Archives: Events

Career Management for Introverts

June 29, 2016 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – 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?  Perhaps instead you find yourself coming up with the answer while the person you are listening to goes on […]

Summer Networking: Taking Your Campaign Informal

June 14, 2016 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm –

. Learn to:
– Develop a pitch that can be delivered around the pool
– Tell some engaging stories that also convey your worth
– Make the most of the summer work rhythm by getting your work done and leaving time for recreation

Summer Career Management: How to Invest in Your Career and Still Have Time Off

May 21, 2016 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm –

Summer is a time when many people take time to enjoy themselves and work slows down and yet September is one of the biggest hiring months. Not all career preparation has to be in a business suit.

The Power of You: Why what you want in your career is important and what to do to get it

May 19, 2016 @ 6:45 pm – 8:15 pm –

Career coach Win Sheffield will address how to turn this situation around by dispelling some common misconceptions about the job market and providing practical approaches to developing an effective job campaign.

Speed Networking

May 17, 2016 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – The single most important thing you can do to manage your career and for most, the biggest challenge is to develop a network. How do you meet people and how do you tell them what they need to hear so you can meet with them, find new contacts and move your career forward? Coach Win […]

The Three Kinds of Networking and How to Master Them

May 4, 2016 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – As we imagine it, networking is an exotic activity which is practiced by extremely extroverted sales people, not something we would willingly do.  And if networking is something you like, how focused are you on the different approaches needed for each type? The fact is that most of us do not understand networking.  Networking is […]

Making Your Resume Work for You

May 3, 2016 @ 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm – 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 […]

Using Stories to Succeed in Your Interview

April 19, 2016 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – 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 […]

Using LinkedIn to Get Answers to Your Career Questions

April 13, 2016 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Linked in is a source of confusion for many. Part of this is because it is new, part of this is because it is evolving at a rapid rate and can serve so many purposes. Career coach Win Sheffield will focus on building a strong profile and using your LinkedIn presence to find the answers […]

The Demise of the Elevator Pitch: Would you rather ‘pitch’ yourself or tell your story?

March 31, 2016 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – In our job campaign we need to communicate our value to any number of people in any number of circumstances. Keeping on top of what we want to say is hard enough and especially hard when we are not sure where exactly we are heading, if our targets are changing or if we have more […]