The Breakfast Club NJ Presents: How LinkedIn is Using AI for Job Search by Ken Lang

Saturday April 13^th, at 8:00 AM

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Presentation: With each search you do on LinkedIn, AI is suggesting connections for you, changes to your profile, and in general, what your experience should be.  It’s important to be aware of this and ensure your profile is complete.  I’ll also be discussing how many of us are being asked to engage on articles which also, in turn, affects the AI there.

About the Speaker: Kenneth Lang is the co-founder of My Networking Central, a searchable database for networking events and speakers. He facilitates an online weekly LinkedIn Live on Tuesday afternoons with guests where we discuss LinkedIn best practices. Kenneth also serves as a brand specialist for Lee Hecht Harrison, an outplacement service. He also helps small businesses owners maximize their presence on LinkedIn through North Jersey Chamber of Commerce and as a member of SCORE.

About the Meeting:

April 13, 2024, 8:00 – 10:00 AM (America/New York)

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The Breakfast Club NJ Presents: Jump Start Your Networking by John Hadley

Saturday March 9^th, at 8:00 AM

March 9, 2024, 8:00 – 10:00 AM (America/New_York)

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Presentation: “Networking is THE most effective method of job search – 60-70% of jobs come through networking.”

 We hear statements like this all the time, but are you seeing the results?  If not, perhaps you are falling prey to one of the many common misconceptions about career search networking.

In this workshop, John Hadley will share with you best practices in building a spiderweb of contacts that catches opportunities.  He will show you specific techniques and strategies that have helped his own clients land great jobs, and progress within their current companies.  You will walk away equipped with skills and confidence to dramatically improve the results of your own networking activities.  If you want to make the most of your networking efforts, you won’t want to miss this workshop.

About the Speaker: John Hadley (www.JHACareers.com) is known as The Job Search Strategist, and specializes in helping job seekers who are frustrated with their search. 

After graduating from Stanford University, John worked in the financial services industry for 25 years, in roles ranging from Product Manager to Chief Actuary. He then opened a consulting practice that generated over $2.5 million in revenues.  Two decades ago he opened his Career Search Counseling practice, and has helped hundreds land the job and pay they deserve. 

A popular speaker and author on every aspect of the job hunt, John offers a FREE Career Tips Email newsletter to 9,000 subscribers, each month bringing valuable advice on marketing yourself for a career search. You can find that and a variety of other career resources on his website at www.JHACareers.com. 

About the Meeting:

March 9, 2024, 8:00 – 10:00 AM (America/New_York)

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The Breakfast Club NJ Presents: Enterprise Agile Career Opportunities from Specialist to Senior Executive by Sharon Bussey

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Presentation: Why are so many employers implementing Enterprise Agile? According to the leading Enterprise Agile framework, SAFe®, the average results of SAFe® implementation include 1) 50% increase in speed to market, 2) 50% increase in quality, 3) 35% increase in productivity, and 4) 30% increase in employee satisfaction. To be competitive, employers are embarking upon this complex journey of transitioning or expanding to Enterprise Agile creating a wide array of career opportunities. To achieve these results, employers must expand Agile beyond technology to other functions including finance, governance, human resources, legal, manufacturing, marketing, operations, PMO, portfolio/product/program/project management, procurement, R&D, sales, and strategic planning.

In this webinar we will discuss:

1) Enterprise Agility and trends

2) Possible organizational changes and how your job may evolve

3) Exciting new job roles and career paths in various functions

4) How to prepare and position yourself for these new roles

5) Challenges you and your employer may face

About the Speaker: Sharon Bussey, MBA, PMI-ACP, PMP, RTE6, SPC6 is an innovative Change Agent, Business Transformation Leader, Career Coach, and experienced Instructor. After many years in senior leadership and roles at top companies, Sharon founded BTII Institute/BTII Consulting (BTII). The initial training focus was to provide PMP certification preparation to professionals in transition to help them regain employment and advance in their careers. The initial consulting focus was to process improvement and PMO implementations to companies. BTII expanded its training and consulting services to specialize in Product, Portfolio, Program and Project Management using Agile, SAFe®, and Hybrid. BTII’s clients include Consumer Goods, Energy, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Technology companies; as well as Federal, State and Local government agencies.

Prior to BTII, Sharon was a lean portfolio manager at Pfizer in her role as Business Technology-Organizational Process Alignment Leader where she was a change agent that conceived and led large global initiatives with teams of 100+ Senior Managers, Managers, and technology professionals. The initiatives included executive dashboards, knowledge management, global market analytics and reporting, performance management, PMO implementations, vendor management, and workflow applications creating transformational change in the way work was performed and enabled through technology. Before Pfizer, Sharon was a Senior Management Consultant at Deloitte Consulting where she led large process reengineering and technology initiatives in their Healthcare and Government practices. Sharon has an MBA in Marketing and Operations from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and an MS in Computer Science from Pace University.

