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The Breakfast Club NJ Presents: Rich Paino – “Thriving During Change”

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Rich Paino

The Breakfast Club NJ Presents:  Rich Paino – “Thriving During Change”

Saturday February 8, 2014 at 8:00 am

The Presentation – “Thriving During Change”

Synopsis: 

In this informative presentation, attendees will come to understand how to confidently move from being overwhelmed by major change events to building more positive situational conditions and finding opportunities for growth and success. Attendees will gain increased self-awareness in order to realize the power they have to turn challenging change events to their advantage.

About the speaker:

Rich PainoRich Paino is an experienced consultant, business owner, educator, and professional speaker. He speaks regularly on the topic Psychology of Re-employment at networking events. He won the best speech award at a gathering of pharmaceutical company professionals in New Jersey for his talk on Developing a Life Theme. Rich has an MA in Organizational Behavior and he is in the dissertation phase of his pursuit of a PhD in Organizational Psychology. He is a Dale Carnegie graduate and is a certified practitioner of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. His speeches address the psychological side of everyday life. You will find him to be a very compelling and energizing motivational speaker.

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:

195 Rt. 18 South, East Brunswick, NJ 08816

732-828-6900

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.

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 linked in group and connect to other members directly (questions see Gerry Peyton)
  5. Join Facebook group and connect to other members directly (questions see Adrienne Roman)
  6. Follow 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

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

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Can YOU Control the Interview?

Posted on by Alex Freund

5imagesThink what the interview is all about. Sorry, but it’s not about you. It’s about the interviewer’s perception regarding your fit into the organization’s culture combined with your ability to perform the job very well. No interviewer is looking for Mr. Average. So, what does the word perception include here? Primarily two issues: the image you create in the interviewer’s mind and the facts you bring as evidence based on the organization’s specific circumstances or problems it needs solutions to.

Your image

This subject is complex. It incorporates the interviewer’s personal biases, cultural perceptions, and personal likes and dislikes as well as age and gender and all the rest of the items covered in antidiscrimination laws vis-à-vis the organization’s culture. The candidate will get evaluated on appearance, looks, attire, passion, excitement, body language, smile, tone of voice, accent, and many other factors combined.

The facts

The interviewer knows that the candidate came to the interview to impress and sell himself to the potential buyer. That’s why the interviewer is selective and suspicious. It’s because of having to evaluate whether the candidate’s answers represent opinions or facts.

The first impression

When meeting an interviewer for the first time, the job seeker is creating an image. If the impression is a good one, it carries throughout the interview. If the impression is unfavorable, the candidate has to fight a probably losing battle—often without knowing it.

The interview

An interview most often starts with chit-chat or a warm-up period consisting of a few easy-talk sentences. Then, once the interviewer feels comfortable, he signals the beginning of the interview.

There are several common interview questions, and candidates must be prepared for them with the right answers. How many of you have had interviews that didn’t have a starting lead-in such as, Tell me about yourself, or a starting question such as, What are your strengths or accomplishments?

Preparation for the interview must include great answers to such basic questions. The candidate’s objective here has to be to engage the interviewer to the point that the interviewer becomes willing to tell the candidate the specific problems he’s looking for the right candidate to resolve. In answering, the candidate must select the right words, give pertinent answers, use positive phraseology, and not be long-winded. Lack of preparation for that opener or showing nervousness and lack of enthusiasm is a sign of weakness. The interviewer is also expecting the candidate to look in his eyes.

Nowadays, some companies are using what’s called situational, behavioral, or, sometimes, case-study-type questions. The thinking behind this concept is that if in the past one behaved a certain way, then this personality trait will likely be continued. Most of these types of questions start with such wording as, Tell me about a time when, or, What was your strongest, toughest, etc. [fill in the blank], or, Can you cite an example that . . . ? Many candidates are not properly prepared to answer such questions or in fact do not have a rich repertoire of such experiences. With some preparation and guidance, though, anyone can excel—even in the face of such difficult questions.

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The Breakfast Club NJ Presents: Rich Paino – “Thriving During Change”

Posted on by Bob Hacker

Saturday February 8, 2014 at 8:00 am

The Presentation – “Thriving During Change”

Synopsis: In this informative presentation, attendees will come to understand how to confidently move from being overwhelmed by major change events to building more positive situational conditions and finding opportunities for growth and success. Attendees will gain increased self-awareness in order to realize the power they have to turn challenging change events to their advantage.

About the speaker: Rich Paino is an experienced consultant, business owner, educator, and professional speaker. He speaks regularly on the topic Psychology of Re-employment at networking events. He won the best speech award at a gathering of pharmaceutical company professionals in New Jersey for his talk on Developing a Life Theme. Rich has an MA in Organizational Behavior and he is in the dissertation phase of his pursuit of a PhD in Organizational Psychology. He is a Dale Carnegie graduate and is a certified practitioner of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. His speeches address the psychological side of everyday life. You will find him to be a very compelling and energizing motivational speaker.

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

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 the process

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.

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 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

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