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03/4/21 – Getting Ready for the Future of Work

March 16, 2021 by Susan Lamphiear

Written By Susan Lamphiear

One comedian I’ve heard does a routine about going to the grocery store and being expected to check out his own groceries, who simply says, “HEY. I don’t WORK here.” Ironic that at the same time people fear losing their jobs because of technology, customers like the comedian have to learn new skills to be a customer!

Well, people, as you already know, the future is here and we’re staring at it. Some jobs have already proven in technological jeopardy like grocery store workers at the automated checkout, though we’ve all observed, in real time, live people hovering, mercifully, ready to help us self-checkout, selfie-taking customers. Newspapers, customer service workers, banking, and many other areas have already taken a hit.

Don’t despair, though, because the keynote speaker was here to offer advice on making yourself less vulnerable to technology in the workplace. There is hope.

Keynote

Though keynote speaker Stephanie Clergé confesses she has no crystal ball, she admits that studying trends can be helpful in the job search. Stephanie brings a wide range of expertise ranging from her degree in engineering to her experience as a tech manager, leadership and career coach, executive recruiter, trainer, and consultant.

Stephanie’s message to the online audience today is a focus on technology–including a discussion of what the future holds in the job market, how to prepare for it, and where to start.

Currently, as mankind finds itself in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, besides improvements in life that each revolution has created, the probability exists, as in the past, of these changes creating unemployment, at least temporarily.

  • 63% of workers who lost jobs because of COVID-19 have changed industries.
  • 83% of jobs paying less than $20 per hour could have substantial parts of their work given over to automation.
  • 1.2 million industrial machines and robots are working across the globe and will grow as technology advances.

Though changes in technology can endanger jobs, mercifully, trends in the past indicate sometimes technology doesn’t work as fast in some areas as others. Robots have been enlisted to help patients in areas such as helping them into hospital gowns. Stephanie reminded the crowd that anyone who’s ever tried to put a coat on a toddler can attest, it’s not an easy endeavor. With patients, like toddlers, there are several variables. Inevitably the robots get help from a human, but when that happens, it confuses the robot. Robotic technology cannot take the place of every human task including empathy or making adjustments in the moment.

Even technology that works may have limits including in grocery stores where customers may be fearful of technology that can do inventory management, hazard detection, cleaning, stocking/merchandise presentation, and warehouse fulfillment. But in the case of the robot Marty, who does some of these tasks, Marty can make fewer mistakes, while working faster, more precise, saving money, and doesn’t take breaks–unless for maintenance.

Jobs MORE SUSCEPTIBLE to Automation

  • Customer Service including food-service workers, sales workers, therapeutic workers like personal trainers, entertainment attendants, personal-appearance workers, and hotel/travel workers.
  • Office Support including IT workers, information and record clerks, office-support workers, financial workers (procurement, payroll, etc.), and administrative assistants.
  • Predictable Physical Work including fine-equipment installation and repair workers, protective services, gaming-industry workers, dishwashers, cleaning-equipment operators, food-preparation workers, and general mechanics.

The changing nature of careers including life span are already impacting work life. Gone is the era where you’d prepare for a career, stay in that career for most of your life and then retire. Children today may more easily live to age 100. According to the book, The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity, living to be 100 may impact careers in the following ways:

  • Length of career may span 60-70 years.
  • Average tenure in a job is likely 4.5 years or in some cases, less.
  • Half-life of a learned skill is 5 years (in some tech jobs this is more like 12-18 months).

Jobs LESS Susceptible to Automation

  • Managing and developing people
  • Applying expertise to decision making, planning, and creative tasks
  • Interfacing with stakeholders
  • Performing physical activities and operating machinery in unpredictable environments
  • Performing physical activities and operating machines in predictable environments

Remember that humans can still do things robots cannot do. Be in touch with your three parts of your mind– thinking, feeling, and doing mind all which can be clarified via assessments. The robot only has access to one mind–the mind driven by data or experience humans give it.

