The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated every corner of the adventure travel industry –resulting in employee and contractor layoffs and furloughs at all levels.  When and how the industry recovers remain uncertain.  There is a consensus adventure travel will be one of the fastest sectors to regain its footing. However, some companies may never recover, and the recovery speed for those that survive will vary greatly depending on the destination, type of company, traveler demographic, and a company’s resources.  In short, COVID-19 has dramatically disrupted the business environment, presenting both career threats and opportunities – a gut check for employees and contractors across the value chain.  This webinar will offer insights into evaluating the recovery landscape and what you can do to position yourself to achieve your professional goals now and when the storm passes.

Engage in this free 1-hour online seminar to learn:

1. How to use the skills you’ve honed during the past year to boost your personal brand
2. How to distinguish yourself to prospective employers
3. How to craft your resume in a way that may appeal to a changing travel industry (or beyond the travel industry)
4. Best practices for effective job searching and networking in a post-COVID era

About The Experts

Moderator:

Ann Marie Beebout is an Executive Coach at ProResource. She works with entrepreneurs, small business owners, and executives to enhance their online presence. She often speaks to groups about the power of social media, detailing how social media can amplify their message, expand their audience, and help them reach their goals faster. Always up to date on news and trends, Ann Marie enjoys discovering how tech and apps can streamline or enhance daily life—at work or home. When she’s not working for ProResource, Ann Marie can be found on awesome adventures with her husband and daughter.

Panelists:

Sarah Moore is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW), and a Nationally Certified Online Profile Expert (NCOPE) with a background in academia and publishing. She has significant experience working with professionals in Healthcare, Technology, Academia, Business (Entry level to C-Suite), Government, Military, Law Enforcement, and others. Sarah came to resume writing by teaching college writing classes. While teaching technical writing to business students she started to notice that students who had used resumes created in her classroom started to land jobs in their prospective fields. This sparked a curiosity and enthusiasm for helping people to create effective job search documents that consistently lead to securing new and rewarding positions.

Frank Whiting is the founder and owner of The Whiting Group, a boutique executive search firm that has been an invaluable asset to large and small brands and not-for-profits within the Outdoor, Wintersports, Bicycle, Surf, Skate and Yoga industries since 1997, partnering with leading brands to recruit and retain the best possible leadership and talent and, in turn, bringing best practices that are integral to achieving their goals, whether those goals involve moving into new product categories, new consumer or trade channels or new geographic markets.

Jim Sano is the World Wildlife Fund’s Vice President for Conservation Travel. He directs WWF’s community-based conservation travel programs, serves as the technical lead for WWF’s partnerships with private sector travel companies, and oversees the organization's educational trips for WWF’s most committed members and supporters. Jim was formerly President of Geographic Expeditions, a San Francisco-based adventure travel company that offers educational travel, location management, and sustainable travel consulting services. Before joining Geographic Expeditions, Jim served as a National Park Service ranger and special assistant to the Superintendent at Yosemite National Park. His responsibilities included overseeing park naturalist/interpretive programs and coordinating critical elements of the park’s General Management Plan. Jim currently serves on Tompkins Conservation advisory board. He was the Mono Lake Foundation founding president, a founding director of the Natural Step, and the Yosemite Restoration Trust. Jim is also an Emeritus Board Member of the Trust for Public Land - serving 23-years on its executive and project review committee.