PRESENTERS AND SPEAKERS:The Guelph & Tri-Cities Career Collective

The Guelph and Tri-City Career Collective is a group of Independent Career Professionals who collaborate to help people achieve career success. Together they offer a wide variety of specialty services, including resume writing, outplacement, career exploration and discovery and transition support.

HOSTS: Rod Charles and Liz Campbell 

WEBINAR DETAILS
The pandemic has turned everything upside down and the Travel/Tourism industry has been hit hard. Whether you are working in travel media or with one of our industry partners COVID-19 has impacted your career.

Many are unsure if they will continue to be employed. Some are worried about a big “re-org” or have realized that their current work doesn’t align with what’s important to you now. Others wonder what steps they should be taking in order to protect and grow their careers and/or increase freelance opportunities.  Career strategy was tough before COVID but today it’s more challenging than ever.

In this webinar your career questions will be answered.

The webinar will focus on questions from the audience. We will discuss how to:

–       Tune up your resume
–       Get invited to interviews 
–       For Industry: Identify offers, grow your career
–       For Media: Increase freelance opportunities

LinkedIn Tips

We will also discuss LinkedIn. As the number one platform used by recruiters to source talent, having a strong LinkedIn presence is critical whether you are looking for a job or just hoping to maintain a presence in the job market. Laura Hartnell will conduct a live audit of a participant’s profile and provide tips and tricks to make your profile more searchable. She will also discuss:

·      How to incorporate keywords into your profile
·      How to make connections and grow your network
·      How to get your profile discovered by recruiters
·      How to tell an engaging story and connect with your audience

This webinar is suitable for both industry and media.

SPEAKER BIOS

Laura Hartnell is an award-winning certified résumé writer and career specialist. She works with motivated professionals to create high-impact personal marketing materials and job search strategies so they can transition into the careers they desire. https://laurahartnell.ca

 

 

 

 

Rachel Despres is a Career Coach for Rebels. She helps people navigate big career changes—like ditching traditional office jobs to pursue work that’s different, out-of-the-box, and unconventional. https://racheldespres.com/

 

 

 

 

 

Wayne Greenway is the CEO and principal consultant of Career Aviators. Career Aviators is Canada’s only career management firm that is a Certified B Corporation. Career Aviators helps professionals, managers, and executives find positions in which they will excel, value highly, and love to do. The profits from our work support programs to help vulnerable youth flourish in the face of highly stressful life situations. https://careeraviators.com/

 

 

 

 

HOST BIOS

Rod Charles – Deputy Editor, Vacay.ca. Rod Charles is an entrepreneur, writer and photographer with a passion for travel, adventure and food. He has 20 years experiences working with a wide range of online and print publications including Canoe.ca, Huffington Post Canada, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and Reader’s Digest. Charles is a proud member of Travel Media Association of Canada and currently serves as chair of the Ontario board.

 

 

 

 

Liz Campbell is a freelance travel and food writer and an active member of TMAC having served on both National and Provincial boards. Her stories can be found in a wide range of publications and she also hosts her own website: forkonthemove.com

 

 

 

 

REGISTER HERE

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcOitpzopH9GfCAZFDKMyzPzfmUTUBtW1  

Chat function will be available to attendees.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Note if you are unable to attend the webinar live but are interested in the topic, please make sure you register so that you can view the webinar afterwards at your leisure. All webinars will be posted on TMAC’s new National PD page on the website shortly.

Got a webinar topic you’d like to see? Contact Kattrin Duncan at Kattrin.Duncan@ontario.ca. All ideas and feedback are welcome.