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January 2023 | Tune-Up Tuesdays: Virtual Resume Reviews
The new year is a great time to refresh your resume! Email us a Word document version of your resume by the end of the day on any Tuesday in January 2023 and we’ll get back to you with feedback and edits! Read our recent expert advice post on Designing a Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems for tips and best practices for updating your resume document. Please reference this alumni resume worksheet to format your document before emailing it to us!
February 3, 2023 (Deadline to register) | Coffee Chat with Alumni
Whether you’re hoping to build your network professionally or just take a few minutes to meet someone new, sign up for these 1:1 alumni conversations! Here’s how it works: Register by Friday, February 3rd. Our team will match alumni for 1:1 conversations. On Tuesday, February 7th, we’ll connect each conversation pair with a short introductory email. Each conversation pair will work to find a time to meet that works for you both!
February 22, 2023 | 12:00-12:30pm EST | Wednesday Webinar – Managing Well: Creating a Balanced Life (Zoom)
In this 30-minute webinar we’ll share tips and strategies for building a life that aligns with your meaning and purpose, setting and maintaining boundaries, and how effective managers can support their people through intentional conversations around capacity and motivation. Work-life balance might be an illusion, but that doesn’t mean we can’t each strive for a more intentional, balanced life!
March 3, 2023 (Deadline to register) | Coffee Chat with Alumni
Whether you’re hoping to build your network professionally or just take a few minutes to meet someone new, sign up for these 1:1 alumni conversations! Here’s how it works: Register by Friday, March 3rd. Our team will match alumni for 1:1 conversations. On Tuesday, March 7th, we’ll connect each conversation pair with a short introductory email. Each conversation pair will work to find a time to meet that works for you both!
March 15, 2023 | 12-1:30pm EST | Alumni Book Discussion Group: Redefining Success as a High Achiever
In our March Alumni Book Group conversation, we discuss bestselling authors Arthur Brooks and Kate Bowler’s podcast chat about “When Success Isn’t Success.” How do you find meaning and purpose as a high achiever when you can’t reach your goals (or when the goals change)? How do you reframe your identity with what you do, professionally, changes? We’ll talk about your “Happiness 401k Plan” and where you might need to reinvest, the problem with “bucket list” thinking, and how you are defining success and happiness these days.
March 29, 2023 | 12:00-12:30pm EST | Wednesday Webinar – Managing Well: Managing Expectations from Onboarding to Annual Review (Zoom)
Setting and upholding clear expectations is one of the best and least well-used tools of effective management. In this 30 minute webinar we’ll share why it matters, tools for doing it well, and the critical conversations all managers should be having with their people right now.
April 7, 2023 (Deadline to register) | Coffee Chat with Alumni
Whether you’re hoping to build your network professionally or just take a few minutes to meet someone new, sign up for these 1:1 alumni conversations! Here’s how it works: Register by Friday, April 7th. Our team will match alumni for 1:1 conversations. On Tuesday, April 11th, we’ll connect each conversation pair with a short introductory email. Each conversation pair will work to find a time to meet that works for you both!
April 26, 2023 | 12:00-12:30pm EST | Wednesday Webinar – Managing Well: Managing Your Career Path from Day One (Zoom)
Whether you’re in Year One or year twenty-one, join us for this 30-minute webinar to learn tools for intentionally owning your career path from day one. We’ll identify the questions you should ask (and from whom), the experiences you need, and walk through a strategic career management plan to carry you forward, no matter what the future of work might hold.
May 5, 2023 (Deadline to register) | Coffee Chat with Alumni
Whether you’re hoping to build your network professionally or just take a few minutes to meet someone new, sign up for these 1:1 alumni conversations! Here’s how it works: Register by Friday, May 5th. Our team will match alumni for 1:1 conversations. On Tuesday, May 9th, we’ll connect each conversation pair with a short introductory email. Each conversation pair will work to find a time to meet that works for you both!
Opportunities from the WFU School of Business:
These programs and events are open to all University alumni.
Spring 2023 Webinar Series
Presented by the School of Business.
Technical, leadership and talent management – focused webinars, designed exclusively for business alumni. Check the calendar for additional offerings.
- February 9 | Noon – 1:30 p.m. EST: (Virtual) Shaping a High-Performing Culture
- February 15 | Noon – 1:00 p.m. EST: (Virtual) Streamline Data Reporting with PivotTables and PowerPivots
Executive Education
Presented by the School of Professional Studies.
Develop new skills in analytics, leadership and project management. Sharpen your talents as a business leader and improve your company’s competitive advantage. Contact us for the alumni discount code.
- February 20 – 27 | (Virtual) Building Valuation and Finance for Privately Held Businesses
- February 23 | (Charlotte) Building and Leading Effective Teams