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02/14/18 – Instant Likeability

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Written by: Connie Huber PHR SHRM-CP

Dave Sherman Instant Likeability

KEYNOTE

Dave Sherman, INSTANT LIKEABILITY

LIKEABILITY is the impression you make on the interviewer. It is more than a great response to a question. It is your ability to connect to another person in a way that is comfortable and pleasing to the other person.

Webster’s defines likeable as…. having qualities that bring about a favorable regard; pleasant, agreeable. Synonyms include: agreeable, amiable, appealing, attractive, charming, engaging, enjoyable, friendly, genial, good-natured, nice, pleasing, sympathetic, winning. In an article by Pam Holloway, “The Secret to Likeability”, Pam notes that “likeable people are known to:

  1. Be more successful in business & life.
  2. Get elected, promoted & rewarded more often than those less likeable.
  3. Close more sales & make more money.
  4. Secure better service providers, including doctors & other health care providers.

Likeability is not magic. It’s not luck. It’s not a gift inherited by only a few anointed people. It is merely a skill set. Gallup values the benefit of likeability. The Gallup organization has conducted a personality factor poll prior to every presidential election since 1960. Only one of three factors – issues, party affiliation, and likeability, has been a consistent prognosticator of the final election result. Of course, the factor is likeability.

So how do you develop skills to be likeable or likeability? Dave was our “Likeable Guru” in sharing tips that open the door to Likeability.

TIP #1: BE HAPPY
People thrive on being around others that are happy, enthusiastic and energetic. When you smile, you make yourself more approachable and smarter.

Dave shared the story when he first began interviewing with a company that became an employer. After researching the company’s recent press releases, he discovered the organization was celebrating its 1-year anniversary for being in its new site. Dave brought a celebratory cake to his interview. The cake instantly made Dave likeable.

TIP #2: BE ATTENTIVE
When interviewing, be attentive. Listen to what others have to say. Ask lots of questions.

TIP #3: BE PATIENT
Avoid interrupting. Biggest challenge is not knowing what to say. If you don’t have anything to offer. LISTEN! If you listen, you will learn something new.

TIP #4: BE CURIOUS
Establish a commonality between you and the person you are talking with. Ask questions such as where are you from.

TIP #5: BE HELPFUL
Discover ways you can be helpful to others. Have a service mentality.

TIP #6: BE ENTHUSIASTIC
Enthusiasm is contagious!

TIP #7: BE NICE
Be nice to everyone you come in contact with & leave a niceness legacy.

TIP #8: BE FUNNY

TIP #9: BE MEMORABLE

TIP #10: BE GRATEFUL
You may have trouble being grateful but there is always room for gratitude.

HIRING COMPANIES

THE FINDERS
KRISTY BACH, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Since 1998, The Finders has been putting its personality & passion into every Tech, Finance and HR finding in Arizona. The Finders is committed to matching exceptional talent with the right company culture. In addition to assisting you in finding the right job, Finders recruiters are specialist in the job search and can be invaluable resources to you.
Current opportunities include:
Tech Finders: Full Stack Developer, Java Developer, .Net Developer, Dev Ops Engineer, Cyber Security Engineer, Technical Project Manager SQL DBA, Data Engineer, Sr Information Security Engineer, and Sr ETL Developer.
HR Finders: HRIS Analyst-Contract, HR Manager, Compensation Analyst, Contract Recruiter, & HR Coordinator. Finance Finders: Senior Auditor, Sr Controller, Staff Accountant, A/P Analyst, Financial Analyst & A/R Specialist.
If interested, please contact The Finders.

COGNIZANT
SHAUNTINA McALLISTER, SR. RECRUITER

Cognizant is a global solutions provider that provides a collaborative approach to strengthen teams and improve revenue streams as well operating efficiencies. Established in 1994 and headquarters in Teaneck, New Jersey; the organization has an employee population of 280,000 employees globally. Cognizant has been recognized for a number of achievements. The company offers a number of benefits. Frequently hired positions are business analyst, claims examiners, claims supervisors, managers, product managers, social media content specialist, technical analyst, and trainers. To apply go to the website.

