5 Simple Steps to Creating Your Best Possible Life Today!– August 31, 2009

Have you struggled with balancing your professional life with your personal life? Do you keep putting things off, saying, “I’ll get to that tomorrow”? Would you like to find more meaning in your life? Then maybe it’s time to take a snapshot of your life to see if it’s going in the direction you truly desire. Learn the steps that will help you start making those improvements today.

Amy Schoen, Certified Professional Life Coach and principal of Heartmind Connection™ LLC, will show you how and get you motivated for change! Join us for this fun and interactive seminar and you will learn:

- The tools to help you balance your work with your personal life

- How to look at what is truly important to you in life

- How to make a plan that will compel you to succeed

- Helpful ways to keep yourself on track to getting what you want from work and from life, overall.

We ask everyone to be seated by 9:55 AM so that the speaker can start promptly at 10:00 AM. The address is 40Plus of Greater Washington , 1718 P Street NW Suite T-2. Following the speaker we will have a networking event and lunch at noon.

40Plus Training Course — Starts on September 14, 2009

The core of the 40Plus commitment to improve your job search is an intensive, two-week training course. Learn how to manage the search and maximize the results.

Our course leverages the most effective tools and tips from commercial executive search and placement services with the unique power of peer group dynamics to help you develop a solid foundation and an effective plan for your job search.

Meeting in small groups with facilitators, learn every task of job and career change hands-on:

* Learn the secret of building resumes from power-packed “Success Bites”
* Write and critique cover letters tailored to real jobs
* Discover your interviewing style through taped mock interviews, and refine your technique in a supportive atmosphere
* Develop a brief self-profile that will make others want to help you
* Increase your networking skills and confidence
* Learn how to plan, organize and succeed in your job search

To learn how you can jump start your career search visit us at 1718 P Street NW every Monday at 9:30 AM or contact us at info@40plus-dc.org or or call us at 202 387-1582.

Tiny Typos Can Add Up To a Big X On Your Résumé – By Michelle Singletary Sunday, August 23, 2009

“Should someone’s résumé get tossed in the trash if he or she mistakenly wrote ‘Graphic designer seeking no-profit career’?” Find out from Michelle Singletary who shares key points on how you can avoid having your resume land in the circular file.

One of the key findings is have someone review your resume. At 40Plus all those who complete our unique training program have the opportunity to have an on going peer group review not only your resume but your interviewing techniques’. For more information check out our website – www.40plus-dc.org.

An Interactive Dialog On What’s Next For You – August 24

Haven’t found the career or job to suit you? Maybe there’s something – a belief, a way of being or an emotion standing in the way. Join us Monday morning for an interactive dialog on what your future can be. Drop by on Monday August 24 an check out Cliff Bailey a Certified Ontological Coach and Certified Professional Coach

Networking 101

…Gaining Confidence in Mingling with a Message

Presenters: Ellen Kaminsky – Owner, EK Endeavors
Lesley Boucher – Managing Director & Co-Founder, Pensare Group
Kristina Bouweiri – President & CEO, Reston Limousine Service, Inc.

Three consummate networkers will share techniques for replacing awkwardness with confidence so your business mingling is dynamic and powerfully effective:

* Ellen Kaminsky:  A Good Elevator Speech = A Great First Impression—Know the purpose of an elevator speech, what makes one effective, and who your perfect client is.  Then identify the problems you solve, distinguish yourself from your competition and create potent tag lines.
* Lesley Boucher:  So You’ve Got the Spotlight. Now What?—Why truly understanding your audience and what they need is critical to your success, what the most essential elements of a good 5-minute spotlight speech are, and how to make your five minutes in the spotlight productive for everyone.
* Kristina Bouweiri:  Networking Strategy & Creating Strategic Partnerships—Develop personal relationships and stay in touch.  As a win-win benefit, when they have a need, they think of you and your company.
* PLUS:  What to Do with All Those Business Cards You Collected and Q&A.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
6:00 – 8:30 p.m.

The George Washington University, Virginia Campus
20101 Academic Way, Room 101
Ashburn, VA  20147

Fee:  $25 if pre-registered; $30 at the door.  Pre-register via link below.  Payments online are by credit card; payments at the door may be by check (payable to Loudoun SBDC) or cash.  Those who do not pre-register are not guaranteed seating or handouts.  For registration questions, please phone 703-430-7222.

Loudoun SBDA registration

Easy to find work in D.C. area

D.C. is the easiest metro area in the U.S. to find a job, according to jobs search engine Indeed.com.

The largest 50 cities in the U.S. were ranked by comparing the number of unemployed to the number of job postings.

D.C. had six job postings for every one unemployed person in June. Over the last year, job postings in D.C. have declined by 15 percent, compared to a national decline of 30 percent, said Indeed.

Jacksonville, Fla. is No. 2, where there are three postings per unemployed person and Baltimore is No. 3, where there is one posting per unemployed person.

There were 199,800 people in the D.C. area looking for work and unable to find it in June, or a 6.6 percent unemployment rate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Among the cities where it’s hardest to find open jobs were Los Angeles and Riverside, Calif., Miami, and Detroit, where there are 18 unemployed people for every one job posting.

Source – Washington Business Journal

A Networking Reception for Communications and PR Professionals – Sept 17

Please join the Washington Network Group (WNG) and the Association for Women in Communications – DC Chapter (AWC-DC) when we convene our next signature networking event, organized so that our Members and non-member guests may “gather, grip, and grin” for shameless networking purposes.
The WNG convenes this networking event for communications and PR professionals in the greater Washington, D.C. region. The reception is held under the auspices of our Communications Roundtable and presents a marketing and business development opportunity for companies and professionals to increase awareness of their products and services. Learn more about our most recent Communications Roundtable reception: Thursday, September 17 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Bar Louie at Gallery Place 701 Seventh Street, NW Washington, D.C.

Creating a Strategic Job Search Plan – August 17

Cathleen O. Szebrat will focuses on helping professionals become more innovative and resilient. Her coaching practice is based on several key principles: (1) helping her clients become more self-observant and reflective by identifying patterns that may block their development; (2) action learning and its emphasis on enhancing knowledge through experimentation and application to real-life challenges; (3) a multi-level approach that recognizes how individuals are influenced by their team and organizational context; and (4) appreciative awareness to help her clients identify what works as well as what needs to improve.

TechExpo Top Secret Job Fair — August 19

Interview for your new career in the aerospace, defense, intelligence and government services sectors with the nation’s top employers including federal agencies, and government contractors. Security Clearance Required.
Sponsor: TechExpo
When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Sheraton Reston, 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston
Contact Info: NMathew@TechExpoUSA.com
Cost: Free
Web site: http://www.TechExpoUSA.com

Source: Washington Post

The University of the District of Columbia is recruiting talented, qualified individuals to teach one or more courses during the fall semester

The University of the District of Columbia is looking for individuals to teach one or more courses during the fall semester, areas include — Beginning Swimming; ESL; Special Education; History; Political Science; Anthropology; Biology; Studio Art; Graphic Design; Graphic Communication Tech; Philosophy; Social Work; Business Math 1; Food Science; English Composition II and Nursing

To get information about the University, the new Community College, and the course offerings for the fall semester, please go to: www.udc.edu

All qualified and interested persons are invited to apply. Your application packet should contain the following: A cover letter indicating the classes you would like to teach and a resume or curriculum vitae. Current or past teaching experience is preferred.

Your application packet should be sent to adjunctcoordinator@udc.edu