2 Positions Open at the YWCA Northeast Indiana!

Director of Development and Communication

YWCA Northeast Indiana seeks experienced, effective executive with excellent planning and communication skills to manage all fund development and communication efforts. Must have the ability to procure funds for organization while promoting our mission: eliminating racism, empowering women; cultivate, grow, and maintain relationships; function well in multidisciplinary management team; support overall agency activities; assure compliance and accuracy in records; represent YWCA in community as assigned. Requires BA/BS in Business, Marketing, or Non-profit Management and at least 3 years of nonprofit development/fundraising experience, preferably within northeast Indiana or preferably with significant foundation and high donor fundraising experience. Masters degree preferred. Apply by mail with resume and cover letter to Human Resources Director, YWCA, 1610 Spy Run Ave., Fort Wayne, IN 46805 or online at www.ywca.org/FortWayne EOE

Child Advocate

YWCA Northeast Indiana is seeking a full-time Child Advocate to provide child clients and their families support services to assist their process of moving from crisis stability. Must function well in a multi-disciplinary organization; collaborate with other service providers; maintain accurate and appropriate records; represent YWCA in community as assigned. BA/BS in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Education or a directly related Human Services field, as well as a minimum of 2 years of professional field experience in family violence services, youth work, and/or early childhood development/education. Interested persons should apply by mail with resume and cover letter to Human Resources Director, YWCA, 1610 Spy Run Ave., Fort Wayne, IN 46805 or online at www.ywca.org/FortWayne EOE

Mock Interview Day!!

Hooray! You landed that interview with your top career interest, you have your resume prepared, suit jacket dry cleaned, but you're feeling a little nervous about the actual interview, it's been ages since you had to interview with a company- and your skills might be a little rusty.

Mock Interview Day is the perfect opportunity for YOU! Career Services will be holding practice mock interviews on Wednesday, March 24th from Noon-4:00pm in KT 109. The interviews will last about 45 minutes and you will receive feedback from employers with tips of how to improve your interviewing skills.

Registered companies are: Parkview Health, Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, Westpoint Financial Group, Easter Seals ARC and Cintas!

Stop by Career Services in KT 109 to pick up a registration form. Or fill out an application online at http://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_0iaqxTJgiCBagE4&SVID=Prod

JobDeck - New Resource to use when job searching!

JobDeck

Another great job searching resource...social media!

Announced early this morning for companies and job seekers leveraging social media, TweetDeck and TwitJobSearch have teamed up to provide a dedicated job seeker platform - JobDeck.

This enables users to leverage the power of social media in job hunting including, searching for jobs, tracking the latest trends in job hunting, and connecting with contacts across Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and more.

TwitterJobSearch scours twitter; indexing tweets that are jobs, and filtering out the rest, thus providing jobseekers with the tools necessary to find meaningful, relevant job opportunities amongst the noise.

TweetDeck and TwitterJobSearch have teamed up to provide you with a dedicated JobDeck. This makes it even easier to search for jobs, as well as staying in touch with what's happening now, and connecting you with your contacts across Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
and more.

The JobDeck product allows professionals to

• Track recruitment news (via leading bloggers and HR professionals)
• Access data from the only global real-time job-search engine
• Integrate LinkedIn for your professional contacts
• Preview short URLs from the comfort of JobDeck
• Update their Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn status and track updates from their industry peers,
• Follow real-time updates from leading professional blogs and Twitter accounts,
• Add, create and manage Twitter Lists
• Avoid Twitter spam with TweetDeck’s spam button
• Make use of dozens of other essential tools all from one simple client.

Download the JobDeck app here.

* Adapted from thetalentbuzz.com

The Waiting Room Interview--You Are Being Watched!

From the Culture and Manners Institute (www.cultureandmanners.com):

A woman approached me after a talk in Oklahoma and said, "I am the receptionist in my office. The hiring manager has asked me to keep an eye on the job candidates in the waiting room and report back to him which ones are talking on their cell phones, checking messages, or texting. Those are the candidates we do not hire."

Avoid using your cell phone or text messaging while sitting in the waiting room before an interview or even a sales call (which is, in itself, an interview). Take out a notebook and study your notes (for surely you have done your research on this company -- their leadership, mission statement, sales figures, etc.) Go over the answers to tricky questions in your head. Even if you usually review notes on your phone or PDA, use something else so you don't appear to be checking messages. Leave the impression that you are focused on the business at hand and not distracted by other things in your life.

Meet the new IPFW Career Services career gnome! Keep your eyes peeled for him across IPFW's campus: he's going to be visiting different offices, attending different programs, and most importantly, he'll be promoting the services and events for our office! Be sure to follow us on Twitter at @IPFWcareer to see where he pops up next!

Favorite activities: hanging out in gardens, decorating front yards, being the face of IPFW Career Services, traveling, spending time on IPFW's campus, tweeting, texting, Facebook, and blogging

Education: Currently majoring in landscape architecture

IPFW Externship Program

March 8-12, 2010 {Week of Spring Break}
2-5 day commitment

"It's like a mini-internship!"

The externship program is designed to give IPFW undergraduate students the opportunity to explore a specific career field while networking with professionals and alumni within the community. It is very similar to an internship, but it is only 2-5 days and it is during the weeks of March 8-12, 2010. We have externships available at the following companies: {Click on the company for additional information}

MSKTD & Associates - Interior Design Externship

Boys and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne - Education/Human Services Externship

Cindy Friend Lifestyle Studios - Interior Design Externship

Michiana Business Publications/Business People Magazine - Journalism/English Externship

American Red Cross of Northeast Indiana - Grant Writing/Fundraising/Development Externship

US Probation Office - Criminal Justice Externship

Aunt Millie's Bakeries - Marketing Externship

Fort Wayne Digital Media Production Group - Web Development Externship

WestPoint Financial Group - Business/Finance/Marketing Externship {3 positions}

Northrop High School - School Counseling Externship

Student Application for the Externship Program

Deadline to apply: February 19, 2010

Frequently Asked Questions about the Externship Program

For more information about the externship program contact Ashley McArdle in Career Services at 260-481-6591