WID San Diego – Career Development Workshop & Professional Headshots

Learn how to highlight your strengths, clarify your career direction, and build a credible professional presence in the defense and national security space.

Women In Defense Professional Development Session with Mount Indie

Join us for an interactive, career-focused workshop designed to help you strengthen your personal brand and position yourself for growth in the defense and national security workforce. We'll share hot takes on how to align your resume, LinkedIn presence, and career direction to increase visibility, credibility, and opportunity.

Agenda Highlights (1 Hour)

Define Your Personal Brand
Identify the strengths, values, and skills you want to be known for as you grow your career.

Career Clarity: The Strength + Energy Matrix
Complete a guided 4-quadrant exercise to uncover what energizes you, what drains you, and how to shape your professional story around your highest-impact work.

LinkedIn Best Practices for Defense Professionals
Learn how to optimize your headline, About section, and experience to reflect both credibility and career direction in a high-trust industry

Resume + LinkedIn Alignment for Professional Integrity
Understand why consistency across your professional materials matters (have you heard of Jasper Sleet?) — and how to ensure your profile highlights what you want to do more of, not just what you’ve been tasked with.

Visibility & Networking Strategies That Feel Authentic
Walk away with simple, actionable ways to build professional presence and connections without being “salesy.”

Participants will leave with practical updates they can apply immediately to their LinkedIn profile, resume, and long-term career strategy.

Attendees will have the option to receive professional headshots on-site to update their personal or professional brand. Please see ticket pricing for details. After registering, headshot sign-up details will be shared closer to the event.

Agenda

4:00 - 4:30 pm - Professional Headshot Session 1

4:30 - 5:30 pm - Career Development Presentation

5:30 - 7:30 pm - Professional Headshot Session 2