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The Importance of Leveraging Marketing Collateral in Winning the Interview-
Win The View Founder and President explains the importance of having
valuable career marketing pieces when going to an interview on this
segment of Your Career Is Calling.
Cracking The Linked In Code-
We are joined by Debra Wheatman, Executive Career Coach of Careers Done
Write, as she provides valuable insight into the inner workings of
LinkedIn, addresses some of the most perplexing questions of how to work
with the tool, and provides direction to job seekers on how to best
leverage LinkedIn to their advantage. This segement is a must to listen
to for the serious job seeker
I’ve Landed…Now What-
Executive Human Resource Professional Wendy Woolfork details lesson
learned of how to maximize the first 100 days into your new position.
BioNJ- Making a Difference for Professionals and Corporations in New Jersey-
Vicki Gaddy Director of BioNJ Talent Network explains the powerful
Non-Profit organization available for all Bio Professionals and
Students to avail themselves for FREE …
Enhance Your Career By Marketing To The Latino Community-
Marketing Executive and Hispanic Professional Networking Group (HPNG)
Founder Ali Curi shares his experiences on how to best market
themselves in the Latino community; the fastest growing community in
the United States.
Getting Ahead in Your Career Through Entrepreneurship:
Media trainer and career coach Doug Mitchell shares his experience on
Your Career Is Calling as to what it takes to develop the Entrepreneur
within to successfully navigate a powerful Start-Up.
How to Become the General Counsel (GC) of Me, Inc.:
Attorney Jonathan James shares his insights on how students and
professionals need to best manage and leverage law for one’s personal
life and professional career as the General Counsel of ME, Inc.
Transforming Your Career to a Business:
Journalist, Writer, Editor, Entrepreneur, Speaker and Social Media
Authority, Ashley Cisneros discusses with Frank and Rod how best to
leverage your career skills into a profitable business
Selling Yourself: Sales Coach, Joseph Himelfarb discusses his coaching techniques for students and professional in how to sell themselves
Learn the Secrets of Managing Your Career as an Empowered Business Women: General
Council Liliana Gesthalter shares how she navigated her career from
Mexico to General Council of a prestigious multi-national firm on this
segment of Your Career Is Calling.
The Power of Giving Back and Paying it Forward:
Pharmaceutical Human Resource Executive Charles Brown provides a
straight-forward game plan for student to engage employers by using
every arsenal at their disposal including volunteerism to engage a
client. The game is on … get on the playing field and work it!
Eliminated! Now What?:Uncover
and Get Past the Myths, Lies and other Obstacles in your Job Search.
Author and Career Coach Jean Baur discusses how one should approach the
job search after being terminated. Pick-up great tidbits and advise
on how to reconstruct.
The Secrets Behind Continuing Your Education:
Rider University’s Assistant Dean, Angela Gonzalez-Walker discusses on
this segment of “Your Career Is Calling” why Continuing Education is a
critical component to managing one’s career. Gonzalez-Walker covers
all aspects of continuing education for international and mid-career
professionals.
Empowered Careers in Healthcare: Virtua
Health Executive Anne Marie Palatnik discusses Nursing Careers and
Trends on this segment of Your Career Is Calling. If you ever thought
about a new career in nursing and more you don’t want to miss this
show.
Leveraging Transitions:
Executive Linda Pittenger shares her stories on “Leveraging
Transitions- The Empowered Success Stories with Linda Pittenger…From
Telecom Board Room to a Leader in Academia”
S.T.E.M:
HISPA Founder, Dr. Ivonne Diaz-Claisse share her excitement and
passion for the next generation of empowered careers in S.T.E.M.:
Science, Technology, Engineer and Mathematics on this segment of Your
Career Is Calling.
Managing The Financial Side of Me Inc.:
CPA Surekha Vaidya shares with Frank and Rod the power of managing the
financial side of managing your career as a business. Students and
Professionals will benefit from this powerful hour of financial
guidance.
Knock-Out Networking: Knock-Out Networking author Michael Goldberg gives Rod and Frank a detailed road map on how to best leverage networking for career success.
The Four E’s to Career Management:
Pharmaceutical Executive Louie Colon explains the 4 E’s (Execution,
Efficiency, Effectiveness and Energy) to Career Management and much more
in this segment of Your Career Is Calling,
The Retail Industry is HOT and Here to Stay:
Target Executive David Neiman is this week’s guest for 60 minutes of
great tips; revealing the wonderful opportunities the Retail industry
offers mid-career professionals and students.
101 Job Search Secrets: Motivational
Speaker and Author Abby Kohut shares her experiences as a Human
Resources corporate recruiter with Rod Colon and reveals many of her
101 Job Search Secrets on this riveting segment of Your Career Is
Calling.
Secrets to Interviewing with a Senior Manager:
Chief Technology Officer Linda Orlando, shares her insights to
interviewing successfully with senior executives. Rod and Frank discuss
with Linda the Do’s and Don’ts of preparing for the interview as an
intern, recent graduate or mid-career professional on this episode of
Your Career Is Calling.
