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Build a Purpose Driven Career for Social Change

Career seekers are more interested than ever in finding innovative ways to blend their professional work with social changemaking. Getting paid to do work you love while making the world a little better for everyone else is the epitome of a #careerwin!

Social impact work can be done by anyone, regardless of your major or profession. With the events of 2020, the future of work has been reimagined. Companies and organizations are prioritizing the needs of internal and external stakeholders. Traditional career opportunities are being redesigned, making the possibility of a purpose-driven career more attainable than ever.

Join me as I share with participants ways to design a career strategically, in a way that increases job satisfaction, contributes to challenging the status quo and aligns with the scope of any major or profession.

Attendees will learn:

  • What it means to be a changemaker

  • The roles they can engage in as changemakers

  • How to identify career opportunities that support social change

About Marthea Pitts

Marthea Pitts, MSW, is a 3x award-winning workforce development career counselor and macro-focused (program design and policy) social worker. She is a current Educational Leadership PhD candidate at Florida A&M University.

Marthea is the Senior Consultant at The MSW Coach - a career education consulting company that partners with national, federal, and local governmental agencies, community-based organizations, and schools to better position job seekers and students for good quality, good-paying jobs.

The MSW Coach consulting company helps individuals and organization leaders reimagine P-20+ career education and on-ramp design for underresourced populations and communities through cradle-to-career education workshops and pathway design technical assistance using collective impact approaches & strategies to meet the holistic needs of job seekers and their families.

Earlier Event: March 25
Pivoting Careers Beyond 40
Later Event: June 12
Plotting Your Job Search Strategy