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May 2025 Newsletter
Career Center seminars, announcements, and videos for May 🌺
Career Center
May 01, 2025
We have five exciting seminars for you this month!
Links to information about each seminar are below, and more detailed information can be found further into our newsletter:
Productivity Hour - every Monday in May - click here for more information
Resume-Writing Seminar - May 10th - click here for more information
MOOCs: A Low-Cost Educational Option to Advance Your Career - May 14th - click here for more information
Re-Tool Your Career - May 17th - click here for more information
Improve Your Time Management & Executive Function - May 24th - click here for more information
If you want to see our upcoming videos when we post them:
 | It’s not the absence of fear; it’s overcoming it. Sometimes you’ve got to blast through and have faith. EMMA WATSON It is not true that people stop pursuing their dreams because they grow old; they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams. GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ |
News and Announcements
SAVE THE DATE: COOL CAREERS SUMMER SERIES
What is it?
A series of seminars, each one focusing on exploring a different career path.
Who is this for?
Teens, 20-somethings, and adults who want to learn about what careers are out there
and whether certain jobs would be a good fit for them.
Who’s doing the seminars?
Professionals who work in the chosen industry and can answer questions about
what the job is really like. Past presenters have come from such fields as
forensic science, robotics, videogame design, aerospace, logistics, and skilled trades.
When will this happen?
Every Friday morning in June. Registration will be available in next month’s newsletter.
May Seminars
PRODUCTIVITY HOUR: RENEWED BY POPULAR DEMAND!
EVERY MONDAY IN MAY, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Main Library at Goodwood
Room B, Second Floor
The Career Center’s Productivity Hour is for workers of all stripes – even students and hobbyists and non-busy-bodies. Bring your laptop, literature or project and join us for an hour-long session of productivity. Participants are expected to work quietly, but at the end of the session will be asked to share their progress.
Free Wi-fi access will be available, along with pen and paper, and light refreshments. Laptops are available upon request. Ages 16 and up are welcome to attend.
No registration required - just show up with your project!
RESUME-WRITING SEMINAR
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Main Library at Goodwood
Room 102, Lobby
Lynnette Lee, a Certified Professional Resume Writer with the EBRPL Career Center,
will lead a workshop on writing a great resume.
Learn to structure your resume so that it showcases your most valuable skills.
Learn formatting techniques that will make your resume look clean and professional.
Learn the biggest red flags employers look for on resumes, and how to avoid them.
Registration is required. To register, call 225-231-3733 or click here.
MOOCS: A LOW-COST EDUCATIONAL OPTION
TO ADVANCE YOUR CAREER
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Main Library at Goodwood
Room 102, Lobby
Are you looking to learn more about a subject in your field in order to advance your career? Or you simply want to learn more about a subject that catches your interest? MOOCs are Massive Open Online Courses that have become a popular approach to learning new subjects and skills.
This seminar will introduce you to:
What MOOCs are
How much they cost (many are free or inexpensive)
What degrees or certificates you can earn
How they can help you advance your career
Registration is required. To register, call 225-231-3733 or click here.
RE-TOOL YOUR CAREER
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
** Please note that this workshop will take place at the South Branch Library, 2210 Glasgow Ave., Baton Rouge, LA **
Are you bored in your job or career?
Are you itching to try something new but don’t know how or what?
Attend this session with Certified Career Coach Anne Nowak
to learn tools for a successful career pivot.
Registration is required. To register, call 225-231-3733 or click here.
IMPROVE YOUR TIME MANAGEMENT
& EXECUTIVE FUNCTION
SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Main Library at Goodwood
Room 102, Lobby
Dr. Brandy Tyson-Polk from BRCC and Prep Academy Tutors
will present this session with tips, tricks and tools to improve
your time management and executive function skills.
Registration is required. To register, call 225-231-3733 or click here.