Welcome to the Willamette University Alumni Association

Career Speaker Series

We are committed to support your career!

The greatest investment you can make is in your career.

The Career Speaker Series will introduce you to top career authors and thought leaders who will share timely and relevant ideas that will help you develop a successful career plan, as well as manage it. Our authors will share proven strategies to help you negotiate a salary increase, make a career change, deal with difficult people, and even prepare for retirement. You will also learn critical soft skills that will help you advance your career. Sign up today to participate in this free career lecture series.

We are committed to be there during each transition of your career – from graduation to your retirement!

The Career Speaker Series includes four tracks that provide tips, skills,
and strategies to advance your career!

Career Management
Don’t wait twenty years to find out if you are headed down the right career path! Discussions on career exploration, personal strengths, career management, career planning, and creating a career-life balance.
Job Search
You can shorten your job search by learning fundamental job search strategies. Discussions on resumes, networking, interviewing, LinkedIn, cover letters, job boards, elevator pitches and company research.
Soft Skills
Managers will expect you to be investing your own time to develop your soft skills. Authors will lead discussions on leadership, teamwork, goal setting, time management, diversity issues and creative thinking
Retirement Life
Advertising reminds us to invest time and effort to develop a financial strategy for retirement. We also should also be thinking about the emotional, psychological, physical, and entrepreneurial issues.

We are here to help you LAUNCH a SUCCESSFUL career!

Put these Career Lectures on Your Calendar!

Join fellow alumni who are investing in their careers!

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We are committed to help you launch and lead a successful career!

One of the benefits of staying engaged with the alumni association is to tap into our career events and activities and build your professional network with influential alumni.

It also gives you an opportunity to share your wealth of experience and knowledge with students and others who could benefit from your advice and experience. Join fellow alumni and use your gifts to make a difference in the lives of others.

Let us know how you want to stay involved and what we can do to help you achieve your goals.