My Career Voyage! Charting The Course

Keith Grandberry, Urban League President and CEO, recently announced the “Claim Your Career Conference and Career Fair” beginning Wednesday, June 16th at the Raleigh Civic and Convention Center, 500 S. Salisbury Street in Raleigh, NC. The conference will be attended by a diverse audience with training sessions tailored to young adults, ages 16 to 21, and the adult population. The conference also provides an opportunity for Keith Grandberry to present the Urban League’s vision of expansion into the Triangle to area corporate and community leaders.

The 3-day training conference takes place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 16-June 18th. The “Claim Your Career Conference and Career Fair” sponsored by the Urban League in partnership with UPS, North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development, Capital Area Workforce Development Board, AARP, Raleigh Black Chamber of Commerce, Genworth Mortgage Insurance the office of Lt. Gov. Walton Dalton, is designed to empower local residents to enhance their employability and become economically self-sufficient. Alvin Borders, Vice President, Urban League Workforce Development and Employment Services said, “the conference reinforces the National Urban League’s ‘I Am Empowered’ campaign which focuses on ensuring that every American has access to jobs with living wages and benefits. But, the conference focus goes beyond getting jobs to establishing careers.” Presenters with extensive experience in Human Relations, Workforce Development, Human and Resource Development and Finance Management will conduct interactive sessions covering resume readiness, financial literacy, job search, computer literacy, proper business attire, interviewing and presentation Skills. The conference is free and open to the public. Training participants who attend all sessions will receive certificates of recognition and priority entrance to the Career Fair.

For more than 60 years the Urban League has established partnerships throughout North Carolina to make a positive impact in Workforce Development, Diversity/Inclusion, Small Business Development and Youth Leadership to improve the quality of life. Urban League Triangle corporate partners including Progress Energy, Glaxo Smith Klein and NC Mutual have been instrumental in facilitating the establishment of the Urban League presence in the Triangle.

Persons interested in attending the conference are asked to register in advance on-line at the NCIMED website (ncimed.com). For further information contact Regina Merritt (919) 956-8889 or Aliza` Diggs Bailey at (336) 725-5614.