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Tue, 10/26

Going Renegade: Finding the Sweet Spot Between Money & Passion In A Changing World
7:00 pm EST/4:00 pm PST

Session length:  60 minutes

What’s going on in the world and the economy right now is unsettling.

If you've devoted yourself to a passionless job in exchange for income and the promise of a secure retirement, you're likely in the midst of a rude awakening. And, for many of the millions who’ve lost their jobs, the position you’ve lost simply doesn’t exist anymore in any company. So, going back or making a lateral move isn’t an option.

But, what feels like endless angst to you now may, in fact, be the window you’ve dreamed of for decades.

How many of you have spent months, or years, secretly praying to win the lottery so you could stop doing what you were doing and finally do what you loved? How many of you have felt locked into a tired, life-sucking career by a suffocating marriage of golden or lead handcuffs, fear that you’d be judged or ridiculed for changing paths and a life-stifling lack of belief in your ability to make a living doing what you love?

If that’s you, the economy has just served you up a big, fat opportunity to go renegade and take back your career.

In this dynamic keynote session with Career Renegade author, Jonathan Fields, you'll discover:

  • Why NOW is a great time to go renegade and rebuild your career around what you hold dear
  • How to find out what makes you come alive, then craft a revitalized career around those things
  • 7 ways to mine your passion for money, even after everyone else tells you to walk away
  • Why having to know your life purpose can wreck your future as easily as it fuels it
  • How to go renegade and love your job and life...while still working a J.O.B.

And, most importantly, you'll walk away with not only hope, but tools, insights and strategies to take back your career now.

Jonathan Fields

Serial lifestyle-entrepreneur, marketer, writer and speaker

Lawyer turned serial lifestyle-entrepreneur, marketer, writer and speaker, Jonathan Fields blogs at JonathanFields.com, TribalAuthor.com, PsychologyToday.com and is the author of Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love. He's been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, FastCompany, Entrepreneur, USA Today, People, CNBC, The Today Show, FoxBusiness, CBS Radio, Vogue, Elle, O magazine, and thousands of websites. 

BusinessWeek named him one of the twenty people every entrepreneur needs tofollow on Twitter and Career Renegade was recently named a “Top Five: Small Biz Summer Read” by MSNBC and a Top 10 Small Biz Book by SmallBizTrends.com. 

Fields writes, speaks, and consults on building renegade careers, entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity, small-biz and book marketing, and getting a life. His next book on innovation, artists, and entrepreneurs will be published by Portfolio in 2011. When not writing, speaking, or building something, you can usually find him dancing around his living room with his wife and daughter.

Wed, 10/27

Job Search 2.0 – What’s Changed, What Hasn’t
4:15 pm EST/1:15 pm PST

Session length:  60 minutes

Social media has changed everything about how you find a job. Or has it? Anita Bruzzese and Mary Ellen Slayter show you how to intelligently incorporate the latest technologies with time-tested strategies for building a career you'll be proud of. First order of business - explaining how to make efficient use of the one social network no professional can afford to ignore.

Anita Bruzzese

USA Today columnist and award-winning journalist

Anita Bruzzese is a syndicated columnist on workplace issues for Gannett/USAToday.com and is author of two career advice books, “45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy,” and “Take This Job and Thrive.” She  also is a contributing editor for Smartbrief on Workforce and Smartbrief on Your Career.  She has appeared on The Today show and been interviewed for publications such as O, The Oprah Magazine, Glamour and BusinessWeek.com

Mary Ellen Slayter

Career Advisor and Senior Editor, SmartBrief

Mary Ellen Slayter is senior editor of SmartBrief on Your Career. Before joining SmartBrief, she wrote The Washington Post's Career Tracks column for 8 years. She has a master's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and a B.S. in agronomy from Louisiana State University. That means she can correct the pH of your lawn, as well as the typos on your resume.

Optimize Your Online Presence
3:00 pm EST/Noon PST

Session length:  60 minutes

These days, the most sought after people are not the most educated.  They’re the most connected, the most networked and the most visible.  The best way to stand out is to optimize your online presence through a combination of networking, creativity and a little bit of luck.  It's easier said than done ...

