Win Sheffield, Career Coach: Events, Workshops, Seminars and Conferences

Thursday September 30, 2010	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM	Free
Everything You Need to Know About Networking
Three (3) Talk Series – Career Management Essentials Whether you have been looking for a while or are just beginning to think about new options for yourself, you want to be sure to have mastered the essentials of career management. Coach Win Sheffield has developed a series of talks to build the foundation for managing your career. Your first job as a participant in the job marketplace is to be able to effectively interact with others, so the first talk will focus on how to network effectively to cultivate long term contacts. Resumes are the second pillar of managing your career. You need to be able to convey your experience succinctly while selling your abilities in a way your reader can see the value of immediately. Equally important to your career success is your ability to master the interview and to support the interviewer in giving and receiving the key information so they can know your value. In this series you will learn how to develop contacts, to prepare a resume that gets you the interview and learn how to conduct yourself so that you get the call-back. September 30, 2010 – Everything You Need to Know About Networking October 14, 2010 – Everything You Need to Know About Your Resume October 28, 2010 – Everything You Need to Know About Interviewing Everything You Need to Know About Networking Effective networking is more than just randomly handing out business cards or signing up for on-line industry groups. Join coach Win Sheffield for this workshop, part of the Career Management Essentials series. During this informative and interactive session you will learn how to identify and expand your universe of contacts, obtain important face-to-face appointments and maximize your effectiveness with people who could very well lead you to your next employer. Topics covered include: Developing good networker habits Learning how to be comfortable by focusing your message Enrolling your contact as a career-long connection New York Public Library Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL) 188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised

Thursday September 30, 2010

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Free

Everything You Need to Know About Networking

Three (3) Talk Series – Career Management Essentials
Whether you have been looking for a while or are just beginning to think about new options for yourself, you want to be sure to have mastered the essentials of career management. Coach Win Sheffield has developed a series of talks to build the foundation for managing your career.
Your first job as a participant in the job marketplace is to be able to effectively interact with others, so the first talk will focus on how to network effectively to cultivate long term contacts.
Resumes are the second pillar of managing your career. You need to be able to convey your experience succinctly while selling your abilities in a way your reader can see the value of immediately.
Equally important to your career success is your ability to master the interview and to support the interviewer in giving and receiving the key information so they can know your value.
In this series you will learn how to develop contacts, to prepare a resume that gets you the interview and learn how to conduct yourself so that you get the call-back.
September 30, 2010 – Everything You Need to Know About Networking
October 14, 2010 – Everything You Need to Know About Your Resume
October 28, 2010 – Everything You Need to Know About Interviewing

Everything You Need to Know About Networking
Effective networking is more than just randomly handing out business cards or signing up for on-line industry groups. Join coach Win Sheffield for this workshop, part of the Career Management Essentials series. During this informative and interactive session you will learn how to identify and expand your universe of contacts, obtain important face-to-face appointments and maximize your effectiveness with people who could very well lead you to your next employer. Topics covered include:

Developing good networker habits
Learning how to be comfortable by focusing your message
Enrolling your contact as a career-long connection

New York Public Library

Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL)
188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street

No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised

Thursday October 14, 2010	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM	Free
Everything You Need to Know About Your Resume
More than anything else we write in our lives, the resume is probably the one that makes us most uncomfortable. Join coach Win Sheffield for this workshop, part of the Career Management Essentials series. Take the anxiety out of writing your resume. Learn how to approach this document strategically to make it work for you. You will learn how to develop a distinctive resume that reflects what you want to be hired for. Topics covered include: Addressing the key purposes of a resume Learning how to catch the eye of your reader Making the most of the space that you have New York Public Library Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL) 188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised

Thursday October 14, 2010

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Free

Everything You Need to Know About Your Resume

More than anything else we write in our lives, the resume is probably the one that makes us most uncomfortable. Join coach Win Sheffield for this workshop, part of the Career Management Essentials series. Take the anxiety out of writing your resume. Learn how to approach this document strategically to make it work for you. You will learn how to develop a distinctive resume that reflects what you want to be hired for. Topics covered include:

Addressing the key purposes of a resume
Learning how to catch the eye of your reader
Making the most of the space that you have

New York Public Library

Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL)
188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street

No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised

Thursday October 28, 2010	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM	Free
Everything You Need to Know About Interviewing
Sooner or later you will have to sit down with a future boss and convince them that you are the best candidate for the job. Join coach Win Sheffield for this workshop, part of the Career Management Essentials series. You will learn how to navigate the interview as you convey your value. Topics covered include: Preparing for the interview: Key items beyond the annual report Making the interview work: Setting the tone of the meeting and delivering your message After the interview: Following up to make your point New York Public Library Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL) 188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised

Thursday October 28, 2010

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Free

Everything You Need to Know About Interviewing

Sooner or later you will have to sit down with a future boss and convince them that you are the best candidate for the job. Join coach Win Sheffield for this workshop, part of the Career Management Essentials series. You will learn how to navigate the interview as you convey your value. Topics covered include:

