NPC20 @ Home - Career Zone

Recordings from Career Zone covering important career-related topics like management strategies, building your personal brand, self-care, managing teams remotely, the value of volunteering, the future of planning, job search insights, and more.

Career Zone Courses
Opening Session: Keeping Current in a Technology-driven Future

Keeping Current in a Technology-driven Future

Keith Cooke, Shannon Valdizon, Natalie Veal
The role of planners has evolved immensely in the last decade, and a key part of this is staying current with the required technology skills to meet these demands. Learn how location-based technology can support decision making.
 CM|.75
Nature and the Mind in a Era of Pandemic

Nature and the Mind in an Era of Pandemic

Alexa James, Sagar Shah, PhD, AICP; Kathy Wolf, PhD
We are in the midst of a global test of our social resilience. Join in an examination of the pandemic's impact on the mental health of all members of the community, and expand your thinking on urban environments and mental health.
  CM|.75
Behind the Scenes of the Hiring Process

Behind the Scenes of the Hiring Process

Michael Blue, FAICP, Krystyn Kitto, Justin Romeo 
Take a peek behind the curtain and get job search strategies. Learn what really makes the difference between equally qualified candidates.
 CM|.75
Effectively Managing Virtual Teams

Effectively Managing Virtual Teams

Whit Blanton, FAICP, Richard W. Willson, FAICP
Uncover challenges faced by managers with a remote or partially remote workforce. Presenters share ideas and solutions to improve your ability to effectively manage a remote or virtual team.
 CM|.75
Choose your Own Adventure: The Many Sides of Planning Inside Government and Out

Choose your Own Adventure: The Many Sides of Planning Inside Government and Out

Martha Faust, Mariia Zimmerman
Planners are found in traditional and nontraditional career paths and often a combination of both. Hear from planners whose careers spanned federal government, small business start-ups, nonprofit management, motherhood, and local government while shaping communities and making a difference.  
  CM|.75
Battling Job Search Fatigue: Staying Positive

Battling Job Search Fatigue: Staying Positive

Gabrielle Boyd, Samorn Selim
Feeling overwhelmed by your job search? While the world is on pause, learn key strategies to manage your job search, life, and career during the pandemic.
 CM|.50
Rigor, Relevance, and the Value of the Letters

 Rigor, Relevance, and the Value of the Letters
Paula Loomis, AICP, Justin Moore, AICP
Setting yourself apart from job applicants is challenging and may be needed now more than ever. Listen to  professionals discuss advantages to achieving professional development and recommendations for applying these lessons learned.

Paula Loomis, AICP, Justin Moore, AICP
Setting yourself apart from job applicants is challenging and may be needed now more than ever. Listen to  professionals discuss advantages to achieving professional development and recommendations for applying these lessons learned.
  CM|.75
Using Social Media to Build Your Personal Brand

Using Social Media to Build Your Personal Brand

Gisla Augustin, Carlos Espinoza Y Sanchez, Kristen Jeffers, Byron Nicholas, AICP
  • Bonus Handout:  Social Media Resource Guide
Gain strategies to use to boost your online presence and define your personal brand. Learn to use tools and strategies for networking and job searching in an authentic way.
 CM|.75




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