Most people fail because they spend too much time on the Internet talking to people, while the rockstar personal branders are spending 15% or their time online and 85% of their time building a successful businesses.  Learn how to take control of your online presence and avoid letting it take control of you.  During this session you will learn:

  • What the 85% rule is and why people who don’t use it keep failing
  • Why focusing on people outside of your industry is what matters most
  • How being everywhere on social media is the same as being nowhere

Ryan Paugh

Community Manager, Brazen Careerist

Ryan Paugh is the Co-Founder and Community Director of BrazenCareerist.com.  He spends his days helping Generation Y professionals equip themselves to rock their career.  His advice has been cited in The New York Times, TheWall Street Journal, and other syndicated columns through The Associated Press.  He has also appeared on 20/20 to talk about his company's controversial transparent salaries.

Paugh also helps companies and organizations take control of employer brand.  Companies he has worked with include Randstad, Citigroup and Google.  For a personal perspective, visit his blog. 

Your Dream Job: Everything You Need to Know About Moving into Nonprofit Work
5:30 pm EST/2:30 pm PST

Session length: 30 minutes

Do you ever dream about leaving the corporate world and working for a charity or a cause? Alison Green, a longtime hiring manager in the nonprofit sector, will talk about how to move into nonprofits, what's different about job-searching in the nonprofit world, what you should and shouldn't expect from a nonprofit workplace, and what factors you should think about as you contemplate a move. She'll also offer plenty of advice on winning over nonprofit hiring managers. This session will include lots of Q&A, so bring your questions!

Alison Green

Career Advisor with not-for-profit expertise

Alison Green is the former chief of staff of a successful nonprofit organization, where she oversaw day-to-day staff management, hiring, firing, and employee development. She's also the author of Managing to Change the World: The Nonprofit Leader's Guide to Getting Results, and she writes the popular Ask a Manager blog, where she dispenses advice on career, job search, and management issues.

Wed, 11/03

Find A Soulcheck, Not A Paycheck
3:00 pm EST/12:00 pm PST

Session length:  60 minutes

Are you looking for meaningful work?  Do you want to make the most of your current job?  What's your passion and how can you make it work for you?  How are people handling their careers during a down economy?  Is this the time to change fields or careers?  Alexandra Levit, business/career author and speaker will cover these questions and many more during this one-hour webinar.

Alexandra Levit

Workplace and Gen Y Speaker, Author, & Expert

Alexandra Levit’s goal is to help people find meaningful jobs - quickly and simply - and to succeed beyond measure once they get there. A former nationally syndicated columnist for the Wall Street Journal and a current syndicated columnist for Metro US, Alexandra has authored several books, including the popular They Don't Teach Corporate in College (Career Press 2004 and 2009), How'd You Score That Gig? (Random House/Ballantine, 2008), Success for Hire (ASTD Press, 2008), Millennial Tweet (SuperStar, 2009), and New Job, New You (Random House/Ballantine, 2010). Her book on the top myths of business success is due out from Penguin/Berkley in spring 2011. 

Alexandra is a member of the Business Roundtable's Springboard Project, which is advising the Obama administration on current workplace issues. She is a frequent national media spokesperson and has been featured in thousands of outlets including the New York Times, USA Today, National Public Radio, ABC News, Fox News, CNBC, the Associated Press, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Fortune, and her articles regularly appear on the home pages of MSN and Yahoo!. She was recently named Money Magazine's Online Career Expert of the Year and the author of one of Forbes' best websites for women.

Known as one of the premiere spokespeople of her generation, Alexandra regularly speaks at conferences, universities, and corporations including Campbell's Soup, CIGNA, the Federal Reserve Bank, McDonalds, and Whirlpool — on issues facing modern employees. Alexandra is also a global spokesperson for Microsoft’s program for new hires and has recently been called upon to speak to executives and managers about how to most strategically leverage the talent of the Millennial generation. 

Alexandra has ten years of experience providing integrated marketing communications solutions for Fortune 500 companies and is also skilled at providing guidance regarding twenty-first century motherhood, human resources and general business issues, and entrepreneurship. She graduated from Northwestern University and resides in Chicago, IL with her husband Stewart and son Jonah.

