At this point in the 21st Century, everyone knows something about job search. We know that networking is the way to go, that we need to have good answers to interview questions, that our resumes need to sell us. To a greater or lesser extent we are doing all that. And yet, we read that many people, perhaps including ourselves, have been unemployed for months.

Are you getting through the first and sometimes the second interview and not getting the offer? Have you tapped out your contacts? Are you not getting any call backs? Sometimes we can’t see what others can. Join career coach, Win Sheffield, to diagnose the common and not so common things that can hobble a search effort and how to address them.

New York Public Library

Hamilton Grange Library 503 W 145th (between Amsterdam & Broadway)

No Reservations necessary

Job hunting can bring with it a fair amount of anxiety, which is the last thing you need when you want to put your best foot forward.

Join coach Win Sheffield to learn about common misconceptions about the job market, how to get the support you need, how to avoid pitfalls and how to build on the momentum of your successes.

All Souls New York

1157 Lexington Ave. between 79th and 80th Streets in Manhattan
Go through the garden and enter through the glass doors

No Reservations necessary

Our resumes are given the impossible task of conveying our entire experience and our total value. In many circumstances it is the only way people know us. Let your resume speak in ways that serve you, to convey what it needs to and to sell you. Career coach, Win Sheffield will focus on the essentials of the resume, so you can get on with your career. Join Win for this talk to develop a resume in which you can have confidence.

New York Public Library

Hamilton Grange Library 503 W 145th (between Amsterdam & Broadway)

No Reservations necessary

You can be in charge of your interview. The interview does not have to be like an interrogation or be a reminder of your final exam nightmares. In fact with practice, the interview can become an opportunity to shine. Career coach, Win Sheffield will share effective ways to prepare for the interview, how to convey your value in the interview and decisive ways to follow up to keep you in your interviewer’s mind. Become master of the interview process so that it does not master you.

New York Public Library

Hamilton Grange Library 503 W 145th (between Amsterdam & Broadway)

No Reservations necessary

This talk is part of the occasional series, ‘How to Find Satisfying Work,’ that addresses effective practices and actions to find work and to keep career productive and interesting to job seekers.

Do you feel you shouldn’t have to sell yourself? Are you uncomfortable around people who are talking about their accomplishments? Do you find yourself looking for ways to get out of conversations rather than into them? If you have had any of these experiences, you may be interested in this talk.

In managing our career we have to be regularly in touch with people who we don’t know well and whose good opinion we need. This puts us in the awkward position of talking to and potentially wanting favors from people we are not that friendly with.

• Structured ways to approach conversations
• Using your strength of providing thoughtful comments
• Job search methods that minimize conversation

New York Public Library

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

No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised

This talk is part of the occasional series, ‘How to Find Satisfying Work,’ that addresses effective practices and actions to find work and to keep career productive and interesting to job seekers.

The key to impressing anyone in a formal interview or in a networking situation is to be able to convey the value you bring to the workplace. Every employer is on the lookout for people who can solve their problems. By telling how you have solved problems in the past, perhaps problems very much like the ones they face now, you will put yourself in the best position to be taken seriously.

• Isolate the messages you want to deliver
• Identify your target audience(s)
• Learn techniques to deliver your message with clarity and purpose – What Hollywood can teach us about telling our story

New York Public Library

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

No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised

This talk is part of the occasional series, ‘How to Find Satisfying Work,’ that addresses effective practices and actions to find work and to keep career productive and interesting to job seekers.

This afternoon we will look at an activity most of us don’t like to do and don’t feel we are very good at. Statistics tell us that well over half of all people who find jobs do it through networking. Whether it is at an event, with people we know or over the phone, the idea of asking people to help us is horrible.

• 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

Job hunting is can bring with it a fair amount of anxiety, which is the last thing you need when you want to put your best foot forward.

Join coach Win Sheffield to learn about common misconceptions about the job market, how to get the support you need, how to avoid pitfalls and how to build on the momentum of your successes.

New York Public Library

Muhlenberg Library 209 W 23rd (between 7th & 8th)

No Reservations necessary

How to Sustain Morale in Your Job Search and What Steps to Take to Make It Better

Job hunting can be long process and can bring with it a fair amount of anxiety. Everyone knows that networking is the way to go, that we need to have good answers to interview questions, that our resumes need to sell us. To some extent we are doing all that. And yet, we read that many people, perhaps including ourselves, have been unemployed for months. This strains our confidence, the last thing we need when we want to put our best foot forward.

Have you tapped out your contacts? Are you not getting any call backs?
Sometimes we can’t see what others can. Join career coach, Win Sheffield, to diagnose the common and not so common things that can hobble a search effort and your morale. Learn how to address them and rebuild your career momentum.

Wharton Club of New York

Midtown Location (Address will be emailed to registered guests prior to event)

RSVP required

Graduates of Wharton register here. Registration will close on Tuesday, April 17th

Our resumes are given the impossible task of conveying our entire experience and our total value. In many circumstances it is the only way people know us. Let your resume speak in ways that serve you, to convey what it needs to and to sell you. Career coach, Win Sheffield will focus on the essentials of the resume, so you can get on with your career. Join Win for this talk to develop a resume in which you can have confidence.

New York Public Library

Muhlenberg Library 209 W 23rd (between 7th & 8th)

No Reservations necessary

• What will you be doing in five years?
• Tell me about your worst boss.
• What is your biggest weakness?
• What would your colleagues say about your leadership?
• What sets you apart from others?
• “Behavioral” interview questions.

These and other queries strike terror in the hearts of interviewees everywhere. But the do not need to. Career coach Win Sheffield believes that by being well grounded in your accomplishments and a bit of good technique, that questions like these can be turned to your advantage.

New York Public Library

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

No Reservations necessary, but early arrival is advised

You can be in charge of your interview. The interview does not have to be like an interrogation or be a reminder of your final exam nightmares. In fact with practice, the interview can become an opportunity to shine. Career coach, Win Sheffield will share effective ways to prepare for the interview, how to convey your value in the interview and decisive ways to follow up to keep you in your interviewer’s mind. Become master of the interview process so that it does not master you.

New York Public Library

Muhlenberg Library 209 W 23rd (between 7th & 8th)

No Reservations necessary