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Sat Jul 6, 2013 1:33 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Thomas Donohue" donohue83
Ramsey JSWT Members:
Listed below are next week'supcoming networking events. All meetings are open to the public, plus you arewelcome and strongly encouraged to attend. Try attending at least one or twomeetings a week, what you learn there will definitely help shorten your time intransition. Also, many of these groups convene in the evening, so it will nottake time away from your daily job search activities.
Think of these meetings asopportunities, sort of like going to school, to learn something that can reduceyour time in transition by gaining knowledge in job search and interviewingskills needed to excel and standout from your competition.
In traveling to these meetings,consider car pooling. Not only will it reduce the cost of driving there, but thefriendly conversation will make the ride seem to go much faster.
Ifanyone is aware of an upcoming meeting that you would like to share with thegroup, please let me know and I will gladly include it with my weekly updates. Also, if any transition support group wouldlike to receive this list of upcoming networking events to share with yourmembers, please let me know and it would be my pleasure to add your group to mydistribution list.
Thankyou,
Tom Donohue
a83td@aol.com
http://www.linkedin
Next Week's Upcoming NetworkingEvents
Sundays, from 8:00 –9:00 am. Every Sundaymorning tune into Your Career is Calling on 107.7 FM, The Bronc, the on-campusradio station at Rider University. Hosts FrankKovacs and Wanda Ellet bring youthe best career advice, no matter what stage your career is in. Whether you arein transition, looking for a better opportunity, or even a college student,Your Career is Calling has you covered. Nearlyevery single week, they are joined by a special guest to cover a uniquetopic. Don't forget to tune into 107.7FM The Bronc, http://www.1077theb
Monday, July 8th from10:00 am – 12:00 noon:Northern NJ Professionals in Transition will host: TonyCalabrese,
Monday, July 8thfrom 10:30 am - 1:00 pm:Professional Service Group of Central NJ will host Brenda Fisher, who will give a presentation titled: Over 40? Come Learn About Two WorkforceDevelopmen
Monday, July 8th from6:30 – 8:00 pm: The Sayreville Public Library will host willhost Debra Wheatman, globallyrecognized as an expert in advanced career search techniques, who will give apresentation titled: Building Brand Youwith Social Media. Debra willdiscuss using relevant social media to grow and leverage contacts to facilitateyour job search. Your network is a very important part of helping to uncoveropportunitie
Monday, July 8th from 7:00– 8:00 pm: TheA.C.T.S Job Support Group will host Alex Freund, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Art of Interviewing. All the networking, working with recruitersand answering job ads is worthless unless one is called in for an interview.That is the pen-ultimate goal but how many people understand the interviewprocess and what is important for the interviewer. The audience will walk away with answers tomany questions and with lots of practical information. This one hour long presentation revealsissues such as: 1) Why learn the art of interviewing, 2) Who might interviewyou, 3) The screening and selection interview, 4) Preparing for the interview,5) What is important for the interviewer, 6) Dealing with references, 7) Whatquestions to ask, and 8) Salary negotiations. The meeting is at the Washington Crossing United Methodist Church, 1895Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, PA 18977.
Tuesday, July 9th from10:00 am – 12:00 noon:The Westport Public Library's Business Librarian, Sylvia Schulman, who will give a presentation titled: Energize Your Job Search. Gain anadvantage by using valuable online tools such as Reference USA, LexisNexis andBusiness Company Resource Center. Ms. Schulman will show you how to identifyyour key companies, spot industry trends, and get in-depth backgroundinformati
Tuesday, July 9th from9:30 – 11:30 am: TheHamilton Public Library will host Abby Kohut, known on the web as Absolutely Abby and President ofStaffing Symphony, who will give a presentation titled: Success for the Seasoned Search – the Benefit of Being Overqualified. The meeting is at the Hamilton PublicLibrary, 1 Municipal Drive, Hamilton, NJ 08619.
Tuesday, July 9th from5:30 – 8:00 pm: TheNorthern Fairfield Professionals (NFP) will host David Fischer, founder of Solutions for Growth, who will give apresentation titled: The Power of Email Marketing in the JobSearch. This information-
Tuesday, July 9th from7:30 - 9:30 pm: TheCareer Forum will hostLloyd Feinstein, aCareer Coach, who will give a presentation titled: Mechanics of the Job Search. The meeting is at the Somerset Hills YMCA, 140 Mt. Airy Rd, BaskingRidge, NJ 07920.
Wednesday, July 10thfrom 9:30 am - 12:00 noon:The Professional Support Group of Morris County (PSGMC) will host Alex Freund, a career coach, who willgive a presentation titled: Do You Understand the Hiring Manager? This presentation exposes the thinking ofthe hiring manager. It shows how theinterview is necessarily more focused on the needs of the company and thehiring manager than on those of the candidate. The audience will learn about: 1) How is the hiring manager checking outthe candidate way beyond the résumé and interview, and 2) What values areimportant to the hiring manager? Thispresentation covers ways of searching for answers to those questions as well ashow to answer interview questions properly. Additional information is available at: www.psgmc.org. The meeting will be at the Parsippany Troy Hills Library, 449Halsey Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054.
Wednesday, July 10thfrom 1:00 - 3:00 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will offer a programtitled: WorkSearch Orientation. Are you a 40+ job seeker? WorkSearch is an online system which provideslinks to job openings, skills assessment tools, and training programs at no costto individuals. After taking theorientation, WorkSearch isaccessible to registrants through the Internet, or through Librarycomputers. Attendees will be shown howto download the information to a USB flash drive (Bring your own USB drive). The meeting is at the New York Science,Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY10016.
Wednesday, July 10thfrom 6:00 – 7:30 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host John Crant, who will give apresentation titled: Self-Recruiter® TheParadigm Shift in Job Search: Marketing Yourself To The Decision-Maker. John will discuss techniques for getting theattention of hiring managers. Themeeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 MadisonAvenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Wednesday, July 10thfrom 6:00 – 7:30 pm: JewishFamily Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties will host Neil Cooper, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Defining theKey Elements of the Job Search. To register, please contact Elise Prezant at1-908-725-
Wednesday, July 10thfrom 6:45 - 9:30 pm:The Hillsdale Career Resource Ministry Network Group will host an all-starpanel of experts in career coaching, networking and personal development, whichwill include: Ed Partenope, ourmoderator, Eli Amdur, columnist forthe Bergen Record, Marty Latman,chairman of the Bergen County Financial Executive Networking Group, John Sampson, facilitator of MISNetworking Associates, and BarbaraToscano, career consultant and founder of Evolution. Ourguest panelists will field your questions on any and all topics related to thejob transition process. Please come withall of your toughest questions and prepare for a lively and informativeevening. This is an event that you willnot want to miss. The meeting is at St.John The Baptist Church, in the Sheen Room of the Parish Center, at 69 ValleyRoad, Hillsdale NJ 07642.
Thursday, July 11thfrom 6:00 – 7:30 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host Hal Eskenazi, who will give apresentation titled: Interview Coach24-7. Hal will discuss theinterviewing process and offers tips for a successful interview. The meeting is at the New York Science,Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY10016.
Thursday, July 11th from 6:00 - 7:30 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host RobinNeiman, a VocationalCounselor
Thursday, July 11th from7:00 – 9:00 pm: NNJASTD will host Neil Cooper, a careercoach, who will give a presentation titled: The Key Elements to an EffectiveJob Search. Neil has developed thekey elements you can use in your job search to achieve a high level ofengagement, visibility, and organization, implement confidently, and create acommon sense marketing plan that you can feel comfortable with. In this presentation you will discover: 1)The specific ways to think about your career transition to create a steadystream of confidence, motivation, and sustained momentum, 2) A specific way toorganize your marketing strategies and activities to get exceptional results,and 3) A live demonstration applying specific marketing/networkin
Don't miss an eveningwhere you can expand your network, make new friends, share knowledge with yourpeers, and hear highly relevant and beneficial insights and perspectives fromexperts in the marketplace. Please register at: http://astd711.
Thursday, July 11th from7:00 – 9:00 pm: Livesin Transition (LIT) will host BillCusano, who will give a presentation titled: How to Tell Your Story. Would you like to discover how easy it is to take command of theinterview or networking situation? Join us for an interactive storytellingevent, where you see how easy it is to talk about yourself and make a greatimpression. For additional informationvisit the LIT website at: www.info@livesintra
Thursday, July 11th from7:25 – 9:30 pm:Employment Assistance and Resource Network (EARN) will host KJ Muller, will give a presentationtitled: We are ALL in Sales' -- How toapproach your Job Search like an Entrepreneur. Mr. Muller, will provideattendees with a new outlook on their job search -- one of a entrepreneurialsale
Friday, July 12th from10:00 am - 12:00 noon:The Princeton Public Library will host EdAndriessen and Kevin Lewis, Business Marketing experts, who will give apresentation titled: Interviewing: BeingAccountable in Creating Tasks and a Schedule. A job search is a marketing campaign. Andwith any marketing campaign, the right things need to be done using the righttools, consistently. There is a big difference between being busy and beingproductive. Busy is a trap. Too many people get caught up in a job searchstaying busy doing the wrong things with the wrong tools and doing themerratically. Not only is this ineffective, it leads to frustration and anunnecessarily lengthy job search. Ed andKevin will show you what how to plan and prepare a marketing plan for your jobsearch that schedules the right things consistently for success. This presentation will cover: 1) Why peopledon't manage their time and tasks effectively, 2) What are the tasks thatprovide the biggest bang for the buck and what tasks are busy work, 3) What jobsearch strategies work best for you, 4) How many hours a day and how many daysa week should I be spending on my job search, and 5) How do I keep track of myplan. Join us for this informativesession that will show you how to keep track of your job search activities andget the most return on time investment for your job search. The meeting is at the Princeton PublicLibrary, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542.
