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DECEMBER 17, 1991

STAFF CAREER DEVELOPMENT

by Joy Smith, Member, Staff Career Development Committee

Recent Committee Activities

Chair Carol McQuarrie met with with Lynn Jest, Extension,
and Sandra Chester, Personnel, to discuss the Spring staff
training and staff career development offerings. Based on
feedback from staff and discussion by the SCD Committee,
we are continuing with the theme of communications started
in the fall workshops. Proposed Spring workshops in Career
Development are:

e Grammar and Proofreading.
Proposed Staff Training workshops are:

e Hard Drive Disk Management, Levels 1 and 2

e Lotus Levels 1 and2

e Resumé and Job Interviews

e College Telephone System.

Mark Your Calendars - February 13, 1992!

Arrangements are underway for the Second Annual Staff
Career Development Day on February 13, 1992 (coinciding
with the reading break). Format will be similar to last year
with three morning and three afternoon sessions to choose
from, plus lunch and wrap-up for socializing.

Staff Career Development Committee Chair Position
The captioned position expires on December 31. The
position was posted and the committee members acting as
the search committee have recommended to Personnel that
Carol McQuarrie be offered the position. The appointment
is for two years and consists of 140 hours for the 1992
calendar year and, for 1993, the number of hours negotiated
in the next collective agreement.

Reviews of Recent Workshops
E-Mail - Level 2
with Bob Walker, Nov. 1 by Dorothy Holmes, Music

This workshop was offered to individuals with some E-Mail
experience. Bob Walker covered some advanced features of
the College E-Mail System including:

e Editing a Message - XPEDIT

e Distribution Lists

e Bring Forward File

e Filing Cabinet.

Excellent Workshop!

Communicating with Ease

with Gerrie Waugh, Oct. 29 by Karen Claver, Library
I highly recommend Gerrie Waugh’s workshop. She was
interesting and very informative and I feel more people
would benefit from her class.

Image and Communication Skills in Business, Extension
with Pat Berry, Sep. 28 by Lynne Hamilton, ARC
An overview of the history of male/female roles in the
workplace, tracking office behaviour, dress-code, values,
and communication style from the 20s to the 90s, then
brainstorming our way into the 90s. Workshop contained
many self-evaluation tools. Shirley McLaine look-alike Pat
Berry does a great workshop.

Using Drama in Business and the Real World, Extension
with Dot Bristow, Oct. 19 by Lynne Hamilton, ARC
Want to know your subliminal give-aways? What your boss,
colleagues, friends are really saying? For that matter, what
you are really projecting? A fantastic day well spent, and
you don’t even have to fancy yourself an actor. Dot hit the
spot! I’m recommending this one for Staff Development in
February.

Getting Organized, Success Builders

Hyatt Regency, Oct. 24. by Lynne Hamilton, ARC
Treated this day as an opportunity to get to know others in
the outside world. Guess what? ended up surrounded by the
Financial Services Department from SFU on their very first
Staff PD outing. The workshop affirmed that I am
organized, on the right track and "we are not alone" in trying
to keep up with the ever-increasing workload in the 90s. I
liked the day, I liked the presentor.

Western Canada Film and Video Showcase

Banff Springs Hotel, Nov. 24-28 by Sharon Feyer, Films
We previewed videos from 35 Canadian distributors from
8am to 9pm each day, ate wonderful food and "networked"
with other video types. The Advanced Education Media
Acquisitions Centre (AEMAC) is continuing to negotiate
post-secondary rights for videos in the same tradition
established by the now defunct Provincial Education Media
Centre (PEMC), so we should soon be telling faculty about
these great new titles for them to use in class. For more
information on titles viewed please contact me at the library
or local 2115.

Library Resources

New in the Staff Development vertical file:
e Catalogues: Justice Institute, Winter 92
e BCIT Part-time Studies, Winter 92
e Vancouver YWCA Winter/Spring 92
e YMCA programs - January-June 92
(includes North Shore).

Cheers! and Happy Holidays
from the
Staff Career Development Committee