Professional Development, Conference and Public Outreach 2023 Sub-Committee Wrap Up

By Kassandra Drake, Janet McIntosh and Brooke Nutt The Professional Development Subcommittee began 2023 with a focus on our own well-being and mental health. Joan Robison taught ways to lead during challenging times, Brita Montes-Sanders, ANRP, shared how to both survive and support menopause, and Wendy Fraser, PhD, discussed tools to build our relationships and…

BUILD Membership Mingle: Win the Interview

tate Human Resource Professionals share tips and tricks on winning the interview. About this event BUILD welcomes you! Membership Mingle – Tuesday June 22 @ 12pm State Human Resource Professionals share tips and tricks on winning the interview – including tips on how to prepare for an interview and how to respond to diversity equity…

Book Review: The Chief Joy Officer in You

By Marie Splaine, Department of Commerce   Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Department of Commerce’s Daily Digest for employees. The views and opinions expressed in submissions to the ICSEW’s InterAct blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the ICSEW.   I have a goal to read a book a month even…

Commentary: Build up and Amplify to Strengthen Community

By Marie Splaine, Department of Commerce Editor’s Note: This article was first published on the Department of Commerce’s agency blog. The Interagency Committee of State Employed Women, ICSEW, meets every two months in Olympia. It’s a great group of state workers, and I am super excited to represent the Department of Commerce on the committee.…

Skilled and employed workers use WorkSource to further their career

By Chad Pearson, Employment Security Department; Submitted by Cheryl Flynn Many people think WorkSource is only for the unemployed, but more than 170,000 people used WorkSource last year, many of them employed. Washingtonians are learning that WorkSource career centers offer valuable resources — all free. More and more skilled and employed workers are turning to…