USAA
JEFF SHEWAN, HR ASSOCIATE

USAA’S mission is to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates, and their families through provision of a full range of highly competitive financial products and services. In so doing, USSA seeks to be the provider of choice for the military community. Military members are primary focus. Over 33,000 employees provide legendary service, quality products. Phoenix has over 4800 employees. Jobs include Customer Service, Insurance, Banking, Software Developers. Products include comprehensive financial services including banking, investments, property & life insurance & financial advice. Go to online website to apply.

CLOSING

Jessica Pierce, Board of Directors, Career Connectors, closed the meeting by thanking Highlands Church & the volunteers. The next Career Connectors meeting will be in Gilbert on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 & features Loretta Love Huff, as speaker for the topic “Courageous Leadership, Outrageous Growth.” For additional information on this event & future events, please visit the Event Schedule.

06/28/18 – Finding and Landing A New Career FAST!

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Find a new career fastWritten by Cindy Nowack

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Finding and Landing A New Career FAST!

Dave Sherman

After a successful entrepreneurial career in the speaking and training world, Dave Sherman used his networking skills to land positions in the high tech and commercial real estate world without having any experience in either industry. He came to the Career Connectors meeting to share his five tips for finding and landing a new career.

Tip 1: Embrace your decision

When making a change, people ask themselves, Should I do this? My job’s not that bad. What are people going to say?

If it’s something you’re doing that’s good for you and your family, you don’t have to explain anything to anyone. Avoid indecision, explanations, validation, and negativity. Do what’s right for you, especially at 3:05 a.m. when you wake up with lingering doubts.

You need to believe in your decision 110%. Family, friends, and even complete strangers will be giving you negativity. It’s not their path. It’s your path. Keep your family members updated. Family members are often negative because they don’t know enough about what you’re doing. Talk to them about why you’re making this change and how it will benefit the family. Embrace your decision and don’t listen to the naysayers.

Tip 2: Peruse the job boards

Once upon a time, before the internet, job seekers opened the paper to the Help Wanted section and circled jobs. It’s not that way anymore. Now you open up your computer and you have a crystal ball when looking at the job boards. You can search for anything. This is the opportunity to do anything you want to do. Don’t limit yourself. Get out of the box. Pursue jobs that will make you happy.

Dave issued a challenge to those of us at the meeting – and those of you reading this recap. Spend the next few days looking up all the jobs you ever wanted. Look for jobs that are interesting, challenging, rewarding and fun. Take some time to figure out what will make you happy.

Tip 3 : Start meeting MORE PEOPLE

This tip moves you from looking for work to landing work. Now that you have checked out the job boards and figured out your next step, start meeting people that can help take you there. Attend meetings of local Chambers of Commerce, industry associations, business groups, networking groups, and career transition groups. You won’t be asking these people for a job though. You want to meet somebody who knows somebody who can help you. Here are a few suggestions when attending these types of meetings:

  • Show up early – About 15 minutes before the meeting starts so you can get comfortable and start conversations with a few people.
  • Bring business cards – You may not have a job, but you can list your name and contact information on the cards. There are inexpensive options online.
  • ASK FOR HELP! – You want to let people know why you’re attending these meetings. These are the people who know the trends and contacts, but take a look at tips 4 and 5 to ease into how to ask for help.

Tip 4: When attending events, let go of the outcome

You won’t find a job at a networking event. But you may find someone who knows something or someone else that can help you. Start your conversations with commonalities – hometown, hobbies, school, favorites. Also, you want to be interested, not interesting. Ask questions. If it will be helpful, bring note cards of some conversation starters.

Tip 5: Know the four most important words – “Who do you know?”

You need to let people know what you want. Otherwise, they can’t help you. Tell everybody. Social media makes it easy. Post what you want on LinkedIn. Also, if Dave can help you, reach out to him. One audience member wants to be a private investigator, and Dave had a breakfast meeting scheduled with an owner of a security firm.

