Skill Development Events & Webinars
Rapid Resume Reviews
Do you want to feel more confident in your resume’s ability to secure a job interview? Attend this free virtual event and get resume advice from the experts. Meet one-on-one with professional volunteers, learn the key components
of an effective resume, and learn how to showcase your strengths and accomplishments.
These events are a quick review of your resume by up to 8 volunteers (including HR representatives, professional engineers, and professional geoscientists). Space is limited—register early to avoid disappointment!
Rapid Resume Reviews
January 4 & 5, 2021 (choose ONE date)
5:30 - 7:00pm
Speed Mock Interviews
Do you want to feel more confident in your ability to perform well at a job interview? Attend this free virtual event and get interview advice from the experts. Meet one-on-one with professional volunteers, learn the best interview tactics, and how to showcase your strengths and accomplishments.
These events are a quick review of your interview skills by up to 8 volunteers (including HR representatives, professional engineers, and professional geoscientists). Space is limited—register early to avoid disappointment!
Speed Mock Interviews
January 13, 2021
5:30-7:00 p.m.
Learn Microsoft Products
Microsoft Word I Webinar
If you use Microsoft Word for essays, reports or academic papers, this session is for you. Learn all about Word’s hidden characters and commands so that it does what you want it to do. You will especially love it if you have to type a report and need a table of contents. This is not an introductory course, so get ready to take in some great tips and timesavers!
Topics include but are not limited to:
- Non printing characters and codes
- Changing default settings
- Tables
- Getting things to line up quickly (Tabs and indents)
- Paragraph spacing
- Styles
- Table of contents
- Keyboard shortcuts
January 11, 2021
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Microsoft Word II Webinar
Do you want to change things up in your document such as different headers and footers or orientation (portrait/landscape)? Don't get frustrated; creating sections is the answer. This session will teach you how to create sections, add customization, and covers many other topics designed to make your life easier.
Topics include but are not limited to:
- Working with sections
- Chapter and book formatting with different headers
- Formatting reports/articles/academic papers (cover page, table of figures, page numbers, references, formatting columns, etc.)
- Automate things (auto text, autocorrect, toolbars, macros)
- Citation management
- Equation shortcuts
January 18, 2021
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Microsoft PowerPoint Webinar
How would you like to add a "wow factor" to your next PowerPoint presentation? Learn how to use this powerful program to clearly present your information and data to different types of audiences.
Topics include but are not limited to:
- How to make presentations more visually appealing and target to different audiences
- Transitions and Animations
- Tables
- Auto spacing of figures
- Formatting tips
- Managing slide images and data
- Tricks for technical presentations (linking an excel data table/graph to PPT, editing a table during a presentation)
- Keyboard shortcuts
January 25, 2021
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.