Main Meeting Presentation Archive

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Job Search Resources at Round Rock Public Library

Presentation Date: June 25, 2019
Presenter Website: Round Rock Public Library
Presentation Material: N/A
Description: Linda Sappenfield, the Reference Librarian, will answer your questions about Reference USA and the other job search resources available at the library, many of which you can access at home with a library card. Library cards are currently available for free to any resident of Texas. (The Reference Department can be reached by email at rrpls@roundrocktexas.gov or by calling 512-218-7000.)

Create, Revisit and Work Your Marketing Plan

Presentation Date: June 18, 2019




Presenter Website: N/A
Presentation Material: N/A
Description: What is the best job for you? Which company is most likely to hire you to do that work?

These are questions with answers. If the answers escape you, or if you wonder if you have the wrong answers, or if now that you have good answers you don’t know what to do next, then ... you should come to HIREDTexas this week!

To find a new opportunity sooner than later with more income and profitability, you need a marketing plan.

If you have a marketing plan, it may be time to revisit and update it.

Ask a Recruiter about Salary Negotiation

Presentation Date: June 11, 2019
Presenter Website: N/A
Presentation Material: N/A
Description: What is a reasonable, achievable salary expectation? How do you manage your conversations with a prospective employer to come as close to your compensation goals as possible? What else can you negotiate to make the most of a job offer?

Charles Black is a senior recruiter at Indeed, with over twenty years of experience in his field. He will answer your questions on salary and job offer negotiation, on how the hiring process works, and on what you can do to increase your marketability and land the opportunity you most desire.

Use authentic LinkedIn posts to help your job search

Presentation Date: June 4, 2019


Presenter Website: Life Story Coaching
Presentation Material: N/A
Description: Do you read articles or watch videos on LinkedIn? People who can help you reach your career goals do.

We think of our LinkedIn profile as an alternative resume. It can also be a window that allows hiring managers and our peers to see us think and act. Do you walk your talk? Do you give and demand respect? Do you play well with others? Then it may be time to make your strengths visible online.

Professional Coach Matt Gagnon shows us how to to make the best use of LinkedIn posts to build a network that supports a job search or develops a business.

Have you been told that it takes special SEO programming, algorithm hacks, and paid premium services to reach people through social media? That’s not true.

Matt's approach is different. He encourages you to speak to what you stand for, value, and believe. "People want to connect with real people," he says.

Matt has built 70% of his coaching business using this strategy. He has grown a following of over 35,000 people on LinkedIn. Come learn how he did it and start putting your authentic self out there in your job search.

What, how, and when: Focus your job search

Presentation Date: May 28, 2019


Presenter Website: Peak Performers
Presentation Material: Peak Presentation
Flyer: Peak Flyer
Referrer Material: Peak Performers Referrer Material
Description: This week’s presenter, Myles Wallace, meets new job seekers every day. Many are unclear about what they want to do and have not planned how they’re going to get there.

Entry-level candidates tell him they can do "anything." Experienced professionals say they can do "everything."

This lack of focus presents one of the single biggest obstacles to finding employment.

This Tuesday at HIREDTexas, Myles Wallace will help you focus your job search by defining:

• What work are you looking for?
• How will you find it? What steps will you take?
• When will you take those steps?

You’ll take away a complete job search plan on just three small sticky notes.

The proactive and focused job search

Presentation Date: May 21, 2019


Presenter Website: Austin Job Seekers Network
Presentation Material: Focused Job Search
Description: To find a job that fits you, you need to be proactive and focused.

What does it mean to be proactive? Proactive means creating or controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than responding to it after it has happened.

What should you be focused on? On choices you may be missing. In each job search, there are a lot of smaller decisions to make that determine how long your search will be and how well you will land.

Craig Foster provides more detailed answers to these questions.

He’ll explain what you can do to:

• Understand your competitive advantage,
• Get focused on what matters most to you, and
• Make decisions so you land well.

Behind the Curtain: Inside the Brain of the Interviewer

Presentation Date: May 14, 2019


Presenter Website: N/A
Presentation Material: N/A
Description: Do you remember Dorothy’s first job interview in the movie The Wizard of Oz?

"I am Oz, the Great and Powerful! Who are you?"

