Build a Purpose Driven Career for Social Change

Career seekers are more interested than ever in finding innovative ways to blend their professional work with social changemaking. Getting paid to do work you love while making the world a little better for everyone else is the epitome of a #careerwin!

Social impact work can be done by anyone, regardless of your major or profession. With the events of 2020, the future of work has been reimagined. Companies and organizations are prioritizing the needs of internal and external stakeholders. Traditional career opportunities are being redesigned, making the possibility of a purpose-driven career more obtainable than ever.

Join me as I share with participants ways to design a career strategically, in a way that:

• Increases job satisfaction
• Contributes to challenging the status quo
• Aligns with the scope of any major or profession

Attendees will learn:

• What it means to be a changemaker
• The roles they can engage in as changemakers
• How to identify career opportunities that support social change

About Marthea Pitts

Marthea Pitts is the founder and lead consultant of The MSW Coach, a social impact design firm. Where she helps corporations and individuals engage in social impact and corporate social responsibility work.

She is a 3x award-winning workforce development professional and macro social worker. Marthea is a current PhD Educational Leadership candidate at the Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University located in Tallahassee, Florida.

She has experience in for-profit, nonprofit, corporate, governmental, K-12 education, and higher education settings. Marthea was recently featured on LinkedIn, detailing her journey to becoming a social entrepreneur. Her professional mission is to help individuals achieve lifelong self-sufficiency through education and career goal achievement.

About The HBCU Career Center

The HBCU Career Center was founded in 2007 for students and professionals underrepresented and left out of the expensive career management market. We educate around job search skills, workplace realities and employment equity and support the career and professional goals of students, alumni and the broad HBCU community. Our offerings include career and job search resources, as well as a job and internship board to connect employers with talent. Our focus is to keep Historically Black Colleges and Universities respected, resilient and relevant.

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