Below are the networking events for the week of January 21-27 in the Kansas City area. As always, if you know about other career fairs, meetings or events that would benefit job seekers, please send a note to markvanbaale@gmail.com. Thank you.
It is my hope that the information provided on this blog will help you to find a new job or make connections with people at the various networking events. Remember, there is also a Marketing/Social Media Job Leads page where new jobs are posted every day or every other day.
You can also follow @kcjobseekers or @markvanbaale on Twitter to get the latest updates.
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Monday, January 21
Advanced Career Transition Workshop Webinar Series
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am CST
This 12-step workshop webinar series provides leading edge strategies, tools and support for those in career transition. A new topic is covered every week to help you focus your re-employment efforts. You can enter the series at any time to see and hear the complete program. The material is continually refreshed with the changing times, and provides new strategies and tools to help differentiate you.
Cost: $89 (includes the entire 12 workshops and a personal 10 page assessment)
Please register now as space is limited.
Learn about the Advanced Career Transition Webinar Series
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Job Search Confidence: Lessons Learned from 5 Years of Observing Job Seekers and Career Experts Webinar
Time: 11:00am – Noon CST
Join ILostMyJob.com CEO James Beal Monday for a fast-paced job search brainstorming session and pep talk.
This new and innovative webcast will include quick, point-and-shoot descriptions of certain job search situations, followed by advice about useful and effective things job seekers can do.
- How to know what is important.
- The best resumes, profiles, and marketing materials.
- How to pick up new skills quickly.
- Ways to save time and eliminate mistakes.
- How to stay motivated and confident.
- Spending money and resources wisely.
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TEDxCrossroads Weekly Meeting
Location:
AIA Kansas City
1801 McGee St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Free to attend.
TEDxCrossroads is a weekly, hour long TEDx salon hosted Mondays at AIA Kansas City – 1801 McGee. Our focus is conversation, the community exchange that happens after watching a TEDtalk. Our format is simple: watch one 20 min recorded talk, have a 40 minute conversation.
More Information about TEDxCrossroads on Facebook
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Monday Geek Night
Location:
Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen
1526 Walnut St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00pm – 8:30pm
What is Monday Geek Night? It is a weekly Monday night gathering of geeks who enjoy topics including, but not limited to, application and web development (code of all kinds), entrepreneurship, gaming, marketing, design, movies, the current state of all things tech, and usually beer and other cocktails. This Meetup is very much unstructured – feel free to come and geek out on just about ANYTHING. Laptops more than welcome.
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#JobHuntChat on Twitter
Time: 9:00pm – 10:00pm CST
Job Hunt Chat is a community where job seekers, recruiters, human resource professionals, career coaches, and hiring managers can connect. Discussion/questions shared on Twitter.com using the hashtag #JobHuntChat.
Here is how you can participate in this chat:
1. Search for hashtag #JobHuntChat on Twitter when the chat starts at 9pm CST.
2. Introduce yourself when the chat begins.
3. Read, ask questions, comment, re-tweet. Participate!
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Tuesday, January 22
Biz2Biz Connect Networking Meetings
First Tuesday Morning Meeting Info:
Location:
Edward Jones Office
5725 Nieman Rd., Suite D
Shawnee, KS
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North of Johnson Drive on the East side of the street. If using the North parking lot, park on the East side of the lot only. More parking available across the street to the West and to the North.
Time: 8:00am – 9:00am
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free. Coffee and hot tea is provided.
Second Tuesday Morning Meeting Info:
Location:
Scooter’s Coffeehouse
11106 Antioch Road
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free.
More Information about the Group
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Overland Park Career Fair
Location:
Holiday Inn Hotel
8787 Reeder Street
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Free admission.
More Information and to Register
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Overland Park Young Professionals Learning@Lunch
Location:
BEST Conference Center (110)
University of Kansas Edwards Campus
12600 Quivira Road
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 11:45am – 1:00pm
Cost: $12 for members. $17 for nonmembers (includes lunch)
“Leaders – Are They Born or Made?”
When it comes to being a leader, how much is “being” versus “doing”? In this interactive session, you discover what attitudes the best leaders possess along with what behaviors and techniques can be developed to become the best leader you can be…
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Johnson County Referral Networking Lunch
Location:
Granite City Food and Brewery
15085 W. 119th St.
Olathe, KS
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Time: 11:45am
Guests will have a chance to introduce their companies and learn about others.