Friday, July 12thfrom 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host David Lees, a career coach, who willgive a presentation titled: Network YourWay Into a Job. David will show youhow to develop a new way of networking that will enable you to interact withothers more confidently. The meeting isat the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Saturday, July 13th from8:00 - 10:00 am: TheBreakfast Club will host it monthly meeting, Speaker and Topic To Be Determined. Additional information is availableat http://www.thebreak
Sat Jul 6, 2013 1:33 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"donohue83" donohue83
Ramsey JSWT Members:
Listed below are next week's upcoming networking events. All meetings are open to the public, plus you are welcome and strongly encouraged to attend. Try attending at least one or two meetings a week, what you learn there will definitely help shorten your time in transition. Also, many of these groups convene in the evening, so it will not take time away from your daily job search activities.
Think of these meetings as opportunities, sort of like going to school, to learn something that can reduce your time in transition by gaining knowledge in job search and interviewing skills needed to excel and standout from your competition.
In traveling to these meetings, consider car pooling. Not only will it reduce the cost of driving there, but the friendly conversation will make the ride seem to go much faster.
If anyone is aware of an upcoming meeting that you would like to share with the group, please let me know and I will gladly include it with my weekly updates. Also, if any transition support group would like to receive this list of upcoming networking events to share with your members, please let me know and it would be my pleasure to add your group to my distribution list.
Thank you,
Tom Donohue
a83td@aol.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/tcdonohue
Next Week's Upcoming Networking Events
Sundays, from 8:00 – 9:00 am. Every Sunday morning tune into Your Career is Calling on 107.7 FM, The Bronc, the on-campus radio station at Rider University. Hosts Frank Kovacs and Wanda Ellet bring you the best career advice, no matter what stage your career is in. Whether you are in transition, looking for a better opportunity, or even a college student, Your Career is Calling has you covered. Nearly every single week, they are joined by a special guest to cover a unique topic. Don't forget to tune into 107.7 FM The Bronc, http://www.1077thebronc.com/ or 107.7 The Bronc's free Android and IPhone Apps. Listeners can reach the studio with their questions at 1-877-900-1077.
Monday, July 8th from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon: Northern NJ Professionals in Transition will host: Tony Calabrese, a Five O'Clock Club-Certified Career Coach, who will give a presentation titled: Assessment Tools To Assist You In Determining What It Is That You Want To Do Next. If you are having trouble deciding what type of work to pursue; the type of environment that is best for you; which things have satisfied you in past jobs and which have not; then this presentation will be of great value to you. Please join us for this uplifting and informative presentation, during which you will learn, meet fellow job-seekers, and get the support that you need and deserve. The meeting is at the Maplewood Public Library, 51 Baker St, Maplewood, NJ 07040.
Monday, July 8th from 10:30 am - 1:00 pm: Professional Service Group of Central NJ will host Brenda Fisher, who will give a presentation titled: Over 40? Come Learn About Two Workforce Development Programs Just For You. Additional information is available at: www.psgcnj.org. The meeting will be at First United Methodist Church of Somerville, 48 West High Street, Somerville, NJ 08876.
Monday, July 8th from 6:30 – 8:00 pm: The Sayreville Public Library will host will host Debra Wheatman, globally recognized as an expert in advanced career search techniques, who will give a presentation titled: Building Brand You with Social Media. Debra will discuss using relevant social media to grow and leverage contacts to facilitate your job search. Your network is a very important part of helping to uncover opportunities that might otherwise not be found. What are the current tools and techniques that today's job seeker should be using? This informative session will tell you. You will also learn some valuable information to best utilize these available tools to your advantage. For more information or to register, contact Alaina at 1-732-727-0212 ex. 25, email her at alainad@lmxac.org , or register online. The meeting is at the Sayreville Public Library, 1050 Washington Road, Parlin, NJ 08859.
Monday, July 8th from 7:00 – 8:00 pm: The A.C.T.S Job Support Group will host Alex Freund, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Art of Interviewing. All the networking, working with recruiters and answering job ads is worthless unless one is called in for an interview. That is the pen-ultimate goal but how many people understand the interview process and what is important for the interviewer. The audience will walk away with answers to many questions and with lots of practical information. This one hour long presentation reveals issues such as: 1) Why learn the art of interviewing, 2) Who might interview you, 3) The screening and selection interview, 4) Preparing for the interview, 5) What is important for the interviewer, 6) Dealing with references, 7) What questions to ask, and 8) Salary negotiations. The meeting is at the Washington Crossing United Methodist Church, 1895 Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, PA 18977.
Tuesday, July 9th from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon: The Westport Public Library's Business Librarian, Sylvia Schulman, who will give a presentation titled: Energize Your Job Search. Gain an advantage by using valuable online tools such as Reference USA, LexisNexis and Business Company Resource Center. Ms. Schulman will show you how to identify your key companies, spot industry trends, and get in-depth background information for greater success in networking and interviewing. The meeting is at the Westport Public Library, 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT 06880.
Tuesday, July 9th from 9:30 – 11:30 am: The Hamilton Public Library will host Abby Kohut, known on the web as Absolutely Abby and President of Staffing Symphony, who will give a presentation titled: Success for the Seasoned Search – the Benefit of Being Overqualified. The meeting is at the Hamilton Public Library, 1 Municipal Drive, Hamilton, NJ 08619.
Tuesday, July 9th from 5:30 – 8:00 pm: The Northern Fairfield Professionals (NFP) will host David Fischer, founder of Solutions for Growth, who will give a presentation titled: The Power of Email Marketing in the Job Search. This information-packed seminar will demonstrate how email marketing can really help drive business success and a job search. Participants will learn how to start and build a strong permission-based targeted list, get their audience to open, read and act on their email, and use their past results to sharpen their email marketing program as they go along. This practical seminar will provide a concise, but comprehensive overview of how easy it is to create and send professional-looking email along with other documents. Attendees will learn the latest best practices and proven strategies, and leave with real-world insights and knowledge that can be put to work immediately to help achieve success. The meeting is in the St. Rose Knights of Columbus Building, 46 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT 06470. Behind Saint Rose church to the far left. The Knights building has 3 garage doors on the first floor, the meeting room is on the second floor. The entrance is the first door in the front of the building.
Tuesday, July 9th from 7:30 - 9:30 pm: The Career Forum will host Lloyd Feinstein, a Career Coach, who will give a presentation titled: Mechanics of the Job Search. The meeting is at the Somerset Hills YMCA, 140 Mt. Airy Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920.
Wednesday, July 10th from 9:30 am - 12:00 noon: The Professional Support Group of Morris County (PSGMC) will host Alex Freund, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: Do You Understand the Hiring Manager? This presentation exposes the thinking of the hiring manager. It shows how the interview is necessarily more focused on the needs of the company and the hiring manager than on those of the candidate. The audience will learn about: 1) How is the hiring manager checking out the candidate way beyond the résumé and interview, and 2) What values are important to the hiring manager? This presentation covers ways of searching for answers to those questions as well as how to answer interview questions properly. Additional information is available at: www.psgmc.org. The meeting will be at the Parsippany Troy Hills Library, 449 Halsey Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054.
Wednesday, July 10th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm: The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will offer a program titled: WorkSearch Orientation. Are you a 40+ job seeker? WorkSearch is an online system which provides links to job openings, skills assessment tools, and training programs at no cost to individuals. After taking the orientation, WorkSearch is accessible to registrants through the Internet, or through Library computers. Attendees will be shown how to download the information to a USB flash drive (Bring your own USB drive). The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Wednesday, July 10th from 6:00 – 7:30 pm: The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host John Crant, who will give a presentation titled: Self-Recruiter® The Paradigm Shift in Job Search: Marketing Yourself To The Decision-Maker. John will discuss techniques for getting the attention of hiring managers. The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Wednesday, July 10th from 6:00 – 7:30 pm: Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties will host Neil Cooper, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Defining the Key Elements of the Job Search. To register, please contact Elise Prezant at 1-908-725-7799 or eprezant@JewishFamilySvc.org . The meeting is at Jewish Family Service, 150-A West High Street, Somerville, NJ 08876.
