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Recession Proof Your Career, Now!

Unemployment is up to 7.2%, 13 people were laid off by my husband’s employer, my phone is ringing off the hook; the job market is looking pretty scary for everyone. Having tremendous success with the Job Club I lead on behalf of the Center for Women of New York, I was inspired to present this program in my own backyard of Westchester. Whether you are unemployed or facing a lay-off, this unique program will help you develop powerful skills and proven tools to manage your job search or navigate career change.

THE JOB CLUB:
TRANSCENDING FROM CRISIS TO OPPORTUNITY
Wednesdays: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
January 21, 28, Feb 4, 11, 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25,
April 1, 15 and 22, 2009
Wainwright House
260 Stuyvesant Avenue, Rye, NY 10580

In a safe and supportive environment, learn how to:
• Embrace change and use it to propel you forward
• Explore and identify career paths that best fit your strengths and interests
• Prevent your Inner Gremlin from standing between you and your goals
• Effectively build and mobilize your network, even if you are shy
• Address spoken and unspoken objections and work around challenges
• Define your Personal Brand for use in your resume, cover letter, online presence,
sound bites and messages that capture the interests of hiring managers and key contacts
• Conduct an effective job search using the Dispatch Method
• Transform interviews from interrogations into business meetings
• Identify and answer illegal interview questions while maintaining your cool
• Negotiate better salary and compensation packages

Pre-registration is required
http://www.wainwright.org/Program_DittaAnneMarie_series.htm
Phone registrations: 914-967-6080, Monday – Friday 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
At other times, please leave a message and a registrar will return your call and take your registration and credit card information.
12-week series
$540 for members \ / $600 for non-members

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Wishing You a Miraculous Holiday Season

CWNY Job Club Party

CWNY Job Club Party

Last Friday, I had a small holiday party for the women who attend the my job club at CWNY. I spent some time the day before the party exploring the different miracles associated with Christmas  Hannukah and Kwanzaa.

According to Wikipedia,  “miracle is a visible interruption of the laws of nature, such that can only be explained by divine intervention, and is sometimes associated with a miracle-worker.” Some miracles associated with the holiday season include:

  • Christmas celebrates the miracle of the birth of  Jesus to the virgin, Mary.
  • Hanukkah commemorates the “miracle of the container of oil” which lasted eight nights instead of one night.
  • The 7th principle of Kwanzaa is Imani (Faith) “To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.” Faith is a pre-cursor to a miracle.
  • In the 1947 movie Miracle on 34th Street, a little girl discovers dreams do come true, if you really believe, as Kris Kringle challenges the city’s holiday spirit in a high-profile trial.

Given the impact the Economic Crisis has had on the job market and  unemployment, you might find yourself wishing, hoping, or praying for a miracle.  Therefore, my gift to you this hoiday season is the following questions, which may or may not bring you closer to a miracle happening in your life:

  • What does a miracle mean to you?
  • What miracle(s) have happened in your life?
  • What role did you play in attracting the miracle?
  • What do you firmly believe?
  • What role has your beliefs played in recognizing a miracle when it happens?
  • What do you need to do to be the best employee / professional  / entrepreneur or independent contractor?
  • What is one thing you can start doing now to become that person?
  • How does the way you see yourself or would like to be seen differ from the way people see you?
  • What do can you do to strengthen your professional / personal image?

Wishing you a miraculous holiday!

Anne-Marie, Chief Career Officer

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Watch MyCareerCoach, Anne-Marie Ditta, Live on NY 1

I am excited to let you know that I will appear on NY 1 (Channel 1 in New York, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island and www.ny1.com outside of New York City) tomorrow, November 14, 2008. At approximately 2:00 PM, award-winning reporter Cheryl Wills will interview staff and members of the Center for Women of New York, a non-profit organization that serves as a one-stop, walk-in resource center for women, at 207 Totten Avenue, Fort Totten, NY.

My relationship with CWNY began when my friend, Mary, mentioned that one of her friends was on the board. Naturally, I asked her for an introduction, which led to my involvement with the organization. Last December, I began leading a job club for women. Every other Friday I entered the cramped office located on the 3rd floor of Queens Borough Hall to provide resume critiques, job search strategy and interview preparation. There were weeks in which no one showed and other weeks where attendees and myself could barely squeeze into our little space. Within 10 months the group grew from zero to 11 regular members. Last week, we celebrated our first hire. She was so grateful that she wrote the following note:

Dear Anne-Marie:
Just wanted to let you know that I was offered the position at the College and will begin working on November 13th. I want to thank you for all the advice and support. You created a tremendous resume for me, critiqued my clothing and helped me dress more fashionably and professionally, and provided ongoing morale-boosting, as well as innumerable concrete ideas in regard to the job search. You were always extremely insightful, and gave me many tools to view myself more insightfully as well. The Job Club is a truly amazing amazing creation that is uniquely yours but has taken on a real life of its own. (The word “amazing” is much overused these days, but it is just the right adjective in this instance.) Each meeting has more and more depth to it, no matter whether the participants have been attending for a while or there are new faces. You bring out the best in people. The women who come each week are so very intelligent and their suggestions are invaluable, both psychologically and in terms of providing new avenues for career paths.
Thank you for everything. I wish you the best.
Arlene

To donate or learn more about the Center for Women of New York visit their website http://cwny.org/

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