In-person and virtual networking starting Monday, March 6

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Monday, 03/06 at 10:30 am, Professional Services Group of Central New Jersey hosts, Miracles Really Do Happen…. as long as you network. Please join recruiter Janelle Razzino as she discusses the importance of: 1, Keeping your voice and name in front of the right people; 2, Not forgetting business cards as they work miracles; 3, What to say on a voice mail as briefly as possible, while getting the message across, 4, Having Faith by believing and knowing every day is a possibility for that new open door and that miracles do happen. Janelle is president of Razzino Associates, Inc., specializing in executive-level placement with disciplines in finance, accounting and information technology across every industry.

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.

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.

On Tuesday 3/7, 10 am, Tony Calabrese, longtime Northern NJ Professionals in Transition (#NNJ_PIT) host, Career Coach, and Founder of Absolute Transitions, LLC, welcomes back esteemed guest presenter, Paul Cecala, certified Global Career Development Facilitator, work search author, and Founder of Cecala Career Consultants. Paul will present: “Creating Target Markets For Your Job Search”. Register at: jobsearchtargetmarkets.eventbrite.com. All are welcome. Q & A will follow.

March 7th, at noon ET, join Lisa Rangel, Resume = tip of the iceberg. Your resume is a fundamental part of of your job search.

It’s what I call “the tip of iceberg”.

It’s the piece that everyone sees.

It’s the most talked about part of your job search.

But don’t forget that the resume itself, that 2-page word doc, is just the tip of the iceberg.

Hidden below the waters is a whole host of other things to consider such as:

Ageism
ATS
Recruiters
Networking
Targeting roles
How to get the resume seen
Jumpy career histories
Pivoting careers
Overqualification
The Pandemic

The finished resume is simply the piece everyone sees but is actually just one small and visible part to a much larger beast.

Your resume has to embrace and solve all of those other pieces. Beyond just marketing you, it has to jump the ageism hurdle, and dodge the pandemic curve ball.

It’s responsible for telling your story – and we both know your story isn’t simple.

How is a 2-page document supposed to do all that?

Well it can – but only with my help.

My company, Chameleon Resumes, has been working on senior level resumes for 13 years. We have seen every curveball know to man and we know the art of reframing and repositioning your story so you can seen in the most valuable light.

What’s more, is I am teaching all of this for free in my upcoming resume writing training session on Tuesday.

So, join me on March 7th, at noon ET as I show you how to write a streamlined resume that is agile enough to move you to a new position the moment it becomes available.

This training will also cover:

How to target roles you love.
How to tackle ageism.
How to position consultancy roles, promotions, and jumpy career histories.
The inside scoop on the ATS
What to remove from your resume so you don’t look old and outdated.

So join me live for this free training on here: https://chameleonresumes.com/execresregistration

Wed Mar 8th, 12:00-12:30 CST NSENG Marty Gilbert presents FREE Job Search Q&A Session: This free session is available to anyone via LinkedIn Live. You can email me your questions in advance… chat them during the event… or just listen in. Click here on the graphic below to register and feel free to share with your network. Chat your questions or email in advance to mgilbert@nsenginc.com.

Resumes, Linkedin, Interviewing, Cover Letters, Elevator Pitch, Networking, Age Discrimination, Negotiating an offer, Ghosting, Value Proposition, Marketing yourself, Dealing with recruiters.

Wednesday, March 8, 7:15 – 8:45 pm, Job Seekers of Montclair invites you to a practical workshop on using LinkeIn in your job search. On Mechelle Norton presents Making Networks Work. Let your friends know.

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Sat, March 11, 2023, 8: -10:00 AM join The Breakfast Club NJ Monthly Meeting with a presentation by Ed Han – “How Best To Leverage LinkedIn for Job Search In 2023”. Sign on instructions at www.thebreakfastclubnj.com. Register on meetup https://www.meetup.com/the-breakfast-club-nj/events/288988921/

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.

Monday, 03/13, 10:30 am, Professional Services Group of Central New Jersey hosts, Advice from the other side of the Table – Round 2. Joins us as Mike Carr discusses “Advice from The Other Side of the Table – Round 2.” In his presentation, he will provide a hiring manager’s perspective of the mistakes he is seeing candidates make in their job-search efforts with some interesting metrics to back it up. Mike has updated his guidance in Round 2 to deliver a startling conclusion that you will want to consider as part of your own job-search plans. Mike Carr is the senior director of global service operations with Dun & Bradstreet, where he leads a team of 13 professionals. A native of Newcastle, England, he has extensive operations and finance experience gathered leading assignments in both the U.S. and Europe.

