Live conversations between recruiters and candidates via instant chat and/or webcam.

The uploading and submission of candidate resumes for various job listings.

Interaction with fellow attendees in the Networking Lounge.

Viewing of informational videos in the Auditorium.

Integration with Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn: search for connections and update your status within the event.

Click here for more information and to register

March 1st 7pm 1st Congregational Church 1315 Pine St. Rochester this will be part 2 of 2 parts

March 14th 09:30 am (morning seminar) Oak Park Jewish center (JVS) 15110 W. ten Mi RD Oak Park 48237 this will be part 2 of 2 parts

March 20th 6:30 PM 1st reformed Church 1444 Maryland Ave, Grosse Pointe Park, 48230. this will be part 1 of 2 parts

March 21st 7pm St. Therese of Lisieux 48115 Schoenherr Rd. Shelby Township, MI 48315

April 3rd 6:30 PM 1st reformed Church 1444 Maryland Ave, Grosse Pointe Park, 48230. This will be part 2 of 2 parts

Veterans’ presentations

I will be presenting in June at Cobo Hall in Detroit June 26th thru the 29th

Dearborn April 9th and 10th

and to be announced in Taylor MI

If you know of a group or individual who could benefit from these seminars please pass this on. They are all FREE.

If you know of a group who would like to sponsor a free seminar have them contact me

robert.s.jensen24@gmail.com

Robert S Jensen

Dearborn, MI

313-600-7609

All of CWF’s services are FREE .

Center for Working Families offers 1:1 counseling/coaching and also monthly workshops/classes on Finding the Hidden Job Market, Effective Resume & Cover Letter Writing, Effective Interviewing Skills, Credit Repair (free credit history provided when enrolled in our program), Financial Literacy/Budgeting, Getting Out of Debt, Social Media & Strategic Job Search, Effective Networking, and so much more.

The only caveat for participation the Center for Working Families program, is that clients must reside in Oakland County.

If clients are interested in learning more about our free job seeking support and resources, financial literacy & counseling services, please have them contact:

Mr. Jason Roberts

Lighthouse of Oakland County-Center for Working Families

248 920 6000 ext # 2429

jroberts@lighthouseoakland.org

with one meeting per month to attend. The following is the schedule for the first quarter of 2012. All

meetings will be from 7 to 9PM.

Monday, January 30

St. Mary of the Hills— 2675 John R., Rochester Hills 248-853-5390 x245

Thursday, February 10

St. Andrew— 1400 Inglewood, Rochester 248-373-0707

Tuesday, March 13

St. Irenaeus— 171 Old Perch Rd., Rochester Hills 248-651-9595

The program will not allow students to earn an M.I.T. degree. Instead, those who are able to exhibit a mastery of the subjects taught on the platform will receive an official certificate of completion. The certificate will obviously not carry the weight of a traditional M.I.T. diploma, but it will provide an incentive to finish the online material. According to the New York Times, in order to prevent confusion, the certificate will be a credential bearing the distinct name of a new not-for-profit body that will be created within M.I.T.

The new online platform will look to build upon the decade-long success of the university’s original free online platform, OpenCourseWare (OCW), which has been used by over 100 million students and contains course material for roughly 2,100 classes. The new M.I.T.x online program will not compete with OCW in the number of courses that it offers. However, the program will offer students a greater interactive experience.

Students using the program will be able to communicate with their peers through student-to-student discussions, allowing them an opportunity to ask questions or simply brainstorm with others, while also being able to access online laboratories and self-assessments. In the future, students and faculty will be able to control which classes will be available on the system based on their interests, creating a personalized education setting.

M.I.T.x represents the next logical evolution in the mushrooming business of free online education by giving students an interactive experience as opposed to a simple videotaped lecture. Academic Earth (picked by Time Magazine as one of the 50 best websites of 2009) has cornered the market on free online education by making a smorgasbord of online course content – from prestigious universities such as Stanford and Princeton – accessible and free to anyone in the world. Users on Academic Earth can watch lectures from some of the brightest minds our universities have to offer from the comfort of their own computer screen. However, that is all they can do: watch. Khan Academy, another notable online education site, offers a largely free interactive experience to its users through assessments and exercises, but it limits itself to K-12 education. By contrast, M.I.T.x will combine the interactivity of the Khan Academy with the collegiate focus of Academic Earth, while drawing primarily from M.I.T.’s advanced course material.

