Fifth Asian Career Fair (January 15, 2017 at CCACC
Center, 9366 Gaither Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20877)
Building on the success of previous
years of the Asian Career Fair (ACF), five Washington DC region Chinese
American/AAPI organizations (CAPA, Monte Jade-DC, OCA-DC, CCACC, and TCCGW)
are co-sponsoring their Fifth Annual
Asian Career Fair and Job Skills Seminar to provide networking and
job-finding opportunities.
The
Asian career fair will benefit all Asian American job seekers, including Asian
international students, Asian American college students and young professionals.
If
you are a student or young professional looking for a job, please go to: http://tinyurl.com/2017ACF for online registration for instructions. If
your company is interested in participating as a job exhibitors, please go
to http://tinyurl.com/ACF2017Exhibit for instructions and completing
the company registration form.
12:20 - 12:50 PM: Registration &
Networking – Steve Lin, Deputy Director, ADHC Department, CCACC and Jen-Hao Yeh, Ph.D., Postdoctoral
Associate, U. of MD; 2014 President, NTUAA-DC 12:55 - 1:00 PM: Welcoming Remarks – Edward Wan, Ph.D.,
Executive Coordinator, ACF Consortium; CCACC, Board Chair, past Presidents of
CAPA and OCA-DC
1:00 - 1:40 PM: Session I – Job Skills Seminar Session Moderator – Mary Tom, Program
manager, HRSA; President, OCA-DC 1:00 - 1:20 PM: Winning
Resume & Successful Interview –
Josephine Hopkins, Lead
Technical Recruiter, Planned Systems International, Inc. 1:20 - 1:35 PM: Web Resources & Job Search Tools – Adam Lee,
Ph.D., Fellow, R.H. Smith School of
Business, U. of MD; past Presidents, CAPA, NTUAA-DC and NIH Taiwanese
Association 1:35 - 1:50 PM: Work Permit and Visa Requirement
– Elaine Chang, President, Law Office of Elaine Chang; Board
member, MJ-DC 1:50 - 5:30 PM: Resume Analysis & Critique
– Darryl Tom, Software Engineer, and DHL (conducted in a separate Room)
2:00 - 2:30 PM: Session II – Career Opportunity and Development Session
Moderator – George Chang, Ph.D., pharmacologist, FDA; Chair, ASQ–DC; Board
member, MJ-DC and past Presidents, CAPA and NTUAA-DC 2:00 - 2:15 PM: Diversity & Career Opportunity in Federal Government – Sharon Wong, Deputy Director, Office
of Diversity, US Labor Department and past National Presidents, OCA and FAPAC 2:15 - 2:30 PM: Entrepreneuring Career Path – Steven Chen, Principal, Blue Venture
Investors; past President and Board member, MJ-DC 2:30 - 2:45 PM: Professional Networking & Leadership Skills – George Chang, Ph.D., pharmacologist. FDA; Chair, ASQ-DC and past
presidents, CAPA and NTUAA-DC
2:45 - 5:30 PM: Session III – Mentoring & Mock Interview Workshop Session
Moderator –
Dorothy Deng, Partner, Whiteford Taylor Preston/ Kenny Lew,
CEO, Innovation Network
3:00 - 5:30 PM: Session IV – Job Fair & Interviews Session Moderator – Chen Yu Yen, Ph.D., past board
member, CAPA and NTUAA-DC / Steve Lin, Business Analyst, CCACC. Various Job
Exhibitors have set up job exhibitor booths for collecting resumes and
conducting interviews. |