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Monday, 02/06 at 10:30 am, Professional Services Group of Central New Jersey hosts, Hunterdon Speakeasy Toastmasters Meeting Demo. Are you uncomfortable speaking before a large group? Would you like to enhance your public speaking skills? If so, please join us for this special presentation by Mike Hodge of the Hunterdon Speak Easy Toastmasters as his group walks us through what Toastmasters is all about by offering a demonstration of a typical Toastmasters meeting. A feature of their meetings is for members to give three-to-four-minute speeches to help improve their public speaking and presentation skills. Mike has been with Hunterdon Speak Easy club since 2014 and is currently the vice-president of public relations. He spent 20 years with Microsoft where he was senior director of business development. PSGCNJ has established a pre-registration system for Zoom meetings. Please visit https://psgcnj.biz/need-to-know/ and register by our 11 pm Friday deadline prior to the Monday morning meeting under where it says Welcome Back at the top of the page. Please make sure to save the link you are emailed so you have it for Monday’s meeting. PSGCNJ has started a new segment on the third Monday of the month from noon to 12:30 pm featuring Victoria Squazzo, a certified Reiki master/teacher, holistic practitioner of Ayurveda and emotion code practitioner. She completed a Yoga certification in 2022 and regularly teaches private/small group Yoga and Meditation classes and Reiki certification classes. Victoria’s next session will be Monday, March 20 from noon until 12:30 pm.Please join us on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month from noon-12:30 am for our ‘Ask Maya’ segment with Maya Ollson, career consultant, founder of Kokopella High Touch Outplacement and a frequent speaker for PSGCNJ. Maya facilitates the 30-minute Q&A session to answer your job search questions.

February 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Chem Pharma, Want Better Outcomes in 2023? Harness the Power of Your Thinking!, FREE Please RSVP for this event on the registration button at the bottom as well as on Zoom.

Want to be more effective in business and at home? PowerThink your way to success!

Recent research in psychology has concluded that our brains process about 50,000 thoughts per day, and that a majority of those thoughts are negative. The good news is that we can actually learn to be more optimistic and resilient by focusing on building a particular set of skills. These skills will be shared in this session.

If you are not a member of ChemPharma, please join us!

Join as a member if you have over 10 years experience
Join as as a student or associate member with under 10 years experience

The ChemPharma Professional Association brings high-caliber business and technical professionals from chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, and allied industries together, to foster career and personal success through sharing information and building relationships.

We are a nation-wide association of business and technical executives with a broad range of experiences covering all technical and professional disciplines and functions in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

Please RSVP for this event on the registration button at the bottom as well as on Zoom.

RSVP Here

Tuesday 2/7, the incomparable Tony Calabrese, longtime Northern NJ Professionals in Transition (#NNJ_PIT) host, Career Coach, and Founder of Absolute Transitions, LLC, will present a webinar entitled: “Who’s In Your Room? Creating Your Best Life”. Please visit: creatingyourbestlife.eventbrite.com to register. All are welcome. Q & A will follow.

February 8, 7:30, Developing your resume • The message: What do I want to communicate • Styles: functional, chronological, etc. • Summarizing PAR’s Job Seekers of Montclair is a free, job search training and support group open to all. We have professional speakers on a variety of job search topics including recognizing your accomplishments, developing your resume, networking, interview preparation, and dealing with road blocks.

Job Seekers of Montclair meets every Wednesday on Zoom at 7:15 PM to network. Programs start at 7:30 pm. All meetings are free and open to the public.

Information about the upcoming meeting can be found on our website.

February 9, 2023 at 6:30pm, NJSENG meeting, please send an email to Marty at MartyLatman@gmail with the Subject Line: “Reserve My Seat for the 2-9-23 NJSENG Meeting.

Below discusses the meeting and speaker.

Please join us as Gerard Raho discusses “Financial Planning During a Job Transition”. Gerard will be discussing at the meeting:

401k options when you leave a company and the positive and negative aspects to each option. He will discuss special situations when you can take money out of a 401k without penalty.
He will talk about overall financial planning as he touches on cash management options and liquidity needs during job transition.
Gerard will show a retirement analysis and discuss the importance of having proper asset allocation.
Gerard will also discuss current market volatility and put it into historical perspective.

