Lake County Job Seekers Forum Set for Jan. 13

State Rep. Carol Sente (D-Vernon Hills), in partnership with College of Lake County and Job Center of Lake County, is hosting a Job Seekers Forum to bring resources and guidance to local unemployed and underemployed citizens. Interested residents are encouraged to attend all or part of the event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 13 at College of Lake County Southlake Campus, 1120 S. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills. 

Attendees will receive assistance on a wide variety of topics relevant to job seekers, including sessions on improving written communication, interviewing, using available resources and starting and maintaining a small business. A panel of employers will be present to answer questions from job seekers, and career service booths will be set up outside the workshop rooms.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Sente’s constituent service office at (847) 478-9909 or e-mail RepSente@gmail.com.

The full agenda is as follows:

9 – 9:15 a.m.

Introduction and Inspirational Talk

V336-340

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions A

Write Yourself Into the Job

V324

Small Business

V328

Illinois Worknet

V308

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions B

Interviewing/Dress for Success

V324

Run Your Job Search as a Business Workshop

V328

Illinois Worknet

V308

Noon – 1 p.m.

Employer Panel

V336-340

9 a.m. – Noon

Career Service Booths

Enrollment Services

Career and Placement Services

Veterans and Military Personnel Benefit Services

Lake County Job Center

Fresh Start of Illinois

Career Contentment, Inc.