Monday, 03/20, 10:30 am, Professional Services Group of Central New Jersey hosts, How to Use Interviewing to Cultivate an Offer. Offers don’t just happen, you must cultivate an offer throughout the interview process. Please join us as career coach Maya Ollson details how to navigate the process and increase your chances of getting an offer. Her presentation includes interview stages, preparing for interviews, closing interviews and the blessing interview. Maya Ollson is a career consultant and founder and director of Kokopella High Touch Outplacement. She has extensive experience in outplacement, employment counseling, skills training, and career and business consulting.

Monday, 20 Mar 2023, WNO Meeting,

Anna Gibbs, who presented at our March 2022 meeting, is back!

This month Anna’s topic is “Stop Chasing Success!”. Most people think that happiness comes after success, and that success comes after hard work. But we’ve had the equation all wrong: Happiness isn’t the result of success – it’s the cause of it.

Anna will talk about a simple formula for success based on research in neuroscience and positive psychology, and the connection between happiness and performance.

We will explore the benefits of happiness, and Anna will provide strategies for adopting a positive mindset and remaining optimistic in the face of adversity.

Click the “Register” button below to get more information about our March meeting and Anna Gibbs, and – of course – to register!

Monday, 03/27, 10:30 am, Professional Services Group of Central New Jersey hosts, Career Pivots: Do’s and Don’ts. Our speaker, Ed Samuel, will detail the 17 Dos and Don’ts for those wanting to make a career pivot to optimize your career. Examples of career pivots are leaving an industry that you have known all your life to work in a new industry or shifting your career to a new line of work such as operations to marketing or finance to sales or nursing to customer service. Leaving corporate America to blaze your own trail is yet another pivot. Ed Samuel is a career, life and executive coach, public speaker, author, certified career assessment and DiSC Team Leader and has a non-profit stewardship ministry and founder of SamNova, Inc. He specializes in leveraging networks, targeted job searches, the hidden-job market, landing a job for the over age of 55, and those looking to make a career pivot.

Tue, March 28, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT The Secrets of Networking – How to make networking easy, fun, and effective.

Register for free tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-secrets-of-networking-how-to-make-networking-easy-fun-and-effective-tickets-546055726377

Featured speakers:

Charlotte A. Lee, an Executive Coach and the Founder of Lee Work Wise, LLC. coaches executives regarding branding, career strategy and executive presence. Prior to founding her own firm in 2022, she was the Managing Consultant, SVP and ICEO Advisor in the New York office of Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH), the world’s largest outplacement firm, where she was responsible for leading the consultant teams in the New York and Stamford offices, as well as coaching thousands of senior executives through career transition in financial services, consumer products, legal, telecom, media and professional services. Ms. Lee has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg radio and NPR, and has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and Yahoo Finance. Ms. Lee is the author of “Bring a Dead Mouse: The Secret to Finding Your Perfect Job,”

Larry Kaufman is the Author of The NCG Factor – A Formula for Building Life-Changing Relationships from College to Retirement. Larry is a connector, giver, and rainmaker who lives his life to help others succeed. Larry currently is the Regional Managing Director for the Midwest at Jefferson Wells (a ManpowerGroup company). He is a Senior Level Sales & Operations Leader and has been a globally-published speaker and trainer on LinkedIn for more than a decade. Main page: https://www.kaufman-larry.com

Lauren Solomon, MBA, AICI, CIP is the trusted image advisor to CEOs, corporations and individuals worldwide. Lauren is an internationally renowned speaker, author, coach and media personality. She is the former Vice President of Professional Image Development at Chase Manhattan Bank; creator of the professional skills workshop, The Brand Called Me, at NYU’s Stern School of Business, and the American Management Association’s The Power of Your Professional Image; a former faculty member of the Image Consulting Certification Program at the Fashion Institute of Technology; Past President of the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI); former resident image expert for Career TV and the Lifetime TV series, Remake My Life; and an image industry spokesperson.

Dr. Benjamin Ritter, founder of Live for Yourself Consulting, is a leadership and career coach, Talent Development Executive, values geek, international speaker, online course instructor, and podcaster (The Executive, and The Live for Yourself Revolution), who’s passionate about guiding leaders to be the leader of their own career and create a career they love. With over 11 years of experience working with clients from companies such as Amazon, Coursera, Doordash, Google, Fiserv, Northwestern, Pinterest, and Yelp, Ben understands how to navigate any career path you decide you want to travel.

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 Great Careers Groups (GCG) provides up to 600 online career education and networking events per year for career transition and career management. As a 501(c)3 volunteer-run nonprofit, the mission is to be a lifelong educational resource for professionals who aspire to have successful careers and leave a positive impact on the world. Although we are a meetup group https://bit.ly/careermu the registration info for Zoom for our events or links to affiliate events are on our website events page and social media is on our contact info page https://greatcareers.org.

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 and meeting starts at 9:00 to 10:30. 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

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

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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

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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, 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.

Get the edge you need to land the job you want.

In-person and virtual networking starting Monday, March 6

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