Health and Human Services Professional Development

American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences Annual Conference and Expo: See You There! by   Mikki Sherwood   on   August 16, 2013   Start your planning NOW! AAFCS has a conference and expo each year in late June. In 2014 the conference will be held in St. Louis, MO. The annual conference provides a great opportunity for students and new professionals to meet others and hone their professional skills. Check out   http://www.aafcs.org/meetings/14/index.html   for information about the conference and start saving your pennies. Maybe I will see you there! *Originally posted on the Career Skillet website (Permission granted by Jill Bowers).

Sup, Doc? Approaching Professionals At Conferences the Right Way by   Jeremy Kanter, Guest Author   on   October 18, 2013   I attended my first national conferences last year for professional organizations in my field, The National Council on Family Relations and The Association of Family & Conciliation Courts. I had worked with a few professors, and our conference proposals were accepted. I was stoked because 1 – I got free trips to California and Arizona, 2 – I was excited to present my research and learn from other research presentations (yes, I am a dork), and 3 – I knew I would be applying for graduate schools this year and these conferences would be a great opportunity to network with students and professors at other Universities! At the same time, I had no idea what to do with myself.  So, I talked to my professors and other mentors about what I should wear, how I should approach others at the conferences, and how I could make the most out of my ...