Monday, December 9th, from 10:00 am - 12:00 noon: Northern NJ Professionals in Transition (NNJ_PIT) will host Tony Calabrese, a Job Search Strategy Coach, who will give a presentation titled: Self Awareness and Setting Direction. Self- and Career-Assessment build self-awareness, which can help you decide upon the direction you would like your career to take next. By defining or redefining yourself, you will gain clarity around your personal needs. Through this presentation you will be introduced to tools that will help you identify aspects of life and work that bring you satisfaction and meaning, as well as the type of work environment that best support those needs. In this session, Tony will introduce you to informal self-assessment tools that help you both define yourself, but also help to develop the accomplishment statements that will help to introduce you to perspective employers in your written communication and verbal pitch. A schedule of upcoming meeting dates is available at: www.bit.ly/NNJ_PIT1. The group meets on generally alternating Mondays, except on library holidays. The companion online discussion forum/information archive/bulletin board/event calendar is available at: www.bit.ly/NNJ_PIT2. For additional information, please contact NNJ_PIT-owner@
Monday, December 9th, from 10:30 am - 1:00 pm: Professional Service Group of Central NJ will host Paul Cecala, a Career Coach and Member of Five O'Clock Club, who will give a presentation titled: Components of the Background Check. Paul will provide an in-depth look at the many different ways employers are delving into candidate’s pasts to determine their suitability for the job. The interview is just one step. The background and reference check is a completely separate and extensive step made much easier by the internet. What are employers learning about you? What can you do to ensure they learn what you want? These are just two of the important questions answered in this presentation. Please feel free to forward this note to anyone that you think would benefit from joining us. Or, better yet, just bring them with you. Additional information is available at: www.psgcnj.biz. PSGCNG meets every Monday, except holidays. The meeting will be at First United Methodist Church of Somerville, 48 West High Street, Somerville, NJ 08876.
Monday, December 9th, from 3:15 - 4:30 pm: The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host a special program titled: Companies and Contacts. Learn how to find Companies and Executive contacts for your next job. Search by industry as well as location, size, and sales. The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Monday, December 9th, from 4:00 - 5:30 pm: Careers in Transition (CIT) will host a Terry Seamon an executive career transition consultant with The Ayers Group, who will give a special presentation titled: SMART Moves. Terry will discuss what you can do right now to jump start your career search and be a stronger advocate for yourself in your career. Moving your career ahead depends on a few critical things - "SMART Moves." In this highly interactive workshop, we will explore these vital elements, including: What does it means to be in Sales & Marketing? What activities will bring you the best return on your time and effort? How can you handle and use rejection? Do you know how to build a support team to aid you in reaching your goal? What do the most proactive job seekers and career changers do in today's challenging job market? How can you increase your effectiveness? Learn the skills of highly effective career transitioners and how you can achieve your goals and address obstacles and challenges more effectively. Start making SMART moves and achieve more success in your professional and personal life! Don’t miss a session where you can expand your network, make new friends, share knowledge with your peers, and hear highly relevant and beneficial insights and perspectives on today's challenging job market. The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Princeton, 102 Carnegie Center (Route 1), Princeton, New Jersey, 08540-6293.
Tuesday, December 10th, from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm. The Professional Service Group of New Brunswick (PSGNB) will host a free workshop on LinkedIn. Learn to create a strong LinkedIn profile, to use LinkedIn search to find people, companies and jobs, and to increase your visibility on LinkedIn. For the schedule and to learn more about the organization and activities visit the website at: PSGNB.org. The workshops are held at the Kennedy branch of The Piscataway Public Library, 500 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854.