What’s Next: Post-Recession Careers and the New Employment Contract
4:15 pm EST/1:15 pm PST

Session length:  60 minutes

Moderator Mark Stelzner

Panelists Alison Doyle, Vickie Elmer, Sarah Needleman

By any measurement, the past two years have fundamentally changed the nature of work for tens of millions of employees. As we begin to emerge from the worst recession of our lifetimes, many careerists are facing a complex series of questions, including:

  • Do traditional career paths still exist?
  • Are there certain job markets that are becoming stronger and more desirable?
  • Is the idea of working for one employer a thing of the past?
  • Should careerists prepare for an increase in “free agency” as opposed to full-time employment?
  • What are some of the creative ways that individuals are redefining work?


Join Mark Stelzner and his panel of market-leading career journalists as they deconstruct the past few years, assess the trend lines they see forming, share lessons learned from their reporting and prognosticate on their thoughts for the future. This is certain to be a highly attended and fascinating discussion featuring some of the best minds in the industry.

Alison Doyle

About.com Job Search Expert

Alison Doyle is a job search and career expert with many years of experience in human resources, career development, and job searching, with a focus on online job searching, job search technology, social media, and professional networking. She has covered job searching for About.com (a New York Times Company) (jobsearch.about.com) since 1998.

Alison is the author of Internet Your Way to a New Job: How to Really Find a Job Online (2009) and the About.com Guide to Job Searching (2006).

Alison has been quoted or mentioned in many major online and print publications, including The New York Times, CNN.com, MSNBC.com, Newsday, NY Daily News, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, ABCNews.com, HR Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, The Arizona Republic, WashingtonPost.com, FastCompany.com, Employment Digest, Bankrate.com, HireVue.com, Kiplinger.com, LinkedIn, Mashable.com, TypePad, Consumer Reports, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the syndicated Careers Now column.

Mark Stelzner

Business Consultant and Founder of Job Angels

Mark Stelzner serves as the founder and chairman of JobAngels, a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to helping people get back to work one person at a time. JobAngels has been featured by hundreds of top tier media including the Los Angeles Times, NBC, NPR and thousands of blogs, podcasts and online forums. More information is available at Job Angels. Mark is also the founder of New Media Services LLC, the single destination for comprehensive virtual, digital, and social media strategies for the career and HR industries. Through its market leading brands such as Voice of HR and Voice of Careers, Mark is driving innovative engagement strategies to current and future stakeholders through new media activation.

In addition, Mark is the founder of Inflexion Advisors, applying over 16 years of experience in the implementation of internal and external HR transformational initiatives for public and private sector clientele worldwide. Over his career, Mark has brought over $3.0 billion worth of value to his clients and employers. More information is available at Inflexion Advisors. A highly sought after voice in the industry, Mark has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Forbes, CNN and NPR. 

Sarah Needleman

Wall Street Journal Reporter

Sarah E. Needleman has been a reporter for Dow Jones since 2001 and currently covers small business.  She writes Small-Business Boss, a weekly column about the challenges that entrepreneurs face in managing employees, and Accidental Entrepreneur, a monthly column on starting a business for the first time.  Previously, Ms. Needleman reported on career-related topics such as job hunting and executive recruitment.

Before joining Dow Jones, Ms. Needleman was a page designer, proofreader, and reporter for The Home News & Tribune, a daily Gannett Co. newspaper in East Brunswick, N.J.  Earlier, she was an editor and reporter in central New Jersey for The South Brunswick Post and The Cranbury Press, weekly Princeton Packet Inc. newspapers.  In 1999 Ms. Needleman received second place for best page design from the New Jersey Press Association.  She received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Rutgers University in 1997.

Vickie Elmer

Career Columnist

Vickie Elmer regularly contributes articles on careers and small business to the Washington Post and to its sister publication, Capital Business. She also writes about work, business, and life’s crazy and joyful moments for Fortune, AARP Bulletin, and the Ann Arbor Observer. A former editor, her work has appeared in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Parents, the Financial Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, and many other major media. She’s been called “prolific and feisty” and incredibly competitive and creative by her colleagues. Last year, she and a partner established Mity Nice, a start-up that employs teens to sell Italian ice from a shiny silver cart in Ann Arbor, Mich. She’s an active volunteer and the mother of three.

FAIL SPECTACULARLY! LIVE A BETTER STORY... OR AT LEAST DO A BETTER JOB TELLING THE CURRENT ONE
5:30 pm EST/2:30 pm PST

Session length:  30 minutes

The three biggest obstacles to living a successful story are fear, pressure, and risk. While those career paths we create for ourselves provide much needed structure, they do nothing to alleviate our fears, reduce our stress levels, or diminish the risks we have to take at each step of the path. 

