Los Angeles Public Library's Career Conversations

If you love music, what would it be like to work at the Los Angeles Philharmonic? Guest speakers from the learning, marketing, and development departments of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Hollywood Bowl will share about their careers.

What is it like to work at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which conducts missions to Mars, Jupiter and beyond? Join us for a conversation with a systems engineer, scientists, artists and education and outreach staff from JPL.

Learn about the field of horticulture from Jorge Ochoa, Associate Professor of Horticulture at Long Beach College. He will discuss plant biology, field botany and more.

Theatre offers a variety of career paths. Learn about the options from an actor, playwrights, and speakers from the East-West Players and Los Angeles Theatre Center.

Learn about what sorts of careers are available for film and television editing. This presentation has representatives from Don't Panik!, and Disney TV Animation.

Learn more about what sort of careers are available in the journalism industry. This presentation has representatives from NPR, Southern California Public Radio and the Los Angeles Times.

Learn more about what sort of careers are available in the funeral industry. This presentation has representatives from Undertaking LA and the Order of the Good Death.

Do you like working with people and solving problems? Have you ever considered a career in law? Join us as lawyers from a variety of fields talk about their work with the law. Learn more about the possibilities from a panel of experts.

Do you enjoy working with people, artifacts, and history? Exactly what is a “Special Library”? Join Robin Dodge, Head Librarian of the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM); Julie Huffman, Genealogy Librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library & Denise L. Mc Iver from the California African American Museum.

Have you ever considered a career that combines hands-on skills with beautiful art? Join us to hear about careers in craftsmanship with makers from Adam's Forge, the Glass Studio, and the Offerman Woodshop.

Have you ever considered a career in music supervision? Wende Crowley, Senior Vice President of Sony/ATV, Film & TV Music, Music Supervisor for such films as Peter Rabbit, Annie and the TV show Cold Case will discuss her work.

Have you ever considered a career in therapy and counseling? Representatives from Soultenders will discuss a variety of careers that utilize therapy: psychotherapy, social work, art and group therapy.

Have you ever considered a career in the video game industry? Hear an expert panel discuss careers in gaming.

Have you ever considered a career in the entertainment industry? Hear an expert panel discuss writing for television.

Have you ever considered a career in architecture or project management? Learn what's involved in designing new buildings in this March interview panel featuring architects from Gehry Partners and KMD.

For our February chat we have with us Software Engineers and Software Developers from Automattic, Selbrite, and Weedmaps.

For our January chat, we have with us Keri Bean, Science and Sequencing Engineer for JPL's Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres, discussing her out of this world job, and careers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

For our November chat we have with us Marketing and Public Relation speakers from the Los Angeles Public Library, Golin, and the Director of Marketing & PR for the New Mart discussing careers in the PR and Marketing world.