Don’t Blow The Interview; Manager Pet Peeves


The other day a job seeker named Bill came to my workshop carrying a newspaper article from the Boston Herald titled:  “Be prepared for [the] unexpected at [the] job interview.” I had two reactions as he handed me the cut-out article with certain sentences underlined with red ink.   My first reaction was to say, “Wow, people still read newspapers?” My other reaction was to thank him for the article.


Rod Colon's Extreme Job Search 7-Step System



The Extreme Job Search System consists of four core components:

1.Networking (The Machinery) Make solid connection and build a warm, trusted network; then maintain it with care.

 2.CEO of ME, Inc. (The Mind-Set) Adopt the CEO of ME, Inc. mind-set to run your career as a business.

How Network Marketing Can Be Part of Your Career Plan


By Barbara Alexander
ETP member (2008)


How many of us have reached or are actively working toward Goal # 4 in our Career Management Plan - Generate Multiple Sources of Income?

When I joined the Empowering Today's Professionals (ETP) I placed primary emphasis on Goal # 1: Finding a Job I look forward to going to on Monday morning. I was seeking a new career

opportunity that would be more challenging and financially rewarding. I was also concerned about job security and felt a position with another company would afford me more stability. Through learning the ETP 7 Step Job Search methodology and networking with other professionals, I would be closer to reaching my goal and I could help others do the same.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - East Meets West To Level Playing Field In Global Job Market


Contact:  Phyllis Shelton, Public Relations Director
Empowering Today's Professionals
Tel: 646-201-6597
Web: www.ETPnetwork.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
East Meets West To Level Playing Field In Global Job Market

Top United States career coach invited to train Indian students interested in studying abroad at United States colleges. No matter where a person lives in the world, this  proven universal job search methodology allows anyone to safely land a job.

Education Through Music - Children's Benefit Gala


Education Through Music is celebrating its Children's Benefit Gala on May 1, 2012. The Gala will be held at the Grand Hyatt in NYC and our honoree is Dr. Louis E. Bisogni. ETM brings music education programs to inner-city schools throughout NYC (http://www.ETMonline.orgwww.ETMonline.org). I am part of their Event Committee and I wanted to reach out to you to see if you could help us in making this a successful event. We are currently looking for:

Spring into Health/Matthews



The Stallings Elementary Health Committee is organizing the school third annual Health Fair on Thursday, March 8, 2012 from 5:00-8:00 pm. The purpose of the Health Fair is to increase health awareness through education and prevention. The health and wellness related businesses and professionals will share, teach, and help visitors to become aware of the many health-related programs, services, and providers located in our surrounding community. Free health screening will be provided. Participants will enjoy a full compliment of health and wellness events including blood sugar screening, blood sugar screening, vision screenings, body mass analysis, stroke and heart attack prevention information, chiropractics, posture, and body mechanics screenings, healthy nutrition information, helmet safety information, chair massage, health and wellness information, and more. The event is open to public for free. Special activities will be organized for children such as health scavenger hunt, competitions, and sports demos. With questions E-mail bo.mielczak@ucps.k12.nc.us

Tammy Levent- Coming To Charlotte, NC

Tammy Levent- Coming To Charlotte, NC



Tammy Levent: Entrepreneur, Travel Expert, Author and Renowned Speaker


Imagine that within six months you lost your business and your savings to a violent robbery, then lost your grandmother in a fatal car accident that left your two children, ages nine and two, in the hospital’s intensive care unit. Picture quitting the telemarketing job you took to keep your home so you could sit by your children’s bedsides and wonder if your daughter would ever be able to speak again and if your son would lose his sight. What you would say if a nurse came up to you in the ICU and asked “If it had nothing to do with money, what would you do?”

Tammy Levent didn’t have the energy to think of an intricate answer, so she said the first thing that came to her mind: “I would travel the world.” From that moment, she realized that was her passion and her goal. In 1995, with no assets, she leveraged strategic partnerships to build Elite Travel, which has since skyrocketed into one of the fastest growing, most trusted travel groups in the nation for corporate incentive, leisure, destination wedding and honeymoon travel. Elite Travel has the distinction of being named an American Express agency.


I WHIP IT with Tammy Levent----

Levent devotes herself to helping other women discover the power they have to change their lives, no matter what their circumstances. She sums up her mantra of success in the acronym “I WHIP IT” – meaning Incredible Women Have Infinite Power In Themselves. I WHIP IT was born when Tammy held her first whip while sitting at her desk training employees in sales at her telemarketing job. For the first time in years, she felt like she had control. She took that feeling and ran with it.


