Executive Career Consultant, Richard Kirby discusses Ten Common Career Mistakes to avoid. This presentation was delivered to the Atlanta Chapter of Great Careers/The BENG on February 8. For more information about Richard Kirby, visit his website at www.richardkirby.net
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In your pursuit to build your brand, you have to separate yourself in a competitive environment. You have to put yourself out there, elevate your game, and stand-out.
This presentation is all about YOU.
• Learn how to determine your keywords for your resume and LinkedIn
• Learn tips and best practices for business & networking cards
• Learn the difference between taglines vs. slogans
• Explore the six-word memoir
• Perform a LinkedIn SWOT analysis of your profile
• Develop personal branding on LinkedIn
• Reflect on your online and offline reputation
• Create your action plan
BIO Lynne Williams
Lynne Williams
Lynne M. Williams, Ed.D. Candidate, is the Executive Director of the Great Careers Group & BENG a volunteer-run 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides career education and networking connections for: 1) jobseekers in career transition, including veterans and 2) employed and self-employed for career management.
In addition, Lynne is also the owner of Around the Clock Executive Helper, a writer of resumes and LinkedIn profiles. Lynne presents unique research-based workshops on LinkedIn, resumes, the Applicant Tracking System, the Art of Networking In-Person & Online, and other career-related, social media, and technology topics. She is currently working on writing her doctoral dissertation and is a contributing author to Find Your Fit: A Practical Guide to Landing the Job You Love along with the late Dick Bolles, the author of What Color is Your Parachute?.
– Identify weaknesses in your current networking approach
– Define who are the best people with whom to engage
– Choose more effective venues/organizations
– Establish productive agendas to guide interactions
– Set goals and measure results
Richard Kirby is an executive coach and small business coach with 30 years of corporate management and 16+ years of independent coaching successes. His diverse corporate experience has ranged from engineering/technical to sales/relational in company environments that ranged from a Fortune100 bureaucracy to a pre-IPO entrepreneurial start-up. He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC®) and a Board–Certified Coach (BCC).
Richard has a unique combination of analytical and creative talents that allow him to successfully coach key executives and business owners, with a focus on improving individual and organizational results.
Core Competencies
Executive Coaching and Mentoring
Recruiting and hiring strategies
Small business owner mentoring
Outplacement
Background
Chair (Small Business Coach) for Vistage International
Executive Coach and Outplacement Coach for Executive Impact
Regional Sales Director for ADC Telecom
Regional Sales Director for Siemens
Various Engineering Management positions
BS in Electrical Engineering
BENG Mission
BENG provides mid- to senior-level professionals with a platform to enhance their networking activities and skills.
Members in-transition benefit from tools to accelerate their job search (including opportunities for networking), targeted employment information and emotional support.
Employed and self-employed members benefit from a platform to network and cultivate relationships with community leaders and professionals interested in expanding business.
We rely upon the generosity and cooperation of our members – whether in-transition, employed or self-employed – to accomplish the mission of “Members Helping Members.”
Success for the Seasoned Search…The Benefit of Being Overqualified
Many seasoned job seekers find themselves being called overqualified because they have more years of experience than the job description calls for. Learn powerful strategies to overcome your interviewer’s misconceptions about you. It’s impossible to BE overqualified unless YOU believe you ARE overqualified. In this seminar, you will learn:
The REAL reason why recruiters AND hiring managers are concerned about hiring overqualified applicants
How to change your cover letter and resume if you believe you are overqualified
Seven ways to explain in an interview why being overqualified is an advantage
How to handle the “age factor”
Abby Kohut
Abby Kohut is known in the job search world as Absolutely Abby because she tells the Absolute truth about the job search process. In the past 26 years, Abby has held corporate recruiting positions in a variety of industries and is responsible for helping 10,000 people get hired. Her website AbsolutelyAbby.com, which was selected as one of the “Top 100 Websites for Your Career” by Forbes, teaches candidates secrets the Absolute truth about the job search process that other recruiters won’t tell you.
AbsolutelyAbby.com was mentioned on CNBC as one of three top websites for career changers and CNBC published an article naming Abby as a Top Career Coach and Recruiter. Abby is one of the “Top 100 Influential People Online” according to Fast Company Magazine and is known as “Ask Abby” on LinkedIn. Since 2012, Abby has been on a mission to help one million job seekers and she drove around the US in an RV in order to accomplish that goal. Her job search adventures were covered by several national TV and radio networks including Fox 5, Sirius XM, NBC, CBS, ABC, Bloomberg Radio, LinkedIn, Monster, and The Ladders.
Jim Weber is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Great Careers – The BENG Atlanta Chapter
Time: Jan 12, 2021, 07:30 AM Eastern Time (the US and Canada)
Paula Fowler Presents to The BENG, October 13, 2020
Decoding the Engagement Challenge or Why People Leave is a conversation about the four factors of employee engagement – Job, Manager, Team, and Culture and how they impact productivity. PI’s motto is Better Work, Better World and the premise is that by understanding human needs and behaviors, we can select a job and company that “fits” our natural tendencies and be happier at work, manage people more successfully and drive company success.
Paula Fowler
Paula Fowler is a strategic leader with a proven ability to create a company-wide vision and drive business results. She has a passion for working directly with entrepreneurs to implement strategies for growth and profitability. Paula has over two decades of management and consulting experience in small to mid-sized businesses across a broad range of functional areas, including sales, marketing, finance, accounting, operations, human resources, customer support, and business development.
She is skilled at analyzing existing operations and implementing strategies, processes, and technology to improve company performance. She believes that entrepreneurs often know what to do – but lack the time or internal expertise to accomplish the task at hand. Paula will deftly tackle the project and drive it to completion.
Paula is also a certified Six Disciplines Coach, a management system for purpose-driven leaders of small to mid-sized companies. Six Disciplines combines on-site business coaching, workshops, and collaborative software to close the gap between the future vision of a company and today’s reality – by engaging the hearts and minds of every employee in the organization and aligning actions.
Why People Leave is a conversation about the four factors of employee engagement – Job, Manager, Team and Culture and how they impact productivity. PI’s motto is Better Work, Better World and the premise is that by understanding human needs and behaviors, we can select a job and company that “fits” our natural tendencies and be happier at work, manage people more successfully and drive company success.
Paula Fowler
Paula Fowler is a strategic leader with a proven ability to create a company-wide vision and drive business results. She has a passion for working directly with entrepreneurs to implement strategies for growth and profitability. Paula has over two decades of management and consulting experience in small to mid-sized businesses across a broad range of functional areas, including sales, marketing, finance, accounting, operations, human resources, customer support, and business development.
She is skilled at analyzing existing operations and implementing strategies, processes, and technology to improve company performance. She believes that entrepreneurs often know what to do – but lack the time or internal expertise to accomplish the task at hand. Paula will deftly tackle the project and drive it to completion.
Paula is also a certified Six Disciplines Coach, a management system for purpose-driven leaders of small to mid-sized companies. Six Disciplines combines on-site business coaching, workshops, and collaborative software to close the gap between the future vision of a company and today’s reality – by engaging the hearts and minds of every employee in the organization and aligning actions.
