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Virtual Career Lab

 

The WBFN Virtual Career Lab is accessible to both Washington and Worldwide members. These workshops are designed to help you manage your career as a globally mobile professional and accompanying spouse. 
 
Virtual Career Lab is a series of 7 workshops beginning with Orientation on, Wednesday, September 23, 2026. There are two consecutive sessions on Week 1 starting with Orientation, and then every Thursday following.  
 
 
Registration fee now required for attending the Virtual Career Lab
 
Why?
The Virtual Career Lab (VCL) has been one of the most sought-after programs offered by WBFN since its inception in September 2017. For your benefit, and due to very high demand, as of January 2025 the WBFN Executive Committee unanimously decided to charge a nonrefundable nominal registration fee of US$25 when the applicant reconfirms the attendance. 
 
 
The workshops are as follows:
All VCL workshops are 90 mins long and start at 8am EST. The dates are as follows:
 
  • Orientation Session – Wednesday, September 23, 2026
  • Mindset Matters – Thursday, September 24, 2026
  • My Career Journey – Thursday, October 1, 2026
  • Tools for the Journey –Thursday, October 8, 2026
  • Networking Resume & LinkedIn Optimization - Thursday, October 15, 2026
  • Resume & Cover Letter Writing – Thursday, October 22, 2026
  • Interviewing –  Thursday, October 29, 2026
 
We appreciate that you may have competing priorities. However, your confirmation and payment of the registration fee is also an agreement to attend ALL 7 SESSIONS of the Virtual Career Lab. Each session builds on the previous one and to gain the full benefit of the program it is expected that you commit to attending ALL 7 Sessions except in cases of unforeseen emergencies. 
 

Registration: Click here to register. Registration is open until Monday, September 7, or until all participant spots are filled.

Once registration has closed, we will be sending an email for you to reconfirm your participation*, you must reconfirm your participation via our email, and pay the $25 registration fee when you reconfirm. Your registration fee can be payable by paypal, cash or check. Details will be in the conformation email.

 
Zoom links to join the sessions will be sent out to all registered and confirmed participants at a later date.

Here is what past participants have said about their experience in the Virtual Career Lab:

As soon as the career lab went "virtual," I signed up for the first session, and I'm glad I did. As a decentralized spouse, I had been waiting for the career lab to move online and was thrilled when it did. It's worthwhile for any World Bank spouse, who is trying to pursue a career in a new country or while moving from country to country. Amy Sevimli, Kingston, Jamaica.

"I found the tools I learned at the first virtual Career Lab very helpful, not only for the job search but also to feel confident and optimistic. The virtual modality was not a barrier, the resources used made the distance invisible and was able to listen to the experiences of "friends" from different parts of the world. Really exciting!!!" Federico Hahn, Metro DC.

 

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