Great Workshops at the Phoenicia Library

There are a couple of ongoing workshops at the Phoenicia Library that I thought may be of interest to some folks in Woodland Valley. One is "Job Search Tools and Tips" the other is a "Writers Immersion Workshop". See the details below:

Job Search Tools and Tips
Gloria Waslyn, a career manage-ment counselor with over two decades of career coaching experience, has already helped one of our neighbors go from being homeless to making $400/ week with advice on job search strategies, resumes, interviewing and more. If you are struggling with finding and landing the right job in this difficult economy, she can help you too. Waslyn is now offering a FREE six-week series of workshops on Career and Job Search Strategies, Tools, and Techniques here at the Phoenicia Library.

The workshops will be held every Wednesday beginning January 26th through March 3, from 3:30 – 5:30 pm at the library. You don’t have to attend every workshop, and you can join at any time. People who attended the first session were pleased with what they had learned and also much more hopeful about their possibilities.

Topics covered will include:
1 Résumé writing or upgrading
2 Networking
3 E-sources in search—how to mine the ads and pursue
opportunities
4 Courses to take to acquire new, more marketable skills
5 Cover letters, thank you letters, follow-up
6 Interview skills

In the last session, Ms. Waslyn will review previous sessions and answer questions.

Call the library (688-7811) to register. Remember, it's free. You have nothing to lose - and so much you might gain.


Writer’s Immersion Workshop

On Saturday, February 19 from 12:30 to 2:30, Dara Lurie will be offering a Writer's Immersion Workshop that integrates guided visualization and other creative process explorations into the traditional workshop format of reading and critique.

The goal is to help writers at all levels develop greater access to their own creative process while also learning technical aspects of storytelling such as character development, creation of place and narrative trajectory.

The first hour of the workshop is devoted to the creative process. The material generated in the first hour will then be explored in the second hour through guided visualization and a period of 'collection' writing. Towards the end of the second hour, the group will reconvene and writers will assess the work they have produced and consider the creative directions indicated.

Space is limited and registration is required; please call the library at 845-688-7811.