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2. Wage Estimates Bureau
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3. Organize Your Job
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4. Starting Over After
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www.womansdivorce.com
5. Starting Over for
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6. Self Improvement:
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to help you:
1. United States of
America's primary source
on career info:
www.onetcenter.org
2. Wage Estimates Bureau
of Labor and Statistics
3. Organize Your Job
Search - Post a Question
etc.: www.cvtips.com
4. Starting Over After
Divorce:
www.womansdivorce.com
5. Starting Over for
Women:
www.makingbreadmagazine
.com
6. Self Improvement:
www.selfgrowth.com.
7. Job Postings, Resume
Advice and Resources:
www.careerbuiler.com
8. Templates for: business
plans, competitive analysis,
start up costs and more:
www.score.org/business_tool
box.html
9. Federal/Sate/Local
Government jobs:
www.USAJOBS.com
10. U.S. Government's Free
online courses, webinars
and podcasts for workforce
development:
www.onetacademy.com.
Articles
It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who Knows You -
How to Network
Every major city has a wide array of business networking opportunities –
Rotary, Chambers of Commerce, Kiwanis, professional associations and
more. These represent a wonderful source for meeting people in
business. Those seeking employment or new clients attend these
meetings, pass out their business cards to as many people as possible
and collect equally as many as if there was a prize at the end of the lunch
for the most cards in hand. I encourage you to build relationships, not a
Rolodex.
Spiritual venues may also serve as good sources to meet people who
may have traveled a similar journey to yours. Church choirs, bible study
groups, and church event groups are comprised of people with a calling
to a spiritual purpose.
You may have special interests that are not as well known as those listed
above but are important to you none-the-less. You may be interested in
reading and seek a book club. You may be interested in gardening or
politics and seek a club for those interests. All of these serve as good
sources to build relationships.
Small talk is important at any event where you want to meet new people.
Aim to spend a maximum of five minutes with each person.
Rule Break: Don’t just network – connect. Traditional clubs and
organizations are good sources for meeting people with similar
interests. But I say that everything you do everyday presents an
opportunity to meet people who may be part of your new road. When you
are standing in line at the coffee shop, the person in front of you or behind
you may have a background similar to your own and has built a
successful empire. A person in your workplace cafeteria may have dealt
with challenges similar to yours but you never knew it. How do you get to
know these things about people? Genuinely show an interest in them.
When they hear your name you don’t want them to say, “I’ve met her.” You
want them to say, “I know her.” Or “she’s my friend.”
How to Make the Most of a Networking Event:
1. Look for events where you can meet people from whom you can
learn. Look for topics of interest to you where there will be a breadth of
talent. Local newspapers generally have lists of various types of
meetings throughout th week or month.
2. Be there when the event begins. Most of the socializing occurs at the
beginning of these events. Introduce yourself with a solid handshake.
Repeat their names for your own memory purposes. “Hello, Jack
Monagal. It is nice to meet you.” The sweetest sound to someone's ear is
the sound of their own name.
3. Where your name tag on the right side of your chest. This way when
you shake hands people can see it prominently.
4. Drop the “What’s in it for me.” perspective. You are there to offer
assistance to others and build relationships. It’s all about them.
5. Have plenty of business cards and treat other people's cards as
gold. When you take someone else’s business card, be sure to have a
special place to put it.
6. Don’t dismiss someone because you think they may not be able to
help you. Chances are they know someone who can.
7. Help them first. Make sure that you are first to offer something to
someone else before you ask for advice, a referral, their time or anything
back.
Get Mary Lee’s new FREE e-book “Make Your Wheel of Fortune Spin on
Balance" by clicking here.
Follow Mary Lee's career tips on Twitter.com at StartingOverNow.
For the FREE Worksheets: “Does Your Resume Look Weathered?” and
“Six Ways to Know if This is the Right Company for Me” go to: http://www.
startingovernow.com/Articles-and-Tip-Sheets.html
Mary Lee Gannon is a career advice expert who went from being a stay-
at-home mother with four children to divorce, poverty and then on to
become a newspaper reporter, trade association executive director,
public relations consultant, and foundation president and CEO. View Mary
Lee’s free career tips, worksheets and Blog on her website at www.
startingovernow.com. Contact Mary Lee at info@startingovernow.com.
How to Network
Every major city has a wide array of business networking opportunities –
Rotary, Chambers of Commerce, Kiwanis, professional associations and
more. These represent a wonderful source for meeting people in
business. Those seeking employment or new clients attend these
meetings, pass out their business cards to as many people as possible
and collect equally as many as if there was a prize at the end of the lunch
for the most cards in hand. I encourage you to build relationships, not a
Rolodex.
