DePaul’s annual Career Week offers a week filled with career-related activities and seminars for adult students, graduate students and alumni. Thanks to all of those who joined us for Career Week 2013. Thanks, too, to Geico whose support helped make Career Week 2013 possible.

Did you attend Career Week 2013? Tell us about your experience. Fill out the post-event survey.

Questions about Career Week? Email CareerWeek@depaul.edu.

Career Week 2013 Resources and Handouts

Presentation materials from some of the Career Week sessions, such as PowerPoint presentations and other handouts, are available below. A video recording of the keynote presentation is also provided.

Keynote Presentation

Special thanks to our Career Week 2013 keynote presenter, Eric Hellige, Manager, Career Services, for CareerBuilder. Eric provided insight into today’s hiring marketplace and offered tips for making the most of your job search. Watch the keynote presentation.

Slides and Handouts (PDF)

• Utilize Your Alumni Network workshop slides
• Creating and Sustaining Momentum in Your Job Search teleconference slides
• Job Search at the Next Level with LinkedIn workshop slides
• Moving Forward: Job Search Strategies for Midlifers workshop slides
• G.R.O.W Your Network: Defining Goals While Seeking Opportunities handout
  • Step by Step handout
  • Draw Your Network handout
• iTunes U Recordings
  The Opening Keynote Brunch and the “Creating and Sustaining Momentum in Your Job Search” teleconference are also available via the Office of Alumni Relations iTunes channel.

Feedback from Career Week 2013 Attendees

“…The event was well-planned and well-orchestrated. Yet, there was an air of relaxation that relaxed the tension and stress that comes with being unemployed, and uncertain about the future. The speaker/presenter, Mr. Eric Hellige, is a phenomenal presenter. Mr. Hellige is an exemplary example of what the Alumni Sharing Knowledge (ASK) program intended to provide. I believe "ASK" is his middle name. Eric came to share some information, he did not come to be an infomercial to promote/sell Careerbuilders.com products; he came to share and teach his fellow alums how to utilize online job sites more succinctly, more strategically, and more successfully. All I can say is: he came with preparation and passion; he conquered a skeptical, but hopeful audience; and he delivered an immeasurable amount of information, in a minuscule amount of time.” (Alumna Donna Williams Murray)

“Thank you very much for the great workshop yesterday on Spirituality in a Job Search. Believe it or not, I found it the most enjoyable and beneficial of all the workshops I attended. The only event that came close, or may have exceeded it, was the networking event at the end … but that’s just by nature hard to compete with!” (Event attendee)

“[The Job Search at the Next Level with LinkedIn] presentation was great.....wish [we] had another hour. [The guest speaker, Colleen Fashing] made everything so interesting!! ”(Participant, Cheryl Gay)

“DePaul’s annual Career Week is engaging, motivational and provides structure for those in search of their next career move. Each session provides an active learning environment, where theory transitions into an action plan for professional development. No matter what stage of your career you are in, you will be provided with a step by step process for obtaining your personal career goals.” (Alumna and ASK Mentor, Leslie Andrews)

Career Week 2013 is brought to you in part by Geico.