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American Chemical Society

ACS Local Sections Helping the Unemployed

Local Sections Activities Committee (LSAC), Committee on Economic & Professional Affairs (CEPA), and the Leadership Advisory Board (LAB)

July 30, 2009

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST

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Welcome!

• Wayne Jones

-LSCA Chair


Georgia Local Section Celebrating Herty75

““Managing an Effective Job Search”Managing an Effective Job Search” An event organized by the Georgia Section’s

Minority Affairs Committee November 15, 2008 Speaker/Facilitator: George O'Neill, ACS.

PROGRAM

• Targeting the Job Market

• Resume Preparation

• Interviewing SkillsDeborah Sauder, GS 2009 Chair, presenterDeborah Sauder, GS 2009 Chair, presenter

Vernita Lockhart, GS-MAC, event organizerVernita Lockhart, GS-MAC, event organizer

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Georgia Local Section

Organizational DetailsOrganizational Details

FREE! To attendees (GS paid O’Neill’s fee)

GS provided snacks

Advertised thru section newsletter, web site and direct e-mail to all local colleges and universities

Held at Georgia Tech

• Centrally located

• Easy access

• Section Member @ Tech sponsored group



FlyerFlyer


Survey Results Part I:(15 Attendees)

Response

Strongly Disagree – Strongly Agree

Content Delivery: 1 2 3 4 5

The topics covered were relevant 1 4 10

Each session stated the objectives clearly 1 1 3 10

There was sufficient opportunity for interactive participation

1 1 2 1 10

I got most of my questions answered during the training

4 2 9

The materials were pitched at the right level 1 5 9

The materials for the training were helpful 4 10

The schedule for the training provided sufficient time to cover all of the proposed activities

2 4 3 5


Survey Results Part II:(15 Attendees)

Response

Strongly Disagree – Strongly Agree

Facilitator: 1 2 3 4 5

The facilitator was knowledgeable about the topic

1 2 12

The facilitator was well prepared for the session

1 1 13

The facilitator encouraged active participation 1 3 10

The facilitator answered questions in a complete and clear manner

1 4 10

The facilitator used a variety of training methods

1 2 2 10

The facilitator was respectful of the different skills and values presented by the participants

1 1 3 10



• Stress on Networking. Info about Resume.

• Clear now on what I want prior to the job search.

• Insight into briefness of resume reviews. Info Available, Re: Cost of living, salaries per state, depts. of labor. Answering some specific questions.

• How to improve my resume, resume design.

• Effective job search techniques.

• Typical “difficult” interview questions.

• Interviewing Skills, building a resume.

• How to improve my resume.

• Better prepare a resume. Plan out answers to questions.

• CV vs. Resume, interview practice questions.

Survey CommentsSurvey CommentsWhat will you immediately implement in your job search?



Questions?Questions?

Contact the organizer:

• [email protected]

Contact the presenter:

• [email protected]


Brazosport Local Section51 yrs in Brazoria County, Texas

Section GoalSection Goal 300 members >98 % of membership are

industrial chemists & chemical engineers

Most companies saw lay-offs in the 8-11% range

A Career Development Event fills a critical need

Brazosport Executive Board unanimously voted: • Top goal for 2009: Develop a Career Development Event • Stretch goal was to extend to Career Development Series

Raymond Thibault, Chair, presenterRaymond Thibault, Chair, presenter



The PlanThe Plan

Career Development Program: Event versus Series

• Determine target audience

• Determine budget (find partnering organizations to save $$)

- Local AIChE section, NPN and NTRO (both internal industry orgs)

• Logistics (location, scheduling)

• Find speaker(s)

• Advertise (Facebook, local media, email)



Outcome & Benefit to AudienceOutcome & Benefit to Audience 4 Career Development Workshops Delivered (each ~1.5 hrs)

• May 7: Principles of Career Development

• May 28: Career-Limiting and Career-Enhancing Behaviors

• June 23: Managing Up

• July 30 (tonight): Your Design: The Secret to Satisfying Work

Employed a local subject matter expert: Curtis Swisher

Averaged 35 folks per workshop (thru first 3)

Excellent feedback from attendees:

"I really enjoyed the enthusiasm and energy of the speaker. His passion for career development was contagious to the audience."