Three Parts of the Mind in the Job Search of the Future

  • Thinking (cognitive) What skills do I have that are difficult to automate or are related to technology? What knowledge could I obtain related to what is needed in the future? What experiences do I have/need to be an asset in the future of work?
  • Feeling (affective) What do I enjoy doing? Which features of my personality are helpful in this job? What aspects of company culture/work environment are most appealing to me?
  • Doing (conative) Do my instinctive strengths fit this job description? How can I communicate my instinctive strengths to the interviewer? We are all hard wired in a certain way.

In preparing for jobs of the future, be aware of your strengths and if you need to increase knowledge or experience, you can obtain certifications, training, or experience in several ways. Don’t forget the benefits of volunteering in obtaining needed experience in a changing and evolving job market. Take the free DISC assessment offered to Career Connectors attendees. Other assessments include the Myers Briggs or True Colors. Or the Kolbe A Index assessment. Only the Kolbe A Index assesses your “doing” brain that you’re born with. If you registered for this Career Connectors event, you may take the Kolbe A Index assessment free until March 19.

The Kolbe A Index Assesses the DOING Part of the Mind

Results of the Kolbe A Index Assessment provide you with information about your strengths in four areas according to how you naturally simplify, adapt, stabilize or envision.

Stephanie emphasized the importance of the DOING part of the mind, which so far only the Kolbe assessment addresses. While the first two, the thinking and feeling parts of the mind may change over time, the “doing” does not. We are each “hard wired” in the way we solve problems, make decisions, and take action. As a job seeker and employee we need to be able to communicate that on our resume and in the interview. Over time if there is not enough of a “fit” then it’s like putting a round peg in a square hole and explains why people in the long run may not be content with their job. All three aspects of the mind are important to understanding ourselves, but the “doing” part should be just as important to know about when examining our strengths.

“Kolbe Corp is hiring!” Stephanie is happy to announce.

  • Customer Service and Help Desk
  • Business Development Manager
  • Application Developer/Programmer

For more information or to apply visit their website.

ADP

Pam Farling, Talent Acquisition Business Partner

ADP for over 70 years has been a leader in business solutions.

As a global leader, ADP provides cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions that unite HR, payroll, talent, time, tax and benefits administration, and offers outsourcing services, analytics, and compliance expertise.

This company has received wide industry recognition, proudly named to FORTUNE Magazine’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” list for 12 consecutive years.

Other industry recognition ADP has received

  • America’s Best Employer for Diversity by Forbes
  • Best Companies for Women by Fairygodboss
  • Top Companies by LinkedIn
  • Top 25 Companies for Women Technologists by Anita Borg Institute
  • Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality by Human Rights Campaign Corporate Notes
  • Best Companies for Multicultural Women by Working Mother
  • Best Company Culture by Comparably

Some of the benefits of working at ADP include the following:

  • Their culture which stresses Work-Life balance, teamwork, and diversity
  • A global company
  • Their career growth and brand where the company empowers employees to grow and provides resources to accomplish it, community involvement
  • Other Benefits like Stock options and 401K match, Leave policy for new parents/elder care, Wellness Program, and more

Current Open Positions

  • Associate Client Support Specialist
  • Client Support Specialist
  • Implementation Specialist
  • Implementation Consultant II-Time
  • Implementation Consultant II-HR
  • Implementation Consultant II-Payroll
  • Project Manager II
  • Payroll Team Leader
  • Payroll Specialist
  • Manager Client Services
  • Client HRBP I
  • Private Equity Relationship Manager
  • Implementation Executive
  • Client Success Executive

To learn more about ADP visit their website or to apply for a position in Arizona, visit their website.

USAA

Jeff Shewan, HR Associate

USAA, founded in 1922, “Insuring each other when no one else would” seeks to be the provider of choice for the military community. The mission of the association is to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates and their families through offering of a full range of highly competitive financial products and services.

The company employs 36,000 and serves 13 million members in several locations including Phoenix, Colorado Springs, Chesapeake, San Antonio, Tampa, and Dallas.

Benefits that make USAA Different

  • 401k Match
  • 34 Paid days off in first year
  • On-site Child Development Center
  • On-site recreational facilities
  • On-site Clinic
  • Free On-site Fitness Center
  • On-site cafeteria

MORE Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability Insurance (full-time employees)
  • Paid Parental Benefit (up to 12 weeks of pay for bonding when the child joins the family)
  • Adoption Assistance Plan
  • Educational Assistance Plan (eligible as of hire date, any degree, as many as you want)
  • And many more

USAA prides itself on Diversity and Inclusion.

