The Breakfast Club NJ Presents:

“Career In Transition: 101 Lessons To Achieve Job Search Success” presented by Frank Kovacs and Mark Beal

Saturday October 12th, at 8:00 am ET

Synopsis:

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RSVP By RSVPing – you help us to arrange for the appropriate sized room.

Presentation:

“ Career In Transition: 101 Lessons To Achieve Job Search Success ”

In celebration of the exact day 18 years ago when The Breakfast Club NJ officially started, founder, Frank Kovacs, and Rutgers University professor and marketer, Mark Beal, will celebrate the milestone anniversary by giving away their new book, Career In Transition: 101 Lessons To Achieve Job Search Success, to all attendees and presenting some of the most critical lessons for job seekers.  

Frank and Mark’s presentation will explore two critical components to successfully searching for and securing your next job including the following:

1: Marketing Your Personal Brand, Experience and Future Value

2: Mastering The Technical Elements: ATS, LinkedIn, PARs and much more

Attendees will leave this presentation with a strategic road map to guide their job search process as well as the insights and recommendations gathered from 18 years of The Breakfast Club NJ and published in the new book, Career In Transition: 101 Lessons To Achieve Job Search Success.

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 developed and executed marketing and public relations campaigns for leading companies and brands. He has also taught more than 1,000 students and mentored many more as a full-time professor of public relations and marketing at Rutgers University. Mark’s students inspired him to write his first two books: “101 Lessons They Never Taught You In College” and “101 Lessons They Never Taught You In High School About Going To College.” Mark’s third book, “Decoding Gen Z: 101 Lessons Generation Z Will Teach Corporate America, Marketers & Media,” focuses on the oldest Gen Zers joining the workforce Mark brings his 101 Lessons to life via his podcast series, which is available for free by simply going to www.101lessonspodcast.com.

About the Meeting:

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

Meeting Format:

7:30 to 8:00 – Registration and 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) Once you have received your invitation and joined our linked in group, connect to other members directly(questions see Gerry Peyton -gpeyton@ptd.net)

5) Join groups Facebook group, Google +, and connect to other members directly (questions see Adrienne Roman – adrienne1204@optonline.net)

6) Join groups twitter account (questions see George Pace – keeppace@gmail.com)

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

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. Once you have received your invitation and joined our linked in group, connect to other members directly(questions see Gerry Peyton -gpeyton@ptd.net)
5. Join groups Facebook group and connect to other members directly (questions see Adrienne Roman – adrienne1204@optonline.net)
6. Join groups twitter account (questions see George Pace – keeppace@gmail.com)
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

RSVP By RSVPing – you help us to arrange for the appropriate sized room.

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