Employment

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Employment Career Services reportRegion 4
MeetingSeptember 29-30, 2007Marriott Hotel,
Chicago

• Tarek Lahdhiri
• Region 4 ECS Coordinator

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Responsibilities

• Improving current employment, career and
  professional development products and services.
• Assisting local sections in providing assistance
  and information to unemployed members
• Develop effective materials and presentations to
  enhance employers' awareness
• Studying and communicating successful career
  development strategies for engineers
• Provide support for employment services
• Provide support for career development
• Improve awareness of financial benefits

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2007 Accomplishments

• Provided Workshops on the following topics
• Project Management
• Resume and Job Interview
• PACE Leadership
• IEEE Benefits
• Developed Media containing several ECS and CWPC
  modules and made them available to local Sections
• Participated in ECS Committee meetings
• Job fair (Detroit, MI, October 03, 2007)

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Plan for 2008

• Promote the IEEE ECS web template for local
  sections
• Promote IEEE-USA products and services developed
  by the ECS and CWPC committees
• Promote Workshops and use of the IEEE MPAC and
  SPAC Speaker lists
• Maintain ECS and CWPC products
• Contribute to the EIT 2008
• Promote ECS Webinars
• http//www.ieeeusa.org/careers/Webinars/default.as
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