Spiritual venues may also serve as good sources to meet people who
may have traveled a similar journey to yours. Church choirs, bible study
groups, and church event groups are comprised of people with a calling
to a spiritual purpose.
You may have special interests that are not as well known as those listed
above but are important to you none-the-less. You may be interested in
reading and seek a book club. You may be interested in gardening or
politics and seek a club for those interests. All of these serve as good
sources to build relationships.
Small talk is important at any event where you want to meet new people.
Aim to spend a maximum of five minutes with each person.
Rule Break: Don’t just network – connect. Traditional clubs and
organizations are good sources for meeting people with similar
interests. But I say that everything you do everyday presents an
opportunity to meet people who may be part of your new road. When you
are standing in line at the coffee shop, the person in front of you or behind
you may have a background similar to your own and has built a
successful empire. A person in your workplace cafeteria may have dealt
with challenges similar to yours but you never knew it. How do you get to
know these things about people? Genuinely show an interest in them.
When they hear your name you don’t want them to say, “I’ve met her.” You
want them to say, “I know her.” Or “she’s my friend.”
How to Make the Most of a Networking Event:
1. Look for events where you can meet people from whom you can
learn. Look for topics of interest to you where there will be a breadth of
talent. Local newspapers generally have lists of various types of
meetings throughout th week or month.
2. Be there when the event begins. Most of the socializing occurs at the
beginning of these events. Introduce yourself with a solid handshake.
Repeat their names for your own memory purposes. “Hello, Jack
Monagal. It is nice to meet you.” The sweetest sound to someone's ear is
the sound of their own name.
3. Where your name tag on the right side of your chest. This way when
you shake hands people can see it prominently.
4. Drop the “What’s in it for me.” perspective. You are there to offer
assistance to others and build relationships. It’s all about them.
5. Have plenty of business cards and treat other people's cards as
gold. When you take someone else’s business card, be sure to have a
special place to put it.
6. Don’t dismiss someone because you think they may not be able to
help you. Chances are they know someone who can.
7. Help them first. Make sure that you are first to offer something to
someone else before you ask for advice, a referral, their time or anything
back.
Get Mary Lee’s new FREE e-book “Make Your Wheel of Fortune Spin on
Balance" by clicking here.
Follow Mary Lee's career tips on Twitter.com at StartingOverNow.
For the FREE Worksheets: “Does Your Resume Look Weathered?” and
“Six Ways to Know if This is the Right Company for Me” go to: http://www.
startingovernow.com/Articles-and-Tip-Sheets.html
Mary Lee Gannon is a career advice expert who went from being a stay-
at-home mother with four children to divorce, poverty and then on to
become a newspaper reporter, trade association executive director,
public relations consultant, and foundation president and CEO. View Mary
Lee’s free career tips, worksheets and Blog on her website at www.
startingovernow.com. Contact Mary Lee at info@startingovernow.com.
StartingOverNow.com
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| Mary Lee Gannon is interviewed on Mind Your BIZness |
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Wheel of Fortune
Spin on Balance" by
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Gannon's work as a
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trade association
executive director,
public relations
consultant,
entrepreneur, and
hospital foundation
president and CEO are
the basis for her free
e-newsletter with tips on
"Starting Over."
Get Mary Lee's FREE
e-book "Make Your
Wheel of Fortune
Spin on Balance" by
clicking here. Mary Lee
Gannon's work as a
newspaper reporter,
trade association
executive director,
public relations
consultant,
entrepreneur, and
hospital foundation
president and CEO are
the basis for her free
e-newsletter with tips on
"Starting Over."
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* Starting all over
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career advice and
education
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* Setting new life
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Whether your company is in need of better productivity from your workforce, or
you want to build a better network, are starting over, are an empty nester
re-entering the workforce, have been laid-off, or are going through a divorce
there is information here to help you! Learn to take your interests and channel
them into productive goals on a fast track. Reach out of your comfort zone to
achieve proven and practical strategies for success. We invite you to share your
insight, take advantage of the resources here, challenge yourself, and continue
to develop and grow.
For the FREE StartingOverNow E-newsletter, or to contact Mary Lee simply send
an email to: info@startingovernow.com. Share your story.
Make It Fun = Get More Done!
Whether your company is in need of better productivity from your workforce, or
you want to build a better network, are starting over, are an empty nester
re-entering the workforce, have been laid-off, or are going through a divorce
there is information here to help you! Learn to take your interests and channel
them into productive goals on a fast track. Reach out of your comfort zone to
achieve proven and practical strategies for success. We invite you to share your
insight, take advantage of the resources here, challenge yourself, and continue
to develop and grow.
For the FREE StartingOverNow E-newsletter, or to contact Mary Lee simply send
an email to: info@startingovernow.com. Share your story.