SQUAMISH TIMES

March 2, 1982

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New college co-ordinator
Not only does the new coordinator of the Capilano College
Women's Resource Centre in
Squamish have experience with
teaching and being involved in
women's issues , but she knows
what it's like to try and return to
work after staying at home with a
family.
Andrea Kiss has two children,
who are now teenagers, and she
retu rned to work after seven years
as a full-ti me homemaker.
Andrea, who has taught the
Career Alternatives course in

Andrea Kiss is the new coordinator of Capilano College's
Women's Resource Centre in
Squamisb.

Squamish for the last two years,
will be organizing courses for
women in the community on request.
As coordinator she will also be
providing career development ser-vices on an individual basis, referring women to other resources in
the community . and planning
courses for the fall of 1982.
Andrea's major interest is
career planning. While she is
teaching others career , communications and assertiveness
skills, she is not neglecting her

own career. As well as working
for the college, she is enrolled
part-time at UBC taking her
master's degree in Counselling
Psychology.
The Women' s Resource Centre
has several courses scheduled for
the next few months which Andrea will be instructing.
How to Decide: Life and Career
Planning for Women, which will
be held Friday mornings starting
March 12, is exactly what its title
suggests. Instructors will be helping women to assess their present
situation, identify their skills and
develop short- and long-term
goals .
The Job Search: Resume,
Covering Letter, Interview, is a
course of particular relevance in
these times of high unemployment. The one-session workshop,
held the morning of April 23, will
give participants basic information on how to go about job hunting.
"It's not only what you say, it's
how you say it," might be the
motto of the Communication
Skills course which will be starting
the morning of April 30. The
course will stress students' ability
to express ideas clearly, in a manner that makes others interested
and willing to listen - an ability
that is an asset in all situations.
All of these workshops are free,
but enrollment may be limited, so
it is wise to enroll soon .
For more information on the
courses or on any of the other services offered by the Women' s
Resource Centre; call Capilano
College at 892-5322.
Andrea Kiss is also looking for
input from women in the community about what courses they're
interested in. She will be in
Squamish on Thursdays and
Fridays until the end of May and
invites women to drop in to the
centre for coffee Thursday mornings.