Invitation to participate in a Professional Development Workshop
Sunday, August 5, 2007, 7 a.m. - noon
Career Questions for Everyone:
Who Am I? What Should I Be Doing? Where Should I Be Doing It?
Just as the children of the shoemaker may go without shoes, so too can those of us who study issues such as careers, organizational behavior, and the impact of diversity in the workplace may discover that we have invested so much time and energy in studying other people's career and organizational experiences that we have failed to step back and consider our own careers in sufficient depth.
This PDW proposal for a Careers Consortium is designed to encourage participation from people at all points in their careers. Doctoral students are especially encouraged to attend because they have so many career choices facing them, but we all need to consider our careers, no matter where we are in our life course. Participants will be encouraged to submit materials that they are currently drafting and would like assistance with (e.g., course syllabi, exams, exercises, research papers, administrative reports such as MBOs or other performance evaluation forms). Having these materials in advance will allow us to provide more thoughtful comment and identify groups of individuals with complementary interests. The success of the sessions will depend on the active involvement of the participants and will benefit from the contributions of academics and practitioners at all points in their careers. Participants will learn from one another, not just from one individual or a panel of presenters. Discussion leaders will facilitate the sessions, providing practical insights and exercises to help participants with their career questions and issues.
WORKSHOP REQUIREMENTS: Participants are required to submit an electronic copy of their vita to Lstclair@bryant.edu by July 15, 2007. They are encouraged to submit statements of their teaching, research, and service interests electronically as well.
Registration is required. The deadline is July 13, 2007. To register, please visit http://apps.aomonline.org/PDWReg.
For more information, contact Lynda St. Clair at Lstclair@bryant.edu
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Lynda St. Clair, Associate Professor of Management
Bryant University
1150 Douglas Pike, Suite G
Smithfield, RI 02917-1284
401-232-6739 (phone)
401-232-6319 (fax)
"The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls."
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902), 1890
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US suffragist; co-organizer of Seneca Falls Convention 1848 with Lucretia Mott