  • Nearly all USAA employees sign up for at least one of their groups.
  • 20% of their employees are military veterans.
  • While not in the military, Jeff tells the attendees he’s learned so much via one of the company’s available groups, VetNet.

Types of Positions in Phoenix

  • Property & Casualty (P&C) includes auto and property, underwriting, insurance including auto and property, new member acquisition–For example Entry Level Sales Insurance Professional
  • Federal Savings Bank includes deposits, credit card, consumer lending, and real estate–For example Entry Level Bank Sales and Services Contact Center Representative
  • Others including Information Technology, Risk Management, and Audit/Compliance
  • Internships

Safety of Employees and the Pandemic 2020

Prior to last year (2020) USAA remote workforce was 6000. When the Pandemic hit, within 10 days, USAA had transitioned 30,000 employees to remote work. Safety of employees, Jeff emphasized, is always BIG. Currently, 94% of their workers are remote with no time scheduled when they’ll go back in person.

For more information about USAA, or to apply, visit their website.

Jeff adds tips for using the USAA website.

  • Search by city.
  • Notice that some full-time jobs are REMOTE anywhere.

Carvana

Daraleigh Lasseter, Senior Manager, Talent

Carvana commits to changing the way people buy cars by providing them an online car-buying solution that’s fun, fast, fair and powered by technology. Carvana says it is disrupting the car industry.

  • Founded in 2012, Carvana is now ranked as Arizona’s most valuable corporation.
  • 100% online car buying experience. No dealerships. No commissioned sales.
  • Carvana sold 200,000 cars online in 2020 and now plans for 450,000 cars in 2021.
  • Premium cards, 150-point inspection, no hidden fees.
  • 7 day money back guarantee, risk-free.
  • Consumers can also sell their vehicle to Carvana without making a purchase.

Open Positions at Carvana

Leadership Roles within Customer Care

  • Team Lead, Customer Care
  • Team Lead, Registration
  • Manager, Customer Care

Customer Care Support Roles

  • Quality Control Specialist
  • Quality Assurance Specialist

People Operations

  • Junior Recruiter
  • Talent Development Coordinator
  • HRIS Specialist (Workday)

At the time of the presentation there were 163 open positions in the Phoenix area and 900 throughout the country.

Apply today by visiting their website.

WealthWave

Jason Wiseman, Senior Marketing Director

WealthWave and its network of leaders call themselves the HowMoneyWorks Company. All independent business owners, they are shaking up the status of the financial industry to shift the advantage in favor of families all over North America. Their goal? They intend to create a financially literate world.

WealthWise consists of licensed professionals with turnkey solutions, ownership, digital marketing/media, start part-time, no layofffs or furloughs, hands on training and mentorship, and a long history of helping families.

Jason emphasizes not a single person has been laid off since he’s been with WealthWave. During the Pandemic, however, 15 million people were unemployed. Jason is convinced it didn’t have to happen that way if people were educated in finances. Today, 62% of people say they’d like to be their own boss except for the hurdles.

  • Only 21 out of 50 states require high schools to teach at least one class in personal finance.
  • Financial illiteracy is the number one Financial Crisis in the world. More than 5 billion people around the world can’t answer basic questions about money. Can you?

To learn more about WealthWave, or to apply, visit their website or contact Jason Wiseman.

Resources and Closing

CEO/Founder of Career Connectors Jessica Pierce closed the formal part of the online meeting. She reminded all in attendance of the many resources available online including career advice, webinars of the online events since the Pandemic started, urging everyone to please visit the website where you can take the DISC assessment for free, receive free head shots courtesy of Gordon Murray Flash Photo and other free resources.

Jessica thanked the 125 Career Connectors volunteers and anyone who’s donated to Career Connectors. Bloggers are needed who attend events, take notes, and work with Sheila to get the recaps posted on the Career Connectors Website.

Click for the Events Schedule for more information about special events such as the Tempe Virtual Jobs Fair March 16.

Jessica turned it over to Director of Operations for Career Connectors Sheila Coulam to explain the Breakout Rooms process where attendees are welcome to meet in smaller online groups to chat with the keynote speaker, hiring companies, resume experts, and LinkedIn coaches.

Special for you if you read to the end of this blog. Remember the promise of the flying car? Humanoid robots? Here are the highlights I discovered as I got side tracked thinking about jobs and other technology issues in the future. Enjoy.

  • The flying car 2018
  • New Hampshire Legalizes Flying Cars on the Road Aug 2020
  • The flying car–good idea or not?
  • Sophia the Robot and more on Jimmy Fallon
  • Rollout of Social Robots
  • Sophia International Day of Tolerance November 2020

Filed Under: Event Recaps Tagged With: Future of Work, Carvana, WealthWave, ADP, USAA, Finding Your Strengths

7/29/20 – Know your story, Tell your story, Sell your story

July 30, 2020 by Sheila

Written by Sheri Kerr

Geoff Woliner

Keynote

Geoff Woliner is an author, speaker, founder of Winning Wit, writer and a former recruiter.
Geoff’s presentation encourages the audience to develop “their” story. This story is the emotional currency to a new position. Your story needs to outline your achievements and explain how you have overcome adversities. They synthesis your story to showcase your achievements, abilities to overcome adversity and explain how this will benefit an employer.
He encouraged the audience to create an emotional connection with your story. This story includes challenges, and how you achieved them, describe what you have overcome, what difficulties’ have you scaled and achieved.
Next, the power of using LinkedIn to grow your network. He outlines how to tell your story using LinkedIn’s profile header and summary. Again, create a story that highlights your achievements, explain challenges faced, how you have overcome them and explain how this will benefit others. It important to draw out the emotion!
Building and creating a LinkedIn audience by replying to posts & comments. The goal is to grow your connections to be visible on LinkedIn.

Hiring Companies

Dexcom

Monica Brown, Talent Acquisition Sourer
Dexcom develops, manufactures and distributes continuous glucose monitoring systems for diabetes management. Dexcom focus: Better outcomes for patients, deliver solutions – partnering with Apple and Google, empowering our community to take control of diabetes.
Dexcom offers a culture of a welcoming environment, diversity & inclusion, patients first, fast paced, challenging, evolving, and opportunistic. They provide a competitive salary and robust benefits for their employees.
Monica is currently recruiting for current open positions:

  • EHS Engineer (Safety)
  • Quality Inspectors
  • Sr. Manager Manufacturing Automation
  • Engineering Technicians
  • Manufacturing Associates
  • Industrial Engineer- Production Systems
  • Manager Mfg. Training- Evaluation
  • Distribution Supervisor
  • Sr. Industrial Engineer- Analytics & Simulation
  • Sr. Production Controller- Operations
  • Supervisor Manufacturing
  • Sr. Manager Facilities
  • Sr. Manager Manufacturing

If interested go to Dexcom’s website: http://careers.dexcom.com/ then select “Mesa” as the location.

ADP

Laura Lynn Smith, Division Vice President and Pam Farling, Talent Acquisition Business Partner
ADP is a global company with a location in Tempe, Arizona. ADP has been defining the future of business solutions for 70 years and has earned Fortune Magazines’ “Worlds Most Admired Companies” for 12 years.
ADP is a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions that unite HR, payroll, talent, time, tax and benefits administration, and is a leader in business outsourcing services, analytics and compliance expertise.
ADP values its employees by providing a rich culture with work life balance, teamwork, collaboration with others, core values, onsite events, celebrations, diversity organization and business resources group. ADP provides their employees with career growth and a strong brand. They offer rich and robust benefits to employees.
ADP Open Positions:
• Associate Client Support Consultant
• Client Support Specialist
• Implementation Specialist II
• Implementation Consultant II-Time
• Implementation Consultant II-HR
• Implementation Consultant II-Payroll
• Manager, Implementation Delivery
• Strategic Outside Account Executive

https://jobs.adp.com/locations/arizona/

Filed Under: Event Recaps Tagged With: Geoff Woliner, ADP, telling your story, dexcom

01/28/20 – They Want It, and You’ve Got It…How to Communicate Your “It” Factor

January 31, 2020 by Diane Forner

Written by Jim McBride

Keynote

Bridgett McGowen

Can you do the job? Will you do the job? That’s what recruiters want to know. But hiring managers, they want to know if you have that “it” factor.

