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Program Leadership: Michel K. Cade, Lisa Coleman, Fabrice Bonvoisin and John Grubbs Weekly meetings are held on Mondays from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM in the Harding Room at St. Chrysostom's Church, 1424 N. Dearborn Parkway, Chicago, IL 60610.The meetings normally have a guest speaker on a relevant topic and include networking sessions. The current activity program is listed to the right. New job postings, when available, will be reviewed at all sessions. If you have any questions, please contact us at st_chrys_empl_coun@ameritech.net.
This program is affiliated with the Career Transitions Center of Chicago (CTC):
The Center is a not-for-profit organization providing
career transition and job search assistance. Located at
703 West Monroe in Chicago, the Center hours are Monday,
Wednesday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Friday from 9:00
a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
In addition to weekly job search skill-building seminars
and networking sessions held on Thursdays from 7:45 AM
to 9:00 AM, services include individual job search
coaching, desks with telephones, computers with Internet
access, laser printers, copier, fax machines, library
resources, job listings, practice interviewing, and
career interest testing and coaching. There is a
quarterly registration/membership charge for the
services provided by the Center. A modest fee is
required for various assessment instruments such as
Myers Briggs. Special courses are also offered for a
fee. For more information, please contact Anita Jenke,
Executive Director or Eileen O’Shea, Center Manager, at
312-906-9908. For more information on the CTC go to: http://www.ctcchicago.org
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May 6:
Topic: What Turns On or Off a Seasoned Interviewer,
whether He/She is an Outside Recruiter, an HR Executive,
or the Hiring Manager. Our
speaker will be
Michael B. Lowe
who has an executive coaching
practice, including an association with Lee Hecht
Harrison. He was Executive Vice President, Human
resources for BMO Harris Bank, a member of the Montreal
Group of Companies with over 30,000 employees. In
addition to his line responsibilities, he oversaw due
diligence, implementation and coaching activities
related to over 30 acquisition targets, divestitures and
outsourcing.
Michael serves on the boards of The Career Transitions
Center of Chicago, Trilogy Behavioral Health and
TimeLine Theater.
May 13:
Topic: Seven Obstacles to a Successful Job Search.
Our speaker will be
Jim Fitzgerald,
Principal of James Fitzgerald and
Associates, Executive Outplacement Consultants. Jim is a
former Chairman of the Board of CTC and used to head the
Chicago Office of Right Management Consultants, one of
the top outplacement firms in the country. Jim is also
an author who writes a monthly column in Irish American
News and participates in radio programs dedicated to the
job search process.
May 20:
Topic: Building Trusted Relationships.
Drawing on the book,
Put the Win Back
in Your Sales, master coach and trainer
Bob Lambert
will outline a fundamentally
different approach to selling. Using science-based
decision models and real world case studies, Bob will
reveal ways to develop long-lasting relationships with
prospects and customers. After all, a job seeker is
selling himself/herself to a prospective employer. While
many of us are competent professionals, it’s essential
to learn how to sell ourselves to the hiring manager in
order to land the job.
Bob will discuss how to build trusted relationships by
increasing your understanding of what is important to
the hiring manager and providing him/her what they
really want. Through that process, you can create
credibility and trust, changing their perception of you
to seeing you as a valuable resource and trusted asset.
Bob will discuss six keys to building trusted
relationships:
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What is trust
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Current state of trust
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The “Hoe and Why” of trust
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Four cores of trusted relationships
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13 key behaviors leading to building trust
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How to demonstrate trustworthiness
Bob is a founding partner of Samurai Business Group
LLC©, a leading training and consulting firm. He has
over 35 years of experience in strategic business
development, marketing, sales, and sales management
training for Global 50, Fortune 500 companies as well as
being a founder of four successful entrepreneurial
start-up companies.
Speaking engagements include Harvard Business School
alumni Club, Wharton Business School Alumni Club,
University of Chicago – Booth Roundtables, University of
Michigan, Ross Graduate School Alumni. He has spoken at
numerous conferences, seminars for private and public
companies, professional associations and business
groups.
May 27:
No session due to Memorial Day
holiday New
job postings, when available, will be reviewed at all
sessions.
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