This is an exciting time of change for you. Take away the fear, and look at the excitement of what you’re doing. Follow Dave’s five tips, and you are on your way to finding and landing your new career.

HIRING COMPANIES

Arizona Department of Health Services
James Yale, Arizona State Hospital, Assistant Chief Nursing Officer

The Arizona State Hospital has three campuses housing primarily psychiatric patients near 24th Street and Van Buren. They use a recovery model to help inpatients transition back into society. There currently have 743 full-time state employees, 40 part-time, and 300 contractors.

The hospital is looking to hire licensed nurses and mental health technicians. Not all the jobs are medical though. They also have career opportunities for executive management, administrative staff, legal staff, project specialists, quality management, compliance and more. Go to azstatejobs.gov, click on Search for Jobs on the left side, click on Agency drop down box, and select Department of Health Services to see what positions are available.

Web.com
Kelly Moncada, Recruiter

Web.com is an online marketing company that provides websites, hosting, and helps companies manage their online presence and accelerate growth.  They are currently hiring 30 inside sales reps per month with base salary plus uncapped commission, as well as other positions listed here, including Senior Digital Marketing Analyst, Associate Data Specialist and Digital Marketing outside sales rep. The call center is located near Scottsdale and McDowell.

RESOURCES

Goodwill of Central and Northern AZ
Troy Maskell, Employee and Community Relations

Goodwill of Central and Northern AZ has 19 job centers that help put people to work. They are expanding their model to reach the mid-level to executive job seekers. They collaborate with various community resources, and partner with more than 650 companies. You can visit a job center for help with your resume, LinkedIn profile, or interviewing skills.

Troy did a quick role play with an attendee asking “Why should I hire you?” The three important questions you should answer when asked that question are:

  • What value can you bring to the organization?
  • How are you going to save them time?
  • How are you going to save them money?

Visit a Goodwill job center for help with interview skills and more.

CLOSING REMARKS

If you are looking for your new career or want to know more about your strengths, you can take the DISC assessment offered by Top Talent Consulting. As a Career Connectors member, you can take this behavioral assessment for free. Your detailed personal profile includes general characteristics, value to the organization, ideal environment, perceptions, descriptors, and much more. This is just one of the resources offered to Career Connectors members. Go to the website to find out more about taking the DISC assessment.

There is no meeting the week of July 2. The next meeting is Thursday, July 12 in Phoenix when Connie Kadansky will tell us that You are the Differentiator. Hiring companies that day will be Freedom Financial Network and State Farm.

1/11/18 – Finding and Landing a New Career FAST!

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Finding and Landing a New Career FAST!Written by: Mary Beth Huffman

Keynote

Finding and Landing a New Career FAST!
Dave Sherman

Author of 3 books: 50 Tops Tips, Breaking the Ice, Elevating Your Elevator Pitch

Tip 1: Embrace the decision
It may be obvious, but avoid indecision, explanations, validations, and negativity. Window shop the job boards. In the search box type job title or keyword city and state. Look for a job that fits you. Be creative when looking at your options. Open yourself up to whatever it could be. What career would be:
• Interesting
• Challenging
• Rewarding
• Fun
Dave works for Mobile Mini, which is hiring, by the way. See those positions here.

Tip 2: Peruse the Job Boards
Step out of your box. Can you stay here? Look for the stuff you really want to do. Do you know what you are really good at? Gallup Clifton’s survey identifies greatest strengths. You can live your best life when you tap into your unique strengths. You can either pay the nominal fee and take the survey online: https://is.gd/zNzEJd or buy the book Strength Finders and get it for free.

Tip 3: Start meeting MORE PEOPLE!

To get into a new career or field, expand your network and the people you want to meet. You will need some assistance.

Where should you go?

  • Chambers: attend 2 events. No need to join unless you are starting a business.
  • Associations
  • Business groups
  • Networking groups
  • Career transition groups

Come to meetings. Then when you get to where you want to be you can help others.

