Press Release January 8, 2007


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

eSight to Launch New Online Networking Course

(New York City, NY - January 8, 2007) Now is the time to apply for eSight Careers Network's "How to Use Online Networking as a Job Search Tool," a course designed to help participants develop and practice their online job marketing skills.

This is the latest development of eSight Careers Network, and will provide eSight members with interactive online classes, seminars, and other resources in 2007 to help them gain meaningful employment, according to Nancy O'Connell, executive director of The Associated Blind, Inc., parent organization of eSight Careers Network.

"How to Use Online Networking as a Job Search Tool" focuses on key skills for "creating your personal brand, building your portfolio and cultivating your contacts to find the internship or job that's right for you," says O'Connell.

This 10-week interactive course, O'Connell adds, will require at least five hours a week to complete assignments. During the class participants will build contact lists, research companies, develop an online portfolio, and practice personal branding and networking skills. They will also receive individualized coaching by a facilitator who has first-hand experience in disability employment issues.

Jim Hasse, eSight's senior content developer and facilitator for the course, created the curriculum for "How to Use Online Networking as a Job Search Tool" with this premise in mind: The more you interact online, make networking a habit, gain insight into practical employment job-seeking strategies, establish a career focus and achieve visibility for your particular expertise the quicker you'll find meaningful work.

This online course is for job seekers who:

To be considered for this class, individuals must meet the following basic requirements: a college degree or equivalent, time availability, demonstration of initial work in developing a career and a track record that shows diligence in attending to this class and completing its assignments.

Read the syllabus for "How to Use Online Networking as a Job Search Tool"

Learn about Jim Hasse, facilitator for "How to Use Online Networking as a Job Search Tool"

Participation in this course and all future instructor-led courses on eSight Careers Network requires membership in the eSight eLearning Program. Membership fees are $18 for six months or $24 a year.

Those who are accepted as one of the "How to Use Online Networking as a Job Search Tool" participants will become charter members of the new eSight eLearning Program.

The privileges of membership in the eSight eLearning Program, according to O'Connell, include:

  1. Interacting with a unique network of learners who take responsibility for developing their own careers and are willing to provide feedback for other members of the group about specific employment issues.
  2. Having access to valuable global resources about career management from a disability perspective, much of it generated by eSight members who draw upon real-world experiences.
  3. Gaining valuable visibility among employers for a participant's online portfolio on a high-traffic area of eSight through ongoing interactivity with members.
  4. Accessing expertise about disability employment issues through the ability, as alumnae, to monitor eLearning telephone conference calls with guest speakers for all eLearning courses.
  5. Accessing self-paced classes, which will be available through the eSight Learning Program.

Those who wish to be considered as a potential participant for the "How to Use Online Networking as a Job Search Tool" course must complete the online application

Phone interviews will be required for all finalists.

The application deadline is January 19, 2007. Phone interviews will be scheduled during the week of January 22. The class will start on January 29, 2007.

O'Connell says eSight will offer additional eLearning classes throughout 2007 to help individuals with their job searches.

The Associated Blind, Inc., a 69-year-old non-profit organization, has been providing members of eSight Careers Network opportunities to collaborate on disability employment issues through accessible online discussions and resource building since October 2000.


CONTACT INFORMATION:

Source: The Associated Blind, Inc.
Contact: Nancy O'Connell
Tel: (+1) 212 683-4950
E-mail: MemberServices@eSight.org

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