LA Works partnership to sponsor mature
workers seminar

Irwindale, CA – LA Works partnership is sponsoring the second annual seminar, “Older and Wiser: Good for Business,” to support the increasingly growing population of mature workers and in recognition of National Employ Older Workers Week. The event is scheduled to take place Tuesday, September 26th at the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Diamond Bar headquarters.

LA Works partnership consists of Employment Development Department, Department of Rehabilitation, East San Gabriel Valley Occupational Program, Hacienda-La Puente Unified School District, and Los Angeles County. The days activities will included workshops on topics designed to help and protect mature workers against age discrimination, while providing job search assistance and useful information on services for mature workers.
The following agenda details the exciting and informative planned activities:

OLDER & WISER: AGED TO PERFECTION AGENDA
September 26, 2006
South Coast Air Quality Management District

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.      Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 a.m.                            Welcome & Overview of Day and Events
                                             Olin King, EDD

8:50 a.m.                            Brad Taft, Keynote Speaker
                                             Co-author Boom or Bust! New Career Strategies in a New America –
                                              The Career Management Guide for Baby Boomers and Beyond

9:30 a.m.                            Employer Panel
                                              Facilitated by Ed Nelson, HLPAE & Olin King, EDD

10:30 a.m.                         Tai Chi Demonstration & Stretch Break (Olivia Liou)

10:50 a.m.                         Arnita Champion, Entrepreneur
                                              “Reinvent Yourself”

11:20 a.m.                         Brad Kemp, LMI Analyst, EDD
                                              What’s Ahead?

11:50 a.m.                         Jose Tello, Neighborhood Legal Services

12:05 p.m.                         Closing Comments & Information Regarding Resource Booths
                                             Olin King, EDD

12:05 - 2:00 p.m.               Information Booths
                                               Resume Critique (At front of Auditorium – where panel was seated)
                                               Benefits Specialist - SSDI, SSI, SSA (Room 1)
                                               Neighborhood Legal Services (Room 2)
                                               Cal Jobs (Table at back of Auditorium)
                                               SCSEP (Table at back of Auditorium)
                                               Brad Taft -Keynote Speaker (Table at back of Auditorium)
                                              NCOA (Registration Area)
                                              Mt. Sac – Mary Lange (Registration Area)
                                              DPSS/Cal Learn (Registration Area)

Click Here to view the Flyer and driving directions.
For more information about LA Works, contact:

Sandy Meza, Public Relations and Marketing Specialist
LA Works
(626) 960-3964 ext. 2224
sandy.meza@laworks.org

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