{"id":2571,"date":"2021-02-11T14:41:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T18:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2021-02-18T17:20:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T21:20:04","slug":"career-qa-series-friday-feb-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/?p=2571","title":{"rendered":"Career Q&amp;A Series Friday, Feb. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2572\" src=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Career-QA_Twitter.jpg\" alt=\"February 19, 6:00 PM EST. The ASIS&amp;T Simmons Carrer Q&amp;A Series. Live on Zoom\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Career-QA_Twitter.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Career-QA_Twitter-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Career-QA_Twitter-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Career-QA_Twitter-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Curious about IS&amp;T career paths? Unsure about the type of role you want to pursue? Looking for tips to land your dream job? Join us for the first installment of our Career Q&amp;A Series!\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019ll be joined by three Simmons SLIS alumni who will share their real-world IS&amp;T career experiences, from how they landed their first jobs to an inside look at what they do in their roles today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first installment of the series will be hosted\u00a0on Zoom on <strong>Friday, February 19 at 6:00 p.m. EST<\/strong>. All are welcome \u2014 just be sure to\u00a0register in advance. While you\u2019re there, share any questions you might have for our panelists.<\/p>\n<p><button><a href=\"https:\/\/simmons.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1f909f3eb18a8ae70be6a7b5c&amp;id=23b7d63f03&amp;e=e858852799\">Register for Event<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Meet our Alumni Panelists:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2578 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/anne-icon-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of panelist Anne Pepitone\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/anne-icon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/anne-icon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/anne-icon.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Anne Pepitone<\/h4>\n<div>Anne Pepitone is the Integrated Library Systems Coordinator and Systems Librarian at the University of Washington Libraries in Seattle, Washington. She previously served as the Interim Program Manager for Discovery and User Experience for Orbis Cascade Alliance consortium. Pepitone holds an MS in Library and Information Science from Simmons University, where she was previously a Dean&#8217;s Fellow of Instructional Technology. Pepitone has presented and taught on various topics related to discovery, integrated library systems, and user experience.<\/div>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2577 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Dan-Zavala-icon-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of panelist Dan Zavala\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Dan-Zavala-icon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Dan-Zavala-icon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Dan-Zavala-icon.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Serif', Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size: 22px\">Dan Zavala<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dan Zavala is a UX Designer at Oracle Health Sciences, where he focuses on helping pharmaceutical companies simplify how they manage their clinical trials. He has more than eight years of experience in UX research and design, and has worked in various industries including Information Services, Information Technology, and, most recently, Health Sciences. Dan received a B.A. in English from Florida International University in Miami, Florida, and an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Simmons College in Boston, MA.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2576 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Emily-Donohue-icon-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of panelist Emily Donohue\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Emily-Donohue-icon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Emily-Donohue-icon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Emily-Donohue-icon.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Serif', Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size: 22px\">Emily Donohue<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Emily Donohue is the Senior Director of Prospect Management and Research at UMass Boston. Previously, she was the Director of Prospect Development at Simmons University. Emily has also held prospect research positions at Emmanuel College and Combined Jewish Philanthropies. She serves on the New England Development Research Association (NEDRA) Board of Directors and is a co-chair of their Programming Committee. Emily received a BA in history from Kenyon College and an MLS from Simmons University.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Cynthia Cheng Correia<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2590 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Cynthia-Cheng-Correia-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of panelist Cynthia Cheng Correia\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Cynthia-Cheng-Correia-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Cynthia-Cheng-Correia-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/files\/2021\/02\/Cynthia-Cheng-Correia.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>Cynthia is Managing Director of Knowledge\u00a0<i>in<\/i>Form, a competitive &amp; commercial intelligence consultancy specializing in enhancing intelligence process and systems, training, and advisory services. Cynthia is also President of the Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows and has served in a number of volunteer leadership roles. She is the developer of SLA\u2019s Competitive and Decision Intelligence Certificates Program and graduate program instructor in competitive intelligence at Simmons University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curious about IS&amp;T career paths? Unsure about the type of role you want to pursue? Looking for tips to land your dream job? Join us for the first installment of our Career Q&amp;A Series!\u00a0We\u2019ll be joined by three Simmons SLIS alumni who will share their real-world IS&amp;T career experiences, from how they landed their first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":509,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2571"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2591,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions\/2591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}