  • Show up 15 minutes early.
  • Bring business cards. If in transition get business cards with: name, phone, email, and if you want your LinkedIn profile. Make sure they’re not too thin.
  • Ask for help! Let people know you’re in transition.
  • When attending events let go of the outcome! Don’t expect to come away with something. Just see what happens. If you golf you may score an 83 and the next week 93. It doesn’t matter.

What should you do?

  • Build more likability. Smile. Be genuine. Be interested, not interesting. Ask questions. How did you get into this field? If I wanted to get into X, what do you suggest?
  • Build more commonality. Ask about their hometown, hobbies, school, family, friends, and favorites.

Finding a new career is like a rollercoaster. Think of what a great opportunity you have. How long this adventure lasts is up to you. Do all this every day. This will go faster than if you spent the day looking at the job boards. Where you are sitting might be a little scary. If you can, take that one minute and say to yourself what might come out of this?

Hiring Companies:

Connect Wireless

Chandra Sandoval, Corporate Recruiter

Connect Wireless’ headquarters is in Scottsdale, with 80+ stores in 8 states and launching 8 new stores this month. They are currently hiring for a variety of positions, from Sales, to corporate positions: Commissions Assistant Auditor, Data Reporting Specialist, and Administrative Assistant/Operations to Lead Training Manager.  A complete list of openings is here.

Supreme Lending

Darin Dow, Business Manager

Direct lender Supreme Lending has pretty much no middle-man. This privately owned and debt-free company started in 1999 in Dallas. Operations are in the main office off I-17. Supreme Lending doesn’t do reverse mortgages, but does all sorts of residential mortgages. They are a direct Lender to FHA, Fannie, Freddie, VA, and USDA. All are government down-payment assistant programs. They have a program that gets owners back into a home in under 30 days with a 580 credit score with FHA.
Supreme Lending does no-cost moves for their clients. They are opening up 8 more branches and are looking for Branch Managers, Producing Branch Managers, Licensed Loan Officers and Assistants, and Processors all across the state from Tucson to Phoenix to Flagstaff.  See all openings at Supreme Lending.

Allstate

Tori Castlegrante, Agency Process Specialist

Allstate has been around for 85 years in U.S. and Canada. They have 47 products, including financial services. They are looking for Agency Owners, IT, Product Management, Claims Analysts, and Licensed Sales Producers.
In general, Allstate’s main focus is on the local community and servicing them. A big bulk of the business is their property and casualty line. Allstate assists employees with the cost of licensing. They have an active Veterans Program and are currently running a short hiring referral promotion. There are also 40 openings with their partners. Go to Allstate for more information.

8/2/17 – Get the Job Fast – Find a Great New Job in Half the Time

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Find the Job Fast Written by: Connie Huber PHR SHRM-CP

JOB SEEKER: “Magic 8 Ball, Magic 8 Ball, when will I find a job?”
MAGIC 8 BALL: “Concentrate and ask again.”

During our transition, one of the consistent themes heard among job seekers is “How long have you been out of work?” Most of us know eventually we will find a job. Unfortunately, magic 8 balls, horoscopes, fortune tellers, your Mom/Dad and your spouse cannot predict when you will secure a new position. As a result, professionals seeking new opportunities are anxious to come to an end in their job search and move on in their new role.

KEYNOTE

Get the Job Fast – Find a Great New Job in Half the Time!
Dave Sherman

Like most of us in career transition, Dave has also found himself unemployed due to today’s workforce challenges. Fortunately for us, Dave shared with us what has worked for him to find a new job in half the time. His key take-aways include:
• Being fired/laid-off SUCKS.
• Looking for jobs online SUCKS.
• Very few alternatives.
• Stop complaining, whining and moaning!
• HOW BADLY DO YOU WANT IT!

TIP #1: GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!
WHY? You maintain a working routine. It promotes socialization, and STOPS THE VOICES!
WHERE SHOULD YOU GO? Coffee house. Restaurant. Library. ANYWHERE WITH INTERNET!

TIP #2: HANG OUT WITH EMPLOYED PEOPLE!
Hanging out with employed professionals leads to learning about current and future openings. Career transition groups are also beneficial.