About the Meeting:

February 10, 2024, 8:00 – 10:00 AM (America/New_York)

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Saturday January 13^th, at 8:00 AM

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Presentation: In 2023, it is likely you heard about a Generative AI (GenAI) platform called ChatGPT – from a company called OpenAI.   While ChatGPT captured the lion’s share of the attention, there were numerous other GenAI based solutions announced (such as Microsoft CoPilot, Salesforce Einstein, Google Gemini, BloombergGPT and Meta Llama).   It is safe to say, this technology is NOT a passing fad – and is in fact starting to impact the “Future of Work”.  

And while you may have previous experiences with “disruptive” technologies – this time IS different:

• The “hype-cycle” IS off the charts – with predictions ranging from “world domination” to “job elimination”.    
• The expectations ARE significant – Specific to the range of capabilities and the cost savings 
• The speed at which the GenAI ecosystem is evolving is unlike any previous technology 
• The confusion as to where to start learning more about GenAI
• Where YOU can apply GenAI today (such as job search) 

The reality is EVERYONE needs to “Keep Pace” with GenAI in some way/shape/form.  That reality was the driving factor behind this BRAND NEW presentation for 2024 – where George will:

• Visualize the Generative AI Ecosystem 
• Introduce a starting GenAI vocabulary
• Discuss GenAI “threats”
• Introduce his AI Job Search Map
• Highlight GenAI job search tools/platforms 
• Propose ideas as to where to start YOUR GenAI journey 

About the Speaker: George Pace is an IT technology leader, focusing on how to extract business value from the latest technologies. He now focuses on how to “Keep Pace” with Generative AI, and the associated impacts of that technology.

George shares his GenAI journey LIVE every Sunday morning at 9:00AM EST – and his history of previous videos is on his YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/keeppace) – so stop by and subscribe!   George holds a bachelor’s
degree in Computer Science from Seton Hall University and an MBA from the Rutgers Business School

About the Meeting:

January 13, 2024, 8:00 – 10:00 AM (America/New_York)

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December 9, 2023, 8:00 – 10:00 AM (America/New_York)

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Presentation: This presentation will cover a number of strategies to consider to help with cash flow during a career transition.  The focus will be on those strategies that may not be well known or understood.  Topics will include:  Medical Insurance through the Affordable Care Act, strategies to take advantage of shifting marginal tax rates during a transition including impact of new tax laws, and advantages/disadvantages of 401k/403b rollovers.

About the Speakers: Bill LaChance is an independent financial advisor.  His firm offers a unique flat fee program that combines financial planning, portfolio guidance, tax planning and tax preparation. Prior to launching his financial planning practice, Bill spent twenty-two years in corporate finance in the retail industry and before that was a CPA with a large accounting firm.  Bill has a B.S. in Accounting from Bryant University and an MBA in Finance from Indiana University. Bill is a Certified Financial Planner as well as an Enrolled Agent authorized to represent taxpayers before the IRS.

Prior to joining WJL in 2021, Sudha has had a long career in Global Markets – Investment banking working in India HK, and Singapore covering Asia and global markets. Sudha is a Chartered Accountant from India and has also passed the CPA and CFP exams in the US. She is also an Enrolled Agent.

About the Meeting:

December 9, 2023, 8:00 – 10:00 AM (America/New_York)

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The Breakfast Club NJ Presents: The Five Habits of Highly Effective Job Hunters by Terrence “Terry” Seamon

Saturday November 11^th, at 8:00 AM

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In this highly interactive session, Terry will show you the way to become an organized and proactive job seeker or career changer.  

Don’t miss an event where you can expand your network, make new friends, share knowledge with your peers, and hear highly relevant and beneficial insights and perspectives from experts in the marketplace. 

Please feel free to forward this note to anyone that you think would benefit from joining us. Or, better yet, just bring them with you

About the speaker: Terrence “Terry” Seamon is an executive career transition consultant with The Ayers Group where he coaches executives and professionals that are in career transitions. He previously had a long career in the corporate world as an HR training manager in such industries as energy, telecom, and pharma-chem. The author of three books, Terry is also active as a leadership development consultant. Terry also moderates the St. Matthias Employment Ministry, founded in 2007

About the Meeting:

November 11, 2023, 8:00 – 10:00 AM (America/New_York)

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The Breakfast Club NJ Presents: “Win The Job & Thrive In A Multigenerational Workplace”  By Frank Kovacs and Mark Beal

Saturday October 14^th, at 8:00 AM

October 14, 2023, 8:00 – 10:00 AM (America/New_York)

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• Access Code: 271-241-381
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Presentation: The job market of the future will look nothing like the job market of the past several decades. Gone will be the traditional nine-to-five work hours, commuting five days a week to an office building and a reliance on old school tools to communicate and collaborate. The new job market will feature more remote job opportunities than ever before. Work from anywhere (WFA) and a four-day work week will become a more common part of the workplace lexicon. The new workday may be longer than the standard eight-hour shift, but individuals will have greater freedom to manage their work on a schedule that is most conducive for them. Additionally, technology in the workplace and collaborating with multiple generations will become more prominent.  