Here's a better idea: learn how to get over your fear of the unknown in your career. It's as simple as learning how to tell your story by embracing both the good and the bad. All it takes is a little finesse.  

This session will show you how to get started by providing specific tools for identifying your story, confidently communicating strengths, shortcomings, and professional desires, and leveraging the story mentality to overcome fear, pressure, and risk.

Be more than a job description—be the hero of your own story.

Jason Seiden

Speaker, Executive Coach, Sales Professional

There are two ways a person can live a better story: (1) overcome whatever fears hold him or her back, or (2) learn to tell his or her current story better.

Jason helps people with both.

Jason is co-founder of Ajax Social Media, a company that shows sales professionals how to use LinkedIn to drive top-line revenue more effectively and more efficiently... by telling their story more credibly and by reading their prospects' stories more effectively.

Having spent ten years in executive coaching and management development working across a wide range of industries and with top level executives from companies with between $10 million and $30 billion in revenue, Jason is also still regularly hired as a speaker to help organizational leaders learn more about the courageous and resilient ethos of "Fail Spectacularly!"

Jason is the author of two popular career books, How to Self-Destruct: Making the Least of What’s Left of Your Career and Super Staying Power: What You Need to Become Valuable & Resilient at Work. He is the blogger behind FailSpectacularly.com. He is an advisor on SmartBrief's Workforce publication and an oft-cited industry leader who has appeared in/on USA Today, CNN, and Yahoo!/HotJobs.

Jason earned his MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School and his Bachelor's from Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Wed, 11/10

Great Brands, Great HR: Demystify the Recruiting Process
3:00 pm EST/12:00 pm PST

Session length:  60 minutes

Moderator: Jenn McClure

Panelists: Richard Cho (Facebook), Jeremy Langhans (Starbucks), Heather McGough (Microsoft)

Everywhere you turn, the news is bad. There were five unemployed workers for each job opening in June 2010 according to Labor Department data. College graduates from the class of 2010 were warned of a record 70 applicants for every job. And the average worker isn't impressed with a local Human Resources department that struggles with managing all the online applications, processing resumes, and getting great people into great jobs.

This is why we're happy to bring you a session called, "Great Brands, Great HR: Demystify the Recruiting Process."

Our moderator, Jennifer McClure, will speak with three leading Human Resources professionals to discuss how great companies with great brands are hiring amazing people. She'll take you behind the scenes of the hiring process at Microsoft and Facebook to understand what happens when you submit your resume, and the panel will give you the tips and tools you need to make sure that your resume makes it past the career website and into the hands of Human Resources professionals and hiring managers.

Heather McGough

Human Resources and Recruiting Professional at Microsoft

Heather McGough has spent the past 10 years recruiting for Microsoft . She is responsible for the strategy, development and maintenance of marketing the internet-based social media communities for the Customer Service and Support organization. This includes our Blog, Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter networks. She works broadly across Staffing at Microsoft sharing best practices and tips for networking with the right people at the right time to help them find the right job. Heather has hired hundreds of candidates into her great company and loves to share the secrets of networking with anyone who will listen. 

Jennifer McClure

Business Process coach, LinkedIn expert

Jennifer McClure is President of Unbridled Talent, LLC,   a Cincinnati based consulting firm providing services to clients in the areas of attracting, recruiting, developing & engaging key talent in their organizations. Jennifer is passionate about helping businesses to improve their people strategies through providing consulting and training services and she’s also a popular speaker who is regularly engaged to present at conferences, associations and to HR, Recruiting and leadership teams at a variety of organizations – including Fortune 100 clients.

Prior to launching her own consulting business, Jennifer led the life of a full-time Human Resources Pro with leadership and executive-level experience in privately held and Fortune 500 companies. She has also worked as an Executive Recruiter and Executive Coach at Centennial, Inc.  partnering with C-level leaders to find, recruit and develop key leadership talent and continues to serve in a Business Development & Talent Strategist role with this leading talent management consulting, executive search and coaching firm.

An active participant and user of a variety of social networks and social media, Jennifer has been named a Top 10 Employment Blogger to Follow  by Monster.com, one of the Top 25 Most Influential Online Recruiters by HRExaminer and has been ranked as a one of the 25 Most Influential Recruiters and Top 25 HR Pros on Twitter by The Talent Buzz. She writes frequently about a variety of talent management topics on her personal blog Unbridled Talent.