Wednesday, July 10th from 6:45 - 9:30 pm: The Hillsdale Career Resource Ministry Network Group will host an all-star panel of experts in career coaching, networking and personal development, which will include: Ed Partenope, our moderator, Eli Amdur, columnist for the Bergen Record, Marty Latman, chairman of the Bergen County Financial Executive Networking Group, John Sampson, facilitator of MIS Networking Associates, and Barbara Toscano, career consultant and founder of Evolution. Our guest panelists will field your questions on any and all topics related to the job transition process. Please come with all of your toughest questions and prepare for a lively and informative evening. This is an event that you will not want to miss. The meeting is at St. John The Baptist Church, in the Sheen Room of the Parish Center, at 69 Valley Road, Hillsdale NJ 07642.
Thursday, July 11th from 6:00 – 7:30 pm: The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host Hal Eskenazi, who will give a presentation titled: Interview Coach 24-7. Hal will discuss the interviewing process and offers tips for a successful interview. The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Thursday, July 11th from 6:00 - 7:30 pm: The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host Robin Neiman, a Vocational Counselor, and Sherry Natkow, a Career Coach, who will lead a program titled: Drop-In Job Club for College Graduates in Their Twenties. Participants learn how to market themselves, how to conduct a strategic job search, meet other twenty-something job-seekers in a supportive environment. Handouts and resources will be provided. The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Thursday, July 11th from 7:00 – 9:00 pm: NNJ ASTD will host Neil Cooper, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Key Elements to an Effective Job Search. Neil has developed the key elements you can use in your job search to achieve a high level of engagement, visibility, and organization, implement confidently, and create a common sense marketing plan that you can feel comfortable with. In this presentation you will discover: 1) The specific ways to think about your career transition to create a steady stream of confidence, motivation, and sustained momentum, 2) A specific way to organize your marketing strategies and activities to get exceptional results, and 3) A live demonstration applying specific marketing/networking activities into your schedule that will improve your results. If you are interested in organizing and accelerating your career search, learning how to apply the best practices for marketing yourself, and working with confidence and certainty, the quickest way to jumpstart your effort is to join us. For additional information, contact Alicja Lisnow at a_lisnow@yahoo.com .
Don't miss an evening where you can expand your network, make new friends, share knowledge with your peers, and hear highly relevant and beneficial insights and perspectives from experts in the marketplace. Please register at: http://astd711.eventbrite.com. The meeting is at the Cedar Hill Christian Reformed Church, 422 Cedar Hill Ave, Wyckoff, NJ 07481.
Thursday, July 11th from 7:00 – 9:00 pm: Lives in Transition (LIT) will host Bill Cusano, who will give a presentation titled: How to Tell Your Story. Would you like to discover how easy it is to take command of the interview or networking situation? Join us for an interactive storytelling event, where you see how easy it is to talk about yourself and make a great impression. For additional information visit the LIT website at: www.info@livesintransition.com . For planning purposes, we appreciate an early RSVP at: livesintransition@gmail.com . The meeting is in Rye Presbyterian Church's Assembly Room, 882 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY 10580.
Thursday, July 11th from 7:25 – 9:30 pm: Employment Assistance and Resource Network (EARN) will host KJ Muller, will give a presentation titled: We are ALL in Sales' -- How to approach your Job Search like an Entrepreneur. Mr. Muller, will provide attendees with a new outlook on their job search -- one of a entrepreneurial salesperson. The presentation will show how we can view the job search as an opportunity to make one important sale (the job offer) of our product (us) to the customer (the hiring manager). It will also cover how you can use LinkedIn as part of your sales research. Please register at: EARN20130711.eventbrite.com or visit EARNatStPats.com for more information. The meeting is at St. Patrick's Church, 137 Moseman Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598.
Friday, July 12th from 10:00 am - 12:00 noon: The Princeton Public Library will host Ed Andriessen and Kevin Lewis, Business Marketing experts, who will give a presentation titled: Interviewing: Being Accountable in Creating Tasks and a Schedule. A job search is a marketing campaign. And with any marketing campaign, the right things need to be done using the right tools, consistently. There is a big difference between being busy and being productive. Busy is a trap. Too many people get caught up in a job search staying busy doing the wrong things with the wrong tools and doing them erratically. Not only is this ineffective, it leads to frustration and an unnecessarily lengthy job search. Ed and Kevin will show you what how to plan and prepare a marketing plan for your job search that schedules the right things consistently for success. This presentation will cover: 1) Why people don't manage their time and tasks effectively, 2) What are the tasks that provide the biggest bang for the buck and what tasks are busy work, 3) What job search strategies work best for you, 4) How many hours a day and how many days a week should I be spending on my job search, and 5) How do I keep track of my plan. Join us for this informative session that will show you how to keep track of your job search activities and get the most return on time investment for your job search. The meeting is at the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542.
Friday, July 12th from 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm: The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host David Lees, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: Network Your Way Into a Job. David will show you how to develop a new way of networking that will enable you to interact with others more confidently. The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Saturday, July 13th from 8:00 - 10:00 am: The Breakfast Club will host it monthly meeting, Speaker and Topic To Be Determined. Additional information is available at http://www.thebreakfastclubnj.com. The meeting is at the Days Hotel Conference Center, 195 Rt. 18 South, East Brunswick, NJ 08816. There is a meeting fee of $10 to cover the cost of the hotel conference room.
Listed below are next week's upcoming networking events. All meetings are open to the public, plus you are welcome and strongly encouraged to attend. Try attending at least one or two meetings a week, what you learn there will definitely help shorten your time in transition. Also, many of these groups convene in the evening, so it will not take time away from your daily job search activities.
Think of these meetings as opportunities, sort of like going to school, to learn something that can reduce your time in transition by gaining knowledge in job search and interviewing skills needed to excel and standout from your competition.
In traveling to these meetings, consider car pooling. Not only will it reduce the cost of driving there, but the friendly conversation will make the ride seem to go much faster.
If anyone is aware of an upcoming meeting that you would like to share with the group, please let me know and I will gladly include it with my weekly updates. Also, if any transition support group would like to receive this list of upcoming networking events to share with your members, please let me know and it would be my pleasure to add your group to my distribution list.
Thank you,
Tom Donohue
a83td@aol.com
http://www.linkedin
Next Week's Upcoming Networking Events
Sundays, from 8:00 – 9:00 am. Every Sunday morning tune into Your Career is Calling on 107.7 FM, The Bronc, the on-campus radio station at Rider University. Hosts Frank Kovacs and Wanda Ellet bring you the best career advice, no matter what stage your career is in. Whether you are in transition, looking for a better opportunity, or even a college student, Your Career is Calling has you covered. Nearly every single week, they are joined by a special guest to cover a unique topic. Don't forget to tune into 107.7 FM The Bronc, http://www.1077theb
Monday, July 8th from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon: Northern NJ Professionals in Transition will host: Tony Calabrese, a Five O'Clock Club-Certified Career Coach, who will give a presentation titled: Assessment Tools To Assist You In Determining What It Is That You Want To Do Next. If you are having trouble deciding what type of work to pursue; the type of environment that is best for you; which things have satisfied you in past jobs and which have not; then this presentation will be of great value to you. Please join us for this uplifting and informative presentation, during which you will learn, meet fellow job-seekers, and get the support that you need and deserve. The meeting is at the Maplewood Public Library, 51 Baker St, Maplewood, NJ 07040.
Monday, July 8th from 10:30 am - 1:00 pm: Professional Service Group of Central NJ will host Brenda Fisher, who will give a presentation titled: Over 40? Come Learn About Two Workforce Development Programs Just For You. Additional information is available at: www.psgcnj.org. The meeting will be at First United Methodist Church of Somerville, 48 West High Street, Somerville, NJ 08876.
Monday, July 8th from 6:30 – 8:00 pm: The Sayreville Public Library will host will host Debra Wheatman, globally recognized as an expert in advanced career search techniques, who will give a presentation titled: Building Brand You with Social Media. Debra will discuss using relevant social media to grow and leverage contacts to facilitate your job search. Your network is a very important part of helping to uncover opportunities that might otherwise not be found. What are the current tools and techniques that today's job seeker should be using? This informative session will tell you. You will also learn some valuable information to best utilize these available tools to your advantage. For more information or to register, contact Alaina at 1-732-727-0212 ex. 25, email her at alainad@lmxac.
Monday, July 8th from 7:00 – 8:00 pm: The A.C.T.S Job Support Group will host Alex Freund, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Art of Interviewing. All the networking, working with recruiters and answering job ads is worthless unless one is called in for an interview. That is the pen-ultimate goal but how many people understand the interview process and what is important for the interviewer. The audience will walk away with answers to many questions and with lots of practical information. This one hour long presentation reveals issues such as: 1) Why learn the art of interviewing, 2) Who might interview you, 3) The screening and selection interview, 4) Preparing for the interview, 5) What is important for the interviewer, 6) Dealing with references, 7) What questions to ask, and 8) Salary negotiations. The meeting is at the Washington Crossing United Methodist Church, 1895 Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, PA 18977.
