Move Your
Career Forward
New to Career Forward in 2023 was a series of career-focused webinars that occurred throughout the week before our main event. This webinar series included a variety of expert panelists who provided insight about the future of the workforce and how non-traditional education plays a role in preparing it:
- Evaluating Education Options to Move Your Career Forward
- Upskilling for the Future: Business and Leadership
- Upskilling for the Future: Engineering, Science and Technology
- Getting to the C-Suite: Mid-Career Opportunities
Webinar Series
Evaluating Education Options to Move Your Career Forward
There are so many options to consider when it’s time to prepare for your next career move. Will you choose graduate school or a certificate program? Will you devote weeks or months? Will you level up within your current field or dive into a new industry?
Explore these questions and other considerations in this panel discussion, featuring experts from a variety of professional education programs across the university.
Upskilling for the Future: Business and Leadership
Leadership styles and approaches have evolved to include more empathetic and understanding perspectives. Upskilling leaders is critical in today’s demanding workplaces as new expectations create new sets of required competencies.
Learn more about setting direction, building trust and fostering teamwork with panelists from the Moody College of Communication, McCombs School of Business and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Upskilling for the Future: Engineering, Science and Technology
Technology evolves daily, increasing the need for individual contributors who are confidently skilled in current technology such as artificial intelligence, data science, blockchain and more. It’s important to stay on top of technological innovation and upskilling is the way to remain relevant in the current work environment.
Join faculty panelists from UT’s Department of Computer Science, the McCombs School of Business and the Master of Science in Information Security and Privacy program for a discussion about the future of this workforce.
Getting to the C-Suite: Mid-Career Opportunities
Reaching the C-Suite becomes a goal for many employees midway through their careers. With fewer opportunities for advancement, reaching executive-level positions not only depends on past performance but also a mastery of skills outside one’s immediate scope of work. Resume considerations are no longer limited to past positions and experience, but now include chemistry with teams and cross-functional core competencies.
Discover the building blocks for getting to the C-Suite with insights from UT faculty, staff, and alumni representing executive education programs from across campus.
More About Career Forward 2023
Fifteen departments across campus that offer career-accelerating programs participated in Career Forward 2023. These programs included traditional or online graduate degrees, professional development opportunities, career-training programs and more. Attendees were able to learn more about these programs and meet UT faculty and staff in-person.
