40Plus of Greater Washington: Empowering Experienced Professionals for Successful Career & Life Transitions
Mission: To empower and connect experienced professionals, managers, and executives for successful career/life transitions and lifelong advancements.
Our Services:
Peer-to-Peer Support: Provide a support network for developing job-search strategies, techniques, and contacts, connecting professionals and executives (often from different sectors / fields) who are in career transition with each other and with 40Plus alumni, who are in decision-making positions throughout the Washington labor market
Training: Provide a comprehensive and proven Career Development / Advancement course that helps participants clarify job goals and hone job-seeking skills, including resumes and cover letters packed with Success Bites, productive in-person and online networking (including the 40Plus TMAY – “Tell me about yourself” or “elevator speech”), interviewing techniques and practice, and salary and position negotiation.
Informative Programs Open to the Public: Convene Monday Morning Speaker Forums on key career development / advancement issues, from growth industries and professions in Washington’s labor market to using online, social networks to expand options and uncover hidden opportunities. (Open to the public – “Get your week off to a great start!”)
Career Club: Organize and support 40Plus Job Clubs (comprised of graduates of 40Plus training classes) for peer-to-peer support in the job search / advancement / transition process and weekly member meetings (following Monday Speaker Forums) that offer opportunities for face-to-face networking and brainstorming. Clubs usually meet weekly and often continue long after individuals have moved into new positions.
Networking: Hold regular (e.g. 1st Thursday) Social Networking Events / Happy Hours at hotspots (with enough quiet space for real conversation) to connect active members with each other and with life members, other alumni, speakers (including life and career coaches), and employers.
Blogging / Web 2.0 Networking: Link members and alumni on the 40Plus Web blog and discussion groups as well to social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, where 40Plus has created its own group network. See www.linkedin.com to find our members.
Resources: Provide 24/7 office and meeting space, a print and video library, computers, printers, faxes, copiers, and Internet access in a downtown location with easy Metro access.
Partnering: Offer opportunities to organize and develop new strategic partnerships and special interest groups that can connect 40Plus members with other professional and community organizations.
Workshops: Provide ongoing Advanced Skills Seminars for members and/or Brownbag Lunches open to members and the public on such topics as “Building Bridges across Generations in the Work Place,” “Rewiring for the Next Chapter of Your Life,” and “What to Expect from the New Administration – Who’s on Various Transition Teams and How to Connect with Them”.
Job Announcements: Provide members with a continuous flow of current job openings. Graduates, active members, and friends of 40Plus send us information about job opportunities which we circulate to interested embers and post on the member’s only section of www.40plus-dc.org. The 40Plus website also posts event announcements about job and career fairs in the DC metro area and has Web links for dozens of other job sites and sources of career information.
40Plus of Greater
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Empowering Experienced Professionals
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