Tuesday, July 9th from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon: The Westport Public Library'
Tuesday, July 9th from 9:30 – 11:30 am: The Hamilton Public Library will host Abby Kohut, known on the web as Absolutely Abby and President of Staffing Symphony, who will give a presentation titled: Success for the Seasoned Search – the Benefit of Being Overqualified. The meeting is at the Hamilton Public Library, 1 Municipal Drive, Hamilton, NJ 08619.
Tuesday, July 9th from 5:30 – 8:00 pm: The Northern Fairfield Professionals (NFP) will host David Fischer, founder of Solutions for Growth, who will give a presentation titled: The Power of Email Marketing in the Job Search. This information-
Tuesday, July 9th from 7:30 - 9:30 pm: The Career Forum will host Lloyd Feinstein, a Career Coach, who will give a presentation titled: Mechanics of the Job Search. The meeting is at the Somerset Hills YMCA, 140 Mt. Airy Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920.
Wednesday, July 10th from 9:30 am - 12:00 noon: The Professional Support Group of Morris County (PSGMC) will host Alex Freund, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: Do You Understand the Hiring Manager? This presentation exposes the thinking of the hiring manager. It shows how the interview is necessarily more focused on the needs of the company and the hiring manager than on those of the candidate. The audience will learn about: 1) How is the hiring manager checking out the candidate way beyond the résumé and interview, and 2) What values are important to the hiring manager? This presentation covers ways of searching for answers to those questions as well as how to answer interview questions properly. Additional information is available at: www.psgmc.org. The meeting will be at the Parsippany Troy Hills Library, 449 Halsey Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054.
Wednesday, July 10th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm: The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will offer a program titled: WorkSearch Orientation. Are you a 40+ job seeker? WorkSearch is an online system which provides links to job openings, skills assessment tools, and training programs at no cost to individuals. After taking the orientation, WorkSearch is accessible to registrants through the Internet, or through Library computers. Attendees will be shown how to download the information to a USB flash drive (Bring your own USB drive). The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Wednesday, July 10th from 6:00 – 7:30 pm: The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host John Crant, who will give a presentation titled: Self-Recruiter® The Paradigm Shift in Job Search: Marketing Yourself To The Decision-Maker. John will discuss techniques for getting the attention of hiring managers. The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Wednesday, July 10th from 6:00 – 7:30 pm: Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties will host Neil Cooper, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Defining the Key Elements of the Job Search. To register, please contact Elise Prezant at 1-908-725-7799 or eprezant@JewishFami
Wednesday, July 10th from 6:45 - 9:30 pm: The Hillsdale Career Resource Ministry Network Group will host an all-star panel of experts in career coaching, networking and personal development, which will include: Ed Partenope, our moderator, Eli Amdur, columnist for the Bergen Record, Marty Latman, chairman of the Bergen County Financial Executive Networking Group, John Sampson, facilitator of MIS Networking Associates, and Barbara Toscano, career consultant and founder of Evolution. Our guest panelists will field your questions on any and all topics related to the job transition process. Please come with all of your toughest questions and prepare for a lively and informative evening. This is an event that you will not want to miss. The meeting is at St. John The Baptist Church, in the Sheen Room of the Parish Center, at 69 Valley Road, Hillsdale NJ 07642.
Thursday, July 11th from 6:00 – 7:30 pm: The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host Hal Eskenazi, who will give a presentation titled: Interview Coach 24-7. Hal will discuss the interviewing process and offers tips for a successful interview. The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Thursday, July 11th from 6:00 - 7:30 pm: The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host Robin Neiman, a Vocational Counselor, and Sherry Natkow, a Career Coach, who will lead a program titled: Drop-In Job Club for College Graduates in Their Twenties. Participants learn how to market themselves, how to conduct a strategic job search, meet other twenty-something job-seekers in a supportive environment. Handouts and resources will be provided. The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Thursday, July 11th from 7:00 – 9:00 pm: NNJ ASTD will host Neil Cooper, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Key Elements to an Effective Job Search. Neil has developed the key elements you can use in your job search to achieve a high level of engagement, visibility, and organization, implement confidently, and create a common sense marketing plan that you can feel comfortable with. In this presentation you will discover: 1) The specific ways to think about your career transition to create a steady stream of confidence, motivation, and sustained momentum, 2) A specific way to organize your marketing strategies and activities to get exceptional results, and 3) A live demonstration applying specific marketing/networkin
Don't miss an evening where you can expand your network, make new friends, share knowledge with your peers, and hear highly relevant and beneficial insights and perspectives from experts in the marketplace. Please register at: http://astd711.
Thursday, July 11th from 7:00 – 9:00 pm: Lives in Transition (LIT) will host Bill Cusano, who will give a presentation titled: How to Tell Your Story. Would you like to discover how easy it is to take command of the interview or networking situation? Join us for an interactive storytelling event, where you see how easy it is to talk about yourself and make a great impression. For additional information visit the LIT website at: www.info@livesintra
Thursday, July 11th from 7:25 – 9:30 pm: Employment Assistance and Resource Network (EARN) will host KJ Muller, will give a presentation titled: We are ALL in Sales' -- How to approach your Job Search like an Entrepreneur. Mr. Muller, will provide attendees with a new outlook on their job search -- one of a entrepreneurial salesperson. The presentation will show how we can view the job search as an opportunity to make one important sale (the job offer) of our product (us) to the customer (the hiring manager). It will also cover how you can use LinkedIn as part of your sales research. Please register at: EARN20130711.
Friday, July 12th from 10:00 am - 12:00 noon: The Princeton Public Library will host Ed Andriessen and Kevin Lewis, Business Marketing experts, who will give a presentation titled: Interviewing: Being Accountable in Creating Tasks and a Schedule. A job search is a marketing campaign. And with any marketing campaign, the right things need to be done using the right tools, consistently. There is a big difference between being busy and being productive. Busy is a trap. Too many people get caught up in a job search staying busy doing the wrong things with the wrong tools and doing them erratically. Not only is this ineffective, it leads to frustration and an unnecessarily lengthy job search. Ed and Kevin will show you what how to plan and prepare a marketing plan for your job search that schedules the right things consistently for success. This presentation will cover: 1) Why people don't manage their time and tasks effectively, 2) What are the tasks that provide the biggest bang for the buck and what tasks are busy work, 3) What job search strategies work best for you, 4) How many hours a day and how many days a week should I be spending on my job search, and 5) How do I keep track of my plan. Join us for this informative session that will show you how to keep track of your job search activities and get the most return on time investment for your job search. The meeting is at the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542.
Friday, July 12th from 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm: The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host David Lees, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: Network Your Way Into a Job. David will show you how to develop a new way of networking that will enable you to interact with others more confidently. The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Saturday, July 13th from 8:00 - 10:00 am: The Breakfast Club will host it monthly meeting, Speaker and Topic To Be Determined. Additional information is available at http://www.thebreak
Sat Jul 6, 2013 1:33 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"john sampson" jcsspike
Job Title: Internal Portfolio Manager
Location: RARITAN, NJ
Duration: 6 months
Job Description:
Description:
Portfolio Manager
Position Overview:
This position will lead and support various Portfolio related activities across the Pharm R&D Portfolio. Primary responsibilities for this role will focus on the R&D Governance Model and the Portfolio. The Governance Model consists of a Committee which includes a joint partnership between the R&D Business and the IT Organization. This committee is responsible for assessing and determining the portfolio of investments for the IT organization. Additionally, this role will provide support to various portfolio related activities related to the Portfolio. The scope of "portfolio" may be applied to all IT investments, financials, resources, including IT assets and labor resources.
Position is an Ad Hoc member of the following teams:
1.Pharm PPA
2.R&D IT
Primary Duties:
1.Lead activities related to R&D Portfolio Governance Process (70)
a.Handle all day-to-day coordination for generating Meeting materials pre/post meetings
b.Work with various levels of Leadership and their teams to collect, review and communicate progress
c.Collaborate with Finance to ensure alignment between Portfolio tool and their data
d.Update SharePoint site status and slides pre/post meeting
e.Generate meeting materials (agenda, process slides, etc.)
f.Develop, analyze and maintain portfolio dashboard
g.Manage Meeting follow-ups
2.Assist with PMO related activities (30%)
a.Facilitate project & resource planning and management processes that includes macro level resource estimation. Mature IS/AS Investment planning and 90 Day Capacity process
b.Ensures the completeness and accuracy of portfolio data with project managers and other stakeholders, including Senior Management.
c.Maintain formal improvement plans for portfolio activities (i.e.Track and respond to VP requests, recommend continuous improvement opportunities)
d.Drive awareness of information on IT assets and create transparency to key cost drivers.
e.Drive Total Cost of Ownership awareness for Business Critical Applications & establish framework for non-critical apps and services.
f.Analyze and develop presentations for portfolio governance processes and reviews.
g.Provide education and support for the portfolio related data and processes.
h.Collaborate with peers to develop and execute portfolio and capacity planning processes within Pharm and across the sectors. Continually strive to improve and evolve processes and develop organizational competencies in project planning and execution, resource management and benefit realization.
Qualifications
Education: BS/BA degree is required
Experience/Qualifications:
The successful candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree (Business or Computer Science preferred).