Tuesday, December 10th, from 1:30 – 2:30 pm: Free webinar featuring Lisa Rangel, Founder and Managing Director of Chameleon Resumes, who will give a presentation titled: How to Create Your LinkedIn Profile to Generate 6-Figure Job Interviews Faster. There is nothing more important today for job seekers than being found on LinkedIn. This is where recruiters are. Where are you? Are you found? During this Webinar training you will learn: 1) Important new information regarding LinkedIn's recent desktop layout makeover, 2) Why the profile you currently have is costing you thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars, in lost income and what you need to do to fix it and put forth the right image that garners higher compensation, 3) Three proven techniques to increase your profile's visibility on LinkedIn, 4) Three little known ways to find leads and opportunity using LinkedIn that generate the interviews you want, 5) Six tactics to write an engaging profile that will have hiring managers wanting to call you for interviews that are right for you, and 6) How to write your LinkedIn Summary to rise above the sea of competition you face and get the interview call. You will learn all that, and much more. Register for the Session of Your Choice
Tuesday, December 10th, from 5:30 - 8:00 pm: The Northern Fairfield Professionals (NFP) will host Rich Kuepper, Founder and President of L.E.A.D. who will give a presentation titled: Thrive in a World of Exponential Change - Mastering Your Mindset. Mastering Your Mindset, and Why Does It Matter? What if you and your team saw obstacles as opportunities? What if you could not only effectively deal with disruption but think disruptively? High performance in life or business is the same as high performance in sports. At a certain point the “game” becomes 80% mental, 20% skills. • To achieve in highly competitive environments you need unmatched focus, certainty and resilience. Mind-set elements, critical to your success. Please feel free to forward this note to anyone that you think would benefit from joining us. Or, better yet, just bring them with you. The meeting is at Holy Innocents Faith Formation Center, St Rose of Lima Church, 46 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT 06470.
Tuesday, December 10th, 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 of the 2019 graduates of Career Forum; these are folks who landed positions during the course of the year. More important, they want to share with you the ideas that worked for them and can work for you as you search for that next position. This is certainly educational to all who attend but it is also inspiring and motivational to all of us. If you come, you may want to bring a couple of treats to share with those in attendance. This is always a fun evening and we hope to see you there. For more information contact Sylvia Velez email her at svelez@somersethillsymca.org or call her at 1-908-630-3530. The meeting is at the Somerset Hills YMCA, 140 Mt. Airy Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920.
Wednesday, December 11th, from 9:30 am – 12:00 noon. The Professional Service Group of Morris County (PSGMC) will host Dale Favia, who will be offering Resume Reviews. Bring your resume on a USB drive, and we’ll review it. Please feel free to forward this note to anyone that you think would benefit from joining us. Or, better yet, just bring them with you. 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, December 11th, from 10:30 am – 12:00 noon. The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host Margaret Sweeney, who will give a presentation titled: Resume/Cover Letter/LinkedIn (Part 2). In part two of this three part series, Margaret discusses resumes, cover letters, and LinkedIn. Attendees will understand how to use their resume as a marketing tool to get their dream job, write a cover letter that gets noticed, and optimize LinkedIn. The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Wednesday, December 11th, from 6:00 - 7:30 pm: The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host Win Sheffield, a career Coach, who will give a presentation titled: Career Management for Introverts. Do you feel you should not have to sell yourself? Are you uncomfortable around people who are talking about their accomplishments? Do you find yourself looking for ways to get out of conversations rather than into them? Perhaps instead you find yourself coming up with the answer while the person you are listening to goes on and on or maybe you like to take time to consider your answers. If you have had any of these experiences, you may be interested in this talk. Techniques career coach Win Sheffield will cover include:
· Recognizing how to use our strengths to impress your listener in more quiet ways
· Using story to approach difficult topics, avoiding awkwardness
· Structured ways to approach and prepare for conversations
· Career management methods that minimize conversation
The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Wednesday, December 11th, from 6:45 - 9:30 pm: The Hillsdale Career Resource Ministry Network Group will host Ms. Terri Seibert, NJ consumer health advocate, who will give a presentation titled: Navigating the Healthcare Medical Insurance Labyrinth While in Transition. Terrie will discuss the programs available to workers in transition to ensure access to health care, including the maze of insurance concepts, The Affordable Care Act as a law, COBRA as a law and the consumer protections that are key elements to the Health Reform agenda. Terri will also talk a bit about volunteerism as a pathway to employment. Please feel free to forward this note to anyone that you think would benefit from joining us. Or, better yet, just bring them with you. For additional information, contact: John Carvelli at 1-201-995-7895, john.carvelli@pimco.com, or Janelle Razzino at 1-201-722-3111, janelle@razzinoassociates.com.
