Web Presence for Job Seekers — Using LinkedIn® & Social Media Saturday Workshop October 17, 2009

Get serious about your LinkedIn® profile and take control of your digital identity!

How you tell your story and take advantage of the platform can mean the difference between getting hired and getting nowhere.
Join us for a 4-hour interactive workshop where you will:
• create an effective profile
• develop your professional story
• explore ways to get more out of LinkedIn
• other ways to enhance your web presence using twitter, blogs, and Facebook
Social networking can take a lot of time, but when you have a strategy and a clear grasp of your audience and goals, it can be time well spent—we’ll show you how.
Enrollment is limited to 25; please register as soon as possible so you don’t miss out!
• When: Saturday October 17, 2009; 9:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Where: 40Plus of Greater Washington, 1718 P Street, N.W., T-2, Washington, D.C. 20036.

Please RSVP to: fc6570-linkedin@yahoo.com.
Fee: $65.00 – 40Plus members; $75.00 public (Visa, Master Card or Discover card) Last day to register October 13, 2009 Laptops encouraged, but not required.

Telephone: 202 387 1582 at 40Plus
For information: Brian Beckwith 202 387 1582; David Powell 202 387 1680.
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About Chaos To Clarity™: Jo Golden and Tracey Holinka offer engaging, interactive learning experiences to help you increase your success in a digital world.

Chaos To Clarity LLC is an innovative digital education, strategy, and web service company in the DC metro area. We work with private individuals and groups, professionals, leaders, creatives, learners, micro businesses, small businesses, nonprofits, and associations locally and online. Chaos To Clarity LLC not affiliated with LinkedIn® or other social network.
CANCELLATION POLICY Individuals who miss a program without prior notice are expected to pay in full. Cancellation requests must be made at least 2 business days prior to the start of the session. All cancellations must be made in writing (please fax to 202-387-7669 or email fc6570-linkedin@yahoo.com )

Federal Resume & KSA Writing Workshop – All New “Outline Format” September 21, 2009

40Plus of Greater Washington is happy to bring back by popular demand, Kathyn Troutman. Here is your chance to hear results-driven federal job search information from the nation’s leading expert.

Four important lessons to stand out in a federal job search:

- Introduction to the newest Federal Resume format for USAJOBS: The Outline Format

- Keywords and Accomplishments (Create your Top Ten List) – critical elements

- Analyzing vacancy announcements to match your Resume – KSAs and Essays – three new formats!

BIO

Kathryn Troutman’s major career accomplishments include:

1. Founder and manager of The Resume Place, Inc., the leading federal job search consulting and Federal resume writing service in the world.

2. Pioneer designer of the Federal Resume Format in 1995 with the publication of the leading resource for federal human resources and jobseekers worldwide – the Federal Resume Guidebook.

3. Author of “The Federal Resume Guidebook”, which is in it’s 4th edition in 10 years.

SEATING IS LIMITED SO PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY
We ask everyone to be seated by 9:30 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.

http://www.40plus-dc.org

Mega Career Fair — September 23, 2009

The Washington Post is sponsoring two Mega Career Fairs on September 23, 2009 from 11 AM to 5PM. Those interested in the Health Care area the location is The Washington Post 1150 15th Street NW. A second fair will be for those into Engineering/Technology/ Government Agencies etc. Hard copy resumes required.

Professional Survival in a Digital Word = Your Web Presence — September 14

What does it mean to survive in a digital world? For many of us it includes creating and telling new stories about ourselves, what we know, our relationship to technology, and our ways of being in the world.

Professional survival in a digital world includes developing a web presence to let people know who you are and what you’re about. There are lots of different options out there—websites, blogs, social networking, life streaming—which ones are right for you?

Join Jo Golden and Tracey Holinka, principals at Chaos To Clarity LLC, for a Monday morning session that will help you sort out your web presence and social media options so that you can make the most of the Web for your career—no matter what your profession.

When you consider the available options in terms of your skill level, time constraints, and personal goals you’ll be in a much better position to make the most of tools and services the Web has to offer.

About Chaos To Clarity:

Chaos To Clarity LLC (http://www.chaostoclarity.com/), is an innovative digital education, strategy, and web service company in the DC metro area. We work with private individuals and groups, professionals, leaders, creatives, learners, micro businesses, small businesses, nonprofits, and associations locally and online.

Our clients need to know how to take charge of their computers, manage social networking, develop a digital strategy for business, and have the web presence that’s right for them.

BIOS

Jo Golden, PhD, guides people from 18–80+ to change their relationship to technology and learning. She refined her approach to education while working with clients and teaching for more than a decade, most recently at Georgetown University. As our web content wrangler and digital strategist, Jo creates compelling business stories for the Web.
Email: Jo@ChaosToClarity.com

Tracey Holinka, MS, teaches clients how to make the most of computers and the Web while getting their solo or small business online. Early in her 12-year career as a web designer/developer, she developed a passion for creating easy-to-use, functional, user-focused technologies. Tracey creates user-friendly websites and blogs as well as managing Web and learning projects, both large and small.
Email: Tracey@ChaosToClarity.com

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.

Transition Workshop or Renewal With a Twist!

Do you understand your own pattern of dealing with change?

Do you know how to recharge your own batteries when you feel stuck or listless?

In this workshop you will learn how to renew your energy so you can leverage your strengths and move ahead by:
 Discovering your own personal ways of dealing with change
 Accessing your inner energy so you can take action
 Reducing the stress of transition
 Learning practical steps you can take to move forward

Designed and Led by Barbara Beizer and Holly Williams. Barbara specializes in innovative learning experiences that create a safe space for participants to discover their own ways of growing and dealing with work and life transitions. Holly is an executive coach whose business and human behavior backgrounds combine to create the conditions for learning and effective action.

When: Saturday, September 26, 2009; 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Where: 40Plus of Greater Washington, 1718 P Street, NW, T-2, Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-387-1582

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Fee: $50

(Checks made out to 40Plus of Greater Washington; Visa, Master Card or Discover card encouraged)

Dress: Business Casual
Maximum class size: 25 (space is limited, so please sign up early)

IMPORTANT:
• Last day to register September 23.

Please RSVP for the workshop email Sept_Workshop@40plus-dc.org
Or call 202-549-2356 for more information.

CANCELLATION POLICY Individuals who miss a program without prior notice are expected to pay in full. Cancellation requests must be made at least 2 business days prior to the start of the session. All cancellations must be made in writing (please fax to 202-387-7669 or email Sept_Workshop@40plus-dc.org)

September 7 is Labor Day and 40Plus Will Be Closed

In honor of all workers 40plus will not be offering its regular Monday morning program. Check our website and blog for future programs. Take a few days off form your job search and enjoy the end of summer in style.

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