RamseyJSWT Members:
Listed below are next week’s upcoming Networking Events. Allmeetings are open to the public, plus you are welcome and strongly encouragedto attend. Try attending at least one or two meetings a week, what you learnthere will definitely help shorten your time in transition. Also, many of thesegroups convene in the evening, so it will not take time away from your dailyjob search activities.
Thinkof these meetings as opportunities, sort of like going to school, to learnsomething that can reduce your time in transition by gaining knowledge in jobsearch and interviewing skills needed to excel and standout from yourcompetition.
Intraveling to these meetings, consider car pooling. Not only will it reduce thecost of driving there, but the friendly conversation will make the ride seem togo 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, let me know and itwould be my pleasure to add your group to the distribution list.
Thankyou,
Tom Donohue
a83td@aol.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/tcdonohue Next Week’s Upcoming NetworkingEvents
Sundays, from 8:00 â€"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. Nearly every single week, they are joined by a special guest to cover aunique topic. Don’t forget to tune into107.7 FM The Bronc,
http://www.1077thebronc.com/ or 107.7 The Bronc’s freeAndroid and IPhone Apps. Listeners can reach the studio withtheir questions at 1-877-900-1077.
Monday, August 12thfrom 10:30 am â€" 1:00 pm:Professional Service Group of Central NJ will host Vicki Gaddy, Vice President of the Life Sciences Talent Network at BioNJ, whowill give a presentation titled: IgniteYour Job Search! Light a Fire, Remove the Box. 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, August 12th from 7:00 â€" 9:00 pm: Northern Bergen County NetworkingGroup (NBCNG) will host Maureen Kinsey, who will give a presentationtitled: Preparing Cover Letters That Work for You. Maureen will discusstechniques to improve your letters and provide several samples. She willprovide resources and information related to what is working in job search andlead an information exchange. For additional information e-mail
wfieldhouse@optonline.net or call 201-956-2787. The meeting is at Ponds ReformedChurch, 341 Ramapo Valley Road/Route 202, Oakland, NJ 07436.We meet in Fellowship Hall in the basement behind the church, acrossfrom the CHASE bank drive-thru.
Tuesday, August 13thfrom 12:00 noon â€" 1:30 pm:The New York Science, Industry and Business Library willhost Charles Moldenhauer, who will give a presentation titled: How to Get the Next Job...Sooner! Charles will offer new job search ideas andtips. Themeeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 MadisonAvenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Tuesday, August 13thfrom 6:30 â€" 8:30 pm:Rockland Job Network (RJN) will host a meeting to discuss: Bridging the Gap on Your Resume. Teeteringon the edge of fudging or fallacy when It comes to the gaps on your resume, don’t. We will talk about how to engage in thatconversation in an interview or on your resume. We will walk you around the gapand get you back onto solid ground. Join us in the conversation…bring your owntips and tools to share too. The meetingwill be at the Finkelstein Memorial Library, 24 Chestnut Street, Spring Valley,New York, 10977.
Tuesday, August 13thfrom 7:30 â€" 9:30 pm:The Career Forum will host LloydFeinstein, a Career Coach, who will give a presentation titled: How To Get Past The First Interview. The meeting is at the Somerset Hills YMCA,140 Mt. Airy Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920.
Wednesday, August 14thfrom 9:30 am - 12:00 noon:The Professional Support Group of Morris County (PSGMC) will host Jim Narin, a career coach, who willgive a presentation titled: Social Media and the Impact YourPersonal Brand Can Make. Learn how to be authentic, be active,and target your audience while using social media. Jim will bring newopportunities to light and share his story about transformation and how PSGMCassisted in making his shift realistic. Additional information is available at: www.psgmc.org. The meeting will be at the Parsippany Troy Hills Library, 449Halsey Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054.
Wednesday, August 14thfrom 1:00 â€" 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 nocost to 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 USBdrive). The meeting is at the New YorkScience, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, NewYork, NY 10016.
Wednesday, August 14thfrom 4:00 â€" 6:00 pm: The Alumni Office ofFairleigh Dickinson University will host a free careerevent titled: Ready, Set, Hire â€" Successful Strategies for Employment; What EmployersAre Looking For. A panel of six keyHuman Resources professionals from prominent corporations will tell you whatthey'
re looking for. Eli Amdur, Columnist for the Bergen Record, will be moderating apanel that includes: DebbieBarrett, Vice President of HR - UnivisionCommunications, EvelynCortes, Regional Human Resources Manager -Macy's, JenniferEckhardt, Organizational Effectiveness Manager- Biomet, Inc, ChrisFitzpatrick, Talent Acquisition Manager - Enterprise Holdings, Jennifer Hanson,Recruitment Account Manager â€" GlaxoSmithKline, and Trishan Peiris, Business Development - dinaliC Staffing.
This year is on track to be the best job creation year since 1999,something I predicted before the start of the year. And in this rapidlyimproving job market, it is more important than ever to have smart strategiesfor employment, and to know what employers are looking for. We will do our best to discuss this with you. Advance registration is required, please Clickhere to register. Themeeting is at Fairleigh Dickinson University, on the Hackensack side ofthe FDU campus, in Dickinson Hall, 140 University Plaza Drive, NJ 07601.