Bridgett McGowan, award-winning professional speaker and business owner, coaches up professionals to be “the most engaging, dynamic, incredible communicators ever.” Bridgett knows what it takes to make your “it” a legit differentiator when interviewing for your next career adventure.

With the Recruiter

It’s likely your first interaction with a company will be with a recruiter. The recruiter is not typically taking a deep dive into your career accomplishments. Recruiters take a preliminary checklist approach to see if the candidate is a potential fit for the organization by zeroing in on your education, job history, experience in similar work environments and your overall demeanor.

The recruiter is an important step in the hiring process because you’re being evaluated on how you may fit into the company culture based on how you think, how you talk and what you believe in compared to how they think, how they talk and what the company believes in.

With the Hiring Manager

Mirror the communication style of hiring manager during the interview. According to Bridgett, a “peacemaker” likes to build rapport, so reciprocate the small talk. “Truth-keepers” need messaging that is logical, makes sense and fits with what they know. If you interview with a “solution seeker” be concise – no rambling – get to the bottom line, while the “risk taker” feeds on excitement and lots of positive energy (be interesting and alive!).

Research and connect with the company’s vision, mission, products and services. Demonstrate your ability to synthesize information, problem solve, communicate. All of your focus goes into emphasizing your strengths, not your weaknesses.

As every interview question is designed to see how you fit with the work culture, always be the absolute best version of yourself. Give the interviewer an idea of what life will be like with you as a member of the team. Communicate that you aren’t just looking for any job. Say, “I am the person for this position!”

Your “It” Factor

You didn’t wake up this morning and plan to be mediocre.

It’s time to be “on” when it matters the most. Hint hint…the interview. Hint hint…networking. Show interest and passion. You have the talent and the energy. Respond to every question with an affirmative response. Drive enthusiasm, gain buy-in for their interest in you. Engage with the interviewer through rapport building and create a personal connection. Focus on themes to make your message all about how you will elevate the company. Provide objective content regarding your abilities and talents.

Create a one-line personal value statement to articulate what you do incredibly well.

Ensure that showtime at the interview is not the first time. Rehearse the actual words you will say. See the actual body language you will use. The internet is loaded with sample interview questions. Practice your energy.

You ready to crush it? Everywhere you go. Everything you do. Every move you make. Every word you say. Every look you give. Everything is GREAT. They want it. You’ve got it!

Hiring Companies

Cenlar
Diane Kaber – Sr. Recruiter

Cenlar is the leading mortgage subservicing company in the country. Based in New Jersey with locations in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Missouri, the company is projecting 40% growth in the near term. Cenlar is a private company with stock options for eligible employees.

Open Positions
Customer Service
Collections
Loss Mitigation
Claims
Foreclosures
Bankruptcy

HR / ER
Leadership
Service Excellence
Research

AB Staffing Solutions
Courtney Bleskachek – Recruitment Resource Coordinator

AB Staffing Solutions is the leading provider of healthcare professionals and human capital solutions to Federal Government and Commercial clients in three segments: Nursing, Allied Health and Physician supplemental staffing. Among the company’s benefits is full cost coverage of health, dental and vision insurance.

Open Positions
Recruiter – We are looking for the right individuals to join our team as Recruiters within all specialties

ADP
Laura Lynn Smith – Division Vice President
Pamela Farling – Talent Acquisition Business Partner

ADP is a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions that unite HR, payroll, talent, time, tax and benefits administration and a leader in business outsourcing services, analytics and compliance expertise.

Open Positions
Director, Client Services
Manager, Client Services supporting Master Tax
Manager, Payroll Operations
Sr. Client Services Manager
Associate Relations Specialist
Sr. Technology Solution Consultant
Major Accounts District Manager
Strategic Outside Sales Executive
401k Plan Specialist
Full Level Tax Specialist I Implementation

U-Haul International, Inc.
Alex Taylor – Corporate Recruiter

U-Haul is the recognized industry leader in Do-It-yourself moving, self-storage, moving supplies propane and custom hitches. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in downtown Phoenix. With the largest truck fleet in the world, U-Haul employs 32,000 people nationwide and has 20,000 independent dealers and 1,900 company-owned Moving and Storage Centers.

