This 4-week teleclass, led by Career Coach, Wynn Burkett, will provide you with the information, accountability and encouragement to accelerate your re-entry into the employment market. This is for job-seekers who are motivated and ready to do some work.
Designed to make it easy for moms, this class will be held on the telephone for four Tuesday mornings from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. pacific standard time. You will receive a complimentary copy of Your Career OnRamp by Catherine Clifford and Millie Froeb which will serve as our “textbook”. Each class builds on the previous one, with “homework” assigned between classes. At the end of the series, you will have a jump-start on developing a resume you’re proud of, a compelling story to tell future employers and an action plan for conducting your job search campaign.
Tue, Jan 13 – Resume Writing: how to package your strengths and accomplishments in a resume, including how to address time off with children.
Tue, Jan 20 – Marketing Yourself with Confidence – how to present a compelling story to generate leads and wow interviewers.
Thu, Jan 27 – Tapping into Your Network – how to get beyond job boards and discover hidden employment opportunities.
Tue, Feb 3 – Creating Your Action Plan – how to stay on track and keep energized as you move forward.
Requirements for class: Your copy of Your Career OnRamp by Catherine Clifford and Mille Froeb, a blank notebook, and a willingness to get to work
They’ll be a questionnaire to fill out before the first call on Jan 13 to start preparing for your job search.
At $199 for the series, you’re paying what you would normally pay for a one-on-one meeting with a coach. As a bonus, you will receive your copy of Your Career OnRamp and an individual 30-minute coaching call to provide you with personalized support and motivation.
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Passions: Baking for the Greater Good
PassionsBeth George is an accomplished attorney. Early on in her career she interned for the late Hugh H. Bownes, First Circuit Court of Appeals and served as Judicial Clerk for the Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. She has practiced solo for ten years, focusing primarily on juveniles in crisis, eventually shifting her focus to products liability defense.
But, outside of her high-powered legal career, Beth has another passion – a passion for a super grain called spelt. This passion, motivated by a desire to empower families and inspired by an intuition to create an original recipe to help others, has led to the creation of Spelt Right Baking in Yarmouth, Maine. When discussing spelt, Beth inevitably highlights three pillars of her passion: empowerment, intuition, and a desire to help others. Read more
Intrepid Women: The White Continent (a/k/a Bonding with Penguins)
Intrepid Women SeriesWhen I told friends and family that I was planning to go to Antarctica (one of the”to do’s” on my “400 before 40” list), the overwhelming response was: “why would you want to do that?” My response was to wonder how someone could NOT want to go. The penguins, exquisite ice formations, penguins, raw natural landscapes…and did I mention the penguins?
“But it is so cold! And dangerous!” Well, not really. I mean, these are not the days of Shackelton. I knew from the start that it was pretty unlikely that I would get trapped on an Antarctic island with no shelter or provisions waiting for the captain to return to rescue us (like the crew of the Endurance). But, still, it is far from “civilization”; the jumping off point of Ushuaia, Argentina, is about 1200 km (approximately 746 miles) from Antarctica. And, right as I was preparing to head down to South America to catch my ship, a different cruise ship hit some ice and sank (although all the passengers were rescued without incident).
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Movers and Shakers: Food Industry
Movers and ShakersHow many of us have felt a bit guilty ordering some fatty fries or $5 coffee at some ubiquitous food chain like McDonald’s or Starbucks? While calories or financial considerations might give us pause, we can at least take comfort in the fact that we are giving business to several companies in an industry in which a number of women have been able to break the glass ceiling.
Some of the top women in the food industry are:
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Embracing Femininity at Work: A Matter of Opinion
Featured, Office PoliticsOn December 23, 2008, the Daily Mail reported that image consultants hired by the British law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer had allegedly advised women at the firm to wear high heels with skirts rather than trousers to “embrace their femininity.” Read more
Simply Hired Presents: Sramana Mitra’s Entrepreneurship Forum Online
NewsSign Up for Our FREE Entrepreneurship Forum with Sramana Mitra, author of Entrepreneur Journeys.
Take your career into your own hands! While looking for a job, learn to create a job. Simply Hired (www.SimplyHired.com), the largest job search engine, is partnering with leading entrepreneur and Forbes columnist Sramana Mitra to bring you an entrepreneurship forum online—using Dimdim’s open source web conferencing platform. During the 60-minute session, Sramana will address questions from aspiring entrepreneurs. She will answer as many questions as time permits. Be sure you ask your question when you register so it’s on her list. She can discuss all aspects of entrepreneurship:
We have agreed to partner with Sramana and Dimdim on this for free, because we think many job seekers would benefit from a discussion of entrepreneurship as a career option right now. If you have ever wished to start your own business, this may be the right time!
The session is open to everyone. Register now!
New York OnRamp Workshop
NewsAre you considering re-entering the work force?
Develop a game plan that works for you!
