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Sound Careers in Healthcare Week – Charting Real Options in a Virtual World

Sound Careers in Healthcare Week - Charting Real Options in a Virtual World When: April 26 to April 30, 2021 Time: 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm We are excited to share information about a FREE virtual healthcare career exploration opportunity coming up April 26-30th. Sound Careers in Healthcare is a week-long event being offered in collaboration with employers and healthcare educators.  Most daily presentations will be live and interactive and will cover an extensive range of topics.  Although designed for 9-12th graders in Pierce and King Counties, anyone with access to the inter net who would like to explore different career [...]

Fifth Annual Military Spouse Employment Summit

Fifth Annual Military Spouse Employment Summit MAY 12, 2021 12 - 1:30 PM EDT Virtual Hiring Our Heroes is pleased to present the fifth annual Military Spouse Employment Summit. We will celebrate the progress that community and corporate leaders have made in elevating the conversation around military spouse employment and keeping it at the forefront during this virtual event. Recognizing a decade of work through Hiring Our Heroes’ collaborative efforts, we will look back and a look forward, highlighting the strides that have been made and calling for continued partnership as we shape the future. Standing at the starting line [...]

Implicit Bias in Workforce Education – LGBTQ & Gender Biases with Morgan Mentzer

Implicit Bias in Workforce Education LGBTQ & Gender Biases with Morgan Mentzer May 18, 2021, 10:00am – 11:00am Morgan Mentzer was an auto mechanic at independent auto shops for years. Recognizing the systemic oppression that prevented other queer folks from entering the trades, she went to law school to fight discrimination in the trades. She co-founded the Reckoning Trades Project to increase the representation and retention of queer and transgender folks in the trades. Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/148378079831

CoE-HSEM – Strategic Planning Session #1: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

May 21, 2021 – 9:00 am to 10:30 am - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: DEI Committee will include all aspects of diversity that advance racial, social, and economic justice in the service to our diverse communities.  This will include our activities and discussions regarding functional and access needs. Look at how we develop and deliver social equity/social justice activities (recruitment, enrollment, courses/curriculum, faculty, and training) in collaboration with SBCTC programs with their faculty, staff, and student body. Programs will lead with racial equity and recruit diverse individuals to our colleges and employers. Incorporate change in our culture. Assessment of current [...]

Implicit Bias in Workforce Education – Leadership with Zenovia Harris

Implicit Bias in Workforce Education Leadership with Zenovia Harris June 3, 2021, 10:00am – 11:00am Zenovia Harris is an accomplished author, fierce and innovative leader and a powerhouse speaker with a heart for youth! Zenovia is the Chief Executive Officer for the Kent Chamber of Commerce, becoming the first African American CEO to lead the chamber in its 70+years. Zenovia is a certified diversity professional and serves on the Washington Diversity Council Advisory Board. Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/148381660541

CoE-HSEM – Strategic Planning Session #2: Public and Private Partnership

June 4, 2021 – 9:00 am to 10:30 am - Public and Private Partnership:  HSEM industry – workforce needs, demands, and standards in the private/corporate sector of the industry. How do the public and private sectors differ in emergency and risk management? How does current practice affect diversity expansion within the field? Identify knowledge, skills, and abilities needed – DACUM Discuss and identify strategies to outreach to the private sector. Join Zoom Meeting https://pierce-college.zoom.us/j/86234596769?pwd=L09uVnZrcStWdXdtNXpqM3c0SCtMZz09 Meeting ID: 862 3459 6769 Passcode: 238281

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Get Ready! Workshop

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Is getting people to prepare an impossible pipe dream or a worthy goal? Get Ready! Workshop June 8, 2021 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM Get Ready! Even though we live in an earthquake country, we aren’t ready for a significant event. Will we ever be? February 28 marked the 20th anniversary of the Nisqually earthquake. Are we more prepared now than we were twenty years ago for the next big one? Why is it so difficult to get ready? Are Emergency Managers the right people to carry the preparedness message? If not, why not? If not, who is? Students will [...]

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Diversity in Leadership: Job Searching Strategies Workshop

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Diversity in Leadership: Job Searching Strategies Workshop June 8, 2021 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Job searching can be a stressful process. It can be intimidating. Our workshop will provide participants with strategies on how to approach job searching. The workshop will also discuss the importance of networking and making connections in your field of interest. Objectives: Identify your job goals—and share them with your network. Learn how to organize your job search. Discuss strategies and methods for finding and applying for the jobs you want. The Diversity in Leadership Panel Discussion is brought to you by Pierce College's Homeland Security [...]

CoE-HSEM – Strategic Planning Session #3: Work Experience Marketplace

June 11, 2021 – 9:00 am to 10:30 am - Work Experience Marketplace:  Career Pathways are expanding and the needs of employers changing as our needs of students and educators.  Attention needs to be emphasized for identifying and developing enhanced/expanded opportunities to provide students, faculty, and staff with experiential learning opportunities including internships, apprenticeship, volunteering, and coaching and mentoring training to support both students, staff, and faculty in developing necessary skill and abilities for robust transition for students to employees. Need to collaborate and coordinate with “the marketplace (public and private)” and have them directly involved in offering stable and [...]

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