St Mary Parish of Milford, CT

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Mark Trocone is the Guest Speaker at our March Meeting!

Greetings!

The St Mary Job Search Support Group will welcome Mark Troncone at our March Meeting! Mark is a highly regarded employment transition expert. 

The St Mary Job Search Support Group Team hopes you will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to hear and meet Mark! 

Mark's is an IT Project Manager by profession. His avocation, certainly one of them, is helping people and groups with employment transition. Below is a summary of Mark's volunteer work as an employment transition mentor from LinkedIn.


Employment Transition Mentor

MT Associates
 – Present (6 years 1 month)
Dedicated volunteer focused on helping groups or individuals in learning the skills and techniques necessary to re-enter the job market.

This includes:

* Self evaluation questions to determine your next career path
* Creating an effective Marketing Plan
* Formulating a powerful "Elevator Speech"
* Researching "Target Companies"
* Job search organization strategies
* Networking fundamentals
* Identifying networking groups to join
* Using LinkedIn in the Job Search Process
* Cover letter and resume best practices
* Telephone interviewing Techniques
* How to Effectively Work with a Recruiter
* 7 Point job search strategy

Networking Groups where I have presented at include:

* New Canaan CATS Networking Group - New Canaan CT.
* Westchester PMI Job Club - Westchester NY.
* Darien Professionals Networking Group - Darien CT.
* Fairfield Library Job Club - Fairfield, CT.
* Execunet 100k Networking Group - Stamford, CT.
* Mondays at 7 Networking Group - Westport, CT.
* Northern Fairfield Professionals - Danbury, CT.
* Southern New England PMI Group
* Westport Library Employment Networking Group -
Westport, CT.
* St. Catherine's Support Circle - Greenwich, CT.

Monday, February 9, 2015

February Meeting

Our next meeting will be next Tuesday February 17th. 

The meeting will start a 7:00 p.m. in the St Mary Church Rectory basement and led by Team leaders Linda Cella,  Dan Lenhart and me. 

Come on by and pick up a few job search tips and techniques and connect with others who are also looking.