About the Speakers:

Frank Kovacs has been a technology business executive for more than 30 years leading and directing large, complex, global operations and transformations for some of the largest Fortune 100 firms as well as NASA.

Frank has been recognized as recipient of the Gartner CIO Choice Award, Visionary Award from Business Finance Magazine & Internet World, and the Ovation Award at Comnet. Frank was named a visionary for his 12 years of work at AT&T Bell Labs and has a patent for Smart Card Technology.

 Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Frank wanted to help those who lost their jobs due to the tragedy and formed a group, The Breakfast Club NJ (TBCNJ). More than 18 years later, TBCNJ has grown to more than 6,000 members and is the premier job search and career networking group in the New York/New Jersey region. As TBCNJ extensively leverages social media, many of the job posts and career transition advice routinely go viral and TBCNJ has helped more than 9,000 individuals secure jobs all with a “pay-it-forward” volunteer approach.

Frank is very proud to capture many of the learnings from 18 years of TBCNJ and share them through this book in hopes that even more people will be helped with their respective job search as we all work through the challenges of today’s digital disruption and reskilling.

For more than 25 years, Mark Beal served as a public relations practitioner and marketer for one of the nation’s leading consumer public relations agencies developing and executing marketing and public relations campaigns for leading companies and brands around such major sports and entertainment properties as the Olympic Games, Super Bowl, World Series, US Open Tennis and The Rolling Stones. Today, he collaborates with Gen Z as a full-time professor of practice, communication in the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information. Mark’s ongoing primary research of Gen Z has led to keynote speeches to the American Marketing Association, Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). It was Mark’s Rutgers students who inspired him to author his first book in 2017, 101 Lessons They Never Taught You In College, which provides tips to college students preparing for their transition to a career. Media and readers nationwide responded so positively to the book that Mark authored 101 Lessons They Never Taught You In High School About Going To College which was published in 2018.Mark’s book, Decoding Gen Z: 101 Lessons Generation Z Will Teach Corporate America, Marketers & Media, was published in 2018 and captured the attention of media, marketers and employers nationwide as Gen Zers were starting to become a focus of corporations and brands. In 2020, Mark co-authored Engaging Gen Z with Harvard University student Michael Pankowski. In 2022, Mark authored Gen Z Graduates To Adulthood. Mark’s latest book, ZEO, was published in 2023 as more Gen Zers transitioned from college to their career. The Gen Z books have led to invitations from conferences, corporations, brands, agencies, universities, industry associations and pro sports leagues and teams for Mark to deliver keynote speeches featuring his Gen Z research and insights. Mark co-authored Career In Transition with Frank Kovacs and is currently collaborating with Frank on their next book scheduled for publication in spring 2024 titled, Win The Job & Thrive In A Multigenerational Workplace. 

About the Meeting:

October 14, 2023, 8:00 – 10:00 AM (America/New_York)

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The Breakfast Club NJ Presents: Using LinkedIn as a networking search engine by Ken Lang

Saturday September 9^th, at 8:00 AM

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* Access Code: 729-823-213
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Presentation: LinkedIn is constantly changing, and you should too. Its focus has gone from being a digital rolodex to a searchable networking database used for research, content and engagement. Most recently, LinkedIn (through Microsoft) is using AI to build content, suggest profile changes and help recruiters with their job specs. The basics remain the same, but differentiation is even more important. I’ll share best practices from my recent visit to LinkedIn HQ where certain things were shared with us.

About the speaker: Kenneth Lang is the co-founder of My Networking Central, a searchable database for networking events and speakers. He facilitates an online weekly LinkedIn Live on Tuesday afternoons with guests where LinkedIn best practices are discussed. Kenneth also serves as a brand specialist for Lee Hecht Harrison, an outplacement service.

About the Meeting:

September 9, 2023, 8:00 – 10:00 AM (America/New_York)

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The Breakfast Club NJ Presents: How to Develop Successful Job Search Strategies by Lynne Williams

Saturday August 12^th, at 8:00 AM

https://meet.goto.com/DSchuchman/tbcnj-08122023
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* Access Code: 610-684-653
* Phone: (224) 501-3412

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Presentation: By attending this session, you will:

• Have some job search strategies, tactics, and career resources, including one to tap into the hidden job market
• Know how to research your best keywords for both your resume and LinkedIn
• Know how to take your base resume and customize it to match keywords in a job description before applying through the ATS
• Be able to prepare a portfolio presentation to differentiate yourself from others at a job interview

About the speaker: Lynne Williams, Ed.D. Candidate, is the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group, which provides online career education and networking for career transition (job seekers) and career management (employed and self-employed). She also writes resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and LinkedIn company pages, and focuses on keywords. She is working on her doctoral dissertation on the topic of LinkedIn. Connect on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/lynnewilliams and visit https://linktr.ee/lynnewilliams to learn more.

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About the Meeting:

August 12, 2023, 8:00 – 10:00 AM (America/New_York)

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* Access Code: 610-684-653
* Phone: (224) 501-3412