Submitted by Susan Chin
(1) Use of LinkedIn for Job Search
Free tutorials webcasts on the use of LinkedIn for job search and business development are available at www.linkedin.com. Click on "help" on the top line on the home page. Then select "LinkedIn Learning Center" in upper left corner. Then select choice of tutorial.
The Science Industry Business Library ("SIBL") (at 34th Street & Madison Avenue in NYC) is offering free two hour classes on the use of LinkedIn for job search every week. Go to www.nypl.org, select calendar for SIBL branch for specific schedule. The sign up sheet which can be found on a clip board on the counter at the entrance of the Electronics Training Center is available beginning in the morning of the day of the presentation. There are only 17 computers available for the class so it would be wise to sign up at least 30 minutes before the class. No library card or ID is required.
(2) Free Career Coach Sessions
SIBL is offering them. Ask at the reference desk.
(3) Vault / MCCA Legal Diversity Career Fair
It will be on August 7, 2009 in NYC. It is free. It is for women and minority law students and attorneys. Please see http://www.vault.com/legaldiversity/ for details. It appears to be a much smaller event than prior more prosperous years.