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SOMERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNOUNCES WORKSHOP SERIES FOR JOB SEEKERS
Resume Writing, Interviewing, Online Job Searches to be Discussed in Workshop Series Offered Through Library.
SOMERVILLE - The Somerville Public
Library is pleased to announce two new workshops for job seekers. These workshops will be presented by Gary
Gekow, a Senior Employment Specialist with 24 years of recruiting experience in
the Boston staffing industry. Mr. Gekow
works closely with client companies in many industries and job seekers in
various specialties. Dates and topics of
the workshops are listed below. All
workshops will be held at the Central Branch Library, 79 Highland Avenue, as
follows:
Library is pleased to announce two new workshops for job seekers. These workshops will be presented by Gary
Gekow, a Senior Employment Specialist with 24 years of recruiting experience in
the Boston staffing industry. Mr. Gekow
works closely with client companies in many industries and job seekers in
various specialties. Dates and topics of
the workshops are listed below. All
workshops will be held at the Central Branch Library, 79 Highland Avenue, as
follows:
-
Interview Workshop: Wednesday,
June 20th, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
This is an interactive and informal
question and answer session where we role-play typical interview questions and
how best to answer them. The workshop
also includes ways to avoid job candidates' most common interview mistakes.
-
Online Job Search
and Résumé Submittal Workshop: Wednesday, June 27th, 6:30 to
8:30 p.m.
We will analyze numerous online
search strategies including job alerts, job boards, job aggregators, and
company employment pages. We will then
discuss how to best utilize these websites when submitting one's résumé.
These free workshops are the final two in a series of three
that has been funded by a generous grant from the Tufts Neighborhood Service
Fund, an organization which supports local non-profits in Somerville and other
communities.
For more information, please contact Ellen Jacobs at the
Somerville Public Library, 617-623-5000, or ejacobs@minlib.net.
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