A minimum of 8-10 years progressive IT work experience is required.
Strong end-to-end process development/ management
Ability to think strategically and work independently is a must. Work through ambiguity.
Must be highly analytical with a focus on business results. Ability to analyze data, translate into meaningful dashboards/metrics for executive audiences
Must be a results-driven with ability to effectively execute a variety of activities concurrently in a rapid manner across local and global organizations.
Strong communication and collaboration skills are required.
Strong knowledge of portfolio management methodologies and tools, including project selection methods, prioritization processes, and models to support portfolio decision making.
Coordinate across functional groups
Create process documentation and reporting
Strong knowledge of program and project management processes and financial processes are required.
Strong technical acumen and leadership.
Strong presentation, facilitation and communication skills and the ability to influence without authority are required.
Ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization.
If you believe you're qualified for this position and are currently in the job market or interested in making a change, please give me a call as soon as possible at (973) 967-3496.
You may respond to me via email but please be sure to include your direct phone number so I can reach out to you quickly. In considering candidates for our various positions, time is of the essence and we are committed to responding to our clients promptly.
If you have not worked with Artech in the past and would like to know more about our company and what to expect when applying for a job with us, click on our FAQs or Get Started! page for a step-by-step explanation of our hiring process.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to read and respond to this message.
Best Regards,
Gaitri Choudhary
(973) 967-3496
Gaitri.Choudhary@artechinfo.com
MIS Ntwk Assoc Mtg Dates
July 9th - Tues - Reg Mtg - 6 pm Offices of Berman Larson Kane - Bring 10 copies of your resume - Don't use GPS for Dir to BLK Offices - Go to BLK site for directions
Aug 13th & 20th No Mtgs - Vacation
Sept 24th - Tuesday - Dinner Mtg - Recruiter Night Out
Location: RARITAN, NJ
Duration: 6 months
Job Description:
Description:
Portfolio Manager
Position Overview:
This position will lead and support various Portfolio related activities across the Pharm R&D Portfolio. Primary responsibilities for this role will focus on the R&D Governance Model and the Portfolio. The Governance Model consists of a Committee which includes a joint partnership between the R&D Business and the IT Organization. This committee is responsible for assessing and determining the portfolio of investments for the IT organization. Additionally, this role will provide support to various portfolio related activities related to the Portfolio. The scope of "portfolio" may be applied to all IT investments, financials, resources, including IT assets and labor resources.
Position is an Ad Hoc member of the following teams:
1.Pharm PPA
2.R&D IT
Primary Duties:
1.Lead activities related to R&D Portfolio Governance Process (70)
a.Handle all day-to-day coordination for generating Meeting materials pre/post meetings
b.Work with various levels of Leadership and their teams to collect, review and communicate progress
c.Collaborate with Finance to ensure alignment between Portfolio tool and their data
d.Update SharePoint site status and slides pre/post meeting
e.Generate meeting materials (agenda, process slides, etc.)
f.Develop, analyze and maintain portfolio dashboard
g.Manage Meeting follow-ups
2.Assist with PMO related activities (30%)
a.Facilitate project & resource planning and management processes that includes macro level resource estimation. Mature IS/AS Investment planning and 90 Day Capacity process
b.Ensures the completeness and accuracy of portfolio data with project managers and other stakeholders, including Senior Management.
c.Maintain formal improvement plans for portfolio activities (i.e.Track and respond to VP requests, recommend continuous improvement opportunities)
d.Drive awareness of information on IT assets and create transparency to key cost drivers.
e.Drive Total Cost of Ownership awareness for Business Critical Applications & establish framework for non-critical apps and services.
f.Analyze and develop presentations for portfolio governance processes and reviews.
g.Provide education and support for the portfolio related data and processes.
h.Collaborate with peers to develop and execute portfolio and capacity planning processes within Pharm and across the sectors. Continually strive to improve and evolve processes and develop organizational competencies in project planning and execution, resource management and benefit realization.
Qualifications
Education: BS/BA degree is required
Experience/Qualific
The successful candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree (Business or Computer Science preferred).
A minimum of 8-10 years progressive IT work experience is required.
Strong end-to-end process development/ management
Ability to think strategically and work independently is a must. Work through ambiguity.
Must be highly analytical with a focus on business results. Ability to analyze data, translate into meaningful dashboards/metrics for executive audiences
Must be a results-driven with ability to effectively execute a variety of activities concurrently in a rapid manner across local and global organizations.
Strong communication and collaboration skills are required.
Strong knowledge of portfolio management methodologies and tools, including project selection methods, prioritization processes, and models to support portfolio decision making.
Coordinate across functional groups
Create process documentation and reporting
Strong knowledge of program and project management processes and financial processes are required.
Strong technical acumen and leadership.
Strong presentation, facilitation and communication skills and the ability to influence without authority are required.
Ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization.
If you believe you're qualified for this position and are currently in the job market or interested in making a change, please give me a call as soon as possible at (973) 967-3496.
You may respond to me via email but please be sure to include your direct phone number so I can reach out to you quickly. In considering candidates for our various positions, time is of the essence and we are committed to responding to our clients promptly.
If you have not worked with Artech in the past and would like to know more about our company and what to expect when applying for a job with us, click on our FAQs or Get Started! page for a step-by-step explanation of our hiring process.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to read and respond to this message.
Best Regards,
Gaitri Choudhary
(973) 967-3496
Gaitri.Choudhary@
MIS Ntwk Assoc Mtg Dates
July 9th - Tues - Reg Mtg - 6 pm Offices of Berman Larson Kane - Bring 10 copies of your resume - Don't use GPS for Dir to BLK Offices - Go to BLK site for directions
Aug 13th & 20th No Mtgs - Vacation
Sept 24th - Tuesday - Dinner Mtg - Recruiter Night Out
Sun Jul 7, 2013 4:38 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Terrence Seamon" thseamon
Be sure to listen to Frank Kovacs radio show every Sunday morning
Sundays, from 8:00 –
9:00 am. Every Sunday
morning tune into Your Career is Calling on 107.7 FM, The Bronc, the on-campus
radio station at Rider University. Hosts Frank
Kovacs and Wanda Ellet bring you
the best career advice, no matter what stage your career is in. Whether you are
in transition, looking for a better opportunity, or even a college student,
Your Career is Calling has you covered. Nearly
every single week, they are joined by a special guest to cover a unique
topic. Don't forget to tune into 107.7
FM The Bronc, http://www.1077thebronc.com/or 107.7 The Bronc's free
Android and IPhone Apps. Listeners can reach the studio with
their questions at 1-877-900-1077.
Terrence Seamon, author of "To Your Success!" and "Lead the Way!"
Facilitating Change - Achieving Results!
Organization Development & Training
http://www.facebook.com/FacilitationSolutions
(732) 246-3014 home/office
(732) 715-8218 cell
thseamon@yahoo.com
~ "Grow your people, and they will grow your business" ~
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Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: Next Week's Upcoming Networking Events
Tom
Thanks so much hopefully this will help those attend and get the message that can't attend by traditional means
We have people who are disabled, or their religious practice conflicts, or even the price of gas is a restriction so I thank you for posting our radio show as an alternative
Frank
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 6, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Thomas Donohue <a83td@aol.com> wrote:
>Ramsey JSWT Members:
>
>Listed below are next week's
upcoming networking events. All meetings are open to the public, plus you are
welcome and strongly encouraged to attend. Try attending at least one or two
meetings a week, what you learn there will definitely help shorten your time in
transition. Also, many of these groups convene in the evening, so it will not
take time away from your daily job search activities.
>
>Think of these meetings as
opportunities, sort of like going to school, to learn something that can reduce
your time in transition by gaining knowledge in job search and interviewing
skills needed to excel and standout from your competition.
>
>In traveling to these meetings,
consider car pooling. Not only will it reduce the cost of driving there, but the
friendly conversation will make the ride seem to go much faster.
>
>If
anyone is aware of an upcoming meeting that you would like to share with the
group, please let me know and I will gladly include it with my weekly updates. Also, if any transition support group would
like to receive this list of upcoming networking events to share with your
members, please let me know and it would be my pleasure to add your group to my
distribution list.
>
>Thank
you,
>
>Tom Donohue
>a83td@aol.com
>http://www.linkedin.com/in/tcdonohue
>
>
>Next Week's Upcoming Networking
Events
>
>Sundays, from 8:00 –
9:00 am. Every Sunday
morning tune into Your Career is Calling on 107.7 FM, The Bronc, the on-campus
radio station at Rider University. Hosts Frank
Kovacs and Wanda Ellet bring you
the best career advice, no matter what stage your career is in. Whether you are
in transition, looking for a better opportunity, or even a college student,
Your Career is Calling has you covered. Nearly
every single week, they are joined by a special guest to cover a unique
topic. Don't forget to tune into 107.7
FM The Bronc, http://www.1077thebronc.com/or 107.7 The Bronc's free
Android and IPhone Apps. Listeners can reach the studio with
their questions at 1-877-900-1077.