Wednesday, December 11th, from 7:30 - 9:15 pm. Job Seekers of Montclair will host a program titled: Dealing with Road Blocks and Setting Goals. Learn how to: 1) Recognize common blocks, 2) How to move beyond the blocks or avoid them, 3) Where to find motivation and support, and 4) Long and short term goal setting. Additional information is available at: http://www.
Thursday, December 12th, from 1:30 – 2:30 pm: Free webinar featuring Lisa Rangel, Founder and Managing Director of Chameleon Resumes, who will give a presentation titled: How to Create Your LinkedIn Profile to Generate 6-Figure Job Interviews Faster. There is nothing more important today for job seekers than being found on LinkedIn. This is where recruiters are. Where are you? Are you found? During this Webinar training you will learn: 1) Important new information regarding LinkedIn's recent desktop layout makeover, 2) Why the profile you currently have is costing you thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars, in lost income and what you need to do to fix it and put forth the right image that garners higher compensation, 3) Three proven techniques to increase your profile's visibility on LinkedIn, 4) Three little known ways to find leads and opportunity using LinkedIn that generate the interviews you want, 5) Six tactics to write an engaging profile that will have hiring managers wanting to call you for interviews that are right for you, and 6) How to write your LinkedIn Summary to rise above the sea of competition you face and get the interview call. You will learn all that, and much more. Register for the Session of Your Choice
Thursday, December 12th, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm: NNJ ATD (Association for Talent Development) will host Jeff Magnuson, a Marketing and Career Consultant, who will give a presentation titled: How Job Seekers Can Stand Out in Today’s Market. As a career consultant, the number one question from job seekers is how they can stand out from other candidates when applying to open positions. During this presentation, Jeff will take you through a series of steps that have worked for so many professionals and are also very easy to implement. The strategies we will discuss will help give you the best opportunity of first getting noticed by an organization and then making a positive impression during the important interview process, including:
· How to write a unique résumé and an effective cover letter
· How to apply so you are seen by the right people
· How to interview confidently
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. For additional information, contact Alicja Lisnow at a_lisnow@yahoo.com. Please register at: https://atd1212.eventbrite.com
Friday, December 13th, from 9:30 - 11:30 am: The New Jersey ChemPharma Professional Association Chapter will host Nick Mariniello, who will give a presentation titled: Create Your 2020 Vision. Identify and Leverage Your Strengths to Build a Personal Strategic Plan. The foundation of any successful venture begins with absolute clarity so that you have a solid strategy before you execute tactics.
· Where are you at today?
· Where do you want to go?
· How are you going to get there?
· What are your resources?
· What are your constraints?
· WHY is it important to get there?
In this workshop, we will walk through a proven process to identify what is most important to you and how to leverage that motivation. You will learn how to formulate a personal strategic plan that unleashes new found energy to expand your options and generate clarity and purpose going into the New Year. Please register at: www.chempharma.net. The meeting is at Right Management, 35 Waterview Boulevard, Suite 8, Parsippany, NJ 07054.
Friday, December 13th, from 9:30 – 11:30 am: The Jenkintown Career Networking Group will host Ken Sher, President of Sher Coaching and developer of the “TRUST Success Model”, who will give a presentation titled: Late Career Challenges. Losing your job and being out of work is difficult. Losing your job when you’re over 40-years-old can be devastating. There are more challenges that come with more responsibility whether it’s lifestyle, family or a basic standard of living. There are also more questions like:
· What’s the most important thing I should be doing? Where do I start?
· How do I handle interviewing with someone much younger than me?
· Should I take the first job opportunity I get?
· How can I show myself to be relevant in today’s job market?
Attend this inter-active presentation and you will learn:
1. What is important in my resume and LinkedIn profile
2. How do I demonstrate I’m up to speed with today’s market?
3. How do I differentiate myself and show my worth during interviews?
This highly interactive presentation will focus on the issues facing the mid-late job seeker in general and participant’s specific challenges as well. We will answer the above questions and bring your own questions about how to be successful in your job search when you’re mid-late career? Please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone that you think would benefit from joining us. Or, better yet, just bring them with you. Please register at: https://www.meetup.com/Career-
Friday, December 13th, from 9:45 am - 12:00 Noon: The Professional Service Group of Mercer County and the Princeton Public Library will co-host Eddie Kelly, who will give a presentation titled: Social Security, Medicare, and Your Retirement. Eddie will discuss using and understanding the structure, issues, and recent changes around social security while you prepare for retirement. Please feel free to forward this note to anyone that you think would benefit from joining us. Or, better yet, just bring them with you. Please visit the PSG of Mercer County website to learn more about the numerous free resources available there. The meeting will be held at the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542.
