Me? Speak??!!!

I was recently invited by Nadia, the Program Coordinator for the Asian Pacific Islander Student Resource Center at Cal State LA to participate in a career workshop there. Me, being the student involvement advocate (I was in several organizations in college), of course I jumped on the opportunity. Plus, someone is actually inviting me to speak??!!! That is a great honor.

I can't say that I have my career all figured out, but I do know that event planning is something I want to do in the long haul. I'm happy to dish out guidance and advice to confused and curious college students - I was there once too.

So, if you're free and in the area, stop by for an hour and hear me speak about my experiences regarding my career and event planning!

API’s Work(in) It: Popular Industries among Asian and Asian American Students
Time and Date: 3:15pm to 4:30pm, Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Location: Los Angeles Room A, U-SU, CSULA
Concept:
Professionals in various fields will provide students suggestions on how to improve their skills and become marketable in their career search. This workshop features professionals in fields/industries that have had a typically high percentage of the Asian and Asian American population. Current professionals who identify as Asian Pacific Islander will be featured as panelists and participants will be able to participate in small groups to have a more intimate conversation with each professional affiliated with their field of interest. This event will also encourage students to bring their resumes as conversation starters!

Personal note: So interesting how Nadia found me. She is a follower of the Angry Asian Man blog, who posted about Grace and Angela's party this Saturday. Then she went to their party blog and saw that I was coordinating and then contacted me via my EWEP website! Very cool!

Oh the power of social networking! This business has truly been blessed because of how supportive everyone has been. I do virtually NO advertising except for my blog and website, but there are still people out there who find me...and it's mostly via word of mouth referrals. It's been great meeting the various clients and vendors that people have connected me to.

So THANK YOU - readers, friends, family for your encouragement and support. Know that words cannot express how grateful and appreciative I am. Cheeeeese.