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OUT for Work LGBTQA career conference and fair coming to Chicago • Chicago Phoenix • Know more.
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Chicago welcomes OUT for Work, 30 employers, and hundreds of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally college students for the 9th Annual OUT for Work LGBTQA Career Conference and PRIDE Career Fair. The conference will take place on the weekend of Friday, September 27 through Sunday, September 29 at the University of Illinois at Chicago campus. chicagophoenix.com/2013/09/18/lgbtqa-career-conference-and-career-fair-coming-to-chicago/
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The event will educate, prepare, and empower LGBTQA college students for the transition from academia to the workplace. Registration and more information about the conference can be found at www.outforwork.org. Throughout the weekend, conference participants will be exposed to amazing keynote speakers, powerful panel discussions, and must-have skill-building breakout sessions. This year, keynote speakers include Steve Walker, deputy national director at the Democratic National Committee; Selisse Berry, founder and chief executive officer of Out & Equal; and Mona Noriega, commissioner for the Chicago Commission on Human Relations. These inspiring individuals will share their coming out stories and how their sexual orientation, gender identity, has influenced their careers. In addition, breakout sessions include OUT in STEM, OUT in government, OUT in education, OUT in Non-profit, OUT in business, being successful queers of color in the workplace, how to be a good ally in the workplace, finding your place in employee resource groups, and more! At the conclusion, a career fair with LGBTQA-inclusive organizations such as Lockheed Martin and the U.S Department of Justice will be looking to hire great talent. Other exhibitors include the Aerospace Company, Alcoa, Allstate Insurance, BAE Systems, BMO-Harris Bank, Boeing, Capital One, Career Rookie, the Chicago Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, Clorox, Cummins, DuPont, Exelon, General Dynamics, Google, Marriott, NASA, the National Security Agency, Nordstrom, Northrop Grumman, PNC Bank, State Farm Insurance, Student Conservation Association, Teach for America, Toyota, the U.S Department of State, Verizon, and Walgreens. The career fair will be open to non-conference participants on Sunday, September 29 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The conference kicks off with a welcome reception and book signing on Friday, September 27 at 7:00 p.m. at the Center on Halsted. Riley Folds, founder of OUT for Work, will be selling and signing copies of his recently published book, Your Queer Career: The Ultimate Career Guide for LGBT Job Seekers. The resource offers information and options regarding career preparation, selfassessment, job search, role models and mentors, LGBTQ-inclusive employers, resumes, interviews, coming out at work, combatting discrimination, using social media, and networking. The book will be for sale at the discounted rate on-site. Individuals do not have to register for the conference to come to the book signing. However, participants are asked to make reservations at chicagophoenix.com/2013/09/18/lgbtqa-career-conference-and-career-fair-coming-to-chicago/
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