Friday, December 13th, from 3:30 - 5:30 pm: The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host Sherry Natkow, who will give a presentation titled: Elevator Pitch -- Don't Wing It. A proven way to make a positive first impression and spark interest from strangers is with a well-crafted elevator pitch. It communicates your core information quickly and is adaptable at a cocktail party, at the gym, or at a professional conference. Your elevator pitch can also be tweaked for LinkedIn, cover letters, email introductions, and cold calls. This workshop offers 3 strategies for writing a polished elevator pitch. Learn how to effortlessly answer, "So what do you do?" with confidence. The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Saturday, December 14th, from 7:30 - 10:15 am: The Breakfast Club will host Jerry Crispin, who will give a presentation titled: What Should Be Keeping You Up At Night About The Job Market. (and a few things you can do about it). After 50 years of studying the hiring landscape globally, Gerry is will share what makes sense to what you want to know about the job market. Additional information is available at: http://thebreakfastclubnj.com/
Monday, December 16th, from 10:00 am - 12:00 noon: Northern NJ Professionals in Transition (NNJ_PIT) will host Beth Haiet Mayer, who will give a presentation titled: Netplay to Network, the Holidays and Every Day. Beth will discuss the lessons she learned as she has gone through transition and moved her professional life from a career in law to the field of not-for-profits. A schedule of upcoming meeting dates is available at: www.bit.ly/NNJ_PIT1. The group meets on generally alternating Mondays, except on library holidays. The companion online discussion forum/information archive/bulletin board/event calendar is available at: www.bit.ly/NNJ_PIT2. For additional information, please contact NNJ_PIT-owner@
Monday, December 16th, from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon: The Monmouth County Workforce Development will host David Schuchman, Information Technology Consultant and Executive Chair of PSG of Mercer County, who will give a presentation titled: How to Work as a Consultant. A consultant is someone who provides skills, a service or expert advice to others. For some professionals, this can be a new way to stay busy and earn income. Especially when full-time employment opportunities are not available. This program highlights the benefits and differences between employed vs. contract engagements. And, explains the steps you need to follow to pursue a path to Work as a Consultant. The meeting is at the Monmouth County Workforce Development Office, 17 Christopher Way, Eatontown, NJ 07724
Monday, December 16th, from 10:30 am – 12:00 noon: The New York Science, Industry and Business Library will host Kathy Fanning, who will give a presentation titled: How to Get Free Training and a Great Career in IT. Have you always had an interest in a career in Information Technology but did not know how to afford the training? If so, this session is for you. Kathy will discuss the career projections and growth potential in this highly desired filed. You will learn what employers are looking for in regards to skills and certifications like CompTIA A+ and CISCO CCNA. Also explore and apply for a free, intensive training program offered by the Borough of Manhattan Community College. The meeting is at the New York Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Monday, December 16th, from 7:00 am - 9:30 am: The Monday’s @ 7 Group will host Jackie Fedor and Liz Cummings who will give a presentation titled: Recruiters 101. For additional information, check the group’s website at http://www.mondaysat7.org/ or send a message to: Mondaysseven@gmail.com. The meeting is at the Westport United Methodist Church, 49 Weston Road, Westport, CT 06880 (Exit 42 off the Merritt Parkway).
Monday, December 16th, from 10:30 am - 1:00 pm: Professional Service Group of Central NJ will host its Annual Holiday Party. Great food and good cheer will be in abundance at PSGCNJ’s annual holiday party. Celebrate the holiday season and enjoy the festivities while establishing stronger relationships with each other. As this will be the group’s last meeting in 2019, PSGCNJ wishes everyone an Enjoyable Holiday Season and a Happy New Year. Additional information is available at: www.psgcnj.biz. PSGCNG meets every Monday, except holidays. The meeting will be at First United Methodist Church of Somerville, 48 West High Street, Somerville, NJ 08876.
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