{"id":128151,"date":"2025-10-13T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=128151"},"modified":"2025-10-13T07:57:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:57:34","slug":"oct-16-12-p-m-nerdy-approach-to-job-seeking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/oct-16-12-p-m-nerdy-approach-to-job-seeking\/","title":{"rendered":"Oct. 16 @ 12 p.m. &#8211; Nerdy Approach to Job Seeking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tired of the same old job-hunting advice? Join us for <strong>A Nerdy Approach to Job Seeking<\/strong>, a program that links your favorite geeky passions with practical professional skills.<\/p>\n<p>Think of it this way:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dungeons &amp; Dragons<\/strong>\u00a0isn&#8217;t just about rolling dice; it&#8217;s about mastering\u00a0<strong>professional communication<\/strong>, forming a party (or network), and crafting a character (your personal brand) to overcome any challenge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backpack Hero<\/strong>\u00a0isn&#8217;t just a fun inventory game; it&#8217;s a perfect metaphor for\u00a0<strong>personal inventory management<\/strong>\u00a0(skills and experiences) and strategically organizing your gear (resume and portfolio) for maximum impact.<\/p>\n<p>These are just 2 of the great properties we will use to examine our professional skills in this nerdy workshop.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll use these nerdy properties as a fun and engaging way to explore essential job-seeking topics like networking, personal branding, resume building, and interviewing. This isn&#8217;t a lecture\u2014it&#8217;s an adventure!<\/p>\n<p>Plus, there will be Lunch, snacks, and giveaways to fuel your quest. So grab your character sheet and get ready to level up your career!<\/p>\n<p>A Nerdy Approach to Job Seeking<\/p>\n<p>Date: 2025-10-16<br \/>\nTime: 12-1 p.m.<br \/>\nLocation: Slocum Hall, Room 201<\/p>\n<p>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: Career Connection<br \/>\nContact: Newton Kimberly at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:nskimberly@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nskimberly@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tired of the same old job-hunting advice? Join us for A Nerdy Approach to Job Seeking, a program that links your favorite geeky passions with practical professional skills. Think of it this way: Dungeons &amp; Dragons\u00a0isn&#8217;t just about rolling dice; it&#8217;s about mastering\u00a0professional communication, forming a party (or network), and crafting a character (your personal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-owu-connection-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128152,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128151\/revisions\/128152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}