"Strategies to get to talk to the key person in your Job search."

The agenda for this Friday's Hopkinton Networkers Group (HNG) meeting will be featured by a speaker, Bill Lippincott. The facilitator for this week will be Sheri Ablaza, and in the event she is called for substitute teaching, then William Lam will fill in for her. 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, Bill will talk about "Strategies to get to talk to the key person in your Job search."

Strategies to get to talk to the key person in your Job search

Sometimes it is difficult to ID or talk to key people you need to talk to for an effective search. If you believe that people hire people and not emails this is the session for you. As a past skip tracer for a major national collection group, I can tell you how to find folks and talk to them direct!

Bill Lippincott

Financial Advisor, Northeast Wealth Management

Bill Lippincott is a results oriented professional with management experience in several industries specializing in financial services, customer relationship center operations, collections, project management, information systems, cost control and process engineering disciplines. He has a proven record of accomplishment of bottom line results through teamwork, customer focus, leadership and goal setting. His background includes many management leadership roles with P&L responsibilities; strategic planning and process design. He is an expert in succession planning strategies for small business owners and wealth distribution planning for individuals. He holds a Series 7 and 66 securities license and is an Investment Advisor Representative. Prior to his current work, Bill has held various managerial positions with NSTAR and GE Capital. He has held industry association leadership positions including a national speaker regarding data standards in a deregulated electric environment. Bill has authored several technical works adopted by the Electric Distribution industry. He is currently a member of the Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce, Co-Chair of Norton Founders Day, Chair of the Norton Economic Development Committee and facilitator for the Employment Support Group of Norton.

Bill is married to Pam his bride of 30 years and has two grown children. He is active in his community, his church and with the Boy Scouts of America. When not working he enjoys sailing, golf, gardening and outdoor activities.

Recap of HNG Meeting of November 6, 2015

Our 156th meeting had 14 people, this is 12 less than the previous meeting; 4 signed the New Member list. Gil Krispien was our facilitator. There were 3 introduction speeches.

We made a formal presentation of the new Wireless Transmitter/Receiver System to Maureen Belger, Parish Hall Manager. The cost of the system was $549.00, and the sound of the system is incredible.

We had a speaker, Tom Alessi, who talked about "Financial Answers in Career Transition."
This included discussing the following:
* F.A.C.T. – Financial Answers in Career Transition
* Budget & Cash Flow Strategies – “The biggest fight is always about the money”
* Learn how to take control during a career transition
* The more prepared you are now the better off you will be later
* It’s not about your budget, it’s about where you spend your money.
* Financial Planning – “Don’t walk away…Just Run”
* Why doing a financial plan now probably isn’t in your best interest

Schedule for HNG Meetings:

December 4, 2015 Brian Coughlin TBD

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:
Sheri Ablaza sheriablaza@gmail.com
Emilia Gordon emiliagne@gmail.com
Gil Krispien g.krispien@verizon.net
William Lam wmlam508@yahoo.com
Ronaldo Lu ronaldo.lu@comcast.net
Vincent Rocheleau vrocheleau@hotmail.com

Know anyone who needs some job search stress busting? (please share)

Hi Steve. I want to give you a heads up on a new blog I created.

There's no shortage of sites out there on job search logistics (resumes, interviews, etc.), but not so many about how to navigate the stress and fear that rears its head along the way.

With that in mind, I created Job Search Stress Busters, spotlighting tips and techniques for managing stress while looking for work. Here's the URL:
www.jobsearchstressbusters.com

If you know anyone in the job search, could you forward this? And if you know of any online forums, etc. where you think this might be appropriate and helpful, feel free to post the link. Thanks!

Curt
www.passioncatalyst.com

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"Everyone handles stress differently"

Looking for a job is often the hardest job you have ever had. For most people, having to be “on” during networking and interviewing activities constantly takes a toll. Dealing with the ambiguity of the job search process, the rejections, and the bad news in the media can also be challenging.

One way to look at your job search is that essentially, whenever you interact with someone whether it’s in networking or interviewing situations, what you are “giving” that person is your energy. So if your energy is genuinely positive, vibrant, and peaceful, you will get a more positive response no matter where you go. Think about the times when you walk away from talking with someone and say to yourself “Boy, she has great energy! I really like being around her.”

Of course, I’m sure you have experienced being around people who are chronically negative and you feel “drained” after spending time with them. Which candidate would you hire? Which person would you be more willing to help and refer to someone? The rub is that when we are looking for a job, we often don’t feel good about ourselves. Our self esteem tends to go down since a lot of people judge our self worth by our job and the salary we make.

By now you recognize a common theme here. Be positive. Yes, it is hard. Continue reading the full article to pick up some additional info on how to be positive. You need to be! You can be!

 If you are looking for work and want to explore how to be positive in your search, consider applying for a free ticket to PodCamp WesternMA.

How do I get one of those tickets?
Send an email to Steve (shersteve at gmail dot com) and state your case:

Clearly and concisely, explain what you have been doing as part of your job search and how participating in PodCamp would help your effort.

Location, location, location

And that’s the difference between traditional marketing and social media marketing. In traditional marketing, you throw out a message where it will be seen by millions of people who couldn’t care less.

In social media marketing, you find the people who are already talking about your message and join the conversation. It’s really that simple and that complicated.

It’s complicated because you have to know your audience so well that you know exactly what social media platforms they use regularly. Is it Facebook? Twitter? YouTube? Digg?

Why create a Facebook fan page if your audience never uses Facebook? Why open a Twitter account if they never use Twitter?

So who is your audience? Where are they located? What are they talking about?

Knowing the answers to these questions will enable you to put together a social media strategy to reach them. This works for a company, a non-profit, or a job seeker!

Once you have the answers to the questions above, you can go to read the full article on how to put together your social media strategy.

If you need help figuring out the answers to the questions, we should talk. I might be able to point you in the right direction.