TIP #3: START ATTENDING MORE NETWORKING EVENTS
Employed people hang out at networking events. To learn of Phoenix networking events & groups  at Networking Phoenix.

WHERE SHOULD YOU GO?
Chamber of Commerce: Most Chambers allow attending 2-3 times before being asked to join. Associations. Business groups. Networking groups. Career transition groups.

SPECIAL NOTE: Networking and prospecting are done at events. The more people you tell you are looking for work or talk to will accelerate your efforts in finding a job faster.

SUGGESTIONS for attending events: Show up early. Bring business cards. Know what you want. ASK FOR HELP!

HOW BADLY DO YOU WANT IT?

TIP #4: When attending events, STOP LOOKING FOR A JOB!

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? Work on Likeability and Commonality. These traits are the foundation in life and the key to everything!

LIKEABILITY includes: Smile. Be genuine. Be interested, not interesting. By being interested it will increase your odds to get a job.

COMMONALITY could come through: hometown, hobbies, school, family, friends, favorites.

“WHO DO YOU KNOW?”
Be as specific as possible. There is such a thing as 6-degree of separation. According to Wikipedia, it is “the theory that everyone and everything is 6 or fewer steps, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world so that a chain of ‘a friend of a friend’ statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of 6 steps.”

KNOW WHAT YOU WANT!!!!
In order for people to help you, identify and know what you are looking for!

TIP #5: FOUR MOST IMPORTANT WORDS

KNOW WHAT YOU WANT!
Be specific and identify what you are looking for so people can help you better.

FOUR MOST IMPORTANT WORDS: “WHO DO YOU KNOW?”

Ask everyone!
Be specific.
Use all the time.
Don’t give up.

HOW BADLY DO YOU WANT IT?
Remember your profession/position are an investment in yourself!

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WRITTEN BY DAVE:
“50 Top Tips: A Simple Guide to Networking Success”
“Breaking the Ice”
“Elevating Your Elevator Speech”

“A DREAM DOESN’T BECOME A REALITY THROUGH MAGIC; IT TAKES SWEAT, DETERMINATION AND HARD WORK.”-Colin Powell

Hiring Companies

Benchmark Electronics
Mark Bradley, HR Manager

Benchmark Electronics is a global engineering, design and integrated electronics manufacturing company. Benchmark provides contract manufacturing services and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intermedics. The company is in the process of moving its corporate office from Angleton, Texas to Phoenix. Benchmark focuses on medical, high-end computing, industrial controls, telecom, test measurement, and military/aerospace. The company has a new CEO who is enthusiastic in making the company more dynamic.
Benefits embrace a “Cadillac Plan” and are robust in their offerings. An emphasis is placed in developing/growing its employees in their career. For more information and to apply to Benchmark go to the website.

Chase
Lekheythan Malone, Sr. Recruiting Professional

Chase, the largest bank in the United States, and one of the largest in the world, prides itself as having a culture striving to help the community, and who is looking for leaders who want to grow with the company. Chase works with individual customers, small businesses, corporations, financial institutions, non-profits and governments. The organization’s global reach allows employees to get where they want to go. Whether the candidate wants to sharpen their skills or gain something new, they will have the experience that offers flexibility to move to another division or country if desired. Chase’s workplace is where you feel welcomed and valued; and creates diverse, inclusive teams that support Chase’s business and each other. Chase is heavily invested in its communities and encourages employees to do the same. Benefits include health care and insurance plans, retirement savings programs, wellness programs, employee programs and family care. A sampling of current jobs in demand are customer service, collections, business development sales, loan underwriters, client services advisors, relationship and private client bankers and tellers. To apply go the Chase website.