>
>Monday, July 8th from
10:00 am – 12:00 noon:
Northern NJ Professionals in Transition will host: Tony
Calabrese,
a Five O'Clock Club-Certified Career Coach, who will give a presentation titled:Assessment Tools To Assist You In
Determining What It Is That You Want To Do Next. If you are having trouble deciding what type
of work to pursue; the type of environment that is best for you; which things
have satisfied you in past jobs and which have not; then this presentation will
be of great value to you. Please join us for this uplifting and
informative presentation, during which you will learn, meet fellow job-seekers,
and get the support that you need and deserve. The meeting is at the Maplewood Public Library, 51 Baker St, Maplewood,
NJ 07040.
>
>Monday, July 8thfrom 10:30 am - 1:00 pm:Professional Service Group of Central NJ will host Brenda Fisher, who will give a presentation titled: Over 40? Come Learn About Two Workforce
Development Programs Just For You. Additional information is available at: www.psgcnj.org. The meeting will be at First United Methodist
Church of Somerville, 48 West High Street, Somerville, NJ 08876.
>
>Monday, July 8th from
6:30 – 8:00 pm: The Sayreville Public Library will host will
host Debra Wheatman, globally
recognized as an expert in advanced career search techniques, who will give a
presentation titled: Building Brand You
with Social Media. Debra will
discuss using relevant social media to grow and leverage contacts to facilitate
your job search. Your network is a very important part of helping to uncover
opportunities that might otherwise not be found. What are the current tools and
techniques that today's job seeker should be using? This informative session
will tell you. You will also learn some
valuable information to best utilize these available tools to your advantage.
For more information or to register, contact Alaina at 1-732-727-0212 ex. 25,
email her at alainad@lmxac.org , or register online. The meeting is at the Sayreville Public Library, 1050 Washington Road,
Parlin, NJ 08859.
>
>Monday, July 8th from 7:00
– 8:00 pm: The
A.C.T.S Job Support Group will hostAlex Freund, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Art of Interviewing. All the networking, working with recruiters
and answering job ads is worthless unless one is called in for an interview.
That is the pen-ultimate goal but how many people understand the interview
process and what is important for the interviewer. The audience will walk away with answers to
many questions and with lots of practical information. This one hour long presentation reveals
issues such as: 1) Why learn the art of interviewing, 2) Who might interview
you, 3) The screening and selection interview, 4) Preparing for the interview,
5) What is important for the interviewer, 6) Dealing with references, 7) What
questions to ask, and 8) Salary negotiations. The meeting is at the Washington Crossing United Methodist Church, 1895
Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, PA 18977.
>
>Tuesday, July 9th from
10:00 am – 12:00 noon:
The Westport Public Library's Business Librarian, Sylvia Schulman, who will give a presentation titled: Energize Your Job Search. Gain an
advantage by using valuable online tools such as Reference USA, LexisNexis and
Business Company Resource Center. Ms. Schulman will show you how to identify
your key companies, spot industry trends, and get in-depth background
information for greater success in networking and interviewing. The meeting is
at the Westport Public Library, 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT 06880.
>
>Tuesday, July 9th from
9:30 – 11:30 am:The
Hamilton Public Library will hostAbby Kohut, known on the web as Absolutely Abby and President of
Staffing Symphony, who will give a presentation titled: Success for the Seasoned Search – the Benefit of Being Overqualified. The meeting is at the Hamilton Public
Library, 1 Municipal Drive, Hamilton, NJ 08619.
>
>Tuesday, July 9th from
5:30 – 8:00 pm:The
Northern Fairfield Professionals (NFP) will host David Fischer, founder of Solutions for Growth, who will give a
presentation titled: The Power of Email Marketing in the Job
Search. This information-packed
seminar will demonstrate how email marketing can really help drive business
success and a job search. Participants will learn how to start and build a
strong permission-based targeted list, get their audience to open, read and act
on their email, and use their past results to sharpen their email marketing
program as they go along. This practical seminar will provide a concise, but
comprehensive overview of how easy it is to create and send
professional-looking email along with other documents. Attendees will learn the
latest best practices and proven strategies, and leave with real-world insights
and knowledge that can be put to work immediately to help achieve success. The meeting is in the St. Rose Knights of Columbus Building,
46 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT 06470. Behind Saint Rose church
to the far left. The Knights building has 3 garage doors on the first floor,
the meeting room is on the second floor. The entrance is the first door in the
front of the building.
>
>Tuesday, July 9th from
7:30 - 9:30 pm:The
Career Forum will hostLloyd Feinstein, a
Career Coach, who will give a presentation titled: Mechanics of the Job Search. The meeting is at the Somerset Hills YMCA, 140 Mt. Airy Rd, Basking
Ridge, NJ 07920.
>
>Wednesday, July 10thfrom 9:30 am - 12:00 noon:The Professional Support Group of Morris County (PSGMC) will hostAlex Freund, a career coach, who will
give a presentation titled: Do You Understand the Hiring Manager? This presentation exposes the thinking of
the hiring manager. It shows how the
interview is necessarily more focused on the needs of the company and the
hiring manager than on those of the candidate. The audience will learn about: 1) How is the hiring manager checking out
the candidate way beyond the résumé and interview, and 2) What values are
important to the hiring manager? This
presentation covers ways of searching for answers to those questions as well as
how to answer interview questions properly. Additional information is available at: www.psgmc.org. The meeting will be at the Parsippany Troy Hills Library, 449
Halsey Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054.
>
>Wednesday, July 10thfrom 1:00 - 3:00 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will offer a program
titled: WorkSearch Orientation. Are you a 40+ job seeker? WorkSearchis an online system which provides
links to job openings, skills assessment tools, and training programs at no cost
to individuals. After taking the
orientation, WorkSearch is
accessible to registrants through the Internet, or through Library
computers. Attendees will be shown how
to download the information to a USB flash drive (Bring your own USB drive). The meeting is at the New York Science,
Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY
10016.
>
>Wednesday, July 10thfrom 6:00 – 7:30 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host John Crant, who will give a
presentation titled: Self-Recruiter® The
Paradigm Shift in Job Search: Marketing Yourself To The Decision-Maker. John will discuss techniques for getting the
attention of hiring managers. The
meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison
Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
>
>Wednesday, July 10thfrom 6:00 – 7:30 pm: Jewish
Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties will host Neil Cooper, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Defining the
Key Elements of the Job Search. To register, please contact Elise Prezant at
1-908-725-7799 or eprezant@JewishFamilySvc.org . The
meeting is at Jewish Family Service, 150-A West High
Street, Somerville, NJ 08876.
>
>Wednesday, July 10thfrom 6:45 - 9:30 pm:
The Hillsdale Career Resource Ministry Network Group will host an all-star
panel of experts in career coaching, networking and personal development, which
will include: Ed Partenope, our
moderator, Eli Amdur, columnist for
the Bergen Record, Marty Latman,
chairman of the Bergen County Financial Executive Networking Group, John Sampson, facilitator of MIS
Networking Associates, and Barbara
Toscano, career consultant and founder of Evolution. Our
guest panelists will field your questions on any and all topics related to the
job transition process. Please come with
all of your toughest questions and prepare for a lively and informative
evening. This is an event that you will
not want to miss. The meeting is at St.
John The Baptist Church, in the Sheen Room of the Parish Center, at 69 Valley
Road, Hillsdale NJ 07642.
>
>Thursday, July 11thfrom 6:00 – 7:30 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host Hal Eskenazi, who will give a
presentation titled: Interview Coach
24-7. Hal will discuss the
interviewing process and offers tips for a successful interview. The meeting is at the New York Science,
Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY
10016.
>
>Thursday,July 11thfrom 6:00 - 7:30 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host Robin
Neiman, a Vocational
Counselor, and Sherry Natkow, a Career
Coach, who will lead a program titled: Drop-In Job Club for College Graduates
in Their Twenties. Participants learn how to market themselves,
how to conduct a strategic job search, meet other twenty-something job-seekers
in a supportive environment. Handouts
and resources will be provided. The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library,
188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
>
>Thursday, July 11th from
7:00 – 9:00 pm: NNJ
ASTD will host Neil Cooper, a career
coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Key Elements to an Effective
Job Search. Neil has developed the
key elements you can use in your job search to achieve a high level of
engagement, visibility, and organization, implement confidently, and create a
common sense marketing plan that you can feel comfortable with. In this presentation you will discover: 1)
The specific ways to think about your career transition to create a steady
stream of confidence, motivation, and sustained momentum, 2) A specific way to
organize your marketing strategies and activities to get exceptional results,
and 3) A live demonstration applying specific marketing/networking activities
into your schedule that will improve your results. If you are interested in organizing and
accelerating your career search, learning how to apply the best practices for
marketing yourself, and working with confidence and certainty, the quickest way
to jumpstart your effort is to join us. For
additional information, contact Alicja Lisnow at a_lisnow@yahoo.com .
