BUILDING YOUR PROFESSIONAL WORTH
Radisson Plaza Hotel, Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, April 30 - Saturday, May 3, 2008
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With all-new, valuable programs on
Career Coaching, Resume Writing,
Employment Technology, Client
Relationship Management, Entrepreneurship,
Communications and more!
Your conference is packed with three days
of wisdom and expertise, where you'll find the tools
and techniques that will advance your own career as well
as those of your clients. From career coaching and resume writing to relationship
management and entrepreneurship, you'll catch up with
the latest trends and strategies in career management...
discover new strategies and tactics... refresh your
professional skills and develop new ones... and network
with the liveliest, smartest, and most dedicated professionals
in career management today.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This conference is designed specifically
to raise the knowledge, competency
and expertise of professionals in the
career management and employment
industry:
- Career Coaches
- Career Counselors
- Resume Writers
- Outplacement Consultants
- College & University Career Development Specialists
- Military & Government Career Transition Specialists
- Recruiters
- HR Professionals
- Staffing Specialists
- Career Book Authors
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SPECIAL OFFER FOR EXHIBITORS
Register as an Exhibitor and you'll benefit
from two full conference registrations for all
3 days, plus:
- 6' vendor table in our Exhibition Hall
- Linked logo and 50 words on exhibitor page of conference website
- Listing on our Exhibitor Page in the
conference notebooks
- Inclusion in our conference marketing and
advertising programs
- Non-member exhibitors also receive a 5-
month affiliate membership in the Career
Management Alliance, effective the date of
your registration.
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"The conference was
awe-inspiring and I came away with incalculable new knowledge, new
friends, new ideas, new hope, and new confidence!"
~Lori Cates Hand, Product Line Manager, JIST Publishing
ABOUT CAREER MANAGEMENT ALLIANCE
Founded in 1999, the Career Management
Alliance (formerly Career Masters Institute) is
the world's first professional association that
spans all sectors of the careers community.
Our members include career coaches, career
counselors, professional resume writers, outplacement
consultants, college and university
career development specialists, military and
government career transition specialists,
recruiters, HR professionals, staffing specialists
and others.
Our mission is to raise the visibility and credibility
of the careers industry by providing
expert services and support to individuals in
career transition and to organizations so they
can better manage their talent assets.
The
conference was wonderful in so many ways! The networking,
the information, the resources—all are like a
self-perpetuating
funnel of growth for me. I've been able to deepen relationships
and form new ones. BRAVO once again for an
outstanding event that just keeps "giving."
~ Phyllis B. Shabad, MS, NCRW, JCTC, www.CareerIQ.com
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
($295 members; $345 non-members)
Select from one of the following Pre-Conference Workshops
A. Cyber
Sleuthing: Strategies for Identifying, Researching, Benchmarking, &
Managing Digital Job Search Tools
In today's competitive job market, no client campaign is complete without an online strategy for
building visibility, community and a web-based toolkit for sourcing targeted information on companies,
decision makers and job leads. Yet many job seekers are either unaware of or intimidated
by the technology available, and strong candidates often get left behind their more technologically
savvy peers. As resume writers and career coaches, we are faced with an invaluable
opportunity to prepare our clients to compete in the 21st-century employment market while
growing our businesses and revenues exponentially.
Blogs, podcasts, contact management systems, networking groups, public/proprietary databases,
aggregate job boards and salary calculators will be explored throughout this workshop,
and attendees will learn how to coach clients on ways to incorporate these strategies into their
search campaigns. Attendees will also learn how to determine which services are most appropriate
for their audience and how to pitch, price and package these offerings.
Participants who complete this program will be able to confidently coach their clients on:
- Techniques for quickly developing a credible and compelling online presence.
- Available resources for finding decision makers in cyberspace.
- Ways to navigate basic and advanced features on social/business networking applications.
- Strategies for incorporating online affinity groups into a search campaign.
- The ins and outs of the niche and mega job boards.
- Methods for leveraging technology to assess market value and benchmark salary offers.
Barbara Safani, MA, CPRW, CCM - Career Solvers
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B. Building
A Successful Job Search Coaching & Training Program
As career coaches, career counselors, resume writers, outplacement consultants and others in
the career management industry, we focus a tremendous amount of our time and effort in helping
prepare our clients for successful job searches and career transitions. They often leave our
care with a clear vision of their objectives, the ability to articulate their skills and their brand
and a wonderfully written resume. However, what happens next - the actual job search - can
often be disappointing for them because they don't truly understand the job search process.
