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Upcoming Events2024-2025 Annual Theme: Grit, Growth, Gratitude
The journey of a woman, especially professionally, is an ever-evolving experience that, while integrated in the world, is still very unique to each of us. Women strive to break barriers, shatter glass ceilings, and pave the way for future generations through their careers. This journey entails embracing and representing grit, growth, and gratitude. For many women, particularly in the STEM industries, grit means tackling challenges head-on. Through grit and determination to continue the journey, women embody an infinite growth ability. Professionally, growth is not just about accumulating knowledge but also about evolving as individuals and as leaders. This means seeking out opportunities for mentorship, collaboration, and continuous education. This the mission that WEST seeks to fill, and one of the many facets of the WEST community that our members love. As women grow, we reflect on the grit, growth, support, and opportunities required to get where we are, and embrace gratitude. For WEST, gratitude extends past the individual journey and leads us to generously give back to the community that has empowered us. After much reflection, as well as looking ahead to the future, these tenets, grit, growth, and gratitude, have been selected as WEST’s Annual Theme for 2024-2025.
dec19 Landing a Job Through Recruiters Eyes Ever wonder what a recruiter sees after you hit the submit button on your application for a job? The hardest part of the job hunt is often the waiting between submitting an application and getting a response. During the wait we all wonder what a recruiters and hiring managers see, if we're what they're looking for, and if we were able to best convey to them that we very well could be the right candidate for the job. Join us for the second event in this series to hear from hiring managers with decades of experience, learn what they're looking for, and learn some tips to help you make a great first impression. Hiring Managers: Location: Zoom
Cost: Free jan21 Boundaries: Exploring & Setting Boundaries to Reduce Your Stress & Increase Your Confidence In this workshop, you will have the chance to identify the boundaries in your life that are most challenging for you. Is it saying "No"? Is it making time for self-care? Is it letting go of the guilt for arranging a girls' night out once in a while? Or is it getting creative on finding a way to say "Yes" to projects and goals you've been too busy to achieve?
You will learn from stories of women who identified what was most important to them, and trusted those beliefs. When these brave women identified their values around a situation, their ability to know what the right thing to do became obvious, and they never looked back.
Location: Alexandria Real Estate, 400 North Beacon Street, Engine Room, Watertown, MA 02472
Cost: Members: $15; Non-Members: $30 Jan30 Tips from Recruiters & Industry Leaders: Resume Building, Interviewing, and How to Get Your Resume In Front of a Hiring Manager Join WEST, Stratacuity, and hiring managers from Boston-based biopharma companies! Stratacuity, a biotech recruitment firm with over 20 years of experience connecting life science companies with the brightest talent in the Boston area, will bring their expertise in the R&D, Technical Operations/CMC, and Clinical Research/Regulatory spaces to put you in the best position as a candidate to land your next career opportunity. We will also be joined by 3 hiring managers actively working in the biopharmaceutical industry that will provide their perspectives on the following topics:
Location: Zoom
Cost: Members: $5; Non-Members: $15 feb4 Rise & Thrive: Visioning Tools to go from Stress to Success & Achieve Your Dreams Women’s health is disproportionately affected by stress and anxiety. Women have 30% more neurons firing at any given time than men, which supports their having stronger skills such as empathy, intuition, collaboration, and self-control, but it also makes women vulnerable to anxiety, depression, pain, and insomnia. Women leaders need tools that support our cognitive and mental well-being in order to thrive. Location: Zoom
Cost: Members: $5; Non-Members: $15 feb19 Everything is Negotiable - Do it Skillfully! This session addresses key skills in negotiations to apply at any level - beginner to advanced. As a seasoned professional negotiator, Joy Conley Kacik will share rules, skills, tips and simple actionable steps that bring big returns. Location: Zoom
Cost: Members: $5; Non-Members: $15 mar12 WoW - WEST on Wednesdays Networking The WoW - WEST on Wednesdays Networking series has become one of our most popular! These events are great opportunities to network with other STEM professionals while enjoying drinks and appetizers. Location: Foley & Lardner LLP, 111 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02199
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