Maximizing Holiday Breaks for Strategic Career Growth


Join us for a workshop designed to transform your holiday break into a powerful period of career advancement. Discover how to leverage this downtime for skill enhancement, networking, and strategic planning. Learn practical strategies for setting and achieving career goals, and create a personalized action plan to make the most of your holiday. Return to work refreshed and with a clear path for growth!

Learning Objectives

  1. Develop Strategies to Reflect and Reset: Attendees will be guided through an exercise to evaluate personal achievements and identify areas for improvement, encouraging a return to work with renewed clarity and motivation.
  2. Design an Actionable Career Development Plan: Attendees will learn the key components needed to create an effective and impactful career development plan.
  3. Explore UVA Career Development Resources: Attendees will be introduced to and provided with information on career development support resources available through UVA, including career coaching services, educational benefits, and additional professional development options to assist in their growth and long-term career planning.

About Your Presenter

Jasmine Porter, M.Ed., is a career development professional and mental health advocate with extensive experience supporting professionals in their career growth. She serves as a Senior Career Coach & Advisor under the UVA Career Navigation team. She offers comprehensive guidance to career explorers, individuals in transition, and those in specialized fields. Her expertise spans career counseling, mental health initiatives, college access & admissions, academic advising, grant management, and teaching.

Jasmine's dedication to empowering others is evident in her commitment to UVA staff and team members, driven by her mission to help individuals fully explore their career paths and maximize their potential both in their professional and personal lives.

This event will be recorded by audio and video means. By participating, you grant the University of Virginia the right to use your voice/likeness in any depiction of this event. Video is not required to participate in this event.

Register for webinar, December 4 at 12:00 pm ET