The
Professional Development Section serves to help WIIT members advance their
careers through a variety of activities and resources. The Section hosts
brown bag lunches on professional development topics, oversees a Mentor
Program and serves as the local point of contact for the OWIT
online Job Bank.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEWS
WIIT
Hosts Networking Brownbag
Susan
Schmidt
On September 29, the Professional
Development Committee held its first event of the year, Relationship Building
to Enhance Your Career, with speakers Sheila Savar, author of "The Power
of Networking" and President of Savar & Associates, and Bill Stokes,
Chairman of Washington Network Group. The lively discussion covered the need
to have a networking strategy, how to define it, and how to implement it.
Recognizing that few people would say that they enjoy networking, the speakers
provided valuable advice on identifying events most likely to produce good
networking contacts and how to effectively use your time at these events.
How to disengage from networking encounters and "do's and don'ts"
of networking also elicited great interest, as many in the room had experienced
these situations. The Q&A session also explored the use of various internet
networking tools such as LinkedIn, Facebook and contact management softwares.
Tonya Kemp, WIIT President, reminded WIIT members that WIIT now has LinkedIn
and Facebook groups.
MENTOR PROGRAM
WIIT offers a unique experience for women of all ages to come together and
discuss their experience in international trade. The Mentor Program enables
women to learn from others through partnerships and by further tapping into
WIIT's great network. Members say that an important benefit of joining WIIT
(besides the great programs!) is that it provides access to a network of professionals
who possess invaluable experience from which many can learn. We particularly
encourage anyone who would like to be a Mentor (which is not a large time
commitment) to contact WIITMentor@yahoo.com
OWIT
ONLINE JOB BANK
Visit the Organization
of Women in International Trade's Job Bank, available to all WIIT members.
WIIT members are provided the username and password information in their membership
welcome package. If you are a member of WIIT and want to access the Job Bank,
but don't have the password information, please
contact us.
SPEAKERS
BUREAU
WIIT DC has sponsored the OWIT
Speakers Bureau for members to register as speakers in their field of
expertise. Register on-line if you feel you can serve as an effective public
speaker and want to advance your exposure in the field of international trade.
The site can be browsed by WIIT members, the media and other interested parties
in search of an expert on a particular trade topic.
JOB HUNTING WEB SITES
The following are links to Internet sites that may be helpful in your job
search. We would like to hear from you if you have other useful sites you
would recommend or commentary on the links offered below.
Federal Government
- USITC Employment Opportunities
- Provides a listing of positions open in the United States International
Trade Commission.
- The
Plum Book - United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions.
- Fedworld
Job Search - Provides a listing of jobs in the Executive Branch.
- Government
Jobs - On-line job services providing assistance and listing job openings
with federal, state and local branches of government.
- US
House of Representatives Employment Office - Provides information and
job openings.
- FedWorld
- Federal Jobs Around the USA - Allows to search abstracts of jobs.
- Federal
Jobs Net - Informative website on Federal jobs, which includes useful
links, job hunting tips, and current job vacancies.
- US
Department of Agriculture - Database of current opportunities.
- US
Department of Commerce - On-line database of jobs.
- US
Department of Education - On-line database of jobs.
- US
Environmental Protection Agency - On-line information about EPA jobs.
- US
Department of Health and Human Services - Information on HHS jobs.
- US
Department of Housing and Urban Development - Information on current
HUD job openings.
- US
Department of Interior - On-line database of jobs.
- US
Department of Justice - Job openings with the INS, the US Marshals,
the Border Patrol and DOJ Attorney positions.
- US
Department of Labor - On-line database and information.
- US
Department of State - Information on becoming a Foreign Service Officer,
Foreign Services Specialist or Civil Service employee; job listings.
- US
Treasury Department - Opportunities to work in 14 different bureaus
with careers in law enforcement, international economics, banking, accounting,
marketing, law, and information technology.
- US
Department of Veterans Affairs - On-line information of VA Department
jobs.
- Federal
Bureau of Investigation - FBI job information site.
- US
Secret Service - Information on becoming US Secret Service Agent and
other positions.
- Central
Intelligence Agency - On-line database of jobs at the CIA.
- National
Security Agency - Job offerings.
International
Job Opportunities
- LatPro.com - Good resource
for Spanish and Portuguese speakers.
- BilingualJobs.com
- Provides bilingual jobs as well as entrepreneur and career resources.
- GlobalCareers.com
- Targeted recruitment site for international business professionals.
- Jobs
Database - Choose a country, then search through thousands of jobs worldwide.
One of the best international job sites for English-speakers. Free alert
service.
Women's
Career Opportunities
- CareerWomen.Com
- Offers a career center for working women, including a job bank, resume
bank, career news, advice, resources, and more.
- Women's Information Network
- Networking & career center for women in the greater Washington area.
General
Job Opportunities
- America's Job Bank -
Search through a database of more than 1 million jobs nationwide.
- Brassring - Ultimate
Internet portal for technical jobs.
- Brilliant
People - Gateway to the jobs and recruiters at Management Recruiters
International.
- CareerBuilder.com
- Post your resume online as well as store different search agents.
- Career
Journal - A crisp job site from the Wall Street Journal.
- Career
and Job - Hunting Book Locator - A career and jobhunting resource site.
- Careersite.com - Post
your resume and search job listings.
- Creative
Hot List - Listings for artists, copywriters and designers, with some
sales and marketing positions.
- DogPile.com - Research companies and post your resume..
- FlipDog.com - Search
more than 500,000 job listings on this site.
- HeadHunter - Offers
the opportunity to post your resume as well as research companies.
- HotJobs.com - Search
for jobs in the USA, Australia, and Canada.
- Job Bank USA - Specializes
in providing employment and resume information services to job candidates,
employers and recruitment firms.
- Just
My Jobs - Links to 34 skill-specific job posting sites.
- Lost
Remote - Jobs span editorial, production, sales and design positions
in media sector.
- Lucas
Careers - Middle and senior-level positions.
- Monster Board - Allows
listing and searching job opportunities as well as posting resumes. One
of the most popular job sites.
- Townhall
- Employment opportunities with Town Hall member groups.
- True
Careers - Various job listings.
- US
Job Board - Offers thousands of jobs across the US, with some international
and "virtual" positions
- Vault.com - Good site to research a company's reputation
among its employees as well as get information on its benefits.
- Washington Post Classifieds
- Provides more extensive job listings than the printed paper.
- Yahoo! Careers - One
of the largest job listings on the Net.
Career
Planning Sites
