Sunday, December 8, 2013

[CNG] Digest Number 2977

Career Networking Group Group

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Digest #2977

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Next Week's Upcoming Networking Events by "Thomas Donohue" donohue83

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1.1 Next Week's Upcoming Networking Events

Sat Dec 7, 2013 8:26 am (PST) . 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 going to 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, butthe friendly conversation will make the ride seem to go much faster.

If anyone is aware of an upcoming meeting that you wouldlike to share with the group, please let me know and I will gladly include itwith my weekly updates. Also, if anytransition support group would like to receive this list of upcoming networkingevents to share with your members, please let me know and it would be my pleasureto add your group to the distribution list.

Thank you,

Tom Donohue
a83td@aol.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/tcdonohue

Next Week'sUpcoming Networking Events

Sundays, from 8:00– 9:00 am. Every Sunday morning tune into Your Career is Calling on 107.7 FM, The Bronc, an on-campus radiostation at Rider University. Hosts Frank Kovacs and Wanda Ellet bring you the best career advice, no matter what stageyour career is in. Whether you are in transition, looking for a betteropportunity, or even a college student, Your Career is Calling has youcovered. Nearly every single week, theyare 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 IPhoneApps. Listeners can reach the studiowith their questions at 1-877-900-1077.

Monday, December9th from 10:00 am - 12:00 noon: Northern NJ Professionals in Transitionwill host: Victoria Crispo, acareer coach, who will give a presentation titled: Vision Board. Gainperspective on your goals and dreams in a fun and creative way. Develop focus andinsight, ideas for a new path, and dreams that are close to your reach. JoinMs. Crispo in a Vision Board workshop designed to bring fun and exploration togoal-setting. Use images, color, and key phrases as a visual representation ofwhom you want to become and where you want to go in life (personally ANDprofessionally!). Victoria will give us an overview of vision boards and how touse them for various purposes. Unlike writing a list of New Year's resolutionsand plans for the year to come, a vision board allows you to get creative withyour wants and needs. Vision boards are transformational tools utilized byexecutives, media celebrities, millionaires, and top achievers worldwide. The meeting is at the Maplewood PublicLibrary, 51 Baker St, Maplewood, NJ 07040.

Monday, December9th from 10:30 am - 1:00 pm: Professional Service Group of Central NJ willhost Janice Coleman, who will give apresentation titled: Are You HarnessingYour Potential Every Day (H.Y.P.E.)? - Preparing People to Perform! Additional information is available at: www.psgcnj.org. The meeting will be at First United MethodistChurch of Somerville, 48 West High Street, Somerville, NJ 08876.

Monday, December9th from 5:00 - 6:30 pm:The Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce will host a special meeting forindividuals and business owners titled: Obamacare is Here to Stay. EverythingYou Want to Know and Were Afraid to Ask. A panel ofexperts on Obamacare to answer questions and explain what you need to considermoving into 2014.
The program will be composed of short visual presentations explaining healthcare reform in simple easy-to-understand terms. It will follow with a 4-personpanel to explain it and answer your questions in an open Question and Answer format.Advance registration is required at: https://paccobamacareworkshop.eventbrite.com/and space is limited to 60 registrations. The meeting will be at the Parsippany Library, 449 Halsey Road, Parsippany-TroyHills, NJ 07054

Monday, December9th from 6:00 - 7:30 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host Liz DiMarco Weinmann,CEO of Weinmann and Associates, who will give a presentation titled: Behold Everything! What Got You Here Can Advance You There. Lizwill discuss tools and tactics for developing a personal strategy and realisticaction plan for moving forward, at any stage and any age, based on your mostvaluable knowledge, skills, and aptitudes. The meeting is at the New YorkScience, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, NewYork, NY 10016.

Tuesday, December10th from 5:30 - 8:00 pm: The Northern Fairfield Professionals (NFP) will hosta special meeting to discuss the ElevatorSpeech. Please join us for our usualnetworking portion at the beginning of the meeting. We will then take the timeto give everyone the opportunity to work on their elevator speech and brieflyshare: Who they are, What they do, What they are looking for and Their targetcompanies. The goal is to allow members to receive constructive criticism ontheir elevator speech, and to let those who may have a potential lead, theopportunity to connect. For additionalinformation call 1-203-270-0051. The meeting is in the St. Rose Knights of ColumbusBuilding, 46 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT 06470. Behind Saint Rose churchto 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 thefront of the building.