Friday, February 10, 2023 at 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EST

Great face-to-face job interviews, phone screens and Zoom calls require sound preparation and an understanding of what’s important to the person conducting the interview. It also necessitates your ability to convey confidence, subject matter expertise and the art of storytelling.

There are a lot of things that job seekers can do to make them a preferred candidate and this webinar will cover some of them. Here are a few questions that a lot of candidates continually ask about job interviews:

What do I need to understand about the interviewer in order to come across as a strong candidate?
How do I communicate my value so that it quickly captures interest?
How can I stand out from other candidates being considered?
What can I do to make myself more memorable and more likeable?

During this webinar NSENG Founder & CEO, Marty Gilbert, will share some very tactical tips that can make a big positive difference in the way that you and your background are perceived by the interviewer. Here are some of the topics that Marty will address during his presentation:

Key objectives of every interview
The biggest challenges of each type of interview and how you can overcome them
Preparation that can make your performance more convincing
Perspectives from the hiring manager– how they think, feel and decide
How LinkedIn research can deliver great background on each interviewer
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool that gives you a personality assessment of the interviewer before you ever meet
Why Zoom interviews are a great way to make great first impressions
The most important question for you to ask at the beginning of the interview
Proactive actions to make yourself more memorable and more likeable

About The Group: The goal of the Career Networking Group in Montgomery County is to provide a supportive environment where members can obtain ideas, direction, and support and learn skills to improve their job search and career. Come and network with other individuals who are likewise in transition to share best practices about job hunting.

LOCATION: ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE / ONLINE WEBINAR ONLY

FACILLITATOR: George E. Schonewolf, Founder / Organizer / Speaker / Event Host / Career Coach INVESTMENT: FREE to all in transition/ unemployed.

QUESTIONS: Call George at (215) 264-9153

Friday, February 10,⋅9:45am – 12:00pm, Weekly on Friday, Mary Anne Kennedy – Learn Your Preference: Using the MBTI (Myers-Briggs) to Focus Your Job Search

Location: The Princeton Public Library. 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton NJ 08542:

The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is an introspective self-report questionnaire indicating differing psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. The test attempts to assign four categories: introversion or extraversion, sensing or intuition, thinking or feeling, judging or perceiving. One letter from each category is taken to produce a four-letter test result, like “INFJ” or “ENFP”.

This is a useful tool in the career process.

The link below will take you to the free assessment that you can take either before or after the session.

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp

Sat, February 11, 2023, 8: -10:00 AM join The Breakfast Club NJ Monthly Meeting with a presentation by Andrew O’Hearn – “Working Out Loud”. Sign on instructions at www.thebreakfastclubnj.com. Register on meetup https://www.meetup.com/the-breakfast-club-nj/events/288988921/

February 11, 2023, 9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Upcoming MCT (My Career Transitions) Meetings

Topic: KLT AIR Your Networking North Stars

Speaker: Michael Hughes

Location: Virtual Event

Sponsor: Penn State Great Valley Alumni Society

To register for this FREE event, please click here.

Networking has been proven to be the most effective tool and approach to navigating career transition, relationship building, and personal success. This seminar will focus on the key basic tools to make networking part of anyone’s professional toolbox, regardless of personality type, occupation, or stage in career.