Regent Atlantic Capital and Weil & Wein are proud to sponsor a roundtable discussion to help you:
Jump-start your career search
Define your career and financial objectives
Identify your professional skill sets
Reconcile personal, professional, and financial goals
The program is designed for women with significant (5+ years) professional work experience who are seriously considering returning to the workforce. The ideal participants will have a high level of “intellectual capacity” and drive to succeed.
The discussion will be led by Jane Newton, Wealth Manager at RegentAtlantic Capital, a fee only wealth management firm, and Susan Weil and Terri Wein, Founders of Weil & Wein, a professional career coaching and consulting firm.
Registration and networking from 9:00 to 9:30 am
Program begins promptly at 9:30 am
RSVP: info@weilandwein.com <mailto:info@weilandwein.com> or (917) 538-3505
For more information, or if you know of other women who would like to receive an invitation, please contact us at info@weilandwein.com.
2009 Career Action Plan to Help You Realize Attainable Goals
Expert AnswersKudos to the paltry few who achieve their New Year’s resolutions. The vast majority of us go right back to our counterproductive ways as it relates to personal health, relationships, careers and otherwise. A fresh New Year is here, and now is the time for those serious about their career to look beyond the ever popular weight loss resolution and commit to making – and sticking to – an Annual Career Action Plan. Doing so will help individuals set an entirely attainable goal for each month of a given year, with the end result being 12 notable achievements that are sure to pay workplace dividends.
I’ve found that Annual Career Action Plans really deliver the goods, notes The method works for nearly anyone who takes a little time to map out tactical goals and objectives for the upcoming year. And, the plan may be embarked upon at any point in a given year to commence the 12-month program…not just in January.
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Ask-A-Recruiter: The Elusive Art of Following Up – How Not To Fall Off the Radar And Still Walk Away With Your Dignity Intact
Ask A RecruiterQ: Sometimes I feel I’m stalking recruiters. When is enough really enough?
Calls go unreturned, emails are unanswered, and soon you realize that the sweet smell of after-school brownies in the air is, in reality, the sweet smell of desperation. I have one thing to say: It is not always you. Sometimes, it is them.
1. The hardest thing to say is NO. In some instances, hiring managers and recruiters have a hard time letting a candidate know that the company or client has decided to go a different way. This is right around the time when most professionals feel they are failing to follow up.
Solution: Give your recruiter a chance to email you with feedback. Any experienced recruiter will tell you that when he or she has dropped the ball, they appreciate the opportunity to do the right thing. After emailing your recruiter, you know you have done everything in your power to pursue the opportunity in question. You have succeeded in keeping the relationship between you and the recruiter intact and keeping the door open for the future.
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3rd Annual Forum on Responsible Investing
NewsResponsible investing has well and truly infiltrated the mainstream, now showing an estimated $2.71 trillion in total assets under management. Don’t get left behind in this huge growth curve.
This annual forum, produced in association with Foundation & Endowment Money Management, Money Management Letter and the Social Investment Forum, continues to grow every year along with the industry itself. Once again we will bring together a unique mix of pension funds, foundations, institutional asset managers, Wall Street firms, fund managers and ESG experts, providing a must-attend educational and networking platform for sharing the latest cutting edge trends and strategies for achieving ESG integration.
New for 2009, the forum has been expanded to two full days including a half-day workshop, offering an even more action-packed program of lively panel discussions, real-world case studies and interactive Q&A sessions.
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JUMP START YOUR JOB SEARCH, a class for mothers ready to on-ramp
NewsThis 4-week teleclass, led by Career Coach, Wynn Burkett, will provide you with the information, accountability and encouragement to accelerate your re-entry into the employment market. This is for job-seekers who are motivated and ready to do some work.
Designed to make it easy for moms, this class will be held on the telephone for four Tuesday mornings from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. pacific standard time. You will receive a complimentary copy of Your Career OnRamp by Catherine Clifford and Millie Froeb which will serve as our “textbook”. Each class builds on the previous one, with “homework” assigned between classes. At the end of the series, you will have a jump-start on developing a resume you’re proud of, a compelling story to tell future employers and an action plan for conducting your job search campaign.
Tue, Jan 13 – Resume Writing: how to package your strengths and accomplishments in a resume, including how to address time off with children.
Tue, Jan 20 – Marketing Yourself with Confidence – how to present a compelling story to generate leads and wow interviewers.
Thu, Jan 27 – Tapping into Your Network – how to get beyond job boards and discover hidden employment opportunities.
Tue, Feb 3 – Creating Your Action Plan – how to stay on track and keep energized as you move forward.
Requirements for class: Your copy of Your Career OnRamp by Catherine Clifford and Mille Froeb, a blank notebook, and a willingness to get to work
They’ll be a questionnaire to fill out before the first call on Jan 13 to start preparing for your job search.
At $199 for the series, you’re paying what you would normally pay for a one-on-one meeting with a coach. As a bonus, you will receive your copy of Your Career OnRamp and an individual 30-minute coaching call to provide you with personalized support and motivation.
Register now