Tuesday, December10th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm: Rockland Job Network (RJN) will host a meeting on:Interviewing, Five Interview Skills YouNeed To Know. Being prepared for aninterview is key to landing the job. Atthis meeting, we will be discussing some of the skills you will need for asuccessful interview, such as: 1) Research,2) The Physical, 3) The Questions, 4) The Fit, and 5) Practice, These five topics are brought together fordiscussion and insight so that your skill set is expanded to incorporate theminto your next interview. The more you do, see and understand the better yournext interview will be. This is the last meeting for 2013. We will not meet again until January 21,2014. If you have any questions or needmore information please call Philip Fanara at 1-845-352-0504. The meeting will be at the New City Library,220 North Main Street, New City, NY 10956.

Tuesday, December10th from 7:00 - 9:00 pm: Temple Beth Shalom Career Networking Group willhost Sumana Rangachar, who will givea presentation titled: Reinventing Yourself in a Career That Gives YouPersonal and Financial Satisfaction. What strengths do you bring to thetable? What is the blueprint of your ideal career? This will be an interactiveexercise such that those who attend will leave with a clearer idea of what theywant to accomplish and how to get there. Please register at: tbscareernetworking@gmail.com. The meeting isat Temple Beth Shalom, 193 East Mount Pleasant Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039.

Tuesday, December10th from 7:30 - 9:30 pm: The Career Forum will host a Special Alumni Session. This special session is set aside to hear and learn from a number of2013 graduates of Career Forum; these are folks who landed positions during thecourse of the year. More important, theywant to share with you ideas that worked for them and can work for you as yousearch for that next position. This is always a funevening and we hope to see you there. For more information contactSylvia Velez at 1-908-630-3530 or email svelez@somersethillsymca.org. The meeting is at the Somerset Hills YMCA,140 Mt. Airy Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

Wednesday,December 11th from 10:00 - 11:30 am: The Westport Public Library's BusinessLibrarian, Sylvia Schulman, who willgive a presentation titled: EnergizeYour Job Search. Gain an advantage by using valuable online tools such asReference USA, LexisNexis and Business Company Resource Center. Ms. Schulmanwill show you how to identify your key companies, spot industry trends, and getin-depth background information for greater success in networking andinterviewing. Additional information is available on the library's website at: www.westportlibrary.org. The meeting is at the Westport Public Library,20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT 06880.

Wednesday,December 11th from 9:30 am - 12:00 noon: The Professional Support Group ofMorris County (PSGMC) will host MaryMartin, an Emerging Technologies Librarian, and Korin Rosenkrans, Head of Customer and Information Services at theParsippany Public Library, who will give a presentation titled: Job SearchTools at Your Library. Learn how the library can be avaluable resource in your job search. In addition to offering books, computersand meeting spaces, the library is also a portal to online databases and toolsthat can take your job searching to the next level. You will learn about someof the latest resources added to the library's collection, which includeReference USA and Career Transitions, in this workshop. Additional information is available at: www.psgmc.org. The meeting will be at the Parsippany Troy Hills Library, 449 HalseyRoad, Parsippany, NJ 07054.

Wednesday,December 11th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm: The New York Science, Industry andBusiness Library will offer a program titled: WorkSearch Orientation. Areyou a 40+ job seeker? WorkSearch is anonline 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 toregistrants through the Internet, or through Library computers. Attendees will be shown how to download theinformation 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,December 11th from 6:00 - 7:30 pm: The New York Science, Industry andBusiness Library will host Win Sheffield,a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: How To Network: Developing a Compelling Narrative to Connect withPeople. We need to communicate ourvalue to many people in any number of circumstances. Developing and keeping on top of what we saycan be hard and especially hard when we are not sure where exactly we are heading. Join coach Win Sheffield to learn how to talkabout yourself without fuss and without bragging. Learn to: 1) Develop a branding message toincorporate in your pitch, letters and resume, 2) Keep what we want in front ofaudiences and to adapt your message to your audience, 3) Develop a comfortlevel with talking about what you do not know, and 4) Enrolling your contact asa career-long connection. The meeting is at the New YorkScience, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, NewYork, NY 10016.

Wednesday,December 11th from 6:45 - 9:30 pm: The Hillsdale Career Resource MinistryNetwork Group will host a special holiday meeting titled: A Year of Giving. We wouldlike all members to share A Year of Giving.Come and enjoy an evening of networking, sharing new ideas, tips for the New Year,and how to land the best position ever. Let's engage in one another with thegiving of leads, contacts, sharing some great stories, and above all, the factthat we have an enormously successful membership that has talent beyond most.Let's be a Volcano of Optimism forthose in need of support and guidance. After all, It's The Most Wonderful Time ofThe Year! For additionalinformation, contact: John Carvelli at 201-995-7895, john.carvelli@pimco.com,or Janelle Razzino at 201-722-3111, janelle@razzinoassociates.com. Themeeting is at St. John The Baptist Church, in the Sheen Room of the ParishCenter, at 69 Valley Road, Hillsdale NJ 07642.