In this webinar, you will learn how to:

Build and establish networks
Focus on how personality works for you
Become mindful of how people value integrity
Ask questions with a purpose

Monday, 02/13, 10:30 am, Professional Services Group of Central New Jersey hosts, Integrating Emotional Intelligence into the Job Interview and Beyond. Joins us as Dr. Laura Dowling session explains the changed world of work paradigm shift resulting in employer focus on soft skills such as emotional intelligence and why demonstrating ahigh EI can give you a competitive advantage over other candidates. As a prerequisite, all registrants are asked to complete an EL Quiz assessment prior to the February 13 session. The assessment takes about 30 minutes to complete. Dr. Laura has 20 years of experience in healthcare operations and 15 years of experience in curriculum and course design and teaching in higher education in business administration, healthcare administration and leadership. She is also an experienced consultant, coach, mentor, and business advisor. PSGCNJ has established a pre-registration system for Zoom meetings. Please visit https://psgcnj.biz/need-to-know/ and register by our 11 pm Friday deadline prior to the Monday morning meeting under where it says Welcome Back at the top of the page. Please make sure to save the link you are emailed so you have it for Monday’s meeting. PSGCNJ has started a new segment on the third Monday of the month from noon to 12:30 pm featuring Victoria Squazzo, a certified Reiki master/teacher, holistic practitioner of Ayurveda and emotion code practitioner. She completed a Yoga certification in 2022 and regularly teaches private/small group Yoga and Meditation classes and Reiki certification classes. Victoria’s next session will be Monday, March 20 from noon until 12:30 pm.

Please join us on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month from noon-12:30 am for our ‘Ask Maya’ segment with Maya Ollson, career consultant, founder of Kokopella High Touch Outplacement and a frequent speaker for PSGCNJ. Maya facilitates the 30-minute Q&A session to answer your job search questions.

Wednesday February 15, 2023, from 10:00am until 11:00am(EST). You are invited to attend a Virtual Hiring Event. Are you interested in a career in the rapidly growing field of Healthcare? Apluscare is hiring for the following positions Direct Support Professionals, Residential Program Supervisor, HR Recruiter, Registered Nurse, Quality Assurance Specialist, and Housing Specialist, so mark your calendars! The Middlesex County Office of Career Opportunity’s Business Solutions Team invites you to a virtual hiring event on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, from 10:00am to 11:00am.Job Seekers of Montclair meets every Wednesday on Zoom at 7:15 PM to network. Programs start at 7:30 pm. All meetings are free and open to the public.

Information about the upcoming meeting can be found on our website.

Click here to register and secure your spot!

February 15

Cover Letters, Thank-You Letters and References • Designing effective cover letters • Telephone etiquette and effective use • Thank you letters and their place Thursday, February 16 at Noon Eastern / 9AM Pacific. John Hadley presents Free “5 Secrets to Landing a Job You’ll Love” webinar after this month. If you’ve been thinking about it, don’t miss out. As always, send me your career search questions at Advice@JHACareers.com.

Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST, Lynne Williams ONLINE For “Value Proposition Letters – A Think Tank”

What is a value proposition letter?

It’s a brief statement (100-150 words) that succinctly explains a candidate’s unique qualities, skills, and accomplishments.

In other words, it states how you will add value to a company.

Using persuasion, value proposition letters explain how you can solve a problem or fix a pain point in a company better than anyone else, thanks to your expertise and unique offerings.

Attend this Seminar/workshop and you will

Learn the who, what, where, when, why, and how of the Value Proposition Letter
Learn how it differs from the cover letter.

This is an interactive workshop where all attendees are involved.

It is especially geared towards the seasoned professional who earns a 6 to 7-digit figure income.

LOCATION: ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE / ONLINE WEBINAR ONLY

FACILLITATOR: George E. Schonewolf, Founder / Organizer / Speaker / Event Host / Career Coach INVESTMENT: FREE to all in transition/ unemployed.

QUESTIONS: Call George at (215) 264-9153

Friday, February 17⋅9:45am – 12:00pm, Weekly on Friday, Bill Pigula – Developing Your Marketing Plan

Location: The Princeton Public Library. 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton NJ 08542

Bill Pigula will explain the internal and external factors found in the job search process, explore how they affect your job search marketing strategy, and explain tactics that will support your strategy.

Organizer: Mercer County PSG Events

Mercer County PSG Events

Creator: Created by: psgofmercercounty.cc@gmail.comCreated by: psgofmercerc

Thursday February 23, 2023, at 10:00 am (EST) February Monthly Workshop Series Event hosted by the Middlesex County Office of Career Opportunity.

