http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/conferenceblog 2008 Annual Professional Conference Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:22:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 2009 Alliance Conference will be held at the historic Menger Hotel starting April 28th 2009 through April 30th. I'll be posting details as soon as they are finalized, but be sure to save those dates. http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/conferenceblog/save-the-date/ Here are the questions that were raised but not discussed at the Town Meeting: What bridges could/should be made between CMA and Executive Recruitment Industry? Assuming we want to grown, does CMA provide incentive to recruit members? Do members have access to the roster? What are the parameters for contacting members? What are other ... http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/conferenceblog/questions-from-the-town-meeting/ I posted the rest of John O'Connor's great snapshots on Picasa. Here's the link. http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/conferenceblog/more-photos-from-minneapolis/ I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to anyone, everyone who attended our session, Mind the Gap: Connecting the Generations. It was truly an honor to get to present before you and we so appreciated your participation. The information we got back from program participants was ... http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/conferenceblog/mind-the-gap-thank-you/ Here are 5 things that were new to me from John Suarez's entertaining presentation: Resume writers should be verb-aholics. Despite all we know about how technology is affecting resume delivery, write for the human eye first. Undergo job-hunting yourself to test your own resume. For each client, ask yourself, what is this person's value ... http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/conferenceblog/5-things-i-learned-about-resume-writing-from-john-suarez/ The first 4 of these items came from Richard Leider's phenomenal keynote presentation; the last one came from Caitlin Williams' session on working with "third-quarter" clients: A million people a day worldwide turn 65. Every 8 seconds, someone turns 50. Retirement has tanked as Baby Boomers refuse to grow old and quit ... http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/conferenceblog/5-career-management-relevant-things-i-learned-about-aging-at-the-cma-conference/ If you'd like to see a slide show about the story of Johnny the Bagger that Don Huse referenced in his presentation Friday, here's a link: http://www.stservicemovie.com/. http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/conferenceblog/johnny-the-bagger-followup-to-don-huse-presentation/ A fun little perk (and in some cases, more than little) of the conference is the door prizes that attendees can win. Drawings continued during breaks Friday. Here are winners, prizes, and donors: Roberta Gamza: Book: Job Search Guide for Latinos, authored and donated by Murray Mann. • Meg Guiseppi: ... http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/conferenceblog/friday-door-prizes/ In his highly entertaining and informative presentation Friday morning, John Suarez kicked off by marvelling at all the great stories folks have about how they got into their career practices – and then he told his story of the moment he realized his journalism career wasn't right for him and ... http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/conferenceblog/stories-of-how-we-got-into-our-businesses/ John O'Connor shot some great candids on Day One. Here's a link to the album: http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/conferenceblog/pictures-day-one/