Jennifer is an avid networker and community volunteer, serving on the SmartBrief on Workforce Advisory Board, Mercy Professional Services Board (non-profit) and Great Oaks Adult Education Advisory Board. She serves as an Executive Mentor through Xavier University’s Executive Mentor Program and hosts the Cincinnati Chapter meetings of ExecuNet – a networking group for senior level professionals in career transition. Jennifer founded the LinkedIn Group LinkedCincinnati – a Cincinnati-based professional networking group with over 15,000 members and also co-founded the Cincinnati Recruiting Network for senior level HR and Recruiting professionals. She’s an active member of the Society for Human Resources Management  and the Greater Cincinnati Human Resources Association and has volunteered on GCHRA’s Staffing & Recruiting Committee and Communications Committee.

Jennifer McClure is President of Unbridled Talent, LLC <http://unbridledtalent.com/>  a Cincinnati based consulting firm providing services to clients in the areas of attracting, recruiting, developing & engaging key talent in their organizations. Jennifer is passionate about helping businesses to improve their people strategies through providing consulting and training services and she’s also a popular speaker who is regularly engaged to present at conferences, associations and to HR, Recruiting and leadership teams at a variety of organizations – including Fortune 100 clients.

Prior to launching her own consulting business, Jennifer led the life of a full-time Human Resources Pro with leadership and executive-level experience in privately held and Fortune 500 companies. She has also worked as an Executive Recruiter and Executive Coach at Centennial, Inc. <http://www.centennialinc.com/>  partnering with C-level leaders to find, recruit and develop key leadership talent and continues to serve in a Business Development & Talent Strategist role with this leading talent management consulting, executive search and coaching firm.

An active participant and user of a variety of social networks and social media, Jennifer has been named a Top 10 Employment Blogger to Follow <http://hiring.monster.com/hr/hr-best-practices/recruiting-hiring-advice/strategic-workforce-planning/top-employment-bloggers.aspx>  by Monster.com, one of the Top 25 Most Influential Online Recruiters <http://www.hrexaminer.com/lists/top-25-most-influential-online-recruiters>  by HRExaminer and has been ranked as a one of the 25 Most Influential Recruiters <http://thetalentbuzz.com/2010/01/25-most-influential-recruiters-on-twitter/>  and Top 25 HR Pros <http://thetalentbuzz.com/2010/01/the-top-25-hr-pros-on-twitter/>  on Twitter by The Talent Buzz. She writes frequently about a variety of talent management topics on her personal blog Unbridled Talent <http://unbridledtalent.com/blog/> .

Jennifer is an avid networker and community volunteer, serving on the SmartBrief on Workforce Advisory Board <http://smartblogs.com/workforce/smartbrief-on-workforce-advisory-board/> ,Mercy Professional Services <http://mercyprofessionalservices.community.officelive.com/default.aspx>  Board (non-profit) and Great Oaks <http://www.greatoaks.com/>  Adult Education Advisory Board. She serves as an Executive Mentor through Xavier University’s Executive Mentor Program  <http://www.xavier.edu/williams/mentors/index.cfm> and hosts the Cincinnati Chapter meetings of ExecuNet <http://www.centennialinc.com/connecting-events_execunet.html>  – a networking group for senior level professionals in career transition. Jennifer founded the LinkedIn Group LinkedCincinnati <http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/41134/1AD2C8243AE3>  – a Cincinnati-based professional networking group with over 15,000 members and also co-founded the Cincinnati Recruiting Network for senior level HR and Recruiting professionals. She’s an active member of the Society for Human Resources Management <http://www.shrm.org/Pages/default.aspx>  and the Greater Cincinnati Human Resources Associatio <http://gchra.shrm.org/> n and has volunteered on GCHRA’s Staffing & Recruiting Committee and Communications Committee.