With her new web show I WHIP IT Out at whipitoutshow.com and her day-long WHIPshops™ that “take the work out of it,” Tammy guides other women – whip in hand – to find their courage, declare their goals, and use strategic partnerships to make those goals happen. Unlike many speakers, Tammy doesn’t stop at motivation; she gives immediately usable step-by-step instruction on how to create a business and lifestyle around your passion. And, with Levent’s travel expertise, you won’t find yourself in a stuffy conference room at one of her retreats unless you get lost on the way to the resort penthouse.

Tammy Levent is the CEO of Elite Travel and single mother of Katie, 25 and Jordan, 20. She is the author of the bestselling book Women Who Mean Business, and lives in Tampa, Florida with her better half, Rob. She owns an impressive collection of whips. Tune in to her show on www.Whipitoutshow.com and to book her WHIPshop™ series register at www.TammyLevent.com.


Tammy Levent
Tammy@EliteTravelGroup.net This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
www.EliteTravelGroup.net
www.TammyLevent.com
1-866-726-9090

Elite Travel’s Credentials include:
• 2012 Coming Soon featured in her first book – “Women Who Mean Business”
• 2011 Launch of her “Whip it now show” (Women have infinite Power in Themselves) including I whip it Workshops and Retreats – unleash your inner power!!
• Corporate Sub-committee of the Board for Ruth Eckerd Hall Foundation
• 2011 Featured in “The Crave” Book
• Advisory board for the Sustainable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Alliance at the University of South Florida
• 2011 Inducted and Honoree in the World’s Whos Who
• 2011 Speaker & Sponsor, 1st Tampa Bays Womens Conference
• 2011 Women Extraordinaire Award
NSA – National Speakers Association member
• Member: CLIA, IATAN, Tahiti Tiare Certified agency, Certified Destination Wedding Specialists
• Gourmet Inclusive Vacation Consultant for El Dorado Spa Resorts & Hotels as well as Azul Hotels by Karisma Elite Award Winner “Top 10 Selling Agency for El Dorado Royal”
• Official Travel Sponsor, Tampa PWG show sponsors, Elite Events in Atlanta
• Publications: The Perfect Wedding Guide, Bride’s Magazine, Modern Bride, Florida Bride, For the Bride, The Robb Report, Conde Nast Traveler, Weddzilla.com
• Platinum Preferred Agency Couples Resorts 13 years in a row
Master Agent with AMResorts
• Travel Impressions/ American Express Vacations Global Award worldwide Best of the Best Agency 14 years in a row
• Best of the Best Sandals Agency
• 2005, 2006, 2007 Fast 50 top growing companies in Tampa Bay
• 2011 National Diversity Council -Finalist Glass Ceiling Award
• 2002 & 2008 Finalist Tampa Bay Business Woman of the Year
• 2008 Finalist TBBJ Ultimate CEO of the Year
NBC Travel Show -Destination Wedding & Honeymoon Seminar presented by Tammy Levent
Featured on NBC’s Hollywood’s “Extra”

Tammy herself has been featured internationally, including:
  • The Perfect Wedding Guide
  • Bride's Magazine
  • Modern Bride
  • Florida Bride
  • For The Bride
  • The Robb Report
  • Conde Nast Traveler
  • Travel Weekly Spotlights
  • PeterGreenberg.com
  • Tampa Bay Illustrated
  • Travel Agent Magazine
  • Choice Lifestyle
  • Panache Vue
  • Orlando Style Magazine
  • Tampa Style Magazine
  • Pulse Magazine
  • Tampabay Parenting Magazine
  • Applause Magazine

What's Happening in Charlotte

 

Logistics company bringing 200 jobs to Queen City

A Michigan-based logistics company is opening a new North American operations center in Charlotte.

XPO Logistics joined N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue and leaders from the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce to announce the 200 jobs that were coming to the Queen City over the next three years.
The jobs, announced Tuesday afternoon, will have an average annual salary of $56,000 plus benefits. The average annual wage in Mecklenburg County is $51,584.

"Globally competitive companies looking to expand or relocate operations know that North Carolina provides a knowledgeable and skilled workforce, thanks to our past investments in education," said Gov. Perdue.

"They also realize that our focus on infrastructure and transportation makes North Carolina a perfect location as businesses reach further around the globe."

XPO Logistics is a non-asset based, third-party logistics provider of freight transportation services that uses a network of relationships with ground, sea and air carriers to offer expedited services, freight forwarding and freight brokerage to customers in North America.

