $25 Amy Pollard has a B.S. in English and Psychology and an M.S. in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. She has over 23 years experience in Human Resources, specializing in recruitment. She has also done individual career counseling for over 10 years. Career & College Counseling Do you find yourself in a workplace that is changing or downsizing? Are you in transition with your current career or do you need help finding the right direction for you to pursue? To get on the right career track or find out what’s best career for you, call us. One-on-one career counseling is available FREE to York residents. Call 363-7922 to set up an appointment with our counselor. Call today!