CANCELED – actually replaced by a virtual meeting – continue reading below:
Dear Breakfast Club NJ Members,
In the midst of all this Corona
Chaos, TBCNJ, under the direction of George Pace, is pleased to
announce that we will have a VIRTUAL meeting this Saturday featuring our
planned speaker, Valerie S. Williams. This broadcast will start at 9:00
am Saturday March 14, 2020.
Please follow these easy instructions:
Note that video is “Live”. When you click play, you will be added to the stream.
1. Go to www.facebook.com/keeppace
2. In the left hand column, you will see a Vertical menu with Home, About, Photos, Video’s
3. Click on Video’s
4. This will display the list of
Videos on the Channel. The first one will have a title of “First
BreakfastClub Live Stream Event”.
(It will have a Red Box saying LIVE ) – If you don’t see it, it hasn’t started yet.
5. Click on that Video and it should automatically go into view mode.
6. Make sure your Volume is enabled on your device
7. You can ask questions (or make comments) by making Comments to the stream (just like you would for any Facebook post).
What we figured out
1. Behind the scene’s – I am “real time” with Valerie via Skype
2. There is a slight delay of the streaming out to the Facebook channel – we guess about 2 minutes.
If anyone has any questions, email George Pace at keeppace@gmail.com.
Thank You,
Adrienne Roman
The Breakfast Club NJ Presents:Kick Start Your Job Search: The Essential Checklist, by Valerie S. Williams
Saturday March 14th, at 8:00 am CANCELED – actually replaced by a virtual meeting – read above:
Please share this with other groups you may be in. Join us on Meetup.com to RSVP – By RSVPing – you help us to arrange for the appropriate sized room.
Presentation:Kick Start Your Job Search: The Essential Checklist
“It’s better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.” — Whitney M. Young
Before you submit your next resume there are some things you can do to make the process smoother and submission faster. This session will help you by giving you the ultimate job hunt checklist. This session will also give you networking tools, ways to showcase your skills, and supporting documents to help you track your progress.
About the speaker:
Valerie S Williams is a Project Manager Professional and Scrum Master working as a contractor at Bristol-Myers Squibb but stays active with networking groups when she can. Valerie earned her BS in Computer Science from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA and started her IT career by programming in Lotus Notes and teaching computer skills including Microsoft Project. After her first transition and networking with high school friends, Valerie changed careers by moving into a new industry and working with a start-up company. After her second transition and networking, she managed multiple programming teams and several support groups which included international team members. After Valerie’s third transition she learned the process for looking for a new career changed immensely. While attending multiple networking events and seminars she heard many great speakers, each of whom focused on a specific topic. To help manage all of the tasks associated with looking for a new career in the twenty first century Valerie created a to do list and compiled the tips that she picked up from each speaker. Valerie will share some of these ideas, tasks and tips with you today.
About the Meeting:
Face 2 face Networking is SUSPENDED until further notice. Please sign up for this meetup on Meetup.com, and you can see which members have attended. In lieu of f2f Networking, pick 3 (or any other arbitrary number) of attending members, introduce yourself, on meetup. The initial email exchange can be followed up by a phone conversation, and an agreed next step (be it Linkedin, coffee, referral to someone else who can help).
Event Location:
Comfort of your own home
Meeting Format:
9:00 to 10:00 – Presentation
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, 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
- Attend meetings regularly to keep group strong and help pay back to others (meeting logistics on our website www.thebreakfastclubnj.com)
- Keep anti-virus on your machine up to date and run scan regularly
- Review messages and if request for assistance please help whenever possible
- Once you have received your invitation and joined our linked in group, connect to other members directly(questions see Gerry Peyton -gpeyton@ptd.net)
- Join groups Facebook group and connect to other members directly (questions see Adrienne Roman – adrienne1204@optonline.net)
- Join groups twitter account (questions see George Pace – keeppace@gmail.com)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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