The Michigan-based company recently embarked on an aggressive plan for growth that will be supported by its new North American Operations Center in Charlotte. The facility will incorporate accounting and finance, human resources, IT, brokerage, carrier procurement and operations.
You can apply for the jobs at www.xpocorporate.com

 

 

4ALL Statewide Service Day Scheduled Friday, March 2

 

N.C. lawyers will give freely of their time and talent on Friday, March 2, 2012, as participants in the North Carolina Bar Association’s fifth annual 4ALL Statewide Service Day. Volunteer attorneys will provide free legal information from seven call centers across the state from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Toll-free numbers will be provided through the auspices of five N.C. TV stations that are sponsoring call centers: WLOS News 13 in Asheville; WBTV News 3 in Charlotte; WFMY News 2 in Greensboro (hosted by The Volunteer Center); WRAL-TV 5 in Raleigh; and WNCT-TV 9 in Greenville.
A sixth call center will be hosted in Wilmington by the Williams Mullen law firm, and a Spanish-language call center will be hosted by the North Carolina Bar Association in Cary.

Citizens in all 100 North Carolina counties are encouraged to participate through a network of seven toll-free phone numbers directed toward call centers in Asheville, Cary, Charlotte, Greensboro, Greenville, Raleigh and Wilmington.

N.C. residents who reside in the viewing area of the television stations are encouraged to access those toll-free numbers and view coverage of the event throughout the day.

Members of the public are reminded they can call any of the toll free numbers in any part of the state, which can be especially helpful if volume is especially heavy at one or more call centers. Also, please note that personal visits are not permitted and calls to the call center’s normal phone numbers cannot be transferred.
Here is the call center information, which will be posted on the homepage of the NCBA website, www.ncbar.org, throughout Statewide Service Day:

ASHEVILLE: Western North Carolina and the Asheville area will be served by WLOS News 13 in Asheville. The toll-free number is 1-800-289-0013.

CHARLOTTE: Charlotte/Mecklenburg and surrounding counties will be served by WBTV News 3 in Charlotte. The toll-free number is 1-866-616-4255.

GREENSBORO: Greensboro and the Triad area will be served by WFMY News 2 in Greensboro, The Volunteer Center of Greensboro and United Way of Greater Greensboro. The toll-free number is 1-877-391-6179.
GREENVILLE: Eastern North Carolina will be served by WNCT-TV 9 in Greenville. The toll-free number is 1-888-616-0614.

RALEIGH: Raleigh and the Triangle area will be served by WRAL-TV 5 in Raleigh. The toll-free number for this site is 1-800-424-9725.

WILMINGTON: Wilmington and Southeastern North Carolina will be served by the Wilmington offices of the Williams Mullen law firm. The toll-free number is 1-888-442-3428.
SPANISH-LANGUAGE CALL CENTER: The North Carolina Bar Association will host a call center from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for North Carolina’s Spanish-speaking residents. The toll-free number is 1-855-455-4255.
The statewide service project coincides with the NCBA’s 4ALL campaign to provide civil legal aid to the poor. The event was first held in 2008 during the term of NCBA President Janet Ward Black of Greensboro, and has since taken on a life of its own and hundreds of volunteers gather annually to provide free legal information to thousands of North Carolinians.
The 2012 4ALL Statewide Service Day is led by Emily Moseley and Daniel Merlin.

 


Free Tax Return Preparation for You by Volunteers


The Family Financial Literacy Coalition is coordinating free income tax assistance for low- to moderate-income seniors and families (household income less than $50,000). Trained AARP Tax-Aide and VITA volunteers, in cooperation with the IRS, will prepare and electronically file your individual tax return. Sessions will be at various locations in Mecklenburg County, including some libraries.

See more options for tax return preparation help at the IRS` web site

 

 

Operation College Launch: Scholarship Search- Contact Independence Library -
Event Type: Education Support/Prep
Age Group(s): Teens (12-18), Family/Youth & Caregivers
Date: 3/14/2012
Start Time: 3:00 PM
End Time: 4:30 PM
Description:
Students will learn how and where to look for college scholarships. Students as young as middle school can benefit from this workshop!
Library: Independence Regional
Status: Openings (27)

 Attendee must be between the ages of 12 Years and 18 Years old.

 

 Technology Tutoring-  Library: Independence Regional


Event Type: Computer Skills/Technology
Age Group(s): Adults, Seniors
Date: 3/17/2012
Start Time: 10:00 AM
End Time: 11:00 AM
Description:
One-on-one computer help with a technology tutor for a
1-hour session (10AM & 11AM) most every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month. Topics covered include but are not limited to Microsoft Office, Internet, email, and online employment applications.
Library: Independence Regional
Other Information:
Registration begins 1 week before the session. (2 Person Limit Each Saturday) Call (704) 416-4800, Option 4 to register.

* Período de sesiones está disponible en español.
Contact: Reference Staff
Contact Number: 704-416-4800 opt. 4