Dr. Amy Geffen will be presenting “Combat Ageism in Your Job Search”.

The workshop will take place virtually via Zoom. Please feel free to register and share with those whom you feel may benefit attending this workshop.

One of the subtle, insidious forms of discrimination that workers face is one that all of us will be up against some day: ageism. If you are over 40 and looking for work, you may find that you are having an even harder time than when you were younger and less experienced. And the older you get – 45, 50, 55… –, the more challenging it becomes to make headway against prejudice.

What can you, the individual, do to combat ageism when you are looking for work?

The Middlesex County Office of Career Opportunity welcomes jobseekers of all ages to our next workshop, Combat Ageism in Your Job Search, with Dr. Amy Geffen, PhD. This webinar will discuss online learning, technology, research, and enthusiasm – all critical tools to help the real you shine through. You will learn what to include and avoid in your resume and LinkedIn profile, how to answer interview questions, and how to come across during the interview. We will even help you decide next steps in your career, whether you want to work part-time, continue to work full-time, start a consulting business, or volunteer on a non-profit board.

Whether you need this advice now, or you’re going to need it in the future, please join MCOCO and Dr. Amy Geffen on Thursday, February 23rd at 10:00 am via Zoom for this free workshop, “Combat Ageism in the Job Search.” Click here to register!

Friday, February 24⋅9:45am – 12:00pm, Weekly on Friday, Bart Jackson – Resculpting Your Career Post-Covid

Location: The Princeton Public Library. 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton NJ 08542

Organizer: Mercer County PSG Events

Creator: Created by: psgofmercercounty.cc@gmail.comCreated by: psgofmercercounty.cc@gmail.com

Monday, 02/27, 10:30 am, Professional Services Group of Central New Jersey hosts, Passion and Resilience: The Real PR to Success. Networking can be a scary word for so many, but it does not have to be; it’s not about collecting business cards but about bonding with people and building relationships. VJ Niles will show us the four simple steps to help you make bonds with people, have conversations that matter and take steps to grow your career or business. This presentation will help you start a conversation, build a relationship, and how to talk about yourself in a way to gain opportunities. VJ Niles is founder of The Niles Group and a strategist that helps midcareer professionals develop their careers with essential tools and strategies. PSGCNJ has established a pre-registration system for Zoom meetings. Please visit https://psgcnj.biz/need-to-know/ and register by our 11 pm Friday deadline prior to the Monday morning meeting under where it says Welcome Back at the top of the page. Please make sure to save the link you are emailed so you have it for Monday’s meeting. PSGCNJ has started a new segment on the third Monday of the month from noon to 12:30 pm featuring Victoria Squazzo, a certified Reiki master/teacher, holistic practitioner of Ayurveda and emotion code practitioner. She completed a Yoga certification in 2022 and regularly teaches private/small group Yoga and Meditation classes and Reiki certification classes. Victoria’s next session will be Monday, March 20 from noon until 12:30 pm.

Please stay with us for our ‘Ask Maya’ segment from noon-12:30 am as Maya Ollson,career consultant, founder of Kokopella High Touch Outplacement and a frequent speaker for PSGCNJ, facilitates a 30-minute Q&A session to answer your job search questions from noon-12:30 pm. ‘Ask Maya’ is held on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month.

Monday Feb. 27, Bergen County Networking Community

“The Stories that Get You Hired”, virtual meeting

Contact Marty Latman for details and to register

March 3 , Understanding Networking • What is it? How does it work? • Techniques to manage an effective network • Overcoming networking fears • Media and Social Networking • Internet Networking Friday, March 3⋅9:45am – 12:00pm, Weekly on Friday, Janice Coleman – From Job Search to Dream Career in 2023: 5 Tips to Uncovering Your Purpose and Passion to Find and Sustain Fulfillment at Work

March 11, 2023, Time: 9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Topic: To Be Announced, Speaker: Cheryl Bonner Location: Virtual Event Sponsor: Penn State Great Valley Alumni Society, Registration for this event will be available soon. Detailed description will be coming soon.

