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Monday, 08/19, 10:30 am, Professional Services Group of Central New Jersey hosts,
How to Use ChatGPT Effectively to Build Your Cover Letter. In this presentation, our speaker, Chui Senanayake, will guide attendees through leveraging ChatGPT to craft compelling cover letters. We will cover how to gather necessary information, outline the cover letter, and use specific prompts to generate each section with ChatGPT. Additionally, we’ll discuss best practices for reviewing and editing drafts to ensure clarity, consistency, and alignment with job descriptions. By the end of the session, participants will have a step-by-step approach to creating tailored, professional cover letters that stand out to employers.
Chui Senanayake is a professional career coach and the president/founder of The Job Helpers and JobProMax. Eighteen years ago, he was 19 and homeless. Today, he is an MBA graduate leading a successful business. With over 15 years of experience, he has optimized resumes for countless job seekers.
PSGCNJ has established a pre-registration system for Zoom meetings. Please click Zoom Registration and register by our 11 pm Friday deadline prior to the Monday morning meeting. Please make sure to save the link you are emailed so you have it for Monday’s meeting.
Please join us on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month from noon-12:30 pm for our “Ask Maya” segment with Maya Ollson, career consultant, founder of Kokopella High Touch Outplacement. Maya facilitates the 30-minute Q&A session to answer your job-search questions.
Please join us on the third Monday of the month from 11:30 am until noon for a new segment on the importance of meditation in your job search. The segment is hosted by Victoria Squazzo, a certified Reiki master/teacher, holistic practitioner of Ayurveda and emotion code practitioner. Victoria has been in private practice since 2014 and completed a Yoga certification in 2022.
Mon August 19, 2024, 6pm-8pm. WNO, Our August presentation will be “LinkedIn as a Job Seeker’s Search Engine”, presented by Ken Lang.
Ken Lang is the co-founder of My Networking Central, a searchable database for networking events and speakers. He also serves as a brand specialist for Lee Hecht Harrison, an outplacement service, focusing on LinkedIn best practices. He also helps small business owners maximize their presence on LinkedIn.
Ken will be discussing the latest LinkedIn changes and how they impact job search; he will then show us how LinkedIn can be used as a search engine for job specs, to locate companies and contacts, and to view other similar profiles to better maximize your experience.
Ken will do this via demonstrations and as a training session. Ken will be looking to us for audience participation to help guide him through any specific questions that come up.
Register Now and join us at this month’s meeting!
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Westchester Networking Organization (WNO)
A volunteer-run community supportive of those who are in career transition and looking for career opportunities
Email: WNO1635@gmail.com
Blog: http://wno.weebly.com/blog
Website:http://wno.weebly.com/
LinkedIn: Westchester Networking Organization (must have a profile on LinkedIn; access by request)
Groups.io: https://groups.io/g/WNO
Monday, 08/26, 10:30 am, Professional Services Group of Central New Jersey hosts,
Managing Your Reputation and References from the Get-Go. Your resume and LinkedIn profile are only as good as the appropriate people who can vouch for your performance and experience your claim. In this presentation, our presenter, Ruth K. Robbins, will show you how to learn the new ways in which references are garnered by the HR hiring team, how to select your references, building a network of references and recommendations, and keeping them in the loop once the reference check process begins.
Ruth Robbins is a career coach with over 20 years of experience in career planning/exploration, job-search and new business/consulting practice start-ups. She helps clients craft their messaging, LinkedIn profiles, and personal statements. For the last four years, she has delivered job-search strategy and career coaching services for OutplacementPro.com and The Whitehawk Group.
PSGCNJ has established a pre-registration system for Zoom meetings. Please click Zoom Registration and register by our 11 pm Friday deadline prior to the Monday morning meeting.
Please join us on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month from noon-12:30 pm for our “Ask Maya” segment with Maya Ollson, career consultant, founder of Kokopella High Touch Outplacement. Maya facilitates the 30-minute Q&A session to answer your job-search questions.
Please join us on the third Monday of the month from 11:30 am until noon for a new segment on the importance of meditation in your job search. The segment is hosted by Victoria Squazzo, a certified Reiki master/teacher, holistic practitioner of Ayurveda and emotion code practitioner. Victoria has been in private practice since 2014 and completed a Yoga certification in 2022.