“M.I.T. has long believed that anyone in the world with the motivation and ability to engage M.I.T. coursework should have the opportunity to attain the best M.I.T.-based educational experience that Internet technology enables,” said M.I.T. President Susan Hockfield in the university’s press release.

According to the university, residential M.I.T. students can expect to use M.I.T.x in a different way than online-only students. For instance, the program will be used to augment on-campus course work by expanding upon what students learn in class (faculty and students will determine how to incorporate the program into their courses). The university intends to run the two programs simultaneously with no reduction in OCW offerings.

According to the New York Times, access to the software will be free. However, there will most likely be an “affordable” charge, not yet determined, for a credential. The program will also save individuals from the rigors of the cutthroat M.I.T. admissions process, as online-only students will not have to be enrolled in the prestigious, yet expensive, university to access its online teaching resources.

Those champing at the bit to dive into M.I.T.x will have to wait, as the university doesn’t plan to launch a prototype of the platform until the spring of 2012. According to M.I.T. Provost L. Rafael Reif and Anant Agarwal, director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, the prototype might include only one course, but it would quickly expand to include many more courses.

Once launched, M.I.T. officials expect the M.I.T.x platform to be a giant hit amongst other universities looking to create or expand upon their online course materials. “Creating an open learning infrastructure will enable other communities of developers to contribute to it, thereby making it self-sustaining,” said Agarwal in the M.I.T. press release.

Whether M.I.T.x will directly threaten the margins at for-profit online universities, such as the University of Phoenix, APUS, or DeVry remains to be seen. But as M.I.T.x starts to provide many of the salient virtues of for-profit online colleges, such as a robust learning management systems and real-time virtual interaction, these publicly traded education companies might have to lower fees in order to compete with M.I.T.x’s compelling free price. In addition, the success of M.I.T.x, OCW, and Academic Earth may push dramatic technological innovation at for-profits, so that they can maintain a unique selling proposition versus their free competitors. Moreover, as the rapidly growing number of what are termed “self educators” choose free college education, a cottage industry of social media support services might evolve to bring them together for free in-person study and help sessions.

Which is all to say that, against this country’s sizable need for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) graduates, M.I.T.x is nothing short of revolutionary. This is especially true if you aren’t a credential freak and, like me, just want to improve your chops in a marketable subject area.

The Rochester Area Career Ministry is a partnership of area churches including St. Mary of the Hills, St. Andrew and St. Irenaeus supporting the unemployed. Each month, one church hosts a free talk on a topic that is important to the job search process.

Sharing some general information.

We also assist with Foreclosure Prevention, and Home Loan Modification Counseling/Assistance, here at Lighthouse of Oakland County

All services are free to my best knowledge

From: “careerservices@walshcollege.edu” <careerservices@walshcollege.edu>

Sent: Friday, January 6, 2012 1:36 PM

Subject: LinkedIn Webinar

http://tracking.experience.com/opsweb/uncgi/mailaction?type=clickthru&mailing=mq33422394&email=edouardpiche@yahoo.com&newurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walshcollege.eduerience, Inc.

Walsh College offers a free social media webinar series, and I’m writing today to remind you of an upcoming LinkedIn 101 webinar. Details are below. If you’ve already attended, feel free to forward this message to a friend or colleague. Seating is limited so we recommend that you register today to reserve your seat. This LinkedIn 101 session offers a great overview for individuals who need some tips on how to use LinkedIn more effectively. Plus, we include a Q&A for you to ask questions you may have about LinkedIn.

LinkedIn 101

Employers and Recruiters: Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 12:15-1 p.m. ET

Job Seekers and Networking: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 12:15-1 p.m. ET

Registration required: http://tracking.experience.com/opsweb/uncgi/mailaction?type=clickthru&mailing=mq33422394&email=edouardpiche@yahoo.com&newurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walshcollege.edu%2FWebinars

Free to attend (dial-in charges may apply if you do not have audio broadcast on your PC)