Pre-Recorded Podcasts

In this article, IDC’s Wayne Kurtzman shares survey results on how to increase engagement in virtual meetings .https://blogs.idc.com/2020/07/06/what-virtual-conferences-still-miss/

This video podcast explores the preferences, experiences, attitudes and behaviors of organizers and attendees of virtual events that have been held in the wake of COVID-19. It also delves into the priorities that organizers, sponsors, and vendors should address to ensure a positive experience for event attendees and how to capitalize of virtual event opportunities.https://www.nypl.org/locations/snfl/yoseloff-business

The New York Science, Industry and Business Library, located at 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016. The library also recorded some of the presentations and they are available 24/7 on-line at: http://www.nypl.org/node/90324.

PSG of Mercer County website has now grown to 35 eLearning sites. Many are free, but not all. Check out some of these eLearning sites at:

https://www.psgofmercercounty.org/p/e-learning-resources.html

General Resources

The Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group (PAGCG), with the Business Executives Networking Group (BENG) and Nonprofit Career Network (NCN) provides career education, resources, support services, & networking connections for those in transition, the self-employed, employed, & the organizations that employ them. We are all-inclusive, diverse, and equitable. BENG is for mid to senior level whether in transition, employed, or self-employed.

For more information go to https://greatcareersphl.org/

The latest event list can be found here: http://bit.ly/CareerEdEvents

CareerUSA.org

The mission of CareerUSA.org is to provide ONE website where anyone who is unemployed or under-employed, can find everything they need to help with his or her career search that will result in employment.

Any formed group that assists members in educating, coaching, career testing, job lead, networking connections, mentoring, counseling, or support, while providing a safe place for the job seeker, is welcome to be listed on the or CareerUSA.org website. For more information and a schedule of events go to

https://www.careerusa.org/

Recurring Meetings

Sundays from 9:00 – 9:30 am: George Pace, an IT Technology Leader, in Partnership with TBCNJ, host a weekly LIVE Webinar every Sunday to discuss:

The latest Federal / State news as it relates to the Job Market
Updates related to Unemployment
Discuss proactive job search activities

To access the webinar, visit:www.facebook.com/keeppace. In the left-hand column, click on Videos, then click on the video that says LIVE. If you don’t see the LIVE button, it hasn’t started yet. For questions, please contact George Pace at: keeppace@gmail.com.

The Ramsey Job Search Work Team meets every Monday morning. Networking starts from 9 to 9:30am and the meeting starts at 9:30 to 10:30 while virtual. Members are expected to hold each other accountable at weekly (virtual) meetings for conducting a job search in earnest. Historically, the team has enjoyed a very high rate of “landings” by those conducting an active and vigorous job search.

Based on the Lee-Hecht-Harrison model, it’s more of a project management team made up of people committed to helping each other in the job search. By attending regularly and staying focused on key tasks, meetings serve as an advisory panel that knows you and your search and can offer answers to the questions that come up in job hunting.

Help others to help you (especially for the first few meetings) by having a prepared “elevator pitch” to introduce yourself. Jobs open up because there’s a problem to solve or a need to fill.

Please contact Beth Berkenfeld at bberk2@optonline.net or 201-797-4342 if interested in joining the group.

The WNO (Westchester Networking Organization) meets the third Monday of each month. During the COVID pandemic, we are meeting via Zoom at 5:45 p.m. The WNO is a community that is supportive and welcoming to those who are in transition and that fosters career fulfillment for all professionals, including those fully employed. We provide an opportunity to network across industries, fields and organizations. Our monthly meetings include networking time as well as a presentation on a topic relevant to job search and career development. The contact e-mail ID for the WNO, wno1635@gmail.com.