August 26 – 6-9 p.m.- Join Us For “Professional Critique” and “Using Marketing Concepts In Your Job Search”
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.: “Professional Critique” (In Person):
How do you compete, to be the best candidate, in the eyes of prospective employers?
How do you find the solutions to brand and sell yourself in today’s highly competitive job market?
How do you create a competitive advantage for yourself?
Receive a personalized evaluation of your professional goals, and develop a customized strategy to expedite your transition into your next professional opportunity:
St. Hubert Ministry Center
729 Grand Canyon
Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60169
7 – 9 p.m.: “Using Marketing Concepts In Your Job Search”: presenter is Bob Smaluk, an award-winning business development representative who will provide marketing strategies that can also be applied to sell yourself in today’s highly competitive job market. Bob has more than 30 years of sales experience, and has sold products and services to companies of all sizes.
In Person:
St. Hubert Ministry Center
729 Grand Canyon
Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60169
Via Zoom:
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Tuesday Aug. 27, 2024 12-12:30 networking Please join the Business Relationship Network for our
Annual Summer Networking Luncheon
Hosted by
Business Relationship Network.
12:00-12:30 Networking | 12:30 Lunch and Speaker
$30 per Person advanced registration | $37.50 at the door
Special Guest Speaker
Rita Haake
Senior Vice President of Choose DuPage
Rita leads efforts to support the organization’s economic development strategy with a specific focus on business retention and growth. Prior to this role she spent 32 years at College of DuPage and during her tenure spent 25 years running the Business Development Center.
September 12,2024 at 6:30pm via Zoom. Next NJSENG meeting Our speakers will be Maggie Pazzian and Mike Palestina. They will discuss “ Mindsets of Successful People”.
Please reserve your seat by emailing me at MartyLatman@gmail.com. Include in the email Subject Line – “Reserve My Seat for 9-12-24 NJSENG Meeting”. Below is further information on the presentation.
Whether your gainfully employed or currently in transition, navigating the environment, culture, and climate within an organization has become more challenging in part due to various return to office policies.
Please join us for this highly interactive discussion designed to help the participants raise their self-awareness and position themselves to consider modifying long held perspectives on their career objectives.
Maggie Pazian is an internationally accredited specialist in the science of nonverbal communication, behavior, and emotion. She has more than fifteen years of experience coaching and training others in the skills of accurately perceiving and interpreting emotional information. Maggie is passionate about approaching issues with an emotional intelligence framework and practical application of scientific tools and techniques that help leaders modify behaviors and elevate not only their leadership, but also their well-being. She coaches clients in the process of discovering default tendencies, beliefs, and perceptions, and becoming more conscious of how these guide decisions and actions. By introducing choice into an automatic process, clients can consistently choose how to respond to their environment, in turn becoming more aware and connected, and achieving the results that drive business and personal success.
Mike Palestina has 20+ years of experience as an Executive Coach along with more than 20 years of Fortune 250 business leadership experience (in a variety of non-HR related functional areas including Marketing and Business Development, Client Implementation and Services, IT, Project Management, and Operations). This practical experience combined with 1,000+ hours of accredited training in coaching, emotional awareness, and verbal and non-verbal communications, provide him with a real-world appreciation of the challenges senior leaders face throughout their careers and within their organizations.
Please reserve your seat by emailing me at MartyLatman@gmail.com. Include in the email Subject Line – “Reserve My Seat for 9-12-24 NJSENG Meeting”.
I look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
Marty Latman
Saturday September 14, 2024,, 9:30 -10:30 AM – doors open at 9 am for networking. $10 cash fee at the door for room rental and required insurance premium. Join The Breakfast Club NJ Monthly Meeting with a presentation by Sam Velu – “Unleashing the Power of AI Automation for Job Seekers”. Sign on instructions at www.thebreakfastclubnj.com. Please share this with other groups you may be in. Join us on Meetup.com at: https://www.meetup.com/the-breakfast-club-nj/events/302252157/ to RSVP for the meeting. We will be meeting in person. No food or drink allowed, as per library rules.