>
>Don't miss an evening
where you can expand your network, make new friends, share knowledge with your
peers, and hear highly relevant and beneficial insights and perspectives from
experts in the marketplace. Please register at: http://astd711.eventbrite.com. The meeting is
at the Cedar Hill Christian Reformed Church, 422 Cedar Hill Ave, Wyckoff, NJ
07481.
>
>Thursday, July 11th from
7:00 – 9:00 pm:Lives
in Transition (LIT) will host Bill
Cusano, who will give a presentation titled: How to Tell Your Story. Would you like to discover how easy it is to take command of the
interview or networking situation? Join us for an interactive storytelling
event, where you see how easy it is to talk about yourself and make a great
impression. For additional information
visit the LIT website at: www.info@livesintransition.com . For planning purposes, we appreciate an early RSVP at: livesintransition@gmail.com . The meeting is in Rye Presbyterian Church's
Assembly Room, 882 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY 10580.
>
>Thursday, July 11th from
7:25 – 9:30 pm:
Employment Assistance and Resource Network (EARN) will host KJ Muller, will give a presentation
titled: We are ALL in Sales' -- How to
approach your Job Search like an Entrepreneur. Mr. Muller, will provide
attendees with a new outlook on their job search -- one of a entrepreneurial
salesperson. The presentation will show how we can view the job search as an
opportunity to make one important sale (the job offer) of our product (us) to
the customer (the hiring manager). It will also cover how you can use LinkedIn
as part of your sales research. Please register at: EARN20130711.eventbrite.comor visit EARNatStPats.comfor more information. The meeting is at St. Patrick's Church, 137
Moseman Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598.
>
>Friday, July 12th from
10:00 am - 12:00 noon:
The Princeton Public Library will host Ed
Andriessen and Kevin Lewis, Business Marketing experts, who will give a
presentation titled: Interviewing: Being
Accountable in Creating Tasks and a Schedule. A job search is a marketing campaign. And
with any marketing campaign, the right things need to be done using the right
tools, consistently. There is a big difference between being busy and being
productive. Busy is a trap. Too many people get caught up in a job search
staying busy doing the wrong things with the wrong tools and doing them
erratically. Not only is this ineffective, it leads to frustration and an
unnecessarily lengthy job search. Ed and
Kevin will show you what how to plan and prepare a marketing plan for your job
search that schedules the right things consistently for success. This presentation will cover: 1) Why people
don't manage their time and tasks effectively, 2) What are the tasks that
provide the biggest bang for the buck and what tasks are busy work, 3) What job
search strategies work best for you, 4) How many hours a day and how many days
a week should I be spending on my job search, and 5) How do I keep track of my
plan. Join us for this informative
session that will show you how to keep track of your job search activities and
get the most return on time investment for your job search. The meeting is at the Princeton Public
Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542.
>
>Friday, July 12thfrom 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host David Lees, a career coach, who will
give a presentation titled: Network Your
Way Into a Job. David will show you
how to develop a new way of networking that will enable you to interact with
others more confidently. The meeting is
at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @
34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
>
>Saturday, July 13th from
8:00 - 10:00 am:The
Breakfast Club will host it monthly meeting, Speaker and Topic To Be Determined. Additional information is available
at http://www.thebreakfastclubnj.com. The meeting is at the Days Hotel Conference Center, 195 Rt.
18 South, East Brunswick, NJ 08816. There is a meeting fee of $10 to cover the cost of the hotel conference
room.
>
Sundays, from 8:00 –
9:00 am. Every Sunday
morning tune into Your Career is Calling on 107.7 FM, The Bronc, the on-campus
radio station at Rider University. Hosts Frank
Kovacs and Wanda Ellet bring you
the best career advice, no matter what stage your career is in. Whether you are
in transition, looking for a better opportunity, or even a college student,
Your Career is Calling has you covered. Nearly
every single week, they are joined by a special guest to cover a unique
topic. Don't forget to tune into 107.7
FM The Bronc, http://www.1077theb
Android and IPhone Apps. Listeners can reach the studio with
their questions at 1-877-900-1077.
Terrence Seamon, author of "To Your Success!" and "Lead the Way!"
Facilitating Change - Achieving Results!
Organization Development & Training
http://www.facebook
(732) 246-3014 home/office
(732) 715-8218 cell
thseamon@yahoo.
~ "Grow your people, and they will grow your business" ~
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Frank Kovacs <fkovacs@comcast.
To: Thomas Donohue <a83td@aol.com>
Cc: "janelle@razzinoasso
<kevin@EARNatStPats.
Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: Next Week's Upcoming Networking Events
Tom
Thanks so much hopefully this will help those attend and get the message that can't attend by traditional means
We have people who are disabled, or their religious practice conflicts, or even the price of gas is a restriction so I thank you for posting our radio show as an alternative
Frank
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 6, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Thomas Donohue <a83td@aol.com> wrote:
>Ramsey JSWT Members:
>
>Listed below are next week's
upcoming networking events. All meetings are open to the public, plus you are
welcome and strongly encouraged to attend. Try attending at least one or two
meetings a week, what you learn there will definitely help shorten your time in
transition. Also, many of these groups convene in the evening, so it will not
take time away from your daily job search activities.
>
>Think of these meetings as
opportunities, sort of like going to school, to learn something that can reduce
your time in transition by gaining knowledge in job search and interviewing
skills needed to excel and standout from your competition.
>
>In traveling to these meetings,
consider car pooling. Not only will it reduce the cost of driving there, but the
friendly conversation will make the ride seem to go much faster.
>
>If
anyone is aware of an upcoming meeting that you would like to share with the
group, please let me know and I will gladly include it with my weekly updates. Also, if any transition support group would
like to receive this list of upcoming networking events to share with your
members, please let me know and it would be my pleasure to add your group to my
distribution list.
>
>Thank
you,
>
>Tom Donohue
>a83td@aol.com
>http://www.linkedin
>
>
>Next Week's Upcoming Networking
Events
>
>Sundays, from 8:00 –
9:00 am. Every Sunday
morning tune into Your Career is Calling on 107.7 FM, The Bronc, the on-campus
radio station at Rider University. Hosts Frank
Kovacs and Wanda Ellet bring you
the best career advice, no matter what stage your career is in. Whether you are
in transition, looking for a better opportunity, or even a college student,
Your Career is Calling has you covered. Nearly
every single week, they are joined by a special guest to cover a unique
topic. Don't forget to tune into 107.7
FM The Bronc, http://www.1077theb
Android and IPhone Apps. Listeners can reach the studio with
their questions at 1-877-900-1077.
>
>Monday, July 8th from
10:00 am – 12:00 noon:
Northern NJ Professionals in Transition will host: Tony
Calabrese,
a Five O'Clock Club-Certified Career Coach, who will give a presentation titled:Assessment Tools To Assist You In
Determining What It Is That You Want To Do Next. If you are having trouble deciding what type
of work to pursue; the type of environment that is best for you; which things
have satisfied you in past jobs and which have not; then this presentation will
be of great value to you. Please join us for this uplifting and
informative presentation, during which you will learn, meet fellow job-seekers,
and get the support that you need and deserve. The meeting is at the Maplewood Public Library, 51 Baker St, Maplewood,
NJ 07040.
>
>Monday, July 8thfrom 10:30 am - 1:00 pm:Professional Service Group of Central NJ will host Brenda Fisher, who will give a presentation titled: Over 40? Come Learn About Two Workforce
Development Programs Just For You. Additional information is available at: www.psgcnj.org. The meeting will be at First United Methodist
Church of Somerville, 48 West High Street, Somerville, NJ 08876.
>
>Monday, July 8th from
6:30 – 8:00 pm: The Sayreville Public Library will host will
host Debra Wheatman, globally
recognized as an expert in advanced career search techniques, who will give a
presentation titled: Building Brand You
with Social Media. Debra will
discuss using relevant social media to grow and leverage contacts to facilitate
your job search. Your network is a very important part of helping to uncover
opportunities that might otherwise not be found. What are the current tools and
techniques that today's job seeker should be using? This informative session
will tell you. You will also learn some
valuable information to best utilize these available tools to your advantage.
For more information or to register, contact Alaina at 1-732-727-0212 ex. 25,
email her at alainad@lmxac.
Parlin, NJ 08859.
>
>Monday, July 8th from 7:00
– 8:00 pm: The
A.C.T.S Job Support Group will hostAlex Freund, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Art of Interviewing. All the networking, working with recruiters
and answering job ads is worthless unless one is called in for an interview.
That is the pen-ultimate goal but how many people understand the interview
process and what is important for the interviewer. The audience will walk away with answers to
many questions and with lots of practical information. This one hour long presentation reveals
issues such as: 1) Why learn the art of interviewing, 2) Who might interview
you, 3) The screening and selection interview, 4) Preparing for the interview,
5) What is important for the interviewer, 6) Dealing with references, 7) What
questions to ask, and 8) Salary negotiations. The meeting is at the Washington Crossing United Methodist Church, 1895
Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, PA 18977.
