TODAY'S SPEAKER: John Bates " the Job Guy"
ROTO
: $ big bucks: Deb Kirby....DID NOT WIN POT.
GUESTS: NONE
VISITING ROTARIANS: NONE
HAPPY BUCKS:
• $2 KATHI HAGUE IS HAOPPY TO BE BACK!
• $2-JOAN PILKINTON-SMYTH FOR TWO CHANCE ENCOUNTERS WITH FORMER ROTARIANS JOE COLLINS AND ANOTHER ONE, BUT I CAN'T READ MY HANDWRITING
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
GOLF TOURNAMENT IS AUG 14TH AND T SPONSORS ARE STILL NEEDED
TEAM FROM ATTLEBORO FALLS FAMILY DENTISTRY IS FAVORED TO WIN.....
OUR SPEAKER IS A CAREER COACH. HE PROVIDES ASSISTANCE WHEN A CLIENT IS CHANGING CAREERS OR NEEDS JOB SEARCH HELP. FOR CAREER CHANGES, HE ASKS HIS CLIENTS TO FOCUS ON THE DESTINATION, NOT ESCAPING FROM A JOB. THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON LIKING WHAT YOU DO AND WORK/LIFE BALANCE. WHEN APPLYING FOR A JOB,25% IS THE APPLICATION AND 75% IS WHO YOU KNOW. MOST APPLICATIONS ARE WEEDED OUT USING KEY WORDS BY SOFTWARE BEFORE A HIRING MANAGER SEES THEM. CONTENT AND KEY WORDS ARE MOST IMPORTANT, NOT FANCY FORMATTING. NETWORKING ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE JOB BEFORE THE JOB IS POSTED. SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN USED PROPERLY WILL LET POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS KNOW HOW YOU CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM THEY ARE LOOKING TO ADDRESS.
ROTARY MINUTE:
THE LAST TIME I DID A BULLETIN WAS WHEN THE EDITOR HAD TO TAKE THEIR NOTES TO JOAN CORRIGAN, A SELF-EMPLOYED PUBLISHER OF NEWSLETTERS. YOU WOULD HAND DELIVER YOUR WRITTEN NOTES TO HER SMOKE FILLED OFFICE AND BE SUBJECT TO HER INQUIRIES ON MISSPELLED WORDS AND POOR GRAMMER. SHE WAS HONORED WITH A PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIP AND I WAS PRIVILEGED TO PRESENT IT TO HER. OH, AND YOU NEEDED A CAMERA TO TAKE PICTURES AND A SODA WAS A NICKEL..GOOD TIMES.