The Transition Café is an event that provides structured networking opportunities for senior level professionals and executives in transition. The Transition Café is all about generating leads and sharing contacts, so if you are ready to give and receive, then mark your calendar for the next event to be held on December 10, 2014. SPECIAL

HOW A "BALANCED SCORECARD" CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR JOB-SEARCH OBJECTIVES IN 2015! WITH  SPEAKER, SUE DOLLOFF Sue Dolloff launched her “second career” as a professional Project Manager more than 10 years ago and has never looked back!  This profession follows 20+ years in Banking and Operations Management.  After many lessons learned the hard way, with difficult

“YOUR PERSONAL BRAND IS YOUR DESTINY” Each one of us is the 'face of our own brand', and knowing who we are and what we have to offer is what makes us marketable and profitable. The job market is competitive, and those who are best prepared are those who know their personal and unique point

MEET THIS MONTH'S SPEAKER DEE PODELCO Dee Podelco has extensive experience in Human Resources Leadership. An SPHR, GPHR and SHRM-SCP certified professional, Dee’s expertise includes: HR Strategy, employee relations, staffing and recruitment, talent management and organizational planning in both the U.S. and International business markets.   ARE YOU A PATINA PROFESSIONAL? Dee is the Director of

KEY WORK AGREEMENTS:  WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU SIGN Brigid will talk about four key agreements that workers need to understand before they sign on the proverbial dotted line: 1. Employment contracts, 2. Consulting contracts, 3. Non-compete agreements, and 4. Severance agreements Brigid will discuss the concept of worker classification and the standard tests that

"FROM BEGINNING TO END, THERE WILL BE CHANGE...." There is one constant and that is “Change”. It is important to understand how well we adapt to change and how it impacts our personal and professional lives. It is also important to understand how the people around you are adapting to the changes. We'll discuss the

“PERSONAL MARKETING STRATEGIES: FINDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROMOTING YOUR VALUE PROPOSITION IN YOUR JOB SEARCH” Many professionals have been thrust into today’s job market and have discovered that it’s much harder to navigate than in previous years because it’s flooded with candidates just as highly skilled and experienced as the next. So how can you gain

MASTERING THE ART OF EFFECTIVE NETWORKING Would you like to master the "art of networking?" Make your job search more productive? Do you understand what is keeping you back and preventing you from getting started or advancing your networking skills? Becky Tylka, co-facilitator of the Transition Cafe and an experienced career consultant, has seen powerful,

CHANGING LADDERS Randy Foust is not a professional career coach. Nor is he significantly experienced in job hunts. Like a lot of you, he was a management professional who climbed his way up one corporate ladder for 20 years, only to find himself in a new city in search of a “new ladder”. Randy quickly