Open Positions
Customer Service – Contact Center
Sales – Contact Center
Accounting – Corporate
Project Manager – Corporate
Software Infrastructure
Software Engineer

Resource

Career Connectors Academy Training Program

Brighton College is about creating the ultimate learning experience and driving employability skills for the working/non-working and the underserved.

Dreams fulfilled through better learning.
We are proud of this new partnership with Career Connectors to offer the best support from both organizations from enrollment to employed.

We believe this starts by identifying your natural talents through behavioral and skill-based surveys and assessments. With this knowledge we help you identify a customized learning pathway, then leverage innovative technology to deliver these in-demand courses and programs that lead to improved employability skills:
• Technical Support
• Programming
• Cyber Security
• Medical Billing and Coding
• Pharmacy Technician
• Web & Graphic Design
• Computer Aided Drafting & Design (CADD)
• Short-term Allied Health Certificate Programs
• Short-term IT Certificate Programs
• Customer Service Certification Programs

Student and Career Services Support (resume help, mock interviews) for your journey. Online, at your own pace!

Closing

Jessica Pierce thanked the Career Connectors volunteer staff and encouraged all attendees to make full use of the career transition resources – speaking with the hiring company representatives, utilizing the professional resume writers, connecting with the LinkedIn coaches, getting a business portrait and taking the free DISC Assessment. The next Career Connectors event is Wednesday, February 5th in Phoenix from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Cheryl Covert will present “Where the Jobs Are.”

Filed Under: Event Recaps Tagged With: Bridgett McGowen, U-Haul International, Career Connectors Academy, ADP, AB Staffing Solutions, Cenlar

06/07/18 – Interviewing with Confidence

June 10, 2018 by Sheila

Interview with ConfidenceWritten by Lauren Kutsko

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Carmen Payne, the owner of SOAR, a Transformational Life Coaching company, left us feeling confident to step into our next interview room. We all deal with negative self talk as we navigate entering new endeavors, Carmen shared helpful ideas to get mentally prepared.

We all struggle with some interview questions. Carmen started our time together with some tips on answering a few different types.

What is your weakness or greatest strength question?

  • Answer with things that don’t have anything to do with the job at hand.
  • Prove to them that this is the area that you are trying to improve by sharing what books or seminars you have taken to grow.
  • Utilize S.W.O.T Analysis which stands for Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats. This is a tool that will help you prepare ahead of time to share stories clearly and concisely that display your abilities to manage, change, execute, resolve problems and challenges in the past.

Can you tell me a time when you had a conflict with a co-worker?

  • The goal in answering this question is to display how you stood out in that situation.
  • Follow the STAR formula.

S- Situation, background set the scene
T- Task or Target, specifics of what’s required, when, where, who
A – Action, what you did, skills used, behaviours, characteristics
R – Result – Outcome, what happened.

Tell me about your last/current job or X employer question

  • Keep in mind your body language, facial expression and tone of voice when answering these questions. We want to make sure to stay positive and neutral as we talk about our previous employers.
  • Even when you aren’t communicating you are communicating.

This was our homework!
Amy Cuddy
Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

  1. Body language is very important
  2. Maintain an assertive stance
  3. Watch your hands
  4. Pay attention to you face
  5. Maintain appropriate eye contact
  6. Mirror the body language of others
  7. Stop Fidgeting

Carmen ended our time with an encouraging poem. It was a pleasure to hear from Carmen and walk away with tangible resources to ponder!

Let your Light Shine By Marianne Williamson
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

HIRING COMPANIES

American Express

Patrick Miller – Recruitment Operations Global Talent Acquisition

American Express has positions in technology, sales, marketing, HR and operations amongst other roles. However their recruiting efforts focused primarily on customer facing support like:
Collections specialist
Account protection specialist
Customer care professional
Travel counselors

For more information, visit their job page here.