Vanguard
Renee Brown, Senior Recruiter

Vanguard’s rich heritage is powerfully evoked by its logo, the image of a ship. The company is named for a distinguished 18th-century vessel. Meaning “in the forefront,” the name has proven quite fitting as they have grown to become a leader in serving investors. From its start in 1975, Vanguard has stood out as a very different kind of investment firm. Vanguard was founded on a simple but revolutionary idea—that a mutual fund company should not have outside owners. Founder John C. Bogle structured Vanguard as a client-owned mutual fund company with no outside owners seeking profits.
Vanguard has 16 locations worldwide with more than 14,000 crew members. The Scottsdale location has 3,000 employees. Positions are entry level to management and include openings such as client relationship specialist, processing associate, retirement plan service representative, and financial advisor and team leader roles. Most jobs require a license. Benefits begin on day 1 and are robust including some unique offerings such as pet insurance, cell phone discounts, car services and dining. Great efforts are taken to assure that employees have a work life balance. To learn more about employment opportunities at Vanguard go to its website.

Freedom Financial Network
Heather Marcom, Head of Talent Acquisition

Freedom was launched in 2002 by Stanford classmates, Bradford Stroh and Andrew Houser. Freedom’s mission is to provide financial solutions, services and education enabling consumers to resolve their debt and achieve financial freedom. The organization has 980 employees with locations in San Mateo, California and Phoenix, Arizona. San Mateo is host to the company headquarters. Freedom has received numerous accolades including #1 Best Place to Work in Phoenix 2016. The Phoenix location is expanding very quickly to reach 1,200 employees. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401K, Life, LT disability, vacation, paid holidays and volunteer activities, employee discounts, and recognition. Top career opportunities include positions in Analytics, IT/Engineering, Leadership the in Call Center. If interested, apply here.

Resources

Coder Camps
Jason Jones, Admission Representative

Coder Camps prepares students for a career in software development with immersive coding boot camps, online instruction, and career placement support. Graduates are equipped with a practical knowledge of full-stack software development, interview skills and a portfolio demonstrating their abilities. Coder Camps’ accelerated learning programs are offered full-time, part-time and online. The school is the only code camp to offer graduates lifetime access to all courses, a community of developers, and career services for free. For more information or to apply, visit their website.

Closing

Jessica Pierce, Executive Director, Career Connectors, closed the meeting by thanking North Phoenix Baptist Church and the volunteers. The next Career Connectors meeting will be in Scottsdale on Thursday, August 10, 2017 and features Jennifer Rojas, as speaker for the topic “Become a Jedi Communicator in Your Job Search”. For additional information on this event and future events, please visit the Event Schedule.

 

6/27/17 – Boosting Your Networking Confidence – Six Tips to Increase Your Comfort and Success

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Boosting Your Networking ConfidenceWritten by Michelle Soracco

Keynote Speaker

Dave Sherman
@DaveSpeaks1

Dave is a sales and marketing guru who tells it like it is. He has worked with a number of large well-known companies over the years, and has run his own business and written three best-selling books. He has also been laid off, so he knows the feeling as many of us do. Dave is one of my favorite Career Connectors speakers.

Boosting Your Networking Confidence – Six Tips to Increase Your Comfort and Success

1. Show up early. Be the first person there, or be at least 15 minutes early. Networking is less intimidating that way.
–Meet all of the players
–Time to relax and prepare
–Become an unofficial host – greet everyone at the door, even though you’re not part of the group!

2. Fear of rejection is all in your head. Repeat out loud to yourself several times (until you believe it) before the networking event: “These people want to talk to me.” The purpose of networking is…to network! Everyone is there for the same purpose, so don’t be afraid to jump in and talk to people. Don’t wait for people to approach you, and allow others to dictate your success at the event.

3. Know how to break the ice and what you’re going to say before you get to the event.
–Smile, relax and breathe. Smiling makes you warmer, friendlier, more approachable and smarter! Don’t be the grumpy person in the room.
–Have a good S.H.E. (smile, handshake, eye contact). Shake hands vertically; don’t use two hands like a politician, make a power play, crush the other person’s hand, shake like a dead fish, or be super dainty and offer only a few fingers. Give the person enough eye contact that you can tell eye color, but not so much that you’re staring a hole through their head because that’s creepy.
–Starting comfortable conversations is a powerful tool. Here are some ice breakers:
* What’s your favorite movie?
* What do you do?
* How are you doing today?
* Ever been to this event before?
* Nice earrings, tie, pin, etc.
* What an interesting name.
* What do you do in your spare time?

