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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Is your student group or organization looking for a speaker. Or are you a student that wants to build their soft skills?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">At the Center for Alumni Relations and Advancement we have created a speaker series just for you. Our Campus to Career series starts next Tuesday with our Beyond the Resume:
Building Soft Skills for Employability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Date:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"> October 1, 2024
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Speaker</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">: Frank Shiro<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">We are excited to invite you to our upcoming session,
<b>Beyond the Resume: Building Soft Skills for Employability</b>. This evening will focus on crucial soft skills like communication, teamwork, and problem-solving, which are essential for success in today's competitive job market.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">This workshop is open to all South Dakota Mines students, regardless of your major or year of study. We encourage you to attend and learn how to develop the soft skills that
will make you stand out from the competition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">RSVP:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><a href="https://cara.sdsmt.edu/events/campus-to-career-beyond-the-resume">https://cara.sdsmt.edu/events/campus-to-career-beyond-the-resume</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">We look forward to seeing you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554">Shelli Grinager</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554">,</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554">Director
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B">Center for Alumni Relations & Advancement (CARA)</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B">330 East Kansas City St., Rapid City, SD 57701-2935<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B">605.394.6148
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3333FF"><a href="mailto:JoAnn.Strommen@sdsmt.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">Shelli.Grinager@sdsmt.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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