SJN - Scottsdale Job Network

Meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday mornings:

9-9:30 Registration, resume reviews and networking
9:30 Welcome, announcements
10:00 Short break
10:10 Speaker begins
11:25 Speaker ends, feedback collected
Networking continues until 11:45

We meet at and use space provided by Temple Chai, 4645 East Marilyn Road, Phoenix, AZ 85032-4839.
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WED, MAY 14, 2008
WORKSHOP: 3:30-4:30 PM
Location: Jobing.com EXPO
Cardinals Stadium, Glendale, AZ

During Jobing.com’s EXPO, which runs from 12N-5PM at the Cardinals Stadium in Glendale, SJN’s Eric Walton will present a workshop on Networking. We hope to see you there!

NETWORKING AS A JOB SEARCH STRATEGY

Phoenix is the largest small town in America! To get a job in this town, you HAVE to network. Come to this workshop to enhance your networking skills. This session is more than just a talking head, we will conduct an exercise that is guaranteed to help you network. Discover how to make each networking meeting memorable for your audience and learn how to connect to the companies and jobs you really want.

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TUES, MAY 20, 2008
Meeting: 9 AM - 11:30 AM

MANAGING JOB OFFERS

Linda Baugh, Founder and President, American Career Executives http://www.amcareer.com/ presents this last in a series of seven programs from the SJN Curriculum on the Job Search Process.

You’ve had the interview, done the follow up and received an offer. Good for you! Now, what is expected of you, and how do you react? Issues to be addressed in this presentation will include determining whether to accept or decline the offer, negotiating the best offer without coming across as greedy, dealing with relocation requirements and starting over if you decline the offer.

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Exploring Your Passion – Putting It To Work

(a special workshop for job seekers)

TUES, MAY 27, 2008

9 AM - 4 PM at Temple Chai

Description

“Do you love what you do?” If you’re one of those “lucky ones” who can answer a resounding “Yes!” to this question, then this seminar is not for you. But, if you’re not, then you’ve probably asked yourself if there’s a job or career out there that’s a better match than what you’ve experienced - one that can be more satisfying and have more meaning in your life - and how you might go about finding it. This workshop is designed to help people who have asked themselves those questions.

Job seekers often limit themselves to what they “have always done” because it was the career that defined them for many years. They tend to lose sight of their many gifts, interests, strengths, and wealth of skills developed through life experience. This workshop utilizes proven tools to help individuals identify their strengths, talents and preferences - what they’re basically good at and really enjoy doing, and can prove to be useful in opening up job search options.

ANSWER TO INQUIRY

Is identifying job titles that fit particular strengths the objective?

We have shortened the workshop title and refer to it as the Passions workshop. The actual title is Exploring Your Passion – the key word being exploring. This isn’t something you get done in a day. From the feedback received from previous participants it raises new questions and gets people to think and look at the next phase of their life in a different way. This is work that requires thought, reflection, trial and error and honestly, sometimes, just dumb luck!! Identifying job titles that fit particular strengths is not the objective for this workshop.

The purpose and objectives are:

To explore individual desires, strengths, and talents in order to create a vision fueled by passion.
Identify a potential “stuckness”.
Utilize different tools and approaches to identify patterns in our life.
Begin to identify our strengths and talents.
Begin to identify a personal vision.

Presenter

Maria Wojtczak has 20+ years of organization development (OD) experience and worked with a wide range of organizations. She has worked with Chris Vicari, Executive Director of the Scottsdale Job Network, offering the Passions workshop and Job Transition workshops for the last five years. She currently serves on the SJN Board and is a member of the Curriculum Development committee. Maria is a graduate of the University of Michigan. She is also the owner of DrivingMBA, a driver tutoring facility here in the valley http://www.drivingmba.com

Workshop location

Temple Chai, 4645 E. Marilyn Road, Phoenix, AZ 85032-4839.

Register via Internet by May 26

Seating is limited to 30 participants and has a minimum enrollment of 12 participants to run the program. Because SJN provides assessment booklets, binder and printed materials, there is a fee of $25 for this event. To register and make payment: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/106918797

Lunch/Snack

Bring a sack lunch and beverages for the day. If possible bring something to share with the group as a breakfast treat in the morning or a snack in the afternoon.

General Inquiries
Contact: David Bell, chicagoman419@yahoo.com