Hopkinton Networkers Group: 9/18/09 Agenda & Recap of 9/4/09

Posted by: "Gil Krispien"
g.krispien@comcast.net
 

gkrispien

Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:13 am (PDT)

Hello Everyone,

The agenda for this Friday's Hopkinton Networkers Group (HNG) meeting
will be featured by our speaker, Dr. Paul Power. The facilitator for
this week will be Gil Krispien. We will devote the first hour, from 10
to 11 AM to the following agenda: Welcome, Landings, Announcements, New
Member Intros, and Needs & Leads. In the second hour, Dr. Paul will
give his presentation on "Overcoming the Deadly Dozen Obstacles to
Effective Job Hunting." Here are some comments about his talk:



Overcoming the Deadly Dozen Obstacles to Effective Job Hunting



Job hunting for a new job is nobody's idea of great fun - but there are
shortcuts to be found and new opportunities to be discovered. You can
make this process more productive (and less stressful) if you recognize
and overcome the totally predictable deadly dozen obstacles to your job
hunting success. Author of "Winning Job Interviews" (Career Press) and
"Love Your Job!" (O'Reilly Media) career expert and psychologist Dr.
Paul Powers shares how you can achieve the job you really want and
deserve with knowledge, spirit and humor.



About the speaker:



Management psychologist Dr. Paul Powers has devoted more than 25 years
to helping others achieve career success and satisfaction, he has
coached thousands of people, in hundreds of companies - from CEO's, to
entry level employees, to recent military veterans - find and succeed
in jobs they love. As a popular speaker and seminar leader he travels
extensively sharing his wisdom, his humor and his deepest belief that
each of us has a gift to be discovered, developed and shared. As author
of "Winning Job Interviews" (Career Press, 2005) and co-author of "Love
Your Job! Loving the Job You Have, Finding a Job You Love" (O'Reilly
Media, 1994) Paul's energy, enthusiasm and motivation have reached
around the world to people in every imaginable field.

Dr. Powers is a licensed psychologist, is the former chairman of the
Massachusetts Board of Psychologists and a member of numerous
professional organizations. Paul holds a bachelor's, master's and
doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Massachusetts at
Amherst. He helped found 'The Management Corps for the Emerging East' a
non-profit initiative to send American business volunteers to work in
enterprises of the republics of the former Soviet Union in their
transition to a free market economy with hands-on management skills and
techniques. Paul is also a former U.S. Marine as well as a former
licensed pipefitter.



Recap of HNG Meeting of September 4, 2009

Our 11th meeting of HNG had 52 people, this is three more than the
previous meeting, and 7 of them signed the New Member list. Andrea
Haber was our facilitator, and Brian Austin was the scribe to take
notes while the new members gave their introductions. . Seven gave
their introduction speeches.



Sharon Woodruff was our speaker and she gave a talk on "Retire Now?
Could This Be an Option for You?." Sharon's talk focused on a number of
areas, namely: 1.) Living longer or increased need for elder care, that
will influence our decisions either to keep working or perhaps to make
the decision to retire, 2.) Simple analysis you can do to measure your
current and future financial situations, 3.) How to avoid 10% penalties
prior to 59-1/2 or how to reduce probate costs, to help you meet your
goals and help put you in the driver's seat, and 4.) Information
Resources, public and private to provide additional information and
assistance in your decision-making.



Schedule for HNG Meetings:



September 18, 2009 Dr. Paul Power "Overcoming the Deadly Dozen Obstacles to Effective Job Hunting"

October 2, 2009 Carl Harvey "The inside game of job searching"

October 16, 2009 Brian Geery



Regards,

HNG Coordinators:

Andrea Haber

Elinor Kerr

Gil Krispien

Laura Nelson

Jack Speranza

Del Richmond (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; he is employed now)

Denise Zazzera (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now)

Diane Shelley (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now)

Qing Ye (HNG Coordinator Emeritus; she is employed now