Thursday, December12th from 9:30 - 11:30 am: Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) of New Jerseywill host, Regina Poznansky, ConsumerCredit Counseling of NJ, who will give a presentation titled: ManagingYour Credit. Reginawill discuss how to get andmaintain good credit while you are unemployed. To register or submitquestions, e-mail Beverly Feldman at bfeldman@jvsnj.org by noon, 12/11/2013. The meeting is at the Aidekman Family Campus,901 Route 10 East, Whippany, NJ 07981.

Thursday, December12th from 7:00 - 9:00 pm: NNJ ASTD will host Bob Weingartner, Owner/Founder WEINFIVE Career Coaching,who will give a presentation titled: Job Search for the Mature Worker: Please Act Your Age! Whatare some of the biggest challenges you face during job search as a matureworker? What can you do to overcome the common perceptions that companies,hiring managers and recruiters have that may hold you back from moving forwardand finding your dream job? Mature jobseekers are the total package when it comes to hiring. So why do employers buyinto the notion that their age is a drawback? Come with your questions andleave with answers that give you confidence and help you land that job, inspite of your age! For additional information, contactAlicja Lisnow at a_lisnow@yahoo.com. Don't miss an evening where you can expand yournetwork, make new friends, share knowledge with your peers, and hear highlyrelevant and beneficial insights and perspectives from experts in themarketplace. Please register at: http://astd12.eventbrite.com. The meeting is at the Cedar Hill ChristianReformed Church, 422 Cedar Hill Ave, Wyckoff, NJ 07481.

Friday, December13th from 10:00 am - 12:00 noon: The Princeton PublicLibrary and the Professional Service Group of Mercer will co-host JanetHauge, PPL Librarian, whowill give a presentation titled: CareerResources Available at the Princeton Public Library. Publiclibraries are not only a great place to start your job search but a destinationthroughout the process. Learn about the resources that Princeton PublicLibrary, as well as other NJ public libraries offer, and utilize them each stepof the way. The session will identify the best resources available for resumeand cover letter templates, online study tutorials for skill building, softwaretutorials, identifying job openings, researching the company before theinterview, and more. This session will demonstrate how to access the variety ofdatabases available to you with the goal of making your job search a greatsuccess. The meeting is at the PrincetonPublic Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542.

Friday, December13th from 6:00 - 7:30 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host Celia Currin, who will give a presentation titled: Your Two Minute Pitch: The Keystone of YourSearch. Celia Currin offers tips fordeveloping clear and precise two minute pitch. The meeting is at the New YorkScience, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, NewYork, NY 10016.

Saturday, December14th from 7:30 - 10:15 am: The Breakfast Club will host Ken Eisenberg, an Industrial Marketingentrepreneur, who will give a presentation titled: How to Leverage the Immediacy of the Telephone in Your JobSearch. It may be over 100 years old, but thetelephone is a very timely tool to change the course of your current jobsearch. Topics that will be covered include: 1) Doing preliminary companyresearch, 2) Identifying advocates, 3) The hidden job market, 4) Follow-up, 5)Gaining a face-to-face meeting, and 6) Following-up. An interactive Speakingand Listening techniques self-evaluation will be conducted. More information is available at www.thebreakfastclubnj.com. The meeting is at the DaysHotel Conference Center, 195 Rt. 18 South, East Brunswick, NJ 08816. There is a meeting fee of $10 to cover thecost of the hotel conference room.

Saturday, December14th from 8:15 - 10:30 am: The Saint Gregory the Great Networking Groupwill host Lloyd Feinstein, a careercoach, who will give a presentation titled: Recruiters and HiringExecutives: How to Sell Them Successfully the First Time. Moreinformation is available at: http://stgregorythegreatchurch.org/index.cfm?load=page&page=283. The meeting is at SaintGregory the Great' Church, 4680 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square, NJ 08690.

Sunday, December15th from 1:00 - 4:00 pm, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church will host Ed McCabe, a Lee, Hecht, Harrisoncareer coach, and Rich Kritzer whowill present the fourth segment of a four part workshop titled: Interview,Cultivate Offers, and Negotiate. Everydiscussion with a hiring manager should be considered an interview. Your rolein the discussion is to position your skills, talents, and experiences as asolution to the challenges they face in their organizations. Your task is tocultivate an offer by helping the hiring manager see you in that role, andeventually make you an offer. Professionals will also help with questionsfollowing the presentation. The workshop is at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church,One Passaic Street, Ridgewood, NJ 07450, in the lower church meeting room. Allare welcome! For additional information, please call Carol Shea at1-201-447-4215 or Tom Lewis at 1-201-445-1864.