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11:00am EDT

Career Navigation Strategies - Taking Charge of your Life

Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT

What's your career navigation strategy? Work requires skills and experience. It’s all about gaming strategies. Are you contemplating your opening, middle, or endgame? You need to assess if you are going for opportunities, money, or security. Your strategy will dictate your tactics. What have you been focusing on: the job search, your skill set, or market demand? This will be the bulk of the conversation. Bring your stories and your issues. Maybe we can help you work out a strategy, or at least a few tactics.

Don’t waste time experimenting with low-probability strategies. If you are established professionally consider how to augment your current skills. More importantly, how are you positioning yourself to make those difficult transition points? Recent graduates need to consider their entry strategy and how to maximize their career growth.

Speakers

Ericka Kahler

Douglas Johnson

Government Contractor, Colsa Corporation

Masters in Computers Information Systems and Aeronautical Management. 20 year veteran of US Air Force. Currently working on government contract. Adjunct Instructor for computer classes for 10 years. Helped run a Science Fiction Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio for 16 years. When my... Read More →

Mark Haynes

STEM, Dmarkhaynes Consulting

I’m a renaissance man trapped in a specialist’s body. My degree is in biology. That’s why I’m IT. I’ve worked as a software developer, with an elegant language for a more civilized age. I became a QA guy because breaking things is therapeutic. I became a process specialist... Read More →

Hannah Williamson

Saturday March 28, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
Algonquin C

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Penguicon 2026

11:00am EDT

Ericka Kahler

Douglas Johnson

Mark Haynes

Hannah Williamson

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