Jeremy Langhans

Senior Recruiter, Talent Engagement | Starbucks Coffee Company

Jeremy Langhans is currently the Senior Recruiter for Talent Engagement at Starbucks Coffee Company. Prior to joining Starbucks, Jeremy was a Senior Sourcer for Cisco, Autodesk, Panasonic, Yahoo, Kyocera and Microsoft. His background also includes consulting work with Electronic Arts (EA), Walt Disney, and others which contracted his expertise in; Internet Research, Sourcing, and Candidate Development. Jeremy began his Technical Recruiting career in the late 90’s while working for Agencies during the dot com hay days. He is very active in the global Talent Acquisition community & has been an Expert Member of such associations as ERE, HCI, and SourceCon (as a Grandmaster Sourcing Challenge winner in 2007 & speaker in 2008). Jeremy is also the Web 2.0 SME for Global Staffing at Starbucks &, in his spare time, helps organize the ERE Poker Charity Tourney.

Richard Cho

Recruiting Lead at Facebook

Richard Cho is a Recruiting Lead at Facebook. He has over ten years of experience as a recruiting professional with leading technology companies in Silicon Valley—companies like Cisco, eBay, and Echelon Corporation. Rich’s passion for social recruiting has led him to a role at Facebook, where he gets to see, first-hand, how a leading social networking company operates. 

Your Career, Your Story: Online Career Management
4:15 pm EST/1:15 pm PST

Session length:  60 minutes

Career expert Richard Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute, made the observation in 2009 that “Google is the new resume.”  Whether we like it or not, and most of us do NOT like it, he is right.

Too many of us equate having an online reputation with giving up our privacy.  As someone who has been preaching about online privacy protection for more than ten years, I fully understand and support that need. However, ignoring online reputation - a very different thing - is a very big mistake!  

Employed or job hunting, we all need to pay close attention to what Google results tell the world about us – or about someone else with the same name – because it has more impact than we know on our job search and on our careers.

Well-funded and extensive research in late 2009 showed:

  • 79% of recruiters research job applicants online “always or most of the time” before moving forward.  
  • 71% of job seekers are “not very or not at all concerned” about their online reputations.
  • Over 50% of recruiters had rejected an applicant based on concerns resulting from what they found.

Well worth noting is that 86% of employers remembered being positively influenced by something they found in their research about an applicant.

The bottom line: You are hurt or helped by what is attached to your name in an employer’s online research, even if the information is wrong.
 
In this session, learn how to monitor and manage your online reputation to avoid being blind-sided by someone else’s misdeeds or your own carelessness.

Susan Joyce

Job-Hunt.org Job Search Expert

With an undergraduate degree in education, Susan P. Joyce made her first career adjustment just after graduation turning from teaching high school American history to the less stressful work of officer in the United States Marine Corps (career # 2).  Post-USMC (layoff # 1), and finding no demand in Boston for someone who could identify Soviet tanks and missile revetments, Susan made another career adjustment turning from intelligence gathering and analysis to HR and IT.  She spent several years working in the Personnel Office at Harvard University and in a compensation consulting firm.  After earning an MBA from Boston University, she spent 13 years in corporate America (career # 3) before being laid off (layoff # 2) in 1994, at the dawn of the Internet revolution.

Founding NETability, Inc. (career # 4) in 1995, Susan has been heavily involved in Web development and has taught and spoken about online job search, online recruiting, SEO, and Web development in numerous venues, including colleges, adult education, industry conferences, job search support groups, job clubs, and PodCamp.  In 1998, NETability acquired Job-Hunt.org, a well-known directory of Internet resources which Susan has been editing and growing since then.

Beginning in 2008, Susan has focused full-time on content development and management for Job-Hunt.org (career # 5).  Recognized as Forbes Best of the Web for Job Hunting since 2002 and singled out by US News & World Report in 2006 as a top site for finding work, Job-Hunt is one of the most comprehensive employment portals on the Web, a favorite of Richard (What Color Is Your Parachute) Bolles.  Job-Hunt offers job seekers links to over 17,000 employer recruiting pages, associations, networking resources, job search, and career resources.  In addition, Susan tweets to over 21,000 followers as @JobHuntOrg, manages the 4,000+ member Job-Hunt Help LinkedIn Group, runs several very popular Twitter Lists, and oversees BusinessWeek.com’s Business Exchange Veterans’ Job Search Topic.  In her spare time, Susan tries, usually unsuccessfully, to avoid her computer and BlackBerry.

How to Get a Job Over the Holidays When Nobody's Hiring
5:30 pm EST/2:30 pm PST

Session length:  30 minutes

The holidays come and go so quickly and the new year will here before you know it. if you are like 17% of America, you are underemployed or unemployed and you don’t feel optimistic about the future. Stop stuffing your face with cookies and pastries and telling yourself that no one is hiring right now. It’s not true. The more you tell yourself that there’s nothing you can do about your unemployment until the beginning of next year, the more likely you are to sit through another holiday season feeling depressed and blue.