Pre-Recorded Podcasts
In this article, IDC’s Wayne Kurtzman shares survey results on how to increase engagement in virtual meetings
.https://blogs.idc.com/2020/07/06/what-virtual-conferences-still-miss/
This video podcast explores the preferences, experiences, attitudes and behaviors of organizers and attendees of virtual events that have been held in the wake of COVID-19. It also delves into the priorities that organizers, sponsors, and vendors should address to ensure a positive experience for event attendees and how to capitalize of virtual event opportunities.https://www.nypl.org/locations/snfl/yoseloff-business
The New York Science, Industry and Business Library, located at 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, New York, NY 10016. The library also recorded some of the presentations and they are available 24/7 on-line at: http://www.nypl.org/node/90324.
PSG of Mercer County website has now grown to 35 eLearning sites. Many are free, but not all. Check out some of these eLearning sites at:
https://www` .psgofmercercounty.org/p/e-learning-resources.html
General Resources
CareerUSA.org
The mission of CareerUSA.org is to provide ONE website where anyone who is unemployed or under-employed, can find everything they need to help with his or her career search that will result in employment.
Any formed group that assists members in educating, coaching, career testing, job lead, networking connections, mentoring, counseling, or support, while providing a safe place for the job seeker, is welcome to be listed on the or CareerUSA.org website. For more information and a schedule of events go to
Recurring Meetings
Sundays from 9:00 – 9:30 am: George Pace, an IT Technology Leader, in Partnership with TBCNJ, host a weekly LIVE Webinar every Sunday to discuss:
- The latest Federal / State news as it relates to the Job Market
Monday mornings – The Ramsey Job Search Work Team meets every Monday morning. Networking starts from 9 to 9:30am and the meeting starts at 9:30 to 10:30 while virtual. Members are expected to hold each other accountable at weekly (virtual) meetings for conducting a job search in earnest. Historically, the team has enjoyed a very high rate of “landings” by those conducting an active and vigorous job search.
Based on the Lee-Hecht-Harrison model, it’s more of a project management team made up of people committed to helping each other in the job search. By attending regularly and staying focused on key tasks, meetings serve as an advisory panel that knows you and your search and can offer answers to the questions that come up in job hunting.
Help others to help you (especially for the first few meetings) by having a prepared “elevator pitch” to introduce yourself. Jobs open up because there’s a problem to solve or a need to fill.
Please contact Beth Berkenfeld at bberk2@optonline.net or 201-797-4342 if interested in joining the group.
Alternate Tuesdays, 10 am – Career Conversations with Tony are free webinars for those who are un/underemployed, in/considering a career transition. Sessions are facilitated primarily by longtime group facilitator and Career Coach, Tony Calabrese, of Absolute Transitions, LLC, or an esteemed guest presenter. Login info will be emailed the day prior to the webinar, but registration officially closes at 8am the morning of each webinar. All are welcome. Q & A will follow. Be sure to check our webpage for: dates, topics, presenters, webinar descriptions, and the registration link at: bit.ly/careerconversationswithtony2024. To receive an invite to join our listserv for occasional announcements and reminders, volunteer or recommend a thought-leader or topic, or if you have any questions, please email Tony at: career-conversations-with-tony@groups.io
Every Tuesday 1-2:00pm, before 4/30, Join Ken Lang for his weekly LinkedIn Live! event. Register here at https://www.meetup.com/Weekly-LinkedIn-Lunch-and-Learn/ or you can watch the broadcast live from Ken’s LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/langk
The Neighbors-helping-Neighbors (NhN) has now changed its operating model from virtual meetings, face to face meeting to a one-on-one mentor/coach model. Our leaders and others who volunteer and are vetted by founder will offer one on one sessions with our membership information and a large amounts of resources for NhNUSA may be found at www.nhnusa.org. There is both a registration for members needing help, along with a registration for applying to be a coach/mentor. Please feel free to use the free career resources on this site and join their Linked-In group.
Neighbors-helping Neighbors USA ) www.nhnusa.org) founded on January 27,2011, is supported by an award winning web portal site, LinkedIn group, https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3892534/ Facebook group and a large network of members and volunteer leaders built over the past 12 years.