In this workshop, Beverly will introduce you to her Job Search Program and Resource Guide,
teach you its underlying principles and demonstrate its practice so that you can add it to your
portfolio of services. With this new program and methodology, you'll be able to help your
clients land their next positions faster, easier and with less stress. What's more, if you're self employed,
you'll have a strong and steady new revenue stream that can deliver thousands of
dollars in additional revenue each and every year.
Participants who successfully complete this program will be able to:
- Launch a job search program and create new revenue streams.
- Coach clients in developing an integrated, multi-phase job search campaign.
- Coach clients on the various job search strategies and their degree of effectiveness.
- Identify additional job search services and venues appropriate for their target market.
- Support clients through their job search.
- Charge appropriately for their expertise.
- Price, package, market and sell job search services.
- Strengthen client relationships and increase client referrals.
You'll leave this program with a new toolkit of job search resources and materials and be fully
equipped to launch your job search program so that you can reap the rewards of long-term,
high-dollar, high-profit client relationships.
Beverly Harvey, CPRW, JCTC, CCM, CCMC, MRW, CLTMC - Beverly Harvey Career
Services
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SPECIAL EVENT
Friday Night: Dinner At Azia Restaurant
Join us for a wonderful dinner at the award-winning Azia Restaurant and Caterpillar Lounge.
As one critic states, "Sacred Asian art meets James Bond chic." Let Chef and Owner, Thom Pham, take you on a culinary adventure ranging from traditional stir frys, to a North Woods Walleye in Jalapeno-Basil sauce, to a perfectly braised tenderloin topped with an exotic Asian mushroom demi-glace. When you visit, chances are good that Thom himself is on site, and hosting every guest as though he's invited them for a private dinner party. In fact, fundamentally he has."
Great food, great company, and for those who want to stay on there's music in the lounge after dinner.
Friday, May 2, 2008 7-9 pm
Azia Restaurant & Caterpillar Lounge
Price: $45/each - includes dinner, tax, gratuity, transportation to and from the hotel
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ACCOMMODATIONS
With
a prime location in the heart of downtown Minneapolis just steps away
from shopping, dining and entertainment, the Radisson Plaza Hotel
Minneapolis offers the kind of warm hospitality, inviting atmosphere
and top-notch services sure to please business travelers. Spacious
rooms and suites feature complimentary high-speed Internet, executive
desks, ergonomic chairs, three telephones, CD players, coffeemakers,
hairdryers and irons/ironing boards. You can enjoy the
complimentar Health Club featuring state-of-the-art fitness equipment and
the
24-hour business center. Choose the parking available in the Plaza
VII ramp directly below the hotel or 24-hour valet parking.
Known for its appealing menu and stylish interior, the Fire Lake
Grill and Cocktail Bar is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner so
guests can enjoy the restaurant's relaxed ambience and
Mediterranean-inspired cuisine.
Room
rates are $144/night for single or double rooms. For reservations,
call 800-333-3333 (toll free) o4 612-339-4900 (direct). Be sure to
indicate that you are attending the Career Management Alliance
conference so that you qualify for these discounted room rates.
MAKE
YOUR RESERVATIONS by Saturday, April 5, 2008 to guarantee the
discounted room rates. If registering after this time, the discount
will be extended subject to room availability.
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REGISTRATION
Click
here to register
SUBSTITUTION/CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellation requests must be submitted in
writing. Refunds will be processed within 30
days of receipt of the written cancellation
notice at the Alliance Conference Office,
1 Phoenix Mill Lane, Fl. 3, Peterborough,
NH 03458. The cancellation period expires
on midnight, March 31, 2008 after which
no refund requests will be accepted.
Alliance Conference registrations are nontransferable
and must be used by the registered
attendee only. We regret that there
can be no exceptions or exemptions to this
policy.
* Agenda and times subject to change.
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"As an experienced career
coach and author, I came away with
so much to digest on every level and suspect it will take months to
fully realize the impact on my professional development.
What an unbelievable experience!"
~ Marci Taub, M.A., CCMC, CareerStyling.com
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