Northern New Jersey Chapter of Learning and Performance Professionals

Career Transition Special Interest Group

Program Agenda:
6:30-7:00 Registration/Check-in

7:00-7:15 NNJ ASTD Organization

7:15-7:30 Introductions
7:30–8:45 Program Presentation
8:45–9:00 Networking

Thursday, June 9, 2011

7-9 p.m.
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Registration is required:

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This meeting is free.

Location
Cedar Hill Christian Reformed Church

422 Cedar Hill Ave, Wyckoff, NJ 07481-2219, (201) 652-3245
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Park in the back, entrance on the right.

Contact:
Alicja Lisnow (SIG Chair): a_lisnow@yahoo.com
201-519-0545

Managing a Long-Term Job Search:  What’s Next?

The stock market is up, consumer spending is up, and economic experts everywhere keep telling us the recovery is here.  Still, your job search continues.  What’s next?

You’ve weathered the recession, fine-tuned your resume and cover letter, scoured the job boards, answered countless postings, and gone on several interviews.  Months, perhaps even years have gone by.  Still, your job search continues.  What’s next?

Join us for “Managing a Long-Term Job Search” and take the next steps towards your personal economic recovery.  During this interactive session, we will explore strategies and tactics for revitalizing your job search while also discussing provocative options for managing your career search in different, more satisfying ways.  

Don't miss an evening where you can expand your network, make new friends, share knowledge with your peers, and hear highly relevant and beneficial insights and perspectives from experts in the marketplace.

 Door prize: one hour telephone coaching session

Career Transition SIG:
Everyone is welcome to attend.

Speaker: Cynthia Clark
President of Career Quest Coaching

The Northern NJ ASTD Career Transition SIG provides a professional forum for participants seeking new career opportunities in various professions.  Many members of the SIG group are professionals in Training and Development.

The SIG’s goal is to provide space for networking, exchange of resources, contacts, information, mutual support and learning, and job leads for those seeking new career opportunities.

Membership information and benefits about NNJ ASTD is posted on www.nnjastd.org.

Resume Review or Mock Interviews:
Time permitting Workshop may include Peer Resume Reviews, or Mock Interview Questions.

30 Second Introduction:
My name is xxx, I am a xxx professional - looking for xxx, my target companies are xxx, or my target industry or location is xxx

….is an experienced Recruiter and Career Coach specializing in coaching individuals in career transition.  Prior to establishing Career Quest Coaching, Ms. Clark held management positions at Deloitte Touche and served as a Vice President of JP Morgan Chase.  While at Chase, Ms. Clark served as the Head Coach for the Metropolitan New York retail branches.

Ms. Clark is a summa cum laude graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University and holds her MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School, Northwestern University.  She is currently an adjunct professor at Baruch College, City University of New York,

Ms. Clark is a certified Myers-Briggs practitioner and a member of SHRM (SPHR), ASTD, the Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches, and the International Coach Federation. 

Cynthia Clark - Career Quest Coaching, Inc. - www.cynthiaclarkconsulting.com