North Coast Job Seekers Meetings

Katherine Burik is the founder and owner of The Interview Doctor, helping candidates and employers navigate the job search with a plan, interview coaching, and tools to help people tell their stories and make a great match.

Job search is tough under any circumstances, whether you are the hiring manager or a candidate. You need a combination of inner strength, good skills, and the strategic ability to know what you want and why you should have it. Being pretty good is not good enough.

It is essential to start with the right tools: Career Coaching, Resumes, and LinkedIn.  You need to be strategic with a job search. It is “More than a Resume.”  You must tie your resume to LinkedIn for effective job search.  Then you can create a job search or career marketing plan to grow your career.  Using Linked In and networking, you can turn job ads into networking experiences so your search is more than sending off a resume to a black hole.  But having that well-crafted resume is essential, and what worked a decade ago won't necessarily work in today's job market.  In this presentation we will explore current trends in resumes and offer practical tips and strategies to best position your resume in front of hiring managers.

We look forward to welcoming Katherine to North Coast Job Seekers and learning from her experience.  Her LinkedIn profile can be found at Katherine Burik.

Networking is part of "Job Search 101," yet many job seekers lack the actual network of "people with connections" during a time of job transition. Networking is one of the cornerstones of North Coast Job Seekers and we are very intentional about providing face-to-face time to explore connections, be introduced to new contacts, discover new opportunities, and share the people resources that YOU have to help another job seeker.  Join with other NCJS members for this face-to-face time of constructive networking, job leads, and issue sharing.

Susan Brophy is a nationally and locally recognized career transition, workforce development, LinkedIn and resume expert with over 23 years of success in the Career Transition Arena.

Susan holds a Master of Science in Higher Education with an emphasis and thesis in: Career Development, Retention and Leadership. She is unlike typical"newly certified”, (only 1-5 classes and no professional experience ) resume & career coaches because of her many years of professional experience and successes with all levels of job seekers all areas of employment. 

Susan’s expert LinkedIn and career transition advising has been nationally recognized with presentations, workshops, panel discussions, articles and consulting.

Susan’s professional experience includes work with The Department of Labor, Workforce Development Consulting Firms, The Department of Education and at Ivy League and top tier universities and colleges and work in the corporate work space. 

Susan’s career counseling, LinkedIn & workforce development experience has also included the development and renovation of career and job seeking training a& development for over 55 workforce development centers around the country.

Susan is a member and participant in the NCJS LinkedIn Group and her LinkedIn profile can be found at Susan Brophy.

Networking is part of "Job Search 101," yet many job seekers lack the actual network of "people with connections" during a time of job transition. Networking is one of the cornerstones of North Coast Job Seekers and we are very intentional about providing face-to-face time to explore connections, be introduced to new contacts, discover new opportunities, and share the people resources that YOU have to help another job seeker.  Join with other NCJS members for this face-to-face time of constructive networking, job leads, and issue sharing.

Nancy Miko has spent the past ten years as the Clinical Recruiter for Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, CT.  There she was responsible for the recruitment, on-boarding and retention of both experienced RNs as well as New Grads and Student Nurse Interns.  In this role she actively recruited student nurses throughout New England often meeting them as freshman or during their pre-requisite period and following up with them through graduation.

Ms. Miko spent 30 years in Human Resources and recruitment in both corporate and nonprofit organizations.  Nancy previously taught at Sophia University in Japan and was the Executive Assistant for Personal for Fordham University, Graduate School of Business.
 
Ms. Miko is the past president of the CT Healthcare Recruiters Association as well as a member of the National Association of Healthcare Recruiters.  She received a BA in International Relations from Good Counsel College in NY and studied for a Masters in East Asian History and Political Science at Purdue University.  Additionally Nancy received a Certificate in Human Resource Management from Fairfield University.

You’re Invited! A Primer for Mixing Job Seeking and Party Mingling

It’s a recurring nightmare:  You’re at the Holiday party trying to balance a drink and a plate of tasty hors d’oevres when you realize the person you’ve been angling to meet for 2 months is headed straight for you.  You break into a sweat as you realize there’s no place to put the glass or the plate and your mouth is full and Mr. Right is barreling toward you.  And then you hear yourself open your mouth and try to gobblety-speak...  You snap straight up in bed, swearing you’ll get this figured out BEFORE the next party.

Join NCJS for a dress rehearsal Holiday party replete with appetizers and glasses to practice where to put what, safe mingling techniques, and tips for working in your elevator speech, because this is, after all, yet another opportunity for networking.

Black Tie Optional