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VACE Membership
- Past Training & Development Events
To give you a sense of the kind of
activities and events in which you can participate as a VACE member,
here is a listing of past VACE Training & Development events.
2005 Training
and Development Events
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June
2005
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On
Monday June 13, VACE hosted a professional development workshop
in Northern Virginia. There was a great turn out with 19 VACE
members participating. We explored three companies: Booz Allen
Hamilton, CGIAMS, and HydroGeologic, Inc. We also enjoyed an
indulgent, filling networking luncheon at Maggiano's in Tysons
Corner. Special thanks to Mark Clark and Linda Soller and their
staff for hosting us. Read how members felt about the day below.
"You’ll be sorry you missed it! I really enjoyed every
part of the trip. It was great to see BAH from the inside, and I
especially appreciated the panel and the tour", Katie Cox,
Washington and Lee University. " I am glad that I was
able to attend and get to meet some more people. I’m ready to
do it again next summer", L. Rucker Snead III,
Hampden-Sydney College. " I learned a great deal from
all three companies and it was so helpful to network with
everyone from VACE", Sue Story, Virginia Commonwealth
University. " Thanks so much for all of your efforts
to make yesterday's employer visitations so productive and
enjoyable", Mary Schilling, College of William and
Mary.
2004 Training
and Development Events
- October 2004
- Thursday,
October 28 workshop held at Washington & Lee
University
. Dan Kessler, Director of Campus Programs with Action
Without Borders/Idealist.org, facilitated a
presentation on careers in nonprofit and public service
environments to approximately 20 VACE members. We
learned about the variety of services and resources his
organization offers to help students understand and connect
with opportunities in nonprofits, particularly through their
web site, http://www.idealist.org. The
Idealist career Center section on the web site includes job
and internship listings, informational interviews with
people in a variety of careers, and information on
year-of-service programs and work abroad programs. In
addition, final touches are being made to http://www.idealistoncampus.org.
Following Dan’s program, an informal discussion continued
over lunch about nonprofit careers as well as trends and
issues facing career services offices.
- June 2004
- The
June 11th 2004, workshop was held at
Randolph-Macon College. Dr.
Mike Aamodt was the presenter for the workshop.
He is the chair of Radford University’s
Industrial/Organizational Psychology program.
This
fast-paced and entertaining presentation focused on the best
ways to recruit and select employees.
The presentation began with a discussion of recruitment
trends and how the use of employee referrals results in higher
quality employees. The
presentation then moved to a discussion of the selection
techniques that best predict performance and the care that
must be taken with experience requirements. The presentation
concluded with a discussion of how rejection letters and the
way applicants are treated can affect an organization’s
bottom line and future recruitment efforts.
2003
Training and Development Events
- November
2003
- The
November 7, 2003 workshop at American Management
Systems in Fairfax, VA was a success.
This was a joint event between VACE and VCDA.
The site visits included a tour and information about
the AMS Center for Advanced Technology, as well as a tour of
the GMU Career Center. Two
workshop topics were offered; one for employer members and one
for college members. Nancy
Wallace from GMU presented a session on “Counseling the
Undecided Student”. Tom
Krappweis from BAE presented “Recruiting Techniques in a
Difficult Job Market – How to Build Relationships”.
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