Wednesday, August 14thfrom 6:00 â€" 7:30 pm: TheNew York Science, Industry and Business Library will host BarryCohen, CUNY Employment Coordinator, who will give a presentation titled: Powerful First Impressions: How to Find andGet the Job You Really Want. Barrywill discuss the hidden techniques and strategies you need to ace that next jobinterview. Themeeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 MadisonAvenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Wednesday, August 14thfrom 6:45 â€" 9:30 pm:The Hillsdale Career Resource Ministry Network Group will host Linda Trignano, an executive coach and career consultant, whowill give a presentation titled: Dressing for the Successful Interview. Ina competitive job market, interviews are a very precious commodity. I hope wecan all agree that critical impressions are formed in the first few seconds of aface-to-face interview. The way you look is a substantial part of theinterviewer’s impression based on how you are dressed, how you speak and howyou sound. Is your appearance at interviews a positive, a negative, or aneutral attribute to your efforts to secure a job? How about a professionalopinion? Linda will provide some insight into Dressing for the Successful Interviewâ€" attitude, attire, grooming, accessories, and more. If you’re up for thechallenge, come to the meeting dressed as you do for an interview. A fewaudience volunteers (both male and female) will be offered the opportunity tohave their interview attire discussed and constructively critiqued by Linda, aswell as the audience, based on the information shared during the evening. The meeting is at St. John The BaptistChurch, in the Sheen Room of the Parish Center, at 69 Valley Road, Hillsdale NJ07642.
Thursday, August 15thfrom 1:30 - 3:00 pm:The Camden JobClub will host AlexFreund, a career coach, who will give a presentation titled: The Hiring Manager’sHidden Agenda. Job candidates canprepare for interviews, but if they don’t understand what’s hiding behind theinterviewer’s questions or what they’re being tested on, chances are that attimes they’ll miss their targets. Theaudience will learn about: 1) What’s behind interviewers’ subtle and oftenhidden agendas, 2) How to think like an interviewer, 3) What are typicalinterview questions and what is their purpose, and 4) What are good interviewanswers to common questions. This is ahighly interactive presentation with the audience. Attendees will gain asignificant amount of knowledge regarding how to answer well certain commoninterview questions. The meeting isat 2600 Mt. Ephraim Avenue, Camden, NJ 08104
Friday, August 16thfrom 9:00 am â€" 12:00 noon:The Philadelphia Chapter of the ChemPharma Association will host Dave Oleksa, who will give apresentation titled: So You Want To Be AConsultant. Please register at: www.ChemPharma.com. A parking pass available at PhiladelphiaParking Pass Fall 2013. For additional information, contact michael.chiappinelli@axa-advisors.com. The meeting is at Villanova University, Health ServicesBuilding, Room 200, 800 Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA 19085.
Friday, August 16th from12:00 noon â€" 1:30 pm: The New York Science, Industry and BusinessLibrary will host John Crant, whowill give a presentation titled: Organizingand Managing Your Job Search. Johnwill discuss how to look at your job search and next career opportunity from adifferent angle. Discover how to plan, set goals, and manage your jobsearch. The meeting is at the New YorkScience, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, NewYork, NY 10016.
Friday, August 16thfrom 10:00 am â€" 12:00 noon:The Princeton Public Library will host AmyRaditz, a Sr. Consultant for the global outplacement firm Lee HechtHarrison, who will give a presentation titled: Job Search is a Team Sport. Amy will lead an interactive session about the value of effectivenetworking. The meeting is at thePrinceton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542.
Saturday, August 17thfrom 8:15 â€" 10:30 am:The Saint Gregory the Great Networking Group (SGGNG) will host Debra Wheatman, globally recognized asan expert in advanced career search techniques, who will give a presentationtitled: Leveraging Social Media toEnhance your Networking Power. Debrawill discuss using relevant social media to grow and leverage contacts tofacilitate job search. Your network is avery important part of helping to uncover opportunities that might otherwisenot be found. What are the current toolsand techniques that today's job seeker should be using? This informative session will tell you. Plus you will learn some valuable informationto best utilize the available tools to your advantage. The meeting is at Saint Gregory the Great’Church, 4680 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square, NJ 08690.
Saturday, August 17thfrom 8:30 â€" 11:00 am:Careers in Transition (CIT) meeting. Individuals give a 15 second elevatorspeech about themselves -- who you are, what you are looking for, targetcompanies (2-3), how the group can help you, and how you can help the group.This is followed by a short period for networking with people you would like tointroduce yourself to and exchange business cards. The group then divides intosmaller teams for: 1) Resume Assistance, (Please bring 15 copies of your resumeif you want it reviewed.) or 2) Support in Overcoming Job Search Obstacles.This includes: A) Small group advice for individuals who have hit the wall andneed help to reinvigorate their job search, or B) Large group discussion onvarious job search related topics. The meeting is in the Winston School Gym atChrist Church, 30 East Lane, Short Hills, NJ 07078.
