Volunteer YPN - Sunhee's Community Place + RISSE; Resume Building and Mock Interviews

Description

This event is intended to support adult learners from Sunhee’s Community Place and RISSE to improve their resumes, network with other professionals in the community, and practice professional conversational English skills. Additionally, this event strengthens partnerships between local businesses, non-profit organizations, and community members identifying as immigrants and refugees. Volunteers will be assigned to either the resume building station or the mock interview station. At the resume building station, volunteers will focus on providing tips on the structure and content of an effective resume. At the mock interview station, volunteers will help participants prepare for a job interview, including how to answer common interview questions, body language, and other preparation tips. Volunteers will have 5 foundational interview questions but can add industry-specific questions. 

About Sunhee’s Community Place: Sunhee’s Community Place is the non-profit arm of Sunhee’s Farm and Kitchen, which seeks to empower immigrants and refugees through employment opportunities and educational programming. Sunhee's core mission is driven by a passion for food and community, rooted in a Korean-American history, culture and identity we believe can be shared with all people regardless of race, ethnicity or nationality. Through social entrepreneurship, Sunhee's hopes to create a safe space for cultural learning and innovative projects, all threaded together by food. Sunhee's mission can be broken down into the following elements: positive food culture, community engagement, and immigrant/refugee empowerment. 

About RISSE: Refugee & Immigrant Support Services of Emmaus (RISSE) was founded in 2007 to assist refugees fleeing from the Congo. RISSE’s mission is to support refugees and immigrants to build new lives and thrive in the Capital Region through language classes, immigration and employment assistance, youth programming, and case management. Today, RISSE’s clients originate from 85 countries and speak over 40 languages. They come here as refugees, immigrants, and asylum seekers to become our newest neighbors.