The Career Jungle Gym – A New Model for Managing Your Career - Oct 6

Hello Everyone,

The agenda for this Friday's Hopkinton Networkers Group (HNG) meeting will be featured by a speaker, Katy Tynan. The facilitator for this week will be Ronaldo Lu. We will devote the first hour to the following agenda: Welcome, Landings, Announcements, New Member Intros, and Needs & Leads. Important Note: Please make a serious, concerted effort to arrive before 10:00 AM. We are going to start the meeting on time at 10:00 AM. In the second hour, Katy will talk about "The Career Jungle Gym – A New Model for Managing Your Career."

The Career Jungle Gym – A New Model for Managing Your Career

There’s no such thing as a straight line in career development anymore. Over the course of four (or more) decades in the workplace, people are now changing jobs an average of 15 times. While there are more opportunities in today’s marketplace than ever, it’s also more complicated. In this talk I’ll describe a new model for managing your career, and give you tips and tricks for successfully navigating the complexities of today’s career paths.

Katy Tynan

Katy Tynan is the Managing Director of CoreAxis Consulting. A technology and operations strategy advisor to companies large and small, Katy works at the intersection of technology and people. Bestselling author of Survive Your Promotion: The 90 Day Success Plan for New Managers, and Free Agent: The Independent Professional’s Roadmap to Self-Employment Success, Katy’s management guidance has been published in Harvard Business Review and the American Management Association (AMA) blog. She has been advising businesses and educational institutions on how to leverage technology for operational efficiency, growth, and strategic advantage for over 20 years.

She has a new book coming out in November of 2017 from ATD Press called "How Did I Not See This Coming? A New Manager’s Guide to Avoiding Total Disaster."

Recap of HNG Meeting of September 15, 2017

Our 197th meeting had 26 people, this is 13 more than the previous meeting; seven signed the New Member list. Gil Krispien was our facilitator. There were six introduction speeches:

1. Myra Astorga Client Sources
2 . Abbas Bagasra Product Management
3. Amy Berfield Department Coordinator
4. Paula Cavalcanti Tech person
5. Nancy Haskins-LeBlanc Med. Tech.
6. Lisa Pedulla HR Business Partner
7. Donna Hall Project/Program Manager

We had a speaker, Linda Waters who talked about "Interviewing With Confidence."
This comprised the following:
* Interview preparation tips
* Using the Myers-Briggs to improve your communication style
* Tips to feel less nervous in the interview
* Interview follow- up tips
* How to stay positive during the interview process

Schedule for HNG Meetings:

October 6, 2017 Katy Tynan The Career Jungle Gym – A New Model for Managing Your Career
October 20, 2017 Tad Mayer Focus on Value for Robust Referrals and Better Job Interviews

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. CVS 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:
Emilia Gordon emiliagne@gmail.com
Gil Krispien g.krispien@verizon.net
Ronaldo Lu ronaldo.lu@comcast.net