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LILKA Administrator Location: Germany
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Dear Alumni, Improving you professional abilities is a process important during all stages of your career. Whether your trying to find a new job or grow in your current job, knowing how to improve your career is a valuable skill. Resume writing, job interview preparation, mid-level professional training and salary negotiation are all helpful skills to possess to develop you career. Join State Alumni for a discussion of these and other topics. There will be a new Q&A Live event on Thursday, September 16 from 8:30-9:30am Washington, D.C. time offering Career Development Tips. The guest will be Mrs. Soonhoon L. Ahn, cross-cultural career/HR consultant. You can go to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ to find out what time the discussion will take place where you are. Soonhoon Ahn is a cross-cultural Career/HR Consultant, who is active in career transition training including performance management, career goal setting, resume writing, job search strategy and global career/HR management. She works as the contract career counselor for the Career Transition Center, U.S. Dept. of State and the Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) of the Montgomery County. She is also a career counselor at the Howard Community College Career Center and teaches career planning courses with the Chubb Institute in Arlington, Virginia. Previously, she had a career of 28 years with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank as Recruitment Officer and Personnel Officer. In her capacity as Recruitment Officer, she made a recruitment seminar at the UN Conference on Women in Beijing, China, in 1995. She also authored a chapter to the book, Strategic Job Searching with International Organizations and UN Agencies, published in Korea in 1998. In 2002, she received her MA in Career Counseling from the University of Maryland College Park, where she counseled and coached student athletes and Asian MBA students with their career planning and job search. She is the founder and principal Career/HR Consultant, AHN Consulting based in Potomac, Maryland. Clients she serviced include BB&T/Equitable Bank and the Bethlehem Steels. Please join us and submit your questions for Mrs. Ahn. If the time does not fit your schedule, you can log in ahead of time and submit a question. To submit a question now or during the event, follow this link: https://alumni.state.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=mod_dis Questions may include: How is it best to approach getting the job you want? How should you format your resume for an international audience? What is the best preparation to move into a management position? Or ask questions specific to your situation. Ms. Ahn will not be able to accept resumes or respond to requests for employment but will be able to offer advice that should be of help in your quest to further your career. We look forward to your participation in this important discussion! |
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