4. Be interested, not just interesting. Ask good questions, expand on the answers and don’t hijack the conversation. Also, don’t interrupt–bite the tip of your tongue if you have to.

5. Bring a partner, but don’t spend all of your time talking to them. Have the partner introduce you to people they know and vice versa.

6. Give. Help other people. Ask yourself how you can help people do better. One of Dave’s favorite quotes is: “You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” –Zig Ziglar

Hiring Companies

Hacienda Healthcare
Kent Norris, HR Recruiter

Hacienda Healthcare is a non-profit organization that has been caring for mentally and physically disabled children and young adults in the Valley for 50 years. According to Kent, it takes a special kind of person do this kind of work, so they are always looking for RNs, LPNs, CNAs and caregivers. New nurses, pay attention: no nursing experience required, only your state license. This is a great way to gain experience. Other positions will be opened, pending board approval of the new budget, after July 1st. Apply here. Connect with Kent on LinkedIn, as he has many connections there and is willing to help you find work, even if it’s not at Hacienda.

Asurion
Tasha Ford, Talent Acquisition Consultant @AsurionCareers

Asurion replaces smartphones and tablets that have been damaged. The employees are considered superheroes who can solve smartphone problems faster than a speeding bullet. The culture is fast-paced and fun, with Marvel comics and video games and machines for everyone to use. To learn more about Asurion’s culture, click here.  They are always looking for Customer Support Technicians who have both IT expertise and are extroverts who can break down IT concepts for non-tech people.  Apply here.

MDI Group
Shannon Volk, Managing Director
Tim Jones, Client Manager @MDIGroup

MDI Group is an IT staffing agency that places candidates in companies of all sizes. In their branch office, they are looking for a Sr. IT Recruiter; for their clients, they are looking for SQL Developers, .net, Dev Ops Engineers, project managers and BI folks. If any of these positions sounds good, please contact Shannon via LinkedIn or click here.

Vanguard
Ralph Kimbrough, Senior Recruiter @VanguardCareers

Vanguard manages $4 trillion in assets, even though they’re a relatively new company. The average crew member stays for 9 years, and they’ve never laid off a single crew member! With a 37.5 hour work week, the ability to reinvent yourself, 4% matching and a 10% contribution to their crew members’ 401Ks, it’s not hard to see why. In addition, they have on-site dry-cleaning, 18-23 days PTO, among other benefits. See the company website for open positions and more information. It’s important to get your foot in the door and move up from there.

Dignity Health
Marcos Day, Recruiter @DignityHealth

Human kindness is what Dignity Health is all about–compassionate high level care that heals both the body and the spirit. Everything they do is in house, so the positions available aren’t just nurses and doctors, but electricians and construction work, among others, as they are building new towers at Chandler Hospital and Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Chandler’s new towers are scheduled to be fully built and staffed by early 2019. Right now, Dignity is looking for a Director of Cardiovascular – Cath lab. To apply online for positions, click here.

Resources

Coder Camps
Jason Jones, Admissions @CoderCamps

Coder Camps is a 3- or 6-month boot camp to learn full stack web development. Many of their students have no prior experience in this industry, which is constantly growing and changing. Because the industry is constantly changing, coders need to constantly update their skills. So once you’ve taken the boot camp, you can come back and update your skills for free. They have upcoming events you can attend to see if coding is right for you, such as Campus Tours on July 11th from 2pm – 7pm and Demo Day on July 7th.

Closing

Jessica graciously thanked all of the day’s speakers, volunteers and job seekers for participating. She encouraged job seekers to take advantage of the many Career Connector services like having your resume reviewed, a free professional portrait and visit all of the hiring companies, whether they had jobs in your field or not. She also encouraged everyone to view the career blog, which is up and running and has a lot of good career advice.