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1.: Networking Breakfast: Job Search Skills - Tuesday, Oct. 18, 8:30 a. From: Alex Freund

2.: Meeting: TBCNJ November Meeting 11/12 @ 8am - "Success for th From: Brian Mecca

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1.: Networking Breakfast: Job Search Skills - Tuesday, Oct. 18, 8:30 a.

Posted by: "Alex Freund" alex@landingexpert.com freundalex

Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:35 am (PDT)

Networking Breakfast: Job Search Skills

Community Room
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 8:30 a.m.
Nancy Anderson, founder of Blackbird Learning Associates, looks at
statistics facing older workers and discusses transferable skills assessment
tools, choosing the appropriate resume format and examining a job
description for key job skills and matches.
This practical session for jobseekers, aimed at those 40+ but relevant to
all, will include worksheets, assessments and the tools to assist you in
getting the job you want.
Technological changes and social networking are also reviewed at this
Tuesday Networking Breakfast, a monthly meeting of those unemployed,
under-employed or seeking a career change.
Breakfast supplied by Dispensa Café.

http://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=7184
<http://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=7184&EventID=105180>
&EventID=105180

Alex Freund

(609)333-8866

Email: alex@landingexpert.com

Website: www.landingexpert.com

Blog: www.landingexpert.posterous.com

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfreund

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2.: Meeting: TBCNJ November Meeting 11/12 @ 8am - "Success for th

Posted by: "Brian Mecca" Brian.Mecca@yahoo.com bd_mecca

Sun Oct 16, 2011 3:57 pm (PDT)

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The Breakfast Club NJ Presents: Abby Kohut – "Success
for the Seasoned Search: The Benefit of Being Overqualified"
The meeting is Saturday, November 12th at 8:00 AM

This month's Topic: "Success
for the Seasoned Search: The Benefit of Being Overqualified"

Our
presenter is Abby Kohut, who is known on the web as Absolutely Abby, and is the
President of Staffing Symphony, LLC.

"Success for the Seasoned Search: The
Benefit of Being Overqualified"Many seasoned job seekers find
themselves being called overqualified because they have more years of
experience than the job description calls for. Learn powerful strategies to
overcome your interviewer's misconceptions about you. It's impossible to BE
overqualified unless YOU believe you ARE overqualified. In this seminar, you
will learn 1) How to answer the overqualified question 2) Why recruiters AND
hiring managers are concerned about hiring overqualified applicants 3) How to
change your cover letter and resume if you believe you are overqualified 4)
Seven ways to explain on an interview why being overqualified is an advantage.

About the Speaker: Abby Kohut, who is known on the web
as Absolutely Abby, is the President of Staffing Symphony, LLC. In the past 15
years, Abby held positions such as Senior Director of Recruiting for Kaplan,
Interim Director of Recruiting for Continuum Health Partners, and Manager of
Global Recruiting for Alpharma. Abby's articles on AbsolutelyAbby.com and her
bi-weekly Career Wake Up Calls inspire job seekers to stay motivated as they
continue their search for their ideal job. Abby has presented to over 100
groups and was recently interviewed on ABC's Good Morning Connecticut, WKTU-FM,
WOR-AM, WDVR-FM, and the Joe Franklin show on Bloomberg Radio. Her books
"Absolutely Abby's 101 Job Search Secrets" and "Absolutely
Abby's Top 12 Interview Questions Exposed" teach candidates secrets about
the job search process that other recruiters won't tell you. Abby was selected
as one of the top 100 influential people online according to Fast Company
Magazine and was named as one of "The Monster 11 for 2011: Career Experts
Who Can Help Your Job Search". Since 2010, Abby has been on a mission to
help one million job seekers.

Networking begins at 7:30 am, meeting starts promptly at 8:00 am.
Be sure to tell your friends and bring them
along. Be a part of our growing network of Job Seekers, Hiring Managers,
Recruiters, Career Coaches, and people who want to be able to help themselves
and each other.
Event Location:
DaysHotel Conference Center
195 Rt. 18 South, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
732-828-6900

The Breakfast Club NJ
10 Points for Good Member Citizenship

1) Attend meetings regularly to keep group strong and help pay back to others
(meeting logistics on our website www.thebreakfastclubnj.com)

2) Keep anti virus on your machine up to date and run scan regularly

3) Review messages and if request for assistance please help whenever possible

4) Join groups linked in group and connect to other members directly
(questions see Gerry Peyton)

5) Join groups Facebook group and connect to other members directly (questions
see Adrienne Roman)

6) Join groups twitter account (questions see George Pace)

7) If you run across some one in transition invite them to join our group and
sponsor them through process (details on our website
www.thebreakfastclubnj.com)

8) Sunday mornings listen to our radio show, "Your Career Is
Calling", at 8am ET either on radio at 107.7 or via internet
24/7 live or on demand at www.1077thebronc.com (as this is a call in show your
calls help make it successful)

9) If you are in transition put your elevator pitch in writing to group, ask
for help with job search issues or connecting to people at target companies,
regularly post job opportunities (from email you joined the group - send email
to thebreakfastclubnj@yahoogroups.com)

10) Help fellow members whenever possible
Information on "The Breakfast Club NJ":
(www.thebreakfastclubnj.com)
There is
information below on the location, other information, etc. There is a
meeting fee of $10 to help us cover the cost of the hotel conference room for
the meeting.
Go to http://www.thebreakfastclubnj.com for more information and how to join the Yahoo group. You can join the
yahoo group at anytime; you do not need to have attended a meeting. You
can also attend meetings at anytime without having joined the yahoo group.
If you have any
questions, please let me know (brian.mecca@yahoo.com)
or send an email to Info@thebreakfastclubnj.com
We look forward
to seeing everyone let's make this a great meeting for our members that are in
transition and welcome those that have landed
Meeting Format:
7:30 to 8:00 - Open Networking
8:00 to 8:15 - Welcome and housekeeping
8:15 to 9:30 – Presentation by the
guest speaker
9:30 to 11:00 - Elevator Pitch - 30
Seconds about yourself, who you are, what you are looking for, target companies
(3-4), how we can help you, how you can help others.
11:00 until you choose to leave
- Open Networking, follow up with people you are interested in
meeting following their elevator pitch, exchange business cards, peruse the
library, arrange follow up meetings, etc.
1 - Make sure you come with the
30 second elevator pitch - honed - including your targeted companies, your
value proposition, etc.
2 - If you are not already a member of
our linked in and Facebook groups please join
3 - Once linked to our groups - link to
each other - a strong network is a vital component to a successful job search
4 - If you are a member and new to
transition send a brief message to the group (from the email you joined the
breakfast club from) thebreakfastclubnj@yahoogroups.com introducing yourself - and what companies you are targeting - we have
2500+ members that will respond with help where they can

Brian Mecca
The Breakfast Club NJ
Director Member Services

Senior
Manager, Infrastructure and Technology
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmecca/

Keep the faith, keep networking, never give up, never say die.
That position you are looking for may be just around the corner, but
you have to go look for it, it is not going to come to you.

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2011-11 November TBCNJ Meeting.doc

2011-11 November TBCNJ Meeting.pdf

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