Johnson County Referral Network provides a quality networking opportunity for business owners and representatives. For business owners and representatives who want to make new contacts, our events will help you continually meet new people while keeping in contact with those you have already met.
Membership is open to business owners and representatives who offer products and services, business to business or to consumer, in the Johnson County, Kansas area. Members pay annual dues of $40.
Non-members may attend one event before joining.
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Workplace Readiness Refresher Workshop – Series 2
Location:
Rockhurst University Community Center
5401 Troost Ave.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Free to attend.
Presented by:
Pauline Johnson, Education and Certified Career Consultant, Scholar Smarts Owner
Jim Vloska, MA Educator and Professional Career Trainer , CAPKA Entreprises Owner
Where are the high demand careers? Are you interview ready? Is your Social Media profile on point? What’s old school vs new school?
Tired of looking to the popular job hunter resources? Little results? Too much red tape to get help? Be sure to attend this highly informative free workshop for facts and result based trainings.
Registration Deadline is January 21
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KC/IABC’s Rising Stars Networking Event
Location:
Google Fiber Space
1814 Westport Road
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Cost: $5.00
Join KC/IABC’s Rising Stars at the new Google Fiber Space on Tuesday, Jan. 22, for a chance to learn more about this new technology and network with other young professionals! The event includes a self-guided tour of the space, a presentation on Google Fiber and great networking.
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Missouri Feet-Up Network Meeting
Location:
Minsky’s Pizza
427 Main Street
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Feet-Up Network is a group of business professionals who like to get together, kick their feet-up and have a drink together.
We usually have around 15-25 people at these meetings. Members say that it helps them build relationships. Come on out and have a drink, meet some new friends and forge some great partnerships.
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Kansas City Career Class hosted by American National Insurance Company
Location:
Black Dog Coffeehouse
12815 W 87th St. Pkwy.
Lenexa, KS
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Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Wednesday, January 23
Power Chics Power Coffee Meeting
Location:
Roasterie Factory Cafe
1204 W. 27th St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 8:00am – 9:00am
The Power Chics Power Coffee is a new venue for the person who prefers to meet in the morning. We will meet at 8 AM and get to know each other with introductions and a discussion topic.
Power Chics is a personal growth organization, developed by women and for women. Power Chics is dedicated to helping “chics” from all professional arenas grow and develop, both personally and professionally. Come see what we are about.
Please do register for this event so we have an idea of how many to expect.
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1 Million Cups Program for Entrepreneurs
Location:
Kauffman Labs
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 9:00am – 10:00am
Kauffman Labs for Enterprise Creation created 1 Million Cups (1MC) as a simple way to engage entrepreneurs in the Kansas City community. Each week, the 1MC program offers two local upstarts an opportunity to present their companies to a diverse audience of mentors, advisors, and entrepreneurs.
The program takes place every Wednesday morning from 9:00-10:00am in Kauffman Labs. So if you’re interested in being involved with the 1 Million Cups program sign up, show up, help someone startup by offering your thoughts, questions, and advice.
Kauffman Foundation goes national with 1 Million Cups pitch event
This week, Hugo Tea Company and La Cucaracha Press will present.
Watch the Program Live starting at 8:50 am CST.
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Market Immersion Meeting
This incredible group of business owners/entrepreneurs come together weekly for a round table discussion for marketing your business and to utilize social media to the max for business leads.
Location:
The Egg and I
8180 W. 135th St.
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 9:30am – 10:30am
Cost: $10.00 for visitors
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How to Get More Job Interviews Webinar – Hosted by Martin Yate
Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm CST
Need more job interviews? Of course, but the old tactics don’t work anymore. You need job search tactics that will get you more interviews.
Learning how to get job interviews is crucial to your financial survival and to your long-term career success. Face facts: no interviews, no job offers.
You get: 60 minutes of personal resume coaching plus 30 mins of Q & A with Martin Yate CPC, world-renowned resume expert, NY Times bestseller of the world famous Knock Em Dead books, author of 14 career books in 62 foreign language editions.
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Biz2Biz Connect Networking Meeting
Wednesday Morning Meeting Info:
Location:
Scooter’s Coffeehouse
11106 Antioch Road
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free.
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How to Show and Tell You Are the Best Job Candidate Webinar
Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm CST
If a hiring company doesn’t know you and hasn’t seen your work, they don’t know why you are perfect for their position. You have to show and tell them why you are the best candidate for their job opening.
In this webinar, you will learn specifically how to:
- SHOW hiring companies your unique abilities through samples, presentations and other creative means (including many breakthrough ideas submitted by job seekers and recent hires)
- TELL them your qualifications through smart online application, resume and cover letter strategies; and by preparing influential people to tell your story on your behalf.
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Overland Park Chamber of Commerce Wednesday Wrap-Up – Networking Event
Location:
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Overland Park
7580 West 135th St.
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Cost: Free for members. $10 for nonmembers.
You’ve had a busy day at the office. Now it’s time to loosen the tie and join your business colleagues at Wednesday Wrap-up. You’ll enjoy casual mingling, food and drinks, brief updates from a Chamber rep, and the opportunity to win fabulous door prizes.
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Habitat for Humanity Kansas City Young Professionals Social/Networking Event
Location:
Alamo Drafthouse Kansas City
1400 Main Street
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Cost: Free for happy hour event, $12 for movie
Come join us for good food, beverages, friends and Ferris Bueller. Yep, I said Ferris Bueller. Alamo Drafthouse is hosting this months happy hour. Come for some food and drinks from 5 to 7 and enjoy the Alamo’s “Quote-Along” Like a sing-along with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Habitat for Humanity Young Professional is not charging for this event but, the movie is $12.
All Habitat for Humanity Young Professional guests will get a complimentary small popcorn.
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Thursday, January 24
Biz2Biz Connect Networking Meeting
Thursday Morning Meeting Info:
Location:
Fig Tree Cafe
817 NE Rice Rd.
Lee’s Summit, MO
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(East outer Rd of 291 Hwy between 50 Hwy & I-470 across from Office Max & next to the BP gas station)
Time: 8:30am – 9:30am
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free.
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Olathe Chamber Coffee meeting
Location this week:
Olathe North High School
600 East Prairie St.
Olathe, KS
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Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Open to job seekers to attend free of charge
Opportunity to mingle with Olathe area business owners and network to your next job. Expect to meet 150-250 people. There is a special sign-up area so job hunters and employers can meet.
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Aim4Peace Job, Health and Educational Fair
Location:
Brush Creek Community Center
3801 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Free admission
The City of Kansas City, Mo., Health Department’s Aim4Peace program and the Brush Creek Community Center invite residents looking for career/education opportunities or health information to come to the Job, Health and Educational Fair.
More than 40 vendors are scheduled to attend the event and are looking to fill more than 150 positions. Some of the employers that will be present include Allied Waste, Ameristar Casino Hotel, Career Advisor, Cartwright Companies, FedEx Ground, Stivers Staffing Services, Transformed Barber & Cosmetology Academy, and UPS Inc.
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Get Hired Fast with LinkedIN Insider Secrets Webinar
Time: 10:00am – Noon CST
In this FREE 90 minute Webinar Training You’ll Discover:
- Why you MUST be on LinkedIn to get hired fast in 2012
- The 3 Proven Strategies to use on LinkedIn to Get Hired…Fast
- How to avoid positioning yourself as a Desperate Job Seeker who no one wants to hire
- The Single Most Important thing you can do to overcome gaps in your employment
- Stop collecting worthless connections and get your phone ringing on LinkedIn
- How to get & use LinkedIn’s newest secret weapon – LinkedIn SIGNAL
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Facebook for Business Workshop
Location:
Enterprise Center of Johnson County
8527 Bluejacket St.
Lenexa, KS
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Time: 11:00am – 1:00pm
Cost: $25.00 (includes lunch)
This course is a guided tour of Facebook’s many features. Learn about the hidden rules that will make you more effective in using this platform personally and also as a business. We’ll also demystify Facebook Timeline and show you tricks, including security settings, that will make you a “power user.”
This workshop will be presented by Social Media Club of Kansas City members Simon Kuo, PhD and Zachary Cobb.
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How to Turn Interviews into Offers with Martin Yate Webinar
Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm CST
You need interviews to get job offers. And then you need to out perform all of your competition at the interviews to win the job offer.
This ability to turn job interviews into job offers is the most important professional skill you can develop. However, you have less experience going to job interviews and successfully turning them into job offers, than anything else you do in life.
You get: 60 minutes of personal resume coaching plus 30 mins of Q & A with Martin Yate CPC, world-renowned resume expert, NY Times bestseller of the world famous Knock Em Dead books, author of 14 career books in 62 foreign language editions.
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The Resume Reboot Workshop presented by New Landings
Location:
Career Resume Consulting Office
200 NE Missouri Road
Suite 200 – 2nd floor
Lee’s Summit, MO
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Free to attend.
Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
In the current job market, with unemployment hovering at around 9%, and the “broad unemployment rate” nearly 18%, it is absolutely essential that your resume make you irresistible to hiring managers. It needs to highlight the skills you can bring to any position, and minimize any liabilities that would keep you from getting an interview. You need a resume that really tells an employer what you bring to a position that separates you from the crowd. You need to communicate YOUR STORY.
If you are getting no response from your current resume, you owe it to your career and yourself to attend this free workshop.
In this two-hour workshop, Tammy Kabell will teach you step-by-step how to put together the components of a successful resume. She will help you identify your skills that can be transferred to multiple industries, as well as resume strategies to overcome obstacles in your search, such as long unemployement or advanced experience / age. Most importantly, Tammy will show you how to craft a resume that truly defines your strengths and achievements, and shows your next employer what you are capable of.
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Career Exploration and Transition – Discovering Your Ideal Career Workshop
Location:
New Landings HQ
11320 W. 79th St.
Lenexa, KS
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Free to attend.
Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Are you unsure of a career path? Do you want to change careers? Do you feel stuck in your current job? Learn about career exploration and transition from a multi-certified resume writer, career and personal branding coach. Topics covered include: Career Assessments, Career Passion/Enthusiasm, Identifying Strengths, Transferable Skills, Challenges-Actions-Results, Helpful Websites, O*Net Occupational Database, Informational Interviewing, Utilizing Contacts, Professional Development, Vocational Training, College/University Degrees, and Research and Organization.
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Christian Business Connections Network Meeting
Location:
Panera Bread
20120 West 153rd St.
Olathe, KS
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Time: 1:30pm
Join us! It is an all-inclusive and non-denominational group and our focus is networking/friendship/outreach.
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Beers and Suits by Innovative Professionals for Entrepreneurs Happy Hour
Location:
Snow & Company
1815 Wyandotte St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Cost: Free
Innovative Professionals for Entrepreneurs (IPE) hosts a monthly happy hour for entrepreneurs named Beers & Suits which are open to anyone. The goal of these meetings is to give entrepreneurs an opportunity to meet professionals in a relaxed environment and to learn about how to get the professional services startups need to succeed. The professionals are also well connected in the community and entrepreneurs can get references for all kinds of services from IPE members.
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Kansas City Young Professionals Networking Happy Hour
Location:
Tengo Sed Cantina
1323 Walnut St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Cost: Free
Let the host know you’re with KC Young Professionals and they’ll show you where we are. $15 bottomless cup from 6-8pm and 1/2 price appetizers will be offered just for the group.
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Friday, January 25
#HFChat (#HireFriday Chat) on Twitter
Time: 11:00 am – Noon CST
#HireFriday is the only stream on twitter that focuses solely on job seekers strengths, knowledge and abilities. Discussion/questions shared on Twitter.com using the hashtag #HFChat
Here is how you can participate in this chat:
1. Sign up for Twitter if you are not already on Twitter.
2. Search for hashtag #HFChat when the chat starts at 11am CST.
3. Introduce yourself when the chat begins.
4. Read, ask questions, comment, re-tweet. Participate!
More information on #HFChat and Hire Friday
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Christian Business Connections Network Friday Meeting
Location:
New Life Ministries
1828 Walnut St., 4th floor
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 11:00am
Join us! It is an all-inclusive and non-denominational group and our focus is networking/friendship/outreach.
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Freelance Exchange of Kansas City Luncheon (Practical Tips for Home Office Organization)
Location:
Lucky Brewgrille
5401 Johnson Drive
Mission, KS
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Time: 11:30am – 1:00pm
Cost: $30.00 for non-members (includes lunch)
Ever feel like your desktop or office is just out of control? Then you’re in luck! Because January is National Organization Month, and FX wants to help you get organized! For this very special luncheon, we’ll be featuring Helen Stringer of We Organize! to help us get in tip-top shape.
We Organize! is a judgment-free organizing service and is the #1 rated professional organizing service on Angie’s List. Come learn about different systems and methods specifically geared for the self-employed professional and small business owner, and start the new year off right!
RSVP by 5 pm on Tuesday, January 22. Space is limited, so to ensure your spot, RSVP NO LATER than the deadline. Late reservations may not be able to be accommodated. Because FX has to pay for all lunches ordered, no-shows WILL be billed.
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Ace the Job Interview with Pamela Skillings Google+ Hangout
Time: 12:30pm – 1:00pm CST
Pamela Skillings is one of the nation’s top job interview coaches and the founder of Big Interview, an online job interview training system that helps people land better jobs faster. She is also the author of the popular career guide Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams and has been featured as a career expert by The New York Times, Forbes, ABC News, and others.
RSVP for the Google+ Hangout and join the hangout at 12:30pm CST. You can also follow along on Twitter – just follow the hashtag #paychat. Follow along and submit any question you have.
Watch last week’s Networking Like a Pro Google+ Hangout on YouTube
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Finding Your Passion, Purpose, and Power in Career Transition Webinar
Time: 2:00 – 3:30pm CST
Are you eager to live the life you deserve yet just don’t know where to start? Do you want to feel passion for life and use it towards your life purpose?
It’s time to stop yearning for an extraordinary life, and start living your passion, purpose and power. Stop trying to survive your day to day life and learn to direct your steps with new energy and optimism as you head into the future “you” get to choose. Being in a career transition is a perfect time to explore what’s possible for you.
- Learn how to be captain of your own ship.
- Learn how to instantly build your self-confidence.
- Learn the essentials needed shift your emotions empowering you toward your future.
- Learn how to accelerate your success and how to stay on your path.
- Learn how to eliminate unwanted habits and behaviors that are holding you back.
- Learn what relationships are necessary to drive you forward toward the fulfillment of your ultimate life.
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Saturday, January 26
Catholic Career Panel Roundtable Meeting
Location:
Good Shepherd Parish
12800 W 75th St.
Shawnee, KS
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Time: 8:30am – 10:00am
Dress is Business Casual.
CCR’s next ’Panel Roundtable’ is scheduled for January 26th. Our guests include Alenco Home Improvement, AT&T, Business Data Systems, Convergys, DST, and In Touch Solutions.
CCR holds a ’Panel Roundtable’ usually the last Saturday of each month. Panel Roundtables are a refreshing venue for business owners and hiring managers to share company culture and employment opportunities for 2012 with qualified and professional job seekers with no fees or cost to the job seeker or the business owner as well.
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“Weeks Not Months” Executive Job Search Workshop
Location:
Business Exchange
Suite 200 – 2nd floor
200 NE Missouri Road
Lee’s Summit, MO
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Easiest way to get there is to get on 470 east, take the Douglas exit and turn right, like you’re going to St. Luke’s East hospital, then at the first stoplight, Mulberry, take a left and head up the hill. Take a left at the first actual street that’s not a parking lot – it’s called Grand – then follow that, and cross the next street (Missouri Rd) and drive into the parking lot. The sign in the building’s parking lot says “Business Exchange.” Park on the west side, closest to the Hampton Inn, and walk in and take the elevator to the 2nd floor.
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Cost: $495.00 (includes breakfast). Please note that payment plans are available.
If you’re a job seeking professional who is tired of struggling to gain the attention of employers and haven’t been landing any interviews, or have had a number of interviews but haven’t made the final cut, this workshop was designed specifically for you.
This in-person, full day workshop will give you the resources, tools and skills to consistently attract more employers and win your next position in a matter of weeks, and not the 10-14 month national average. This is information that, until now, Tammy Kabell has only shared with her one-on-one executive search clients.
We don’t talk philosophy or theory in this workshop; this is all hands-on step-by-step instruction you can begin to use immediately to completely change your search results.
In this workshop you’ll get an email containing preparation materials first. You’ll think through several things key to conducting an effective search for a six-figure position; how you introduce yourself, what are your core strengths, identifying your liabilities, how you network, and a few other things. You’ll actually write some personal marketing materials before the workshop and take action on an initial job search checklist. Then, in the workshop, we’ll spend the whole time working individually with you on the material you’ve prepared beforehand.
Registration ends at 5pm on Friday, January 25. If you want to register, call Ryan McDaniel at 816-550-7702.
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