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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.

1/3/18 – How to Deal with Challenging Situations and People

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Gloria Peterson How to Deal with Challenging PeopleKeynote

How to Deal with Challenging Situations and People with Diplomacy and Civility

Gloria Petersen

Have you ever wished you could wave a magic wand and everyone would be respectful, civil, and accommodating? Well our gracious keynote speaker, Gloria Petersen, declared the audience would receive their wand during her presentation! It’s more important than ever to deal with people, situations, and one’s own behavior with diplomacy, dignity, finesse, tact, and civility. An essential requirement to accomplish this is to remain calm and not react to stressors. If you are able to get beyond your fears, bypass resentment and resist anger, you may stay in control.

When you are in control, you can meet everyone’s basic need to be respected, validated and liked regardless of their behavior. The first step is to select the appropriate interaction tool: diplomacy, finesse, tact, civility or dignity. Gloria provided some great examples of situations that may arise, and facilitated small group discussions around each of them. The audience presented some great ideas for handling each scenario, then Gloria added her input. She also provided these relevant quotes:

“Diplomacy is the art of letting somebody else have your way.”

~David Frost

“It’s best if you can do things with a sense of humor and finesse.”

~Eartha Kitt

“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”

~Isaac Newton

“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.”

~Herbert Hoover

“Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.”

~P.T.Barnum

Hiring Companies

Supreme Lending

Darin Dow, Business Development Manager

Unfortunately, Darin was detained at home with an illness. We wish him a quick recovery! Supreme Lending is looking for individuals interested in the following positions: Branch Manager, Producing Branch Manager, Licensed Loan Officer, Loan Officer Assistant, and Processor. Darin can be reached at darin.dow@supremelending.com or (480)677-9809.

Maricopa Integrated Health System

Brian Westerberg, Recruitment Manager

Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) has a long history in Arizona, starting with a needs based facility in 1877. It has grown into the largest teaching hospital in the valley, with 69% of Residents staying to practice in Maricopa County. There are several facilities now including a 650+ bed acute care facility, 13 family health centers, 2 behavioral health facilities, an Adult & Pediatric Level I Trauma Center, and the Arizona Burn Center.

Benefits at MIHS include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Legal Plan, Telemedicine, Retirement Plan Options and more. Current openings, updated online here, include Application Systems Analyst, Behavioral Health Technician, Clinical Nurses, Cost Accountant, IT Security Engineer, Spanish Interpreter, Payroll Specialist, Medical Assistant and Coding Supervisor.

Staff Logic

Deanne Desautels, President

Unprecedented for our events, Deanne also had to cancel her appearance at this event. We wish her well! Staff Logic and Accounting & Finance Professionals are two staffing firms that offer opportunities in a variety of industries, including Accounting/Banking/Bookkeeping/Credit (AF Professionals) and IT/Engineering/Customer Service/Software Sales/Medical/Marketing/Admin/HR (Staff Logic). Contact recruiter@afprofessionals.com or (602)306-4473 for your free staffing evaluation.

State Farm

Molly Romine & Alana O’Neal, Talent Brand Ambassadors

State Farm’s mission is to help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected, and realize their dreams.  They have expanded so that Arizona accounts for 10% of their total employees, around 6,700 currently. Benefits include great pay, Time Off, Financial Planning & Retirement, Training & Development and more. Open positions include Legal, Compliance and Risk Management, Underwriting and Actuarial, Marketing, Claim Associates, Java Developer, Part Time Customer Service, Public Affairs Specialist and Technology Director. State Farm is offering 90 minute information sessions onsite for people interested in learning more about their company, culture and opportunities. Contact Molly for an invitation.

Resources

Goodwill of Central & Northern Arizona

Carter Ellis, Employer & Community Relations

Goodwill is proud to have helped a total of over 45,000 people find employment last year! They have career centers throughout the valley ready to support people looking for a new career. For more information, visit their website.