This session will give you the quick & simple things you can do, right now, to set yourself up for a successful job search in November and December. We won’t serve you jelly donuts, pecan cookies, or ginerbread men—but we will help you understand how to use the holiday season as a competitive advantage to learn about new opportunities, connect with the right people who are hiring right now, and get the next great job in your career path.

Laurie Ruettimann

Career Advisor, Writer

Laurie Ruettimann is a failed Human Resources professional and a crazy cat lady. With over a decade of experience in Fortune 500 organizations, Ruettimann is a sought-after speaker, writer, and pundit. She received her SPHR certification in 2001 from The Human Resources Certification Institute and is an active member of The Society for Human Resources Management. Laurie is also a certified recruiter and trainer through various credentialed organizations.

In addition to creating and killing Punk Rock HR, which was recognized by Forbes as one of the Top 100 blogs for women, Laurie is the co-founder of New Media Services LLC, HR Bloggers, and HRM Today, the first social network for HR professionals. She is a columnist for The Conference Board Review and an advisor to SmartBrief on Workforce. Her career advice has been featured in various publications such as The New York Times, US News & World Report, CFO Magazine, and Men’s Health. Listed as one of the Top 5 career advice websites by CareerBuilder and CNN, her work has also been featured on The Suicide Girls, AOL, and Lemondrop websites.

Laurie lives in Raleigh, NC, with her husband and cats. You can contact her here.

Wed, 11/17

Get a Life, Not a Job: Do What You Love and Let Your Talents Work for You
3:00 pm EST/12:00 pm PST

Session length:  60 minutes

Many people today want to control their own career destiny to liberate themselves from the downsizing whims of the corporate world and the frustration of dead-end jobs. With unemployment high and many people seeking greater work-life harmony, there has never been a better time for you to re-think your relationship with work and to learn how to integrate your career into other aspects of your life.  

Just as it is a bad financial strategy is to have all of your money in one high-risk place, the riskiest career management strategy is to have all of your income from one organization.  In today’s employment reality, many need greater diversification in their income streams for career satisfaction and financial security.  Many people today are benefiting from the freedom and flexibility of multiple sources of income – or career acts – based on the things they truly love to do or enjoy.  Learn how you can too.

During this session you will learn:

  • Today’s employment reality and why the old rules of employment no longer apply
  • How to create financial and professional security, career satisfaction, and work-life harmony through career acts
  • How to regain control of your career and actively build your career acts

Paula Caligiuri

Author and Professor of HRM

Paula Caligiuri, Ph.D. is the author of Get a Life, Not a Job: Do What You Love and Let Your Talents Work for You (FT Press, 2010) and a Professor in the Human Resource Management Department at Rutgers University where she has directed the Center for HR Strategy from 2001 to 2010. Dr. Caligiuri has been recognized as one of the most prolific authors in the field of international business for her work in global careers, international human resource management, and global leadership development. For human resource management professionals she has also written (with Steven Poelmans) Harmonizing Work, Family, and Personal Life (Cambridge Press, 2008) and (with Dave Lepak and Jaime Bonache) Managing the Global Workforce (Wiley, 2010). Dr. Caligiuri has covered career-related topics for CNN and has hosted a pilot for a television show, CareerWATCH. She holds a Ph.D. from Penn State University in industrial and organizational psychology. Dr. Caligiuri is a popular work-life harmony and career fulfillment blogger.

Just Because You Can Talk, Doesn't Mean You Can Interview
4:15 pm EST/1:15 pm PST

Session length:  60 minutes

Job seekers spend so much time focusing on their resume and online presence, they forget the in-depth conversations that actually seal the deal: interviews.  You may be a sparkling conversationalist but that doesn't mean you can interview successfully!  Interviewing isn't just a chat. It's a strategic conversation where you have to be on your toes and anticipate questions, reaction, and recruiter tricks.  For example:

  • The recruiter may seem like a nice guy but he's really just getting you to warm up to him so you'll reveal more information.
  • You may think you know what your strengths are, but are you ready to give three examples of each?
  • Ready to share your salary requirements? Not so fast--you may talk yourself out of a job.

