Balancing Work & Cancer Webinar: First Impressions: Resumes and LinkedIn

With millions of Americans looking for jobs, how can you stand out from other job seekers and attract the attention of employers? Your resume is often the first touchpoint with hiring managers, so you want to make sure it covers all the basics and tells a compelling story of your professional experiences and accomplishments. In this session, you’ll learn how to write an effective resume by figuring out the best format to highlight your strengths, techniques to define and explain your abilities and supportive documents and tools that will give you an extra boost.

Date & Time

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 — 6:00 PM ET/ 3:00 PM PT

Registration

All sessions are free and open to cancer patients, survivors, healthcare professionals and caregivers. Register for this live and interactive webinar by clicking “Register” below. All attendees must abide by CAC's Code of Conduct.

The webinar will be hosted on the Zoom platform. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with phone and web log-in information. There is no registration deadline.

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This is the fourth of eight sessions in our Balancing Work & Cancer Webinar series. Click here to learn more about the other sessions and register!

 All sessions are FREE and open to cancer patients, survivors, healthcare professionals and caregivers.

Sponsors

The 2026 Balancing Work and Cancer Webinar Series is made possible by its sponsors

P&G Beauty

Speaker

Julie Jansen, Speaker, Trainer and Author 

Julie Jansen — author, executive and career coach, motivational speaker, and resume and LinkedIn profile writer — has helped senior executives, managers and professionals reach their fullest potential in today’s chaotic business world since 1999.

Julie works with clients in advertising, consumer products, entertainment, fashion, financial services, logistics, magazine publishing, manufacturing, new media, non-profit, public relations and professional services. In the past month, she was the keynote speaker for Yale University, CFA Institute of New Mexico and PVH, among others.

A fully revised, third edition of her book I Don’t Know What I Want, But I Know It’s Not This: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work was released by Penguin in March 2016. The book has also been published in the U.K., Germany, Austria, Romania and the Czech Republic. You Want Me to Work With Who? Eleven Keys to a Stress-Free, Satisfying and Successful Work Life…No Matter Who You Work With was published by Penguin Books in 2006. Julie is also the author of a Workplace Coach e-Booklet series on Networking, Enhancing Your Image, Delegation, Managing Your Career, Time Management and Getting Organized.

Accommodations

To request accommodations, please email cancerandcareers@cew.org

Accreditation

Agenda

6:00 PM – 6:05 PM ET: Welcome, Speaker Introduction

6:05 PM – 6:50 PM ET: Overview of considerations for crafting an effective resume both on paper and online

6:50 PM – 7:00 PM ET: Questions

Learning Objectives

  • Attendees will be able to employ the strength's perspective to help cancer patients and survivors assess their abilities and accomplishments for use on resumes and in cover letters.
  • Attendees will be able to identify tips, tools, and techniques for effective resume writing which can improve overall job search outcomes for cancer patients and survivors.
  • Attendees will be able to support patients and survivors in creating cover letters and LinkedIn profiles that best express their professional narrative when looking for work after a cancer diagnosis.

Credits Information

One (1) continuing education credit will be provided free of charge to eligible oncology nurses, social workers, and HR professionals upon approval from the agencies listed below.

Social Workers

  • This program is approved by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (Approval #0072) for 1 continuing education hour.
  • Cancer and Careers, #1814, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Cancer and Careers maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 06/10/2023 – 06/10/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credits.

Oncology Nurses

  • Provider approved by the State of California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 16673, for 1 continuing education credit per session.

HR Professionals

  • Cancer and Careers is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. This program is valid for 1 PDC per session for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.SHRM.org.

Requesting CE/PDC Credits

Steps required to receive CE, CNE or PDC credit can be found here: https://www.cancerandcareers.org/en/community/events/accreditation

Certificates

Those who meet all the requirements above will receive a certificate via email within 30 days of the webinar.

Bibliography

Bibliographies are available to attendees by request. To request them, please email cancerandcareers@cew.org, including the titles of the session(s).

Questions or Grievances

If you have any questions about earning continuing education credits, please email cancerandcareers@cew.org. For information on our grievance policy, please click here.

System Requirements

Live webinars will be hosted on the Zoom platform. Click here for Zoom’s system requirements for more information.