Wired for Hire – Off and Running!
Posted on 10. Jul, 2010 by ggunn in Blog
Our first Wired for Hire Alliance gathering took place this past Thursday at Panera Bread in Flemington, New Jersey. I must give a big THANK-YOU to the staff at Panera who had cordoned off an area for our meeting and not only helped me arrange the tables into a suitable setting for open discussion, but promised to do this for us before we come again next week. What a professional and accommodating group!
In attendance were two individuals with resumes that included international, Vice President titles, a gentleman with international FDA audit chops, an Engineer turned large scale IT Development Director and a recently minted PHD and former RN whose work has revolutionized Operating Room productivity and patient care at institutions such as NYU Medical Center and Beth Israel North.
Impressed yet? I am. Luckily, I had a pretty clear idea of what would happen when I invited them to sit down together and share their backgrounds and where they are in their current career search strategies. Just in case, I came prepared to share a wealth of skilled based training but as I expected, we didn’t spend much time on any of it, as the information they were sharing was paramount and priceless. I will be sharing some of these exercises to anyone interested and they can be found under our Career Concierge section at www.mgdservices.com soon. I will send an update when it is available.
Our next session will be Thursday, July 15th at 8:30am. We have one seat still available if anyone is interested in applying can go to http://mgdservices.com/career-center/candidate-services/ to apply. This next session will include updates of what happened over the week with each member, possibly some skill based training from me, as well as a guest speaker who I am excited will be joining us but want to keep as a surprise!
I will leave you all with one last thought. Life is best lived in balance. No big secret here, but it is still worth discussing as we often neglect this as our daily responsibilities increase. Keeping yourself mentally and physically engaged is essential to overall wellbeing. Again, this in no big AH-HA but easy to ignore. So, please take a moment to think of one wonderful thing that happened to you recently. It might be as simple as feeling cool raindrops on your arms after weeks without rain (I stood outside this morning with arms outstretched, face upturned and goofy happy smile even when someone drove by who I imagine thought I was crazy). Don’t forget to move your body! Get up and stretch or go for a walk. And finally subject yourself to something that makes you laugh! As I mentioned in our Wired for Hire gathering, Mel Brooks always works for me. I plan on snuggling up with a cat or two and watching an old favorite while my husband does what he loves best, and that’s watch Mets Baseball. Have a wonderful weekend!
~ Gretchen Gunn
