[IN-PERSON] Monday Job Seekers Connection: The Importance of Mindset During Career Transitions

Start your week with a community of other job seekers who support, encourage, motivate, and learn from each other through their job searches. Job Seekers Connection energizes and inspires participants by sharing valuable strategies and techniques from professional career coaches, recruiters, and Human Resources representatives.

This week's presenter: Mike Fitzgerald

Topic: The Importance of Mindset During Career Transitions

Mike Fitzgerald, one of our Harvard Ed Portal Career Coaches, will facilitate an interactive session about “The Importance of Mindset During Career Transitions.” Join us to discover various ways in which a positive mindset can help you better focus your energy and time to implement an effective networking and job search strategy.

About the presenter:

Mike Fitzgerald is a career coach and advisor with more than 20 years of experience working with senior level business leaders in virtually all industry sectors. He is passionate about helping individuals identify and express their hopes, values, and sense of mission to help them strengthen and enhance the alignment of these areas with their careers.

Mike is the founder of Fitzgerald Career Advisory Services and previously worked as a Career Consultant with ClearRock, Inc. He served as a Senior Vice President at Gatti & Associates, where he developed expertise in partnering with clients and candidates nationwide, and as Director of Diversity at Boston College High School, where he was committed to the importance of diversity and inclusion in educational settings.

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