Preparing for the interview: Key items beyond the annual report
Making the interview work: Setting the tone of the meeting and delivering your message
After the interview: Following up to make your point

New York Public Library

Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL)
188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street

No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised

Wednesday November 17, 2010	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM	Free
Selling Yourself in Interviews: Leading with Your Accomplishments
Two (2) Talk Series – Career Success: Leading with Your Accomplishments Most of us get our resume together, talk to recruiters, send out letters, practice interviewing and even network. And maybe because that seems like enough, we stop there. But, what impression are you making? Plan to spend an hour focusing on how you say what you say. You can make a stronger impression on your audience by focusing your message and how you deliver it. In this talk, you will learn to: Isolate the messages you want to deliver Identify your target audience(s) Learn techniques to deliver your message with clarity and purpose Whether you are working independently as a consultant or as an employee, please join coach Win Sheffield for this series focused on developing your ability to convey the value you bring. November 17, 2010 – Selling Yourself in Interviews: Leading with Your Accomplishments December 1, 2010 – Making a Great First Impression: Your Accomplishments on Your Resume Selling Yourself in Interviews: Leading with Your Accomplishments How many times have we interviewed and not been invited back? Of course, this is often not our fault. Nevertheless, there is much that we can do to increase our chance of getting to the short list and getting to the offer. Join coach Win Sheffield for this workshop, part of the Career Success: Leading with Your Accomplishments series. Learn how to support an ineffective interviewer, how to convey your value and how to be invited back. New York Public Library Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL) 188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised

Wednesday November 17, 2010

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Free

Selling Yourself in Interviews: Leading with Your Accomplishments

Two (2) Talk Series – Career Success: Leading with Your Accomplishments

Most of us get our resume together, talk to recruiters, send out letters, practice interviewing and even network. And maybe because that seems like enough, we stop there.
But, what impression are you making? Plan to spend an hour focusing on how you say what you say. You can make a stronger impression on your audience by focusing your message and how you deliver it. In this talk, you will learn to:

Isolate the messages you want to deliver
Identify your target audience(s)
Learn techniques to deliver your message with clarity and purpose

Whether you are working independently as a consultant or as an employee, please join coach Win Sheffield for this series focused on developing your ability to convey the value you bring.

November 17, 2010 – Selling Yourself in Interviews: Leading with Your Accomplishments
December 1, 2010 – Making a Great First Impression: Your Accomplishments on Your Resume

Selling Yourself in Interviews: Leading with Your Accomplishments
How many times have we interviewed and not been invited back? Of course, this is often not our fault. Nevertheless, there is much that we can do to increase our chance of getting to the short list and getting to the offer. Join coach Win Sheffield for this workshop, part of the Career Success: Leading with Your Accomplishments series. Learn how to support an ineffective interviewer, how to convey your value and how to be invited back.

New York Public Library

Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL)
188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street

No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised

Wednesday December 1, 2010	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM	Free
Making a Great First Impression: Your Accomplishments on Your Resume
The resume is often the only shot we have to make an impression. There are many things a resume has to be and our job is to make it our best advocate as well. Join coach Win Sheffield for this workshop, part of the Career Success: Leading with Your Accomplishments series to learn how to leverage our accomplishments to have our resume be the one that breaks out of the pack and has the reader reaching for the phone. New York Public Library Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL) 188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised

Wednesday December 1, 2010

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Free

Making a Great First Impression: Your Accomplishments on Your Resume

The resume is often the only shot we have to make an impression. There are many things a resume has to be and our job is to make it our best advocate as well. Join coach Win Sheffield for this workshop, part of the Career Success: Leading with Your Accomplishments series to learn how to leverage our accomplishments to have our resume be the one that breaks out of the pack and has the reader reaching for the phone.

New York Public Library

Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL)
188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street

No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised

Thursday December 16, 2010	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM	Free
Your Pitch: Branding Yourself Effectively
How many times do we go to networking events and fail to connect? We introduce ourselves and tell people what we do and . . . nothing. We may have a great time and re-connect with our friends, but don’t leave the impression we want with new acquaintances. Join us for an evening talk and learn how to better present yourself to gain networking contacts and allies. In a buyer’s market, we want to present ourselves quickly and effectively and to be comfortable approaching valuable professional contacts. Join coach Win Sheffield to learn fundamental skills that will put you at ease when talking to people about what you do. New York Public Library Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL) 188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised

Thursday December 16, 2010

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Free

Your Pitch: Branding Yourself Effectively

How many times do we go to networking events and fail to connect? We introduce ourselves and tell people what we do and . . . nothing. We may have a great time and re-connect with our friends, but don’t leave the impression we want with new acquaintances.
Join us for an evening talk and learn how to better present yourself to gain networking contacts and allies. In a buyer’s market, we want to present ourselves quickly and effectively and to be comfortable approaching valuable professional contacts. Join coach Win Sheffield to learn fundamental skills that will put you at ease when talking to people about what you do.

New York Public Library

Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL)
188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street

No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised