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This presentation is to be presented to the State of Michigan in July, 2011. We plan to present these workshops to Michigan Works offices, starting in 2011, on an ongoing basis; if you would like ot know more, contact Curt directly, or visit www.humantransitions.com.Thank you.
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GET TO
WORKSHOPS
Helping people to maximize the effectiveness of their job-searches…
…with support, empathy, respect, and professionalism
What’s the Climate Now ??
Job-search challenges – 2011 Page 1
Finding unemployment levels escalating and timeframes for finding new work expanding
Reacting to lack of responsiveness by hiring managers
Learning new networking and job-searching techniques
Targeting companies for employment
Handling financial challenges
What’s the Climate Now ??
Job-search challenges – 2011 Page 2
Managing social challenges
Dealing with increased competition
Maximizing effectiveness of the search
Obtaining education to meet job-requirements
Avoiding job-scams and time-wasting processes
Human Transitions Who are we?
Curt MacRae -- has 30 years of business experience, the last 25 in Michigan, managing teams in sales/marketing, customer support, and administration. His IBM management training prepared him to run his own business for 15 years, where he continued to screen, interview, hire, fire, and manage departments and people.
He has conducted his own job-searches in 1990 and in 2008, and empathizes with the challenges involved, while understanding the strategy changes required in today’s economy. In 2009, he began conducting GET TO WORKshops for people who are unemployed, under-employed, or who are looking to change careers.
Curt has been a speaker at multiple jobs groups and he collaborates with authors who write about job-searching. He has numerous articles published on job-searching, as well as other topics, and writes his own blog, which has 4,000 -10,000 readers per month. His broad base of contacts provides access to many job opportunities.
Curt graduated from Michigan State University, with a degree in Journalism, and has participated in numerous management development programs with IBM and beyond.
Human Transitions Who are we?
Gehan “G” Nadine Hardy – has more than ten years of extensive front-line experience as a human resource professional managing related processes. G has worked for - and with - small and large companies including Cintas; 7-Eleven; CVS; Sara Lee, and has partnered with hundreds of employees and applicants at multiple organizational levels.
G’s areas of interest and specialty are training, recruitment, and employee relations. She has spoken on various topics to college students throughout the U.S. and has personally spent time conducting her own job searches, gaining an empathy for those going through their own “transition.” G has a passion for personal growth, exhibited by her commitment to fitness, reading and writing (including the rise, fall – and rise! – of her blog, “G’s Good Chi!”). She has a Bachelor’s degree from Oakland University and a Master’s degree from Central Michigan University.
Human Transitions Who are we?
Peter Albrecht -- has more than twenty years experience following his lifelong passion of growing and developing people. His expertise includes managing major corporate initiatives including selection, retention, team building, sales growth and organizational performance. During his career Pete has provided training and development services for a wide variety of businesses and industries including educational, sales organizations, automotive, medical, manufacturing, transportation and industrial distribution.
He has written and delivered multiple training programs nationwide and trained thousands of executives, managers and employees throughout his career. He also is an adjunct instructor at Wayne State University in the business development division. Pete obtained a degree in Education from Michigan State University, and a Masters in Educational Psychology from Wayne State University.
Human Transitions Who are we?
Phil Tarchala -- has been a private business owner for 17 years, providing financing and business expertise to new and/or expanding businesses. He has trained employees in sales and support.
In his current position, Phil designs financing solutions, equipment purchases, building expansion financing, and marketing programs.
Phil participates on the zoning board of appeals and planning commission for Antwerp Township, MI, and works with businesses to increase sales and train salespeople. He has sales experience back to 1980. selling tangible and non tangible products and services to a large customer-base, throughout Michigan and Northern Indiana.
His customer set includes small businesses, Fortune/500 companies and municipalities. Phil understands what business owners are looking for in employees and in vendor and supplier relationships. He has been a member of Professionals for Success, sponsored by the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce, since 1996.
Human Transitions Who are we?
Other Resources – Subject-Matter-Experts (SMEs) Government Jobs Expert
Multiple Resume Writers
New Horizons Educational staff
Authors from “Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters, 2.0”
Human Resources Professionals
Wardrobe Coach (Dress for Success)
Other “Soft Skills” Contributors
Common Sense in a job-search
• On emails, always include name, number in signature
• Put a PS on your cover letter
• Put your Linked-In profile on your resume
• Complete your Linked-In profile, fully & accurately
• Write thank-yous after every interview to EACH person
• Use a professional email address
Common Sense – part II
If your resume isn’t up to date, update it NOW…
Join Linked-In groups
Get usable recommendations on Linked-In, elsewhere
Network, everywhere
Make the job “to get a job”
Use common sense in all tasks of a job-search
Learn how to find, apply, interview, negotiate, and get the job
Vital Topics for GET TO WORKshop
Morale & attitude
Ethics & work habits
Economy & economics of the job search
Networking & team-building
2011 search techniques vs. old searches
Industry trends
Targeting companies to work for
Tricks of the search
Vital Topics for GET TO WORKshop cont’d
Assistance available
Working sessions on
Elevator speeches
Networking techniques
Resume writing
Interview role-playing
Phone interviews
Adaptable agendas
Human Transitions What do we bring to the meeting?
Hiring/firing/interviewing experience (25 years)
Empathetic, caring, helpful, teaching methods that go beyond classroom settings
The knowledge to steer clear of scams, recognize fraud
Multiple personal job-search experiences to share
Versatility, with HR experience, business experience, management experience, and soft skills knowledge
Human Transitions What else do we bring to the meeting?
Networking contacts w/ authors, speakers, job-posters
Multiple, professional, experienced presenters, available to teach consecutive or concurrent workshops
Supporting blog, writing about job-search topics
Unpublished job posts become available from multiple contacts, developed over years of this type of work
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Other Skills that can be Provided Soft skills Job-search processes Speaking skills Dress for success Writing skills Business ethics Fitness connection Other business-related topics
Questions / Miscellaneous Topics
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