Challenge Your Limits: A Corporate America Life Story – Lemuel Jones Learn how to overcome limitations in your career and personal life! In this workshop, I will inspire you not to let people get in way of your goals and objectives in life. Additionally, I will discuss my real-world corporate America experiences, including how to knock down roadblocks so …
Networking For Mutual Benefit with LinkedIn Engagement – Teddy Burriss Teddy Burriss is a LinkedIn Trainer & Coach. In 2010 Teddy started the business of delivering workshops, seminars, webinars, speeches and 1:1 coaching focused on guiding business professionals and teams on the best practices and tactics of using LinkedIn as a business & Career Search tool. Teddy is a practiced …
Talent Acquisition + Linkedin with Keith Langbo Keith Langbo will talk about the art of Talent Acquisition and LinkedIn for our group in this intensive session. He is a sought after speaker and often quoted in places like the Triangle Business Journal on issues related to talent and advice. His firm has built a powerful, positive reputation in the Triangle. …
Becoming A Better Writer with Jeff Davidson Effective writing is not as arduous as you might presume. Learn from a veteran author of 65 books how to make the written word your friend. This discussion will help you with a variety of strategies for efficiently and effectively reaching your goals with our CareerPro Inc. advisory board member Jeff Davidson, The …
Organizing Your Executive Job Search with Sterling Fulton Come listen to author, trainer and teacher – our very own in Sterling Fulton! Sterling Fulton, MHA – works at the University of North Carolina as a Social Researcher and Evaluator and is on the faculty at the UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program. She knows the secret to getting communities to …
There’s no denying that social media plays a role in today’s job search process. Networking sites such as LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter and even Facebook allow for both potential employers and job candidates to research one another. For candidates, these sites provide the perfect opportunities to read up on job opportunities and the interests, brands and stories tied to specific companies. …
Alyson will lead a discussion on not only supporting great organizations like the Tammy Lynn Center but how volunteering is a sound career tactic! Alyson Stoffer [not like the Lasagna] has 10 years experience in philanthropy. She is the Development Officer at Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities where she is stewarding, activating, and elevating donor support and gearing up …
In the last month, I’ve written down a few comments from some of my executive clients who just lost their job or may lose their job: “I need to really develop my network now. I kind of neglected that in my current job.” “How am I going to find the connections I need to get some better interviews fast? My …
Working with staffing companies, recruiters (both third party and company/organizational) can be intimidating. In a recent interview and discussion with one of our longtime networking friends I found some notes I thought would be helpful to our readers. Jeff Raxlin serves in an executive role with a leading recruiting company in North Carolina, Kelaca, and I posed a number of challenging questions to to find out some of what I call the insider secrets to networking with and building a relationship with recruiters. What you will see focus on Mr. Raxlin’s thoughts and my notes and thoughts on this issue of staffing and recruiter communications.
In the last year of market ups and downs and general upheaval in the employment market I have noticed a few interesting trends. Focusing on networking I have noticed that many executives are:
1. Willing to network and reach out more than ever. This is a positive trend and it shows me that executives do not feel that what they have is guaranteed and that they have to get outside of their comfort zone to reach out and grow.
2. Working to network even if they are employed. Again, executives who are employed now have shown more interest in networking for their longterm career (this may have to do with the feeling that no one feels secure. They are now getting outside of their comfort zone to create new relationships and are often more open about those who are reaching out to them.
3. Networking by trial and error if they are unemployed. This is a generally negative sign. It shows that executives in transition may be confident in their skill set but when forced to network for extended periods can become stagnant and repeat mistakes.