ADP

Pamela Farling

As one of the world’s largest and most experienced HR providers, ADP offers you recruit-to-retire services and solutions that help you build the team that will take you into the future. ADP is on a mission to make the world’s busiest professionals more productive and happier in their jobs. And that starts with their own people. Find out how you can join them in Arizona where they are growing their Sales, Client Service and Implementation teams!

You can apply at jobs.adp.com/arizona.

RESOURCES

Grand Canyon University
Vince Grell – Vice President of Operations, Non-Degree Technology Programs

Grand Canyon University is offering a program for 16 Weeks Monday-Friday 9am-5pm starting July 30th to earn a Java Programming Certificate. With a small class size, you are guaranteed to get the support you need to succeed! This immersive program includes more than 600 hours of collaborative, project-based instruction and up to 16 credits transferable to a GCU undergraduate program. For more information about the program and to take a short coding assessment click here.

Our Next Event is June 12th in Gilbert. Please note that location change for this week. We will be hearing from Pamela Heward about Career Transition in 2018 – Top Ten Tips.

 

Filed Under: Event Recaps Tagged With: ADP, GCU, Java bootcamp, Carmen Payne, Interviewing Skills, American Express

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I am profoundly grateful for all of the support Career Connectors has provided during my recent job search – from the exceptional speakers to the participating employers, LinkedIn experts (Ted Robison is amazing with his individualized approach), resume experts, photographers, and of course the great opportunity to network! I felt like I had an army of support with me every single day. I appreciate all the time and effort invested by many and am particularly grateful for Jessica! You have a fi… Read more
Cindy G.
I wanted to take the time to write you to express my sincerest gratitude for all that you and those who work with you do for so many of us!I lost my job due to our medical office being closed. Your company came highly recommended by an HR person who worked with us as employees to help give us a hand up to become employed again through a very generous program provided by my employer. I am employed again in a job that I really love. It came with wonderful, kind, encouraging management and coworker… Read more
Ann Marie H.
Career Connectors offered me a one-stop-shopping capability for all of the coaching, resources and connections I needed to perfect my job searching skills.  The package of services, and support I found while attending these workshops over the past 7 months was unique to, and more productive than any other networking venues I attended. I am thrilled to share that I’ve landed with B/E Aerospace in Tucson.  I recommend to all Job Seekers to find out what works for you, and exploit it for best r… Read more
Aidan F.
I took advantage of Career Connectors when I found myself unexpectedly out of work and back in AZ.  The ease in using their website to locate meetings and identify subject matter at their weekly meetings kept me informed and engaged.  Their meetings are interesting and provide relevant and useful information toward getting into the right job.  They say that a network event is what you make of it … with Career Connectors they create the events and provide the resources you need to land your next … Read more
Jennifer V.
I own a Leadership Company, and have enjoyed attending the Career Connector events. With gratitude I listen to the speakers you line up… they offer phenominal and practical information. What has struck me each time has been the audience. My heart hurts for them. They are in a desperate place in their lives. I have had the opportunity speak with a few of the people in attendance, and they have shared their stories… I walk away thankful to God for the opportunity to meet these people and they … Read more
Bonnie M.
It was amazing, you guys did a great job! I found several potential companies!
Irene
Career Connectors has given me the courage to move forward and the mindset to move out of this moment. I have gained encouragement, opportunity, and a stronger skill-set in each meeting I have attended. This interaction has given me the vision to see my God given talents, the realization of how much I still have to offer, and the ability to put value in my career, instead of only seeing value by a job.
Anonymous
Networking helps, especially when you do not directly know anyone at a target company. I have attended 4 of your meetings and at one of them a company representative and recruiter presented. I was already familiar with this company, but she also said some other things in the presentation that made me take notice and created more interest on my part. I spoke with the recruiter at your event and she followed up the next week and from there I went on several phone interviews and on site interview t… Read more
Todd S.
When I was laid off last year from the company I’d worked with for over 14 years, I actually found I had an even BIGGER job ahead of me. With an outdated resume, no interview skills, and a huge feeling of displacement, I went searching for help. Career Connectors was my savior. The program and its’ leaders were instrumental in rebuilding my confidence, providing the necessary tools and resources, and ultimately responsible for my landing a great position with a company that was featured at o… Read more
Lynn S.
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