Hofstra Continuing Education Hosts 21st Century Workplace Conference

In today’s high-tech knowledge economy, do you have the kind of marketable skills sets employers seek?

“Thriving in the 21st Century Workplace,” a conference hosted by the Hofstra University Continuing Education, will help you determine how to stay current in today’s job force.

The conference takes place on Saturday, March 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Plaza Room of the Hofstra University David S. Mack Student Center.

It will examine the value of flexibility, agility, risk-taking, open-mindedness, storytelling, creative problem-solving, critical thinking, cultural sensitivity, and information and media literacy.

The conference is geared for recent graduates, individuals in career or life transition and those re-entering the workforce, as well as business owners, future entrepreneurs, and those looking to reinvent themselves in order to advance in their current workplace.

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The day features panels and workshops. Keynote speaker Ernie Canadeo, President and CEO of Melville-based The EGC Group, will deliver “The Workplace Has Evolved … Have You?”

Additional panelists and workshop facilitators include Debbi Honorof of Hofstra University Continuing Education, a Port Washington resident; Gary Alan Miller of the Hofstra University Career Center; Phil Rugile of LaunchPad Huntington and e-Gifter; Mark Lesko of Melville-based Accelerate Long Island; Arthur Germain of Smithtown-based Communications Strategy Group; Creative Director Scott Wadler and Career Coaches Francine Fabricant, Richard Gluck and Gerry Laytin. Long Island’s comedy improv duo, Isaacs & Baker, will demonstrate the importance of improvisation skills in the workplace.

The cost of the full-day conference, including continental breakfast and buffet lunch, is $55, with a $10 discount for early registration by Feb. 27.

To register or for more information, including a full agenda and speaker bios, visit ce.hofstra.edu/21 or call 516-463-7200.

Image: Keynote speaker Ernie Canadeo, President and CEO of The EGC Group

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