I attended a career services conference in Seattle about a month ago. It was put on by numerous colleges in the Seattle area including but not limited to: The University of Washington (all three campuses), Seattle University, and Saint Martins University. Of interest were a few the speakers, all former professors and long time local government officials. In between speeches there was information settings and time to chat with others who attended.
Unlike other conferences of this type that I have attended, the demographics of the conference were mostly of college aged young adults and not career individuals. It provided that chance to gauge how others in similar situations were going about making themselves known in their careers, a series of chats that was worth nearly as much as the conference itself.
Overall it was a conference well worth attending.
Hi Thomas,
ReplyDeleteSounds like the meeting overall went well. I guess the takeaway here is that you were surprised to have had such a good time with a room filled with your peers. I know that being surrounded by college students is a huge difference than being in a room filled with people that have only their career. Glad to see you had a nice time in Washington.