How to Develop, Grow and Maintain a Networking Group:
Rod Colon and Frank Kovacs share their knowledge and wisdom on the best
techniques for developing a networking group. Rod and Frank have over
17 years of experience growing powerful networking groups of their own
(Empowering Today’s Professionals and The Breakfast Club of NJ).
Special guest host JJ Duke questions Rod and Frank for an hour of
stimulating talk.
Turning Up the Heat on Personal Branding:
Branding and Marketing communications specialist Chip Hartman shares
his knowledge and insight with Rod and Frank on taking your personal
brand to the next step.
The Power of Networking & Seven Step Process: Technology
executive, Tom Kenny shares his first hand knowledge on the power of
leveraging your network and his personal successes and secrets in
leveraging the 7-Step Job Search process
Making It Your Business:
Former Head of Human Resources for Pfizer Pharmaceutical and author
Sylvia Montero shares her insights and executive experiences on how
students and professionals need to Climb the Ladder of Success.
Q & A with Rod and JJ:
This week Rod and co-host JJ Duke talk about how to get back on your
feet when being released from your job as well as keys for preparing for
your first job interview
Talent Management:
Former Human Resource Executive and business owner/entrepreneur Roger
Jimenez reveals the secrets of talent management as a way of developing
career success
Managing Your Career Effectively:
Rod, Frank and special guest Candida Toccia Seasock, Founder and CEO of
CTS Associates, LLC, discuss points and answer questions on how
professionals and students can manage their career effectively.
Questions & Answers: This week Your Career Is Calling
was all about you. Rod and Frank answer your questions and e-mails to
help navigate you through the career transition maze and help you during
your career or job transition.
Embracing The Power Of LinkedIn As The CEO Of ME:
LinkedIn is a social networking tool made up almost entirely of
business professional. Rod and Frank tech you how to leverage the
advanced search techniques, the introductions and the mind-set required
to make LinkedIn A powerful tool for your career.
Your Pathway To Personal Freedom:
Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer and Author, Trent Blanchard
discusses his book “Triple A’s for the Soul” and many other techniques
that will help students and professionals to develop the right mind-set
in managing their career and life.
Everyone’s In Sales:
Todd Cohen shares his experiences as a “Sales Culture” author, trainer
and coach with Rod and Frank. An expert in the field of building sales
culture and high-performance sales teams that produce results, Todd
weaves his techniques for the new CEO of ME, Inc. in this special
edition of Your Career is Calling.
Becoming the CEO of ME Inc.:
Guest host Frank Perrone interviews Rod Colon on what does it take to
own a career. In this 60 minute Q & A you will find out the secrets
behind
owning your career as a business from branding to negotiations. Excellent
primer for the new CEO of ME, Inc.
A 7-Step Job Search Success Story:
Ricardo Hernandez shares his experience of using Rod and Frank’s proven
7-Step Job Search methodology during a recent job search. He explains
how each step provided him the guidance and confidence necessary to help
him land his new employment opportunity.
Trust: What Is It And How To Leverage It:
Dr. Larry Newman, Dean of Rider University College of Business
Administration, shares his experiences with Rod and Frank on how earning
and leveraging “Trust” changes the direction of any potential
transaction and opportunity and discusses how students and professionals
can leverage trust everyday.
The Next Generation Of Networkers:
Discover how the next generation is embracing networking, leveraging
21st century technology and executing a career ownership mind-set for
their benefit. Frank and Rod’s children Julianna Kovacs, Rod Colon III,
Nick
Colon and Alicia Colon share their insight and wisdom on how they’ve
adopted their dad’s principles and unleashed powerful networks of their own.
What Is Personal Branding?
Signature 21 Founder, Chip Hartman reveals the secrets to personal
branding to Rod and Frank and how to broadcast your message on LinkedIn.
Powerful Lessons To Career Management:
Rider University Alum and Senior Pharmaceutical Marketing and Sales
Executive Santos Torres’ 91/95 shares his experiences and insights to
manage your career in the 21st century.
Employment Law: Leverage It, It’s A Two-Way Street:
Human Resource executive Jay Barrett discusses Employment Law. Topics
Jay discusses with Rod and Frank are: discrimination, resumes,
disability, termination appeals, COBRA, severance, “At-Will employment”,
employee rights, benefits, Offer Letter, and much more.
Master Public Speaking with Toastmasters:
Toastmasters International helps men and women learn the arts of
speaking, listening and thinking – vital skills that promote
self-actualization and enhance leadership potential. Guest Steve
Fraundorfer, President of the Lakewood NJ Piners Toastmasters club,
shares his insights with Rod Colon and Frank Perrone on the powerful
programs Toastmasters has for students and professionals in managing
their careers.