Join William Paterson University Alumni Association virtually on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom for an informative and strategic approach to landing the job you want. We are pleased to launch a series of career workshops to help support you in your career search. Whether you’re in a current job search, considering a career transition or looking to take your career to the next level, these sessions are for you! Over the next 5 months, you’ll have an opportunity to learn the key elements of a job search strategy and a step-by-step approach to landing the job you want. We’ll take the guesswork out of the job search, so you will always know what to do next.
Every Wednesday at 9:30, psgmc (Professional Services Group Morris County) presents a virtual meeting. They provide relevant speakers to help with your job search, as well as provide a forum to networks. If you would like to attend our meetings please email Dale at dfavia@optonline.net for Zoom Meeting ID and Password.
Wednesdays – Job Seekers of Montclair is a free, job search training and support group open to all. We have professional speakers on a variety of job search topics including recognizing your accomplishments, developing your resume, networking, interview preparation, and dealing with road blocks.
Job Seekers of Montclair meets every Wednesday in person and on Zoom at 7:30 pm. All meetings are free and open to the public.
Information about the upcoming meeting can be found on our website.
While you are there, you can join our low volume e-mail list where we send announcements of upcoming meetings or helpful information. Just click on Subscribe on the home page.
You may also link to an Internet-friendly version of our schedule from our website.
There is no meeting of Job Seekers this week. The next meeting is in person (with additional Zoom access) on January 3. Join Dr. Mark Arnowitz, adjunct professor at Caldwell University and counselor for life changing events, who will conduct a workshop on Coping with Change.
1st and 3rd Thursday of the month The Northwest New Jersey Career Club (NWNJCC) led by Nancy Mackowiak, will conduct an ONLINE ZOOM Meeting regarding current job search issues and challenges. This group previously met at the Mount Olive Public Library. To join the meeting, join the Facebook group ‘Northwest New Jersey Career Club’ and a Zoom invitation will be sent to you, a day before the meeting.
Free Computer Classes at Neptune Public Library. Registration required:
Thursday, June 29 5:30p-7:30p [PowerPoint]
The basics class is discontinued and being done on an individual basis through diagnostic testing modules.
To register, contact:
Laura Myers
Neptune Public Library
732.775.8241
The Professional Service Group (PSG) of Mercer County is a community program providing enrichment seminars for professionals in transition who are seeking new employment opportunities or exploring new career paths. PSG of Mercer County meets each Friday morning at 10:00am. Meetings are always free, open to all, and do NOT require you to register in advance. Please check the PSG of Mercer County website
Event Calendar for upcoming programs: https://www.psgofmercercounty.org/p/event-calendar.html.
Careers in Transition meets virtually the first and third Saturday of each month at 8:30 AM EST except for July 6, 2024. Each meeting offers: (1) various speakers and topics related to job search and career development (2) Resume Review.
Read more about us: https://www.christchurchshorthills.org/careers-in-transition/
To ensure the security of our virtual meetings, invitations will be emailed directly only to members who register for the meeting. Registration will be open until 5PM EST Friday before each meeting.
Link to sign up: : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3muBCmK-py-OMQH9RI8ne-TTlng6uwhJBHy-qtFCxGM0PgA/viewform
2nd Saturday of the month, except we skip December and August. Penn State Great Valley Presents My Career Transitions My Career Transitions has returned to in-person meetings at the Penn State Great Valley campus in Malvern, PA. Attending in-person allows you to get the most from the meeting by interacting with the speaker and networking with the volunteers and other attendees that may be able to help you. * For those outside the greater Philadelphia region or otherwise not able to attend in-person, you will be able to join by Zoom, starting with virtual networking before joining the classroom live. We do not record the meetings for viewing later.All events now start promptly at 10:00 AM and end by 12:15 PM. Please arrive by 10:00 when doors open. We start with the MCT networking session – a fun way to meet people and grow your network by 2-3 people – even before the speaker starts.Note: Registration for all events closes at 12 noon the day prior to the event.
Dress Code: We suggest dressy casual. No one wears suits or ties. The norm is slacks and a collared shirt for men and the equivalent for women.
Monthly schedule: 2nd Saturday of the month, except we skip December and August. See below.
My Career Transitions is presented by Penn State Great Valley and our events are sponsored by the Penn State Great Valley Alumni Society. You do not need to have any affiliation with Penn State to attend and benefit from our meetings and speaker. We welcome everyone.