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Sun Jul 7, 2013 10:30 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Brian Mecca" bd_mecca

The
Breakfast Club NJ Presents:  Alex Freund -
"Connect Social Media to Your Career Goals"
Saturday
July 13, 2013 at 8:00 am
Please share with other groups
you may be in.
The Presentation - "Connect Social
Media to Your Career Goals"
This
presentation provides a broad overview about social media as it relates to
jobseekers.  What is social media and
what are the advantages?  How can a
jobseeker benefit from social networking?  What is one's brand and how can negative search engine results damage
one's reputation?  What are online
communications best practices and a few online communications strategies?
About the Speaker – Alex Freund:
Alex Freund is also known as the
Landing Expert for publishing his Landing Expert job-networking list via his
Web site www.landingexpert.com . Alex is
prominent in a number of networking groups and also writes a blog for job
seekers accessible via the same Web site. 
 
Alex had a successful career as
corporate director at Fortune 500 companies. After graduating from Cornell University's School of Hotel
Administration, he worked in hotels and hospitals. And he's managed some 35
different departments known as Facilities Administration or Support Services.
 
Alex has extensive experience at interviewing people for jobs. He also has
practical training in career coaching. Consequently, he formed Landing Expert Career
Coaching services. 
 
Meeting
Information:
Networking
begins at 7:30 am, meeting starts promptly at 8:00 am.
There
is a $10 fee at the door to cover the cost of the room.
Be
sure to tell your friends and bring them along.  Be a part of our growing
network of Job Seekers, Hiring Managers, Recruiters, Career Coaches, and people
who want to be able to help themselves and each other.
Event Location:
Days Hotel Conference Center
195 Rt. 18 South, East Brunswick,
NJ 08816
732-828-6900
 

 
The Breakfast Club NJ
10 Points for Good Member Citizenship

1) Attend meetings regularly to keep group
strong and help pay back to others (meeting logistics on our website www.thebreakfastclubnj.com)

2) Keep anti-virus on your machine up to date and run scan regularly

3) Review messages and if request for assistance please help whenever possible

4) Join groups linked in group and connect to other members directly
(questions see Gerry Peyton)

5) Join groups Facebook group and connect to other members directly (questions
see Adrienne Roman)

6) Join groups twitter account (questions see George Pace)

7) If you run across someone in transition invite them to join our group and
sponsor them through process (details on our website
www.thebreakfastclubnj.com)

8) Sunday mornings listen to our radio show, "Your Career Is
Calling", at 8am ET either on radio at 107.7 or via internet
24/7 live or on demand at www.1077thebronc.com (as this is
a call in show your calls help make it successful)

9) If you are in transition put your elevator pitch in writing to group, ask
for help with job search issues or connecting to people at target companies,
regularly post job opportunities (from email you joined the group - send email
to thebreakfastclubnj@yahoogroups.com)

10) Help fellow members whenever possible
 
Information on "The Breakfast Club NJ": 
(www.thebreakfastclubnj.com)
There is information below on the location, other
information, etc.  There is a meeting fee of $10 to help us cover the cost
of the hotel conference room for the meeting. 
Go to http://www.thebreakfastclubnj.comfor more information and how to join the Yahoo group. 
You can join the yahoo group at any time; you do not need to have attended a
meeting.  You can also attend meetings at any time without having joined
the yahoo group.
If you have any questions, please let me know (brian.mecca@yahoo.com) or send an email to Info@thebreakfastclubnj.com
We look forward to seeing everyone let's make this a great
meeting for our members that are in transition and welcome those that have
landed

 
Meeting Format:
7:30 to
8:00 – Registration & Open Networking
8:00 to
8:15 - Welcome and housekeeping
8:15 to
9:15 – Presentation by the guest speaker – Limited to 60 minutes
9:15 to
10:15 - Elevator Pitch - 30 Seconds about yourself, who you are, what you are
looking for, target companies (3-4), how we can help you, how you can help
others.  Follow the rule of the Three B's
of Public Speaking: Be informative; Be brief; Be seated.
10:15
until  you choose to leave  -  Open Networking, follow up with
people you are interested in meeting following their elevator pitch, exchange
business cards, peruse the library, arrange follow up meetings, etc.
 1
- Make sure you come with the 30 second elevator pitch - honed - including your
targeted companies, your value proposition, etc.
2 - If
you are not already a member of our linked in and Facebook groups please join
3 -
Once linked to our groups - link to each other - a strong network is a vital
component to a successful job search
4 - If
you are a member and new to transition send a brief message to the group (from
the email you joined the breakfast club from) thebreakfastclubnj@yahoogroups.com introducing yourself - and what companies you are
targeting - we have 2500+ members that will respond with help where they can
 
Brian Mecca
The Breakfast Club NJ
Director Member Services
 
Senior
Manager, Infrastructure and Technology
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmecca/
 
Keep the faith, keep networking, never give up, never say die. 
That position you are looking for may be just around the corner, but
you have to go look for it, it is not going to come to you.
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