Press Release

Opportunity Knocks Announces October 27 Nonprofit Career Conference

Atlanta, GA - 9/09/2009 -

Opportunity Knocks and the Georgia Center for Nonprofits announce their upcoming Opportunity Knocks Career Conference, a one day event to be held on October 27, 2009 at the Mansour Center located  at 995 Roswell Street, NE Marietta, GA.  The conference is produced to enable Georgia based individuals focus their efforts and give them the resources and knowledge they need to get a job in this difficult economy.

This full day of workshops and consultative sessions is designed to help nonprofit professionals enhance their employment marketability while also helping corporate professionals looking to switch careers to improve their job and nonprofit career development strategies and job-seeking skills. 
Led by experienced and qualified career consultants, nonprofit leaders and subject matter experts, attendees will learn how to become more competitive in the nonprofit job marketplace. 

Attendees receive training and consultations that will provide them with the skills needed to:
• Analyze resume and job search strategies
• Assess employability skills
• Understand the current landscape of the nonprofit sector
• Determine a nonprofit career path
• Transition from the for profit to nonprofit sector

An early registration special is available and a limited number of partial scholarships will be offered.   Registration capacity is limited and on a first come, first serve basis.

More information can be found at
http://www.gcn.org/Join/JobServices/OKCareerConference.aspx

About the Georgia Center for Nonprofits
About Opportunity Knocks: Opportunity Knocks is the national nonprofit Job Board, HR Resource and Career Development website exclusively on the nonprofit community. For Nonprofit professionals, http://www.opportunityknocks.org/ is the premier destination to find nonprofit jobs and access valuable resources for developing successful careers in the nonprofit community. For Employers, http://www.opportunityknocks.org/ is the best way to find qualified nonprofit candidates and receive valuable information that nonprofit organizations need when building successful recruitment, retention and human resource strategies.

Media Contact
Lynne Norton
678-916-3066
lnorton@opportunityknocks.org