The Process – The 7-Step Job Search Methodology:
Pour yourself a cup of coffee and let’s get to work. Rod and Frank take
you through the 7-Step Job Search Methodology which has been tweaked to
near-perfection over the past 7 years. Many have benefitted from the
process now it’s your turn. Get ready to engage and execute the
masterful 7-steps to success – called “THE PROCESS.”
Heritage of Success: Listen
to inspiring stories and learn career management techniques from
community leaders who have artfully applied their Hispanic heritage in
constructing rewarding professional careers as they create opportunities
for others nationwide. Your Career is Calling co-host, Rod
Colon weaves a powerful 90 minute question and answer session with a
distinguished panel recorded live from the Atrium on the campus of NJIT.
How To Leverage Outplacement Services:
Rider’s Executive-in-Residence and Lee Hecht Harrison counselor, Lloyd
George discusses the best way to leverage outplacement services with Rod
and Frank.
The Power of Volunteering:
CIO Ruth Harenchar joins Rod in sharing her passion for integrating
volunteerism as a critical component to managing one’s career.
Volunteering can position professionals and students to meet key people
in their community. It instantly expands the depth and breadth of your
network.
The Four P’s:
Voice of Box Founder and San Francisco 49ers’ public address announcer
Matt Crevin shares his enthusiasm for career coaching our young
professionals into the sports industry with Rod and Frank. Matt offers
his unique insight into the 4 P’s: position, packaging, promotion and
partnership to create a successful job search.
The Phenomena Of Downsizing & How We Cope With Unemployment: Actress, singer, director, producer and playwright, Karen Carson discusses her play, Eating the Bear: Snapshot of the New Normal with Rod and Frank. Karen shares how her collection of monologues help professionals cope with downsizing and job loss.
Leveraging Career Services: College
and University Career Services provides students and alumni a variety
of programs that must be leveraged. From individualized career
counseling to career fairs, Career Services is critical to successfully
managing one’s career. Guest Rachel Messler, Rider University’s career
counselor discusses the wonderful programs available through Rider’s
career services department with Rod and Frank.
Developing Alternate Source of Income: Hosts
Rod Colon and Frank Kovacs discuss alternate sources of income with
Carl E. Reid, Chief Savvy Intrapreneur at SAVVY INTRAPRENEUR. Students
and professionals will learn why now is the best time for developing
other income and how to get started.
Reinventing Yourself:
The ability to reinvent your career consistently is the new form
mid-career professionals have to career security. Students need to learn
this process now and fast. Special guest Hillary Bloom, Sr. Human
Manager at The Clearing House, shares her wisdom on reinventing your
career with Rod and Frank.
Who’s Got Your Back?:
Pay no attention to the legend of the isolated professional “hero” and
the do-it-yourself mindset. The real corridor to career success is
through a powerful inner circle of relationships. Rod and Frank discuss
how to develop friends that “have your back”.
Technology Tips and Techniques For Managing Your Career:
There are two ways to conduct a job search in the 21st century. One has
a dismal track record; the other one, a new comer to the job search and
career management landscape. Join Rod Colon and guest co-host Frank
Perrone for a discussion on leveraging technology in your career.
The Mechanics of Leveraging Your Network:
We need to develop above-average networking skills when leveraging our
networks during a job search. Rod and Frank cover the mechanic and
nuance of making your network work when it most matters.
Assessing Market Demand:
You call your work by a particular name; now it’s time to find out what
the marketplace calls it. You’ll make good use of the website
Indeed.com as Rod and Frank guide you through the process of
understanding how to assess your market demand.
Negotiating A Job Offer:
Negotiations are unique to each individual and to each individual
client engagement. Learn from Rod and Frank how to bring a business
ownership mind-set to each negotiation.
The Hidden Job Market: The
Hidden Job Market is the name given to all the opportunities out there
that are unadvertised, either because a company wants to find candidates
through its employee’s networks or because no such position currently
exists. Learn how to tap the hidden job market for career success this
week from Rod and Frank.
Working With Recruiting Agencies:
Executive Recruiter, Janelle Razzino takes you through the world of
agency recruitment. She speaks with Rod and Frank on how to best
leverage recruiters and search firms – what are they really looking for
and how to gain their trust.
Working With Human Resources:
Human Resource professionals are misunderstood in the job search
process. Rod and Frank tackle the do and don’t of how and when to engage
an HR professional during the job search.
The Elevator Pitch:
Rod and Frank help you prepare a 30 to 60 second infomercial “Elevator
Pitch” – a short delivery telling what you have done successfully to
date and what you plan for the future.
Small Talk:
Rod and Frank talk to best-selling author and communications trainer
Don Gabor. Don introduces you to four distinct networking styles to help
you identify, adapt, and respond to other people’s particular styles.
Business Cards/Seven Step Job Search: A
business card can make a statement that starts a buzz. Learn how to
attract that buzz. Learn how Rod Colon’s 7 Step Job Search Process can
change your life.
Resume, Cover and T-Letter: Learn
the core aspects of targeting your resume to a specific job and use an
innovative, cover letter called the “T” Letter this week from Frank and
Rod.
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