HNG 8/3/12 Agenda; Speaker on "A Practical Guide to Landing a Job in Today's Employment Market"

The agenda for this Friday's Hopkinton Networkers Group (HNG) meeting will be featured by our speaker, Patricia Hunt Sinacole. The facilitator for this week will be William Lam.  We will devote the first hour, from 10 to 11 AM to the following agenda: Welcome, Landings, Announcements, New Member Intros, and Needs & Leads. Please arrive early, so we can make every effort to start on time. In the second hour, Pattie will talk about "A Practical Guide to Landing a Job in Today's Employment Market."

A Practical Guide to Landing a Job in Today's Employment Market

- The use/misuse of social media in a search

- Networking tips

- A job hunter's elevator speech

- Resume and references

- Job search statistics

About Patricia Hunt Sinacole
Patricia Hunt Sinacole is the CEO and Founder of First Beacon Group LLC, a Human Resources (HR) consulting firm that provides HR services to a wide variety of companies. Pattie holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MBA from Babson. Pattie has 20 years of experience in Human Resources working a wide range of clients. Pattie has served as a Guest Lecturer at Babson College. Pattie has been featured in the Boston Business Journal, the Mass High Tech, The Boston Globe. Additionally, Pattie is a regular contributor to the Job Doc and Career Makeover columns in the Boston Globe. Pattie also facilitates live career-related chats on boston.com.

Recap of HNG Meeting of July 20, 2012:

Our 80th meeting of HNG had 37 people, this is nine more than the previous meeting, and twelve signed the New Member list. Barbara McKee was our facilitator. There were no introduction speeches to allow more time for the panel discussion.

We had a panel discussion consisting of Heather Cole, David Ross, Eric Bloom, Bob Norton, and moderated by Hara Narayanan.  The topic was, "Job Search Strategies from an Employer's Point of View."  

The Categories for discussion were: 

         (1) Goals (Know your bulls-eye or standard – i.e. pay, benefits, commute, etc.)

         (2) Know Your Skills (paid or not paid)

         (3) Targeted Resume

         (4) Networking (Referral, Internet, Casual)

         (5) Interviewing & Presentation

         (6) Closing the Deal (Ask for Information, Follow-up and Thanks You Notes)

Schedule for HNG Meetings:

August 17, 2012           Jeffrey DeSocio              "Employment Searching in a Social Media World"

September 7, 2012      TBD

September 21, 2012    Dorian Mintzer                "Here Come the Boomers: New Possibilities for Positive, Creative and Successful Aging"

October 5, 2012            Joellyn Schwerdlin         "Law of Attraction: Five Basic Principles to Make Your Career Dreams Come True"

October 19, 2012         TBD

November 2, 2012       Jen Vondenbrink             "LinkedIn"

General Information:

The networking group meets in Hopkinton, at St. John the Evangelist Church parish hall. The meeting occurs, from 10 to 12 noon, and will meet the first and third Friday of the month. The parish hall has a capacity for 250 people and there is plenty of parking spaces in the parking lot and on the street. Around the perimeter of the parish hall are rooms to allow us to have focused network groups or for any other purpose we need. We chose the first and third Friday to allow everyone to attend the Acton Networking Group or any other networking group, if they wanted, on the Friday we do not meet.

We will maintain our close affiliation with Acton Networkers by using the same list-server to share information between the groups. Any e-mails specific to the Hopkinton Networking Group (HNG) will be indicated in the subject line either by "Hopkinton Networking Group" or "HNG"; this way anyone attending these meetings will know the e-mail is intended for them.

We will follow the following agenda items:
* Welcome
* Landings (with doughnuts)
* Announcements
* New member introductions
* Needs and Leads
* Speaker(s), Workshop, or Focus Group
* Cleanup

For those new members who give their introductions, this is what we would like to know:
* Name
* Skills and Value Statement
* Where have you been?
* Where are you going?
* Your title
* Your target companies
* Geography of search
* Name and e-mail address

If anyone wants to join our team, please let one of us know; we could always use the extra help and input for ideas.

Directions:
Take Rt. 495 North/South and get off Exit 21A. Go through three traffic lights. Colella's Supermarket is on the right at the third traffic light. The first street after the third traffic light is Church Street, take a right turn. The church is on the right. Go around to the left of the parking lot and go into the side entrance of the parish hall.

Depending upon where you live, perhaps you may want to use Mapquest for a more direct route. The address of the church is:
St. John the Evangelist
20 Church Street
Hopkinton, MA 01748

Regards,
Hopkinton Networkers Group (HNG) Coordinators:
Sandra Cipriani        sandraopps@comcast.net   

Gil Krispien               g.krispien@verizon.net  

William Lam             wmlam508@yahoo.com
Barbara McKee        barb6635@comcast.net
Vincent Rocheleau   vrocheleau@hotmail.com 
Salpi Sarafian           ssarafian@rcn.com

Daren Canfield            (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now)
Patricia Centola          (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now)
Marjorie Cernigliaro    (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now)
Andrea Haber              (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now)
Christine Hurley           (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now)
Marilyn Johnson          (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now)
Madeliene Moore        (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now)
Laura Nelson               (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now)
Del Richmond              (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; he is employed now)

Ralph Sabatino            (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; he is employed now)
Diane Shelley              (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now)
Steve Sherlock            (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; he is employed now)
Nancy Spadorcia        (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now)
Jack Speranza            (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; he is employed now)

Mark Sullivan               (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; he is employed now)
Mario Tardif                 (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; he is employed now)
Qing Ye                        (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now)
Denise Zazzera           (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now)

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