With newsroom layoffs at pandemic levels, the Cleveland Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will hold a morning seminar Saturday Jan. 24 to hone job-search skills for journalists and communicators forced to reenter the job market or bold enough to continue trying to move up.
SPJ will host three career tune-up sessions between 10 a.m. and noon Jan. 24 at Westlake Porter Public Library, 27333 Center Ridge Road, Westlake, Ohio. RSVPs for the $10 program are required by 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, to allow notice in case bad weather forces a cancellation. RSVP with your e-mail address to Tom Moore at tmoore56@msn.com or 440-454-3282.
One session will cover contemporary job-search, networking and resume tips by Kelly Blazek, communications manager at Eaton Corp.'s Fluid Power Division, who also maintains the ClevelandJobBank, an e-mail list focused on communications and media jobs.
A panel session will cover making the transition from the newsroom to government or business, which will be conducted by Marynne Sharkey, a media consultant, former Plain Dealer reporter and politics editor, who served as former Gov. Robert Taft's communications director, and another presenter to be named later.
Strategies for bouncing back after a job loss and taking new tacks to find work are the subjects of the third panel. Pat Cirillo of Cypress Research Group, which studies issues for businesses and nonprofits, and Doug Levin, a Torch Group recruiter, will conduct that session. All sessions will include time for questions and answers.
SPJ Cleveland has a 50-year history promoting free speech, open government and professional development. SPJ Cleveland is part of the nation's largest professional journalism group.
SPJ Cleveland's website is www.spj.org/Cleveland .
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