The document provides an agenda for a Career Summit event being held on June 24, 2009 at Boston College. The summit will include sessions on responding to the current economic climate, building online brands, employer relations, state unemployment assistance, alumni career services, career centers as a strategic advantage, turning accomplishments into compelling stories, creative job searching, advising students with Asperger's, wellness breaks, and roundtable discussions on best practices. Topics will address the job market, networking, advising students, and using technology for career services.

1. CAREER SUMMIT
Responding to the Economic Climate
Program
June 24, 2009
8:30 – 9:15 AM Continental Breakfast and Networking with Colleagues
9:15 AM Welcome –Theresa Harrigan ‐ Director, Boston College Career Center
Keynote Address:
Dr. Paul Harrington
Center for Labor Market Studies
9:15 to 10:15 AM
Co‐author, College Majors Handbook with Real Career Paths and Payoffs: The
Actual Jobs, Earnings, and Trends for Graduates of 60 College Majors
Chapel Hall
Break
10:15 to 10:25 AM
“Refreshment Zone”
Concurrent Sessions:
Building brands online: Giving constituents the creative edge
Kelly Alice Robinson
Career Information Resource Manager, Boston College Career Center
Chapel Hall
Employer relations and the small business market sector
Steve Adams
Regional Advocate, Region I ‐ Office of Advocacy
U.S. Small Business Administration
Room ‐ A
10:25 to 11:15 PM
State unemployment assistance – how it works, what are the resources
Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development
Ed Malmborg, Director of Unemployment Assistance
Rosemary Chandler, Director of Massachusetts Division of Career Services
Room ‐ B
Being da Vinci ‐ Helping Our Alumni Sculpt New Identities for a Changing World
Meridith Apfelbaum, Assistant Director of Alumni Career Services, Hiatt Career
Center, Brandeis University
Room ‐ C
Career Centers: Cost Center or Strategic Advantage?
Guest Speaker: Sheila Curran
11:20 AM to President and Chief Consultant, Curran Career Counseling
12:15 PM Co‐author: Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads: Finding a Path to Your Perfect
Career
Chapel Hall

2. Career Summit – Page 2
12:15 PM to Lunch
1:00 PM “Refreshment Zone” and tables in A, B, and C.
Presentation
Turning Accomplishments into Stories
Using the characteristics of story‐telling in an interview.
1:10 PM to 2:40 PM
Trisha Griffin‐Carty, Founder, Griffin‐Carty Communications
Chapel Hall
Break
2:40 PM to 2:50 PM
“Refreshment Zone”
Concurrent Sessions
When the dream job isn’t there – discussing career expectations with students
Please note that this session is tentatively scheduled. A final program will be
provided at the Summit.
Room – A
Creative job search marketing for a challenging labor market
Susan Kennedy.
2:50 PM to 3:40 PM Partner, Career Treking
Author: “The Job Coach for Young Professionals”
Room – B
Advising students with Asperger’s in this economic climate
Asperger’s Association of New England
Max Sederer, Coordinator of Adult Services
Gail Kastorf, Vocational Trainer
Room ‐ C
Wellness Break – Fresh air, walk, stretch, be with friends or participate in a short
3:40 PM to 3:55 coherent breathing exercise for stress management, led by Nancy Baker, Associate
Director of Health Services, BC, in Chapel Hall
Roundtable Discussions: Best practices and shared concerns
Room A:
Managing increased number of students going on to professional and graduate
schools
Using LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter/Creative Networking Ideas
Educating students online using technology (podcasts, YouTube, etc.)
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Managing Student Expectations
Room B:
Student applications to jobs without qualifications or interests
Partnership for Public Service
Alternate Experiential Models/Job Shadowing Programs
Teaching students how to present international experiences to employers