Scared? Don't be.  Career coach and former recruiter Susan Strayer will cover:

  • How to best prepare for the call
  • How to best prepare for the in-person meeting
  • Anticipating questions you'll be asked
  • Answering questions on the fly
  • Recognizing classic interview tricks
  • Setting yourself up to get the offer

Join us and prepare to join in!  We'll be putting you on the spot now so you're better prepared later.  Don't ignore what could make or break a successful job search!

Susan Strayer

Fortune 500 Talent Acquisition Leader and Career Coach

Susan D. Strayer, SPHR is the Senior Director, Talent Acquisition for a global Fortune 500 company where she manages employer brand strategy, recruitment marketing, and online talent acquisition and hiring strategies. She has worked in talent acquisition, recruiting, and coaching for over 13 years.

Her previous experience includes serving as the Director of Talent Acquisition for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. In this role, she managed the global deployment of talent acquisition strategies, processes and technologies for the company. She also served as Director of Talent Management working on a number of talent, performance, and leadership initiatives. 
 Prior to The Ritz-Carlton, Susan founded University & Career Decisions, working with individuals, companies, and universities on career management and recruiting strategy. Her experience also includes working in Corporate Staffing for The Home Depot and as Director for the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) serving Fortune 1000 executives in research programs focusing on HR, recruiting, training, and learning. Prior to working for CEB, Susan worked in corporate HR for Arthur Andersen.

She is the author of "The Right Job, Right Now" (St. Martin's, 2007).



Susan has an MBA from Vanderbilt University, an MA in Human Resource Development from The George Washington University, and a BA in Communication from Virginia Tech.

 She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), is an administrator of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and a member of the Society of Human Resource Management. 

She's a renowned speaker and has spoken for hundreds of conferences and organizations including Harvard, Deloitte, ERE, Fannie Mae, and many more. Her expertise has been quoted globally from The New York Times and Fast Company to the Wall Street Journal and CBS News Radio.

Build a Bridge to Your Next Employer – Strategies and Tips for Your Resume, Social Media Profile, and Your Job Search
5:30 pm EST/2:30 pm PST

Session length:  30 minutes

In today’s economy, everyone is a job seeker. Data show that a significant number of currently employed people will be trying to find new opportunities as soon as possible. If you have not thought about looking for a new job, what are you waiting for? Stay ahead of the crowd; don’t wait – get your materials in order now. Hiring is happening, and why shouldn’t you BE READY TO land your next job?  Regardless of your employment status, it’s more important than ever to maintain strong profiles across the major social networks and TO CREATE a well-defined, clear, concise, modern resume to support your job search strategy.

In this webinar, you will learn:

  • Strategies to identify the key words you must use to attract your targeted employers.
  • Specific tips to help you leverage those buzz words to improve your resume and profiles across key social networks: LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Miriam will explain how to:

  • Incorporate your value proposition in your resume to pass the 10-second scan test.
  • Get your LinkedIn profile on employers’ radar screens.
  • Critically evaluate your Twitter bio to be sure it is working for you.
  • Manage your Facebook settings to take advantage of tools that may connect you with potential opportunities.

Miriam Salpeter

Career Coach and Resume Writer

Miriam Salpeter, founder of Keppie Careers, has been advising clients regarding their career plans and writing resumes for over 14 years. An accomplished writer and editor, Miriam was a Vice President for a Wall Street firm prior to earning a master’s degree from Columbia University in the City of New York, where she trained in career advising and counseling. Well known in the industry for her highly regarded blog and sought by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes.com, ABCnews.com, and other media outlets for professional advice, Miriam shares insights on important and timely career search strategies.

Using Twitter for the job hunt is a favorite topic, and she is listed in a variety of “Best People to Follow on Twitter” lists for job seekers, including CNN/CareerBuilder’s list of “top 10 job tweeters you should be following." Find her advice on Twitter by following @keppie_careers. Miriam also serves as the Social Media Job Search expert for Job-Hunt.org  and is under contract and writing a book about social media for job seekers. (Expected publication date, May 2011.)

Miriam coaches job seekers and teaches best practices to land great career opportunities by offering clarity, confidence and job search know-how. Clients can save time, money and sanity by working with her to learn how to “drive their own career bus.” She believes that job seekers DO control their own futures and that her job is to provide the road map to success.