About The Annual Career & Professional Development Conference

In response to the number of concerns in our country related to job readiness amongst youth, career development and professional development issues with various companies, it has become a priority of EduSerc to organize a conference to target those members of the community ensure they adequate ready for the future.

Therefore, the Annual Career & Professional Development Conference was designed to develop a robust mechanism for community organizations an corporations to train our future industry professionals for their opportunities and engage others that may be interested in those opportunities.  It is vital that organizations work together in one setting to prepare our families, schools, and collegiate environments.  This event is designed to bring adults, youth, and many others interested in their own development to a place where they can get all of their questions answered. 

As a result, this conference will focus on the following industries (at a minimum):

• Culinary & Hospitality
• Engineering / STEM
• Medicine
• Legal / Law
• Finance / Accounting
• Information Technology
• Business / Entrepreneurship
• Property Management
• Media / Communications

PLEASE NOTE:  If you are interested in seeing your industry represented at this event, this is more of a reason to become an EduSerc partner and/or sponsor of the Annual Career & Professional Development Conference.

Objectives and Goals

The overall objective of this event is to train members of the community on the value behind each industry and what it takes to become successful in each.  In addition, to provide professional training and exposure to professional development skills that will help individuals receive the opportunities they are looking to gain.

The overall goal is to develop a simple solution for the community to interact with as many organizations concerned about their future career and professional development.

Target Audience

• Industry Professionals
• Schools(middle, high)
• Internship Programs
• Small & Large Businesses
• Colleges
• Non Profit Organizations
• School System Leaders
• Educators / Teachers
• Parents / Adults

Who Should Sponsor This Event?

Companies that have a specific interest or stake in the following areas:

• Career opportunities to promote to the general community
• Companies looking for candidates for open positions
• Organizations looking to provide career and professional development training or opportunities
• Organizations looking to host series of workshops, forums or sessions to train adults, employees or youth.
• Organizations interested in marketing to schools, colleges, youth, adults / parents and others in the general community.
• Companies / Colleges looking to recruit future candidates.

Expected Attendance (as of July 2009)

Over 150+ are expected to attend this event from the Baltimore – Washington DC area at a minimum.  This event is promoted nationally, therefore, there is a potential a large number of participants in attendance.