Executives in Job Transition (formerly Morris County Executives in Transition) meets the 3rd Monday of the month from 10-12 noon through the Zoom link below. The group is a great opportunity to network for new contacts and job search ideas. Please feel free to share this with other job seekers you feel can use our assistance.The format is the same as always, everyone gets equal time to present their introduction and job search successes and challenges, then ask the group for assistance with the challenges. All are welcome

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88331109176?pwd=R2h3bGU5Yi81blV5STNIMjdkak9Qdz09

Meeting ID: 883 3110 9176

Passcode: 652282

+19292056099,,88331109176#,,,,*652282# US (New York)

Join Zoom Meeting (we use the same Zoom info each meeting)

https://ups.zoom.us/j/91254516371?pwd=VkpzMEhTNStPS1RKLy9mMmNTZVZaZz09

Meeting ID: 912 5451 6371

Password: mceit

+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)

Starting February 28 and repeating every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month, Maya Ollson, career consultant, founder of Kokopella High Touch Outplacement and a frequent speaker for PSGCNJ, will facilitate a 30-minute Q&A session prior to the start of our regular Monday meeting to answer your job search questions. Come join us from 10-10:30 am and bring your questions to “Ask Maya.”Our formal meeting and guest speaker will begin at 10:30 AM, following the “Ask Maya” session. For those new to PSGCNJ, we offer an orientation from 9:30 to 9:55 am about how the organization can help you with your job search. Please use link https://lnkd.in/eG3x4HY

Mondays at 4:30 – Win Sheffield offers 1 hour workshops each Monday at 4:30, open to all covering use of stories in pitches, interviews and resumes. On the first Monday of the month they are free (other weeks $20). For details and to register: https://www.winsheffield.com/events/weekly-stories-workshop-conveying-your-value-20/

Take a page from Hollywood’s playbook and communicate your value effectively using stories. We are hardwired for stories and can learn to use them to get results for our careers quickly.

Welcome to the Milford JETS networking group that meets every Monday at 6:30p.m. (except holidays to be announced). Co leaders Craig Cunningham, HR Leader and Diana Champagne, Total Rewards leader are cc’d.

STEP 1 ~ ZOOM DETAILS

The Zoom details for the meetings are below. Please save these details to your calendar – I do not change the link.https://us02web.zoom.us/j/98862890863?pwd=VDUxUUNjVWwrbjM4aHZQbDZNOUVrZz09

Meeting ID: 988 6289 0863

Passcode: 755309

One tap mobile

+19292056099,,98862890863#,,,,,,0#,,755309# US (New York)

+13017158592,,98862890863#,,,,,,0#,,755309# US (Washington D.C)

Resuming 1/10/23 on alternating Tuesdays from 10am-12pm with rare exceptions, Northern NJ Professionals in Transition (#NNJ_PIT) is pleased to offer free Zoom meetings hosted by longtime group facilitator and Career Coach, Tony Calabrese, of Absolute Transitions, LLC. Q & A will follow. Be sure to check our webpage for: dates, topics, presenters, webinar descriptions, and the registration link at: bit.ly/NNJ-PIT2023schedule, as well as join our email list for occasional announcements, reminders, and updates at: NNJPIT2020+subscribe@groups.io. Login info will be emailed the day prior to each webinar. Registration closes at 8am the morning of each webinar. If you or someone you know is a thought-leader interested in becoming one of our esteemed guest presenters, or if you have any questions, please email Tony at: tony@absolutetransitions.com.

Every Tuesday 1-2:00pm, Join Ken Lang for his weekly LinkedIn Live! event. Register here at https://www.meetup.com/Weekly-LinkedIn-Lunch-and-Learn/ or you can watch the broadcast live from Ken’s LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/langk

Tuesdays, 7:00pm to 7:45pm Neighbors-helping-Neighbors USA (www.nhnusa.org), founded on January 27, 2011, is supported by an award winning web portal site, LinkedIn group, facebook group and a large network of members and volunteer leaders built over the past 11 years. Resources, virtual weekly meetings and guest presentations are offered over the internet and video conferencing platforms to help our members with their careers. The group’s culture is based on a pay it forward model with a focus on networking and support. The meetings are designed to help anyone in career advancement and career transition by offering advice in job search strategies, techniques, tools, support, motivation, leadership and networking opportunities. Google Meet based sessions are held every Tuesday between 7:00pm to 7:45pm. Registration is required through NhN’s website. Neighbors-helping-Neighbors USA virtual meetings will change schedules for the Summer

Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 28th with Arianne facilitating. Starting in July, future meetings will be scheduled every other week. Meeting details will continue to be posted on nhnusa.org as facilitators are assigned.

