[Jobs] FW: eSight to Launch New Online Networking Course

[Peter Altschul]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

(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, 
www.eSight.org, 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: 

- Have established clear career goals. 
- Have online experience using interactive venues. 
- Are enthused about taking classes online. 
- Have a resume or an offering statement. 
- Are able to devote five or more hours a week for 10 weeks 
  to complete the course work. 

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" at http://www.eSight.org/view.cfm?x=1964 

Learn about Jim Hasse, facilitator for "How to Use Online 
Networking as a Job Search Tool," at 
http://www.eSight.org/view.cfm?x=1965 

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 at: 
http://www.esight.org/forward.cfm?pid=278 

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, Executive Director
Tel:    (212) 683-4950
E-mail: MemberServices at eSightCareers.net

Online community: http://www.eSight.org

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