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.

"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

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

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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