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Previous Events:
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Date First Presented
and Course Materials
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Networking: A Critical
Ingredient in Your Job Search/Career
Transition- Featuring a panel of KJ members
who will discuss how networking helped them land jobs in the early days
of the
recession. Complemented by recruiter strategies for communicating your
professional value.
- Followed by roundtable networking
opportunities
with other participants and volunteers from the Career Initiative
(representing
various professions such as finance, law, real estate and marketing).
RSVP IS REQUIRED BY MARCH 12TH
TO: ramazkjcareers@gmail.com
(affiliation and profession MUST be included in your RSVP) | Monday,
March 15th
7:00pm – 9:00pm
CKJ, 125 East 85th Street | Redirecting Yourself: A 2-part Career Transition Event
Are
you unemployed? Underemployed? Seeking practical tools on how to make that
career transition you’ve been longing for? Join the KJ Career Development
& Networking Initiative and the BJ Employment Task Force who are bringing two
experts to help you discover your professional value and tap into it with
clarity and success.
Part 1 – Thursday, May 14, with Robyn Barsky,
a career development professional who will provide strategies for discovering
and articulating the unique personal attributes that fuel your successful
performance.
Part 2 – Thursday, May 21, with Rafi Haham,
an international speaker, organizational consultant and life coach who will
present the 5 Human Intelligences Model and provide practical tools for
exploring your own personal brilliance and how to use them to advance your
career.
RSVP IS REQUIRED to Guy Felixbrodt at: Gfelixbrodt@bj.org
(please indicate your profession and/or industry to which you are seeking to
transition) | 7:30pm – 9:00pm Thursday, May 14 & 21
Congregation
B’nai Jeshurun, 257 West 88th
Street | Using LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter to Advance Your Job
Search and/or Your Business.
Program includes
strategies for:
- Harnessing and expanding your networks
- Communicating with like-minded professionals
- Creating an online profile that reflects your professional value
Facilitated
by:
- Ira Ziff & Robyn Barsky – Co-founders, Get What You Set
- Joshua
Fruchter – President, eLawMarketing & EM Online Media
- David
Gittleman – President, The Woods Group
RSVP REQUIRED TO: ramazkjcareers@gmail.com | April 30, 2009
7:00pm – 8:30pm
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun
125 East 85th Street |
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Strategies for Harvesting & Maximizing Networking Opportunities
- 3 simple steps to formulating a relevant and memorable message
- how to leverage your existing network
- preparation and research
- strategies for conducting meetings
Presenters: Ira Ziff & Robyn Barsky
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February 22, 2009
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Job Search 101
Basic Rules of Engagement for 35 years
old +
- resume format and components
- online job boards and research techniques
- harnessing networks and recruiters
- accessing decision makers
| Thursday, March 5th, 7:30pm-8:30pm
3rd Fl. Dining Room
Cong. Kehilath Jeshurun |
Discovering & Communicating Your Professional Value
A
two part intensive series on strengthening the marketing messages you
communicate on your resume, online and throughout the entire job search
process.
- Note: Participants must commit to both sessions. Space is very limited. Open to members of Ramaz/KJ community only.
| Sunday, March 22nd & 29th, 10:00 am-12 noon
(for 35 years old +)
Program Fully Subscribed |
Networking: Online and Face-to-Face - Using LinkedIn, Facebook, and the (Not So) Old-Fashioned Way.
Insights from the following professionals who use each of these methods successfully:
- Davina Askin, Director, Organizational Development Talent Management, Girl Scouts of the USA
- Evan Gotlib, Director, Advertising & Business Development, Ideal Bite (unit of the Walt Disney Company)
- David Trencher, Sales Associate, National Sales, Facebook
Note: This program is in collaboration with The Jewish Center Business Forum. RSVP to rkatz@jewishcenter.org
(please indicate affiliation with RSVP) | Wednesday, April 1st,
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Jewish Center
131 West 86th Street | | Coping with Transition: What to Expect During Times of Uncertainty
Most of us experience an
unsettling period of disorientation after experiencing the loss of a
job, financial security, a relationship, health, or a role they have
played in their families and community. Usually, this disorientation
affects many aspects of our lives, especially our personal
relationships.
Kim Schneiderman, LCSW, will guide us through
the twists and turns of transition, helping us understand what we can
and cannot expect during times of uncertainty. Learn how transitions
can present powerful opportunities to make meaningful changes in our
lives.
RSVP REQUIRED FOR ALL PROGRAMS TO ramazkjcareers@gmail.com
(please indicate affiliation with RSVP) | Wednesday, April 1st
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Congregation Kehilath
Jeshurun
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