When:

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30pm.

Find Out:

• What makes a good résumé
• What makes someone employable
• What it takes to work as an independent contractor
• How to work with a recruiter
• How to get selected over someone else in the interview process

Speakers:

Margie Yundt, Manager, Corporate & Business Operations Support Systems (CBOSS) Brand and Communications at Research In Motion, the designer and manufacturer of the award-winning BlackBerry® smartphone. | Bio

Kate O'Donnell, Independent Contractor since 1993 and still paying the bills. | Bio

Susan Malcolm, is a Career Consultant at the Laurier Career Development Centre. Susan will speak on effective résumé and cover letter preparation. | Bio

Cheryl MacDonald is Resource Manager, Information Technology Services with The Economical Insurance Group. | Bio

Janice McVey, Dean Group Managing Partner, has over 20 years of recruitment experience. She has focused considerable attention on the technology sector and developed a reputation for placing hot talent into Canada's leading technology firms. | Bio

Format:

This free meeting is in the form of a progression. The speakers will be at separate tables, and you will have the opportunity to move (progress) from table to table to hear the speakers and ask them questions.

Sponsor:

The Southwestern Ontario Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) is the sponsor of this meeting. The STC is a professional association that has 14,000+ members worldwide. Members include technical writers, editors, graphic designers, multimedia artists, Web and intranet page information designers, and translators. Our main purpose is to make complex technical information easy for the audience to understand and use.

Contact:

Email Fei Min Lorente, President