Join William Paterson University Alumni Association virtually on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom for an informative and strategic approach to landing the job you want. We are pleased to launch a series of career workshops to help support you in your career search. Whether you’re in a current job search, considering a career transition or looking to take your career to the next level, these sessions are for you! Over the next 5 months, you’ll have an opportunity to learn the key elements of a job search strategy and a step-by-step approach to landing the job you want. We’ll take the guesswork out of the job search, so you will always know what to do next.

Every Wednesday at 9:30, psgmc (Professional Services Group Morris County) presents a virtual meeting. They provide relevant speakers to help with your job search, as well as provide a forum to networks. If you would like to attend our meetings please email Dale at dfavia@optonline.net for Zoom Meeting ID and Password.

Every other Wednesday from roduce tools and techniques from wisdom teachers that will provide job seekers with alternative 6:00-7:30pm The NSCN Resilience Circle has provided an opportunity for people to share their frustrations and anxieties about job loss and subsequent job search with their peers. We will intays to work through their transition period and consciously change their mindset. The group will meet every other Wednesday from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. These sessions are only open to members of NSCN.

Expectations We ask the following of each member: Commit to being willing and open to explore and take action from the wisdom thought leaders and various self-care activities, and actively participate in all group discussions and study topics that are presented.

If you are interested in participating, please email Michele Martin at mmmartin@rutgers.edu.

1st and 3rd Thursday of the month The Northwest New Jersey Career Club (NWNJCC) led by Nancy Mackowiak, will conduct an ONLINE ZOOM Meeting regarding current job search issues and challenges. This group previously met at the Mount Olive Public Library. To join the meeting, join the Facebook group ‘Northwest New Jersey Career Club’ and a Zoom invitation will be sent to you, a day before the meeting.

Every Thursday at 1:30pm, join The New Start Career Network (NSCN) for an hour of open discussion and support with Michele Martin, Marc Strano, and Maria Heidkamp. The agenda is based on your needs and questions. To learn more, visit the NSCN website at https://www.newstartcareernetwork.org/ or email us at ‘Ask NSCN’ nscn@ejb.rutgers.edu if you have questions.

Free Computer Classes at Neptune Public Library. Registration required:

Thursday, February 23 5:30p-7:30p [Word]

Thursday, March 30 5:30p-7:30p [PowerPoint]

Thursday, April 27 5:30p-7:30p [Excel]

Thursday, May 25 5:30p-7:30p [Word]

Thursday, June 29 5:30p-7:30p [PowerPoint]

The basics class is discontinued and being done on an individual basis through diagnostic testing modules.

To register, contact:

Laura Myers

Neptune Public Library

732.775.8241

The Professional Service Group (PSG) of Mercer County is a community program providing enrichment seminars for professionals in transition who are seeking new employment opportunities or exploring new career paths. PSG of Mercer County meets each Friday morning at 10:00am. Meetings are always free, open to all, and do NOT require you to register in advance. Please check the PSG of Mercer County website

Event Calendar for upcoming programs: https://www.psgofmercercounty.org/p/event-calendar.html.

1st and 3rd Saturday of the month Careers in Transition (CIT, read about us at https://www.christchurchshorthills.org/careers-in-transition / ) meets – CIT is back to virtual!

The New York Science, Industry and Business Library, located at 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016-4314, offers an extensive series of weekly programs pertaining to job search, training, and career advice. In addition, the library has numerous training classes on Microsoft Office, including: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Check it out; you will be glad that you did. Inquiries about programs may be made by calling 917-275-6975, Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 6 pm. Click on their link at: https://www.nypl.org/locations/snfl/yoseloff-business for a detailed list of upcoming classes. In addition to these great in-person classes, the library also recorded some of the presentations and they are available 24/7 on-line at: http://www.nypl.org/node/90324 Check them out; I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised by the amount of helpful information awaiting you.

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