About Curtis SwisherAbout Curtis Swisher B.S., M.S. Chemical Engineering at

Oklahoma State 26 years in industry spanning stints in R&D,

HR, and Engineering

Training that transcends functional, geographical, cultural, and business and corporate boundaries

In past 5 yrs, developed 10 workshops; delivered 60

Owns SpirePointe, a coaching and training business

979-238-9586

[email protected]


ACS Leadership Development System

www.acs.org/leaderdevelopment

Jan Hayes and Amber Hinkle, Co-ChairsJan Hayes and Amber Hinkle, Co-Chairs

ACS Leadership Advisory Board (LAB)ACS Leadership Advisory Board (LAB)

July 30, 2009July 30, 2009


ACS Leadership Development SystemLaunched March 2009

Personal Capability

Interpersonal Skills

Focusing on Results

Setting a Clear Direction

Emerging volunteers

The ACS and You Engaging Colleagues in Dialogue

Becoming an Effective

Contributor

Matching Interests with Goals

Emerging leaders

Managing Projects Running Productive Meetings

Engaging and Motivating Volunteers

Understanding Members’

Interest

Developing leaders

Fostering Innovation

Coaching and Feedback

Collaborating across

Boundaries

Leading Change

Advanced leaders

Leading without Authority

Developing Communication

Strategies

Succession Planning

Strategic Planning

Extraordinary Leader: An 8-hr course designed specifically for high-level leaders of ACS.

Character


The ACS Leadership Development System

• On-line Courses

– 7 on-line leadership courses

– Self-paced

– 45-60 minutes to complete

– Courses are available through ACS Center for Professional Development

• Plus 42 on-line Harvard Courses (business skills)

• www.acs.org/leaderdevelopment


An Integrated Approach is Born: The ACS Leadership Development System

• Facilitated Courses

– 10 face-to-face facilitated leadership courses

– 4-hours in length, except Extraordinary Leaders (8 hrs)

– Maximum class size of 24

– Offered at the annual ACS Leadership Institute; national, regional & local section meetings, & by special arrangement

• Facilitators

– Two-day Train-the-Trainer session for each course

– Volunteer members & staff

– All are trained & certified



• Extraordinary Leader

– Based on The Extraordinary Leader, by John Zenger & Joe Folkman, © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

– Research based

– Key findings:

• Leaders can be made

• Great leaders make a great difference

• Focus on building strengths

• Fix critical flaws

– 360 survey; 18 differentiating staff competencies

– Final product is an Individual Development Plan


Facilitated Courses Available for 2009 Local Section MeetingsEngaging Colleagues in DialogueThis course helps ACS leaders improve their one-to-one communication skills from both sides of the communication exchange – as sender and receiver.

Engaging and Motivating Volunteers Learn practical tools to engage a volunteer and make the assignment successful and professionally rewarding, so the volunteer will participate in future assignments.

Fostering Innovation Gain the understanding and tools to tap into your own innovation style and stimulate innovative thinking among your committee members.

Coaching and Feedback This course provides leaders with a proven process, practical tools, and a hands-on opportunity to coach volunteers and employees more effectively.

Leading ChangeThis course provides leaders with a step-wise process to lead change and guide committee members, division members, and local section members more effectively through the change process for greater results and efficiency.

Leading Without Authority Learn practical tools to help you gain cooperation without formal authority and motivate your committee, local section, or division members to accomplish important Society goals.

Developing Communication StrategiesThis interactive course introduces you to executive level communications where you will learn how to skillfully communicate new insights, keep others informed, report on new endeavors, and communicate in an interesting and compelling manner.



The ACS Leadership Development SystemCourse Fees

PricingPricing MemberMember Non-memberNon-member

Extraordinary Extraordinary LeaderLeader

$650 $800

4-hour 4-hour Facilitated Facilitated CourseCourse

$150 $300

On-line On-line Course/Harvard Course/Harvard CoursesCourses

$25 $50



• What can you do?– Schedule a course for your local section– Identify a volunteer to coordinate communications– Identify a champion to actively promote the courses and generate

the minimum numbers required– Provide info on scholarships– Explore additional funding sources

• Encourage LSAC grant applications• Solicit employers

– Tell everyone about these unique professional growth opportunities

– Contact LaTrease Garrison [email protected], Staff Liaison, LSAC: [email protected] for additional information.


Career/Employment Issues in Challenging Times

Marty Gorbiaty, Marty Gorbiaty, Chair, CEPA

David HarwellDavid Harwell, Staff Liaison to the ACS Committee , Staff Liaison to the ACS Committee

on Economic & Professional Affairs (CEPA) and the on Economic & Professional Affairs (CEPA) and the

Assistant Director of Career Management and Assistant Director of Career Management and

Development Development


Core Services

• Career Workshops

– Finding a Job,

– Writing a Résumé

– Interviewing

• Career Consultants & Presenters

• Career Publications & Statistics

• Jobs Database


Enhancing Capacity & Effectiveness

• Virtual Career Fairs

• Collected all ACS careers-related resources

– www.acs.org/careers

• Reformatted materials for web delivery

• Expanded use of electronic media

– ACS Careers Blog

– ACS Career News

– ACS Careers Industry Forum


Online Career Development Resources


ACS Harvard Courses


Online Career Development Resources (continued)

• Practice Interviewing – anytime/anywhere

• Share with Career Counselor


Online Career Development Resources (continued)

• ACS Careers: The Movie– Animated videos in

production– Self-study guides on web– Group discussion guides on

web

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