"I -- If you please, I -- I am Dorothy, ...the small and meek. We've come to ask you --"

"Silence! The Great and Powerful Oz knows why you have come. Step forward, ..." *

It went downhill from there.

Much later, after the work was done, Dorothy and her team returned for another interview to negotiate their compensation. They almost didn’t get paid!

Luckily for Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Lion, and the Scarecrow, someone gave them a hint that helped them understand their interviewer.

Isaiah McPeak shows us what Toto showed Dorothy, a peek behind the corporate curtain to understand what’s really going on inside the minds of our interviewers and inside the organizations we want to hire us.

Time Management in a World of Distractions

Presentation Date: May 7, 2019


Presenter Website: Joe Serio Enterprises
Presentation Material: N/A
Description: How much is procrastination costing you? What could you do if you stopped wasting your time? Would you land a job quicker? Start making more money sooner? Make a bigger difference in the world faster?
Dr. Joe Serio presents "Time Management in a World of Distractions." He will:

• introduce the three essential pillars of time management,
• warn against the number one myth of time management,
• describe how people typically mismanage their To Do Lists,
• lay out the primary questions to ask when going after goals,

and show us the time management techniques that have helped other job seekers find employment.

Rituals and Routines for Success

Presentation Date: April 30, 2019


Presenter Website: The Soulfull BadAss Whisperer.
Presentation Material: Rituals and Routines for Success
Description: Do you have trouble taking the next steps in your job search? Does self-doubt slow you down?

Effective routines and rituals can get you moving again and keep you on track.

Janifer Wheeler explores the difference between rituals and routines. She shows us how to use them to set healthy boundaries that empower you for success, quiet those pesky self-doubts and limiting beliefs, connect with yourself, align your energy, and feel inspired to action.

More than that: You can become your own bestie hero! Unleash your soul power in every aspect of life!

Elevator Pitches that Get You to the Next Level

Presentation Date: April 23, 2019


Presenter Website: Austin Career Connections
Presentation Material: Pending Upload
Description: Is your job search stuck on the first floor- or in the basement?

Do you want to reach networking partners and potential employers at higher level?

This Tuesday at HIREDTexas, Courtney Warnsman will show you how.

In this interactive workshop, you will learn about two types of elevator pitches. Then you will begin to construct a new elevator pitch that gets you to the next level.

Say YES to yourself and destroy the NOISE!

Presentation Date: April 16, 2019


Presenter Website: Candy Barone International
Presentation Material: Destroy the NOISE
Description: This week’s speaker, Candy Barone, has a question for you:

Are you playing at your highest and best level? Or, are you letting your excuses get in your way?

Do you wonder why that happens?

Do you realize that you might be self-sabotaging yourself from everything you want?

If you are, it's all due to your programming and mindset. Your monkey mind is getting best of you through the stories and beliefs you are carrying with you. Stories that aren't even yours and beliefs you don't even notice are creating massive roadblocks in your life.

Stress Overload Syndrome

Presentation Date: April 9, 2019
Presenter Website: Focused On You Chiropractic
Presentation Material: Stress Overload Syndrome
Description: Stress kills. And it kills performance. It can wreck your life and stall your job search.

Stress overload syndrome is characterized by:

• low energy
• aches, pains, and tense muscles
• headaches
• chest pain and rapid heartbeat
• upset stomach, including diarrhea,
• constipation, and nausea
• insomnia
• frequent colds and infections

If you are living with these problems, you are not alone!

According to the American Psychological Association:

• 77% of us regularly experience physical symptoms of stress
• 73% regularly experience psychological symptoms of stress
• 33% feel we are living with extreme stress

Come to this week’s HIREDTexas main meeting on Tuesday and learn how you can reduce stress and enable yourself to sustain a better everyday life and a more productive job search.

Keep Breathing while Talking to Strangers

Presentation Date: April 2, 2019


Presenter Website: Everybody Up!
Presentation Material: Networking for Job Seekers Workshop
Description: There is power in making authentic connections with fellow humans.

Yet walking into a room of strangers can be difficult. Starting a first-time conversation with a complete stranger may be daunting. Some of us find networking to be intimidating, even paralyzing.

Let’s change that paradigm together. This interactive workshop approaches networking from a fun, informed perspective.

Melissa Love will share her tips to help you conquer your fear, book meaningful 1-on-1 meetings, and overcome obstacles that separate you from the people who can connect you to your next job.