>
>Tuesday, July 9th from
10:00 am – 12:00 noon:
The Westport Public Library's Business Librarian, Sylvia Schulman, who will give a presentation titled: Energize Your Job Search. Gain an
advantage by using valuable online tools such as Reference USA, LexisNexis and
Business Company Resource Center. Ms. Schulman will show you how to identify
your key companies, spot industry trends, and get in-depth background
information for greater success in networking and interviewing. The meeting is
at the Westport Public Library, 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT 06880.
>
>Tuesday, July 9th from
9:30 – 11:30 am:The
Hamilton Public Library will hostAbby Kohut, known on the web as Absolutely Abby and President of
Staffing Symphony, who will give a presentation titled: Success for the Seasoned Search – the Benefit of Being Overqualified. The meeting is at the Hamilton Public
Library, 1 Municipal Drive, Hamilton, NJ 08619.
>
>Tuesday, July 9th from
5:30 – 8:00 pm:The
Northern Fairfield Professionals (NFP) will host David Fischer, founder of Solutions for Growth, who will give a
presentation titled: The Power of Email Marketing in the Job
Search. This information-
seminar will demonstrate how email marketing can really help drive business
success and a job search. Participants will learn how to start and build a
strong permission-based targeted list, get their audience to open, read and act
on their email, and use their past results to sharpen their email marketing
program as they go along. This practical seminar will provide a concise, but
comprehensive overview of how easy it is to create and send
professional-
latest best practices and proven strategies, and leave with real-world insights
and knowledge that can be put to work immediately to help achieve success. The meeting is in the St. Rose Knights of Columbus Building,
46 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT 06470. Behind Saint Rose church
to the far left. The Knights building has 3 garage doors on the first floor,
the meeting room is on the second floor. The entrance is the first door in the
front of the building.
>
>Tuesday, July 9th from
7:30 - 9:30 pm:The
Career Forum will hostLloyd Feinstein, a
Career Coach, who will give a presentation titled: Mechanics of the Job Search. The meeting is at the Somerset Hills YMCA, 140 Mt. Airy Rd, Basking
Ridge, NJ 07920.
>
>Wednesday, July 10thfrom 9:30 am - 12:00 noon:The Professional Support Group of Morris County (PSGMC) will hostAlex Freund, a career coach, who will
give a presentation titled: Do You Understand the Hiring Manager? This presentation exposes the thinking of
the hiring manager. It shows how the
interview is necessarily more focused on the needs of the company and the
hiring manager than on those of the candidate. The audience will learn about: 1) How is the hiring manager checking out
the candidate way beyond the résumé and interview, and 2) What values are
important to the hiring manager? This
presentation covers ways of searching for answers to those questions as well as
how to answer interview questions properly. Additional information is available at: www.psgmc.org. The meeting will be at the Parsippany Troy Hills Library, 449
Halsey Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054.
>
>Wednesday, July 10thfrom 1:00 - 3:00 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will offer a program
titled: WorkSearch Orientation. Are you a 40+ job seeker? WorkSearchis an online system which provides
links to job openings, skills assessment tools, and training programs at no cost
to individuals. After taking the
orientation, WorkSearch is
accessible to registrants through the Internet, or through Library
computers. Attendees will be shown how
to download the information to a USB flash drive (Bring your own USB drive). The meeting is at the New York Science,
Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY
10016.
>
>Wednesday, July 10thfrom 6:00 – 7:30 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host John Crant, who will give a
presentation titled: Self-Recruiter® The
Paradigm Shift in Job Search: Marketing Yourself To The Decision-Maker. John will discuss techniques for getting the
attention of hiring managers. The
meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison
Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
>
>Wednesday, July 10thfrom 6:00 – 7:30 pm: Jewish
Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties will host Neil Cooper, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Defining the
Key Elements of the Job Search. To register, please contact Elise Prezant at
1-908-725-7799 or eprezant@JewishFami
meeting is at Jewish Family Service, 150-A West High
Street, Somerville, NJ 08876.
>
>Wednesday, July 10thfrom 6:45 - 9:30 pm:
The Hillsdale Career Resource Ministry Network Group will host an all-star
panel of experts in career coaching, networking and personal development, which
will include: Ed Partenope, our
moderator, Eli Amdur, columnist for
the Bergen Record, Marty Latman,
chairman of the Bergen County Financial Executive Networking Group, John Sampson, facilitator of MIS
Networking Associates, and Barbara
Toscano, career consultant and founder of Evolution. Our
guest panelists will field your questions on any and all topics related to the
job transition process. Please come with
all of your toughest questions and prepare for a lively and informative
evening. This is an event that you will
not want to miss. The meeting is at St.
John The Baptist Church, in the Sheen Room of the Parish Center, at 69 Valley
Road, Hillsdale NJ 07642.
>
>Thursday, July 11thfrom 6:00 – 7:30 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host Hal Eskenazi, who will give a
presentation titled: Interview Coach
24-7. Hal will discuss the
interviewing process and offers tips for a successful interview. The meeting is at the New York Science,
Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY
10016.
>
>Thursday,
Neiman, a Vocational
Counselor, and Sherry Natkow, a Career
Coach, who will lead a program titled: Drop-In Job Club for College Graduates
in Their Twenties. Participants learn how to market themselves,
how to conduct a strategic job search, meet other twenty-something job-seekers
in a supportive environment. Handouts
and resources will be provided. The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library,
188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
>
>Thursday, July 11th from
7:00 – 9:00 pm: NNJ
ASTD will host Neil Cooper, a career
coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Key Elements to an Effective
Job Search. Neil has developed the
key elements you can use in your job search to achieve a high level of
engagement, visibility, and organization, implement confidently, and create a
common sense marketing plan that you can feel comfortable with. In this presentation you will discover: 1)
The specific ways to think about your career transition to create a steady
stream of confidence, motivation, and sustained momentum, 2) A specific way to
organize your marketing strategies and activities to get exceptional results,
and 3) A live demonstration applying specific marketing/networkin
into your schedule that will improve your results. If you are interested in organizing and
accelerating your career search, learning how to apply the best practices for
marketing yourself, and working with confidence and certainty, the quickest way
to jumpstart your effort is to join us. For
additional information, contact Alicja Lisnow at a_lisnow@yahoo.
>
>Don't miss an evening
where you can expand your network, make new friends, share knowledge with your
peers, and hear highly relevant and beneficial insights and perspectives from
experts in the marketplace. Please register at: http://astd711.
at the Cedar Hill Christian Reformed Church, 422 Cedar Hill Ave, Wyckoff, NJ
07481.
>
>Thursday, July 11th from
7:00 – 9:00 pm:Lives
in Transition (LIT) will host Bill
Cusano, who will give a presentation titled: How to Tell Your Story. Would you like to discover how easy it is to take command of the
interview or networking situation? Join us for an interactive storytelling
event, where you see how easy it is to talk about yourself and make a great
impression. For additional information
visit the LIT website at: www.info@livesintra
Assembly Room, 882 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY 10580.
>
>Thursday, July 11th from
7:25 – 9:30 pm:
Employment Assistance and Resource Network (EARN) will host KJ Muller, will give a presentation
titled: We are ALL in Sales' -- How to
approach your Job Search like an Entrepreneur. Mr. Muller, will provide
attendees with a new outlook on their job search -- one of a entrepreneurial
salesperson. The presentation will show how we can view the job search as an
opportunity to make one important sale (the job offer) of our product (us) to
the customer (the hiring manager). It will also cover how you can use LinkedIn
as part of your sales research. Please register at: EARN20130711.
Moseman Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598.
>
>Friday, July 12th from
10:00 am - 12:00 noon:
The Princeton Public Library will host Ed
Andriessen and Kevin Lewis, Business Marketing experts, who will give a
presentation titled: Interviewing: Being
Accountable in Creating Tasks and a Schedule. A job search is a marketing campaign. And
with any marketing campaign, the right things need to be done using the right
tools, consistently. There is a big difference between being busy and being
productive. Busy is a trap. Too many people get caught up in a job search
staying busy doing the wrong things with the wrong tools and doing them
erratically. Not only is this ineffective, it leads to frustration and an
unnecessarily lengthy job search. Ed and
Kevin will show you what how to plan and prepare a marketing plan for your job
search that schedules the right things consistently for success. This presentation will cover: 1) Why people
don't manage their time and tasks effectively, 2) What are the tasks that
provide the biggest bang for the buck and what tasks are busy work, 3) What job
search strategies work best for you, 4) How many hours a day and how many days
a week should I be spending on my job search, and 5) How do I keep track of my
plan. Join us for this informative
session that will show you how to keep track of your job search activities and
get the most return on time investment for your job search. The meeting is at the Princeton Public
Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542.
>
>Friday, July 12thfrom 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host David Lees, a career coach, who will
give a presentation titled: Network Your
Way Into a Job. David will show you
how to develop a new way of networking that will enable you to interact with
others more confidently. The meeting is
at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @
34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
>
>Saturday, July 13th from
8:00 - 10:00 am:The
Breakfast Club will host it monthly meeting, Speaker and Topic To Be Determined. Additional information is available
at http://www.thebreak
18 South, East Brunswick, NJ 08816. There is a meeting fee of $10 to cover the cost of the hotel conference
room.
>
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