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Virtual Lunch and Learn

 


VIRTUAL LUNCH-AND-LEARN WEBINAR
:
Optimizing Your Career and Job Search -
Dos and Don'ts

 

Ed Samuel

Ed Samuel
Senior Executive Career and Life Coach
SamNova, Inc.

 

Event Details

Date and Time:

Wednesday, May 31, 2023 from 11:30 a.m. ET

Location: A virutal webinar via the Zoom platform

This learning and networking event is open to all. The registration fee to attend this event is included in the PAFP membership. There is a $35 regitration fee for non-members

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Session Description

It takes work to optimize your career and that includes conducting an effective job search whether you are working or unemployed. Learn the early-stage triggers of when to optimize your career and if your strategy is pro-active or reactive. Learn why taking your time can pay off in assessing your career and deciding on staying the course or making a career pivot to bring you to that better place. Career pivots can be easy to extremely hard and there are specific steps that can help the cause. If you have many years of experience, agism can be a challenge all in itself. If you are launching your career right out college and have limited work experience or have aspirations to earn a solid compensation in your first job, then there are imperatives to adhere to.

Learn ways to balance an internal or external job search and it begins with the fundamentals. Having a rock star resume and LinkedIn profile can make all the difference as a starting point. But without a solid and strategic network, it falls flat and puts you at a disadvantage. Learn what the biggest dos and don'ts are when it comes to a great resume versus one that is so and looks like all the others. Are you ready to launch a targeted job search or are you only relying on the job boards or your recruiter buds. Where do your values play a role in your job search? Are you prepared to interview like a lion and articulate your value or are you not sure what to do or what to say? Are you prepared to talk about the strengths of your personality? Are you ready to attack the hidden job market and put the effort in?

Learn why picking up the phone and engaging people that you don't know may be the deciding factor on why you land the best job versus a job. Have you worked with 3rd party recruiters in the past? Lean the traits of a great 3rd part recruiter. Learn how you can get promoted in your existing firm or organization by applying these same dos and don'ts internally. Do you know how to negotiate a job offer and the big mistakes that are made without you even knowing it? Do you know what to do before you decide to quit or resign from your job? Do you have an overarching strategy to your job search and career? Do you have a coach to help you? Where does faith play a role in optimizing your job?

Takeaways:

  • Lean the big triggers that start a job search in earnest at all stages of your career
  • Assess you career and determine if your ready to pivot to that better place
  • Learn why putting all your effort into only 1-3 areas of a job search can hurt you
  • Learn how to attack the hidden job market and why a cold call is not always a bad play
  • Gain an understanding of biggest mistakes made on Resumes and LinkedIn Profiles
  • Learn how to get promoted and stay with your existing firm
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Speaker Bio

Ed Samuel

Ed Samuel is a Career, Life and Executive Coach, Public Speaker, Author, certified Career Assessment and DiSC Team Leader and has a non-profit stewardship ministry and founder of SamNova, Inc. (www.samnovainc.com). His team provides career assessments, resume writing, and one-on-one career transition support with emphasis on mid to senior level clients across multiple functional roles and industries. He specializes in growing and leveraging formal networks, targeted job searches, attacking the hidden job market, landing a job after the age of 55+ and those looking to make career pivots. Ed leads a team of 20+ career assessment consultants across the US. His team has helped 850+ to date. He has more than 475 documented client testimonials of which 175 are on his LinkedIn profile alone and 100+ more on his website. His firm supports clients across the USA who are working or in job or life transition. Ed is also a career and small business coach, mentor, and consultant for Penn State University. His consulting team also actively supports the underserved community in the greater Philadelphia area.

Ed leads Career Professionals Networking Forum (CPENG) in Newark, DE, Believers in Business (BIB) small business forum for greater Kennett Square, PA, hosts “Optimize Your Career” program on Philly radio, 1180 am WFYL and co-hosts a weekly faith and career forum on Tuesdays at 11 am EST under Thought Leadership Branding (TLB) on Clubhouse. He is a frequent speaker at: Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group, ExecuNet, TPNG, Chem/Pharma, Joseph's People, Lehigh Valley Professionals (LVP), FENG, CPENG, Newtown Networking Forum, Career Rebound - FL, Montgomery County Networking Group, PSG of Mercer County - NJ, PSG of Morris County - NJ, CIT - Short Hills, NJ, Innovative Networking Professionals (INP), Philadelphia Diversity Job Fairs, and regional Chamber of Commerce forums. Ed has been a keynote speaker at Wharton University's annual Alumni forum, Penn State Alumni, University of Penn Alumni, University of DE, PACD, VOCA Center in NYC, writes for national career blogs and a frequent guest on regional and national basis on both radio, podcasts, and cable TV.

Ed has 30 years of experience at multi-billion-dollar global firms to leading edge technology start-ups and founded several small businesses. He has led recruiting at a multi-billion-dollar firm and has been an independent 3rd party recruiter. Ed has also held no less than 38 unique paid positions in his career: https://samnovainc.com/fun-fact.

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