IN-PERSON ONLY:

at Woodbury Lutheran Church

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Authenticity in Your Career:
Aligning Work with Your Values​

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with: Alisa Bell

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Thursday Evening, January 9th​

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7:00 - 8:30 pm

No Registration Necessary!  Just come and connect with others!

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Are you navigating a career transition and wondering how to find work that aligns with who you are?

 

Do you worry about compromising your values just to move forward?

In this session, Alisa Rabin Bell will share her personal journey and offer practical
insights for finding meaningful work without losing sight of what matters
most.

 

Discover effective strategies to:
• Clarify Your Priorities: Define what really matters to you in your career and how
to use it as a guide.
• Find the Right Fit: Recognize the signs of a workplace that shares your values
and aligns with your goals.
• Stay True While Growing: Navigate challenges and make progress in your
career without compromising your integrity.
 

This isn’t just about finding a job — it’s about finding the right job, one that allows you to thrive personally and professionally!

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Alisa Rabin Bell is a Fractional Social Impact Officer (i.e., corporate social responsibility consultant) who has experienced her share of career transitions. Her background spans non-profits, foundations, association management, corporations, healthcare, tech, and education. Drawing on her faith and diverse professional experiences, she’s passionate about helping others see transitions not as endings, but as opportunities for growth and purpose. She lives in Woodbury with her husband, her creative, tattoo-artist daughter, and two big dogs who keep her grounded.

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ONLINE ONLY:

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The KEYS to Effective Networking & Interviewing​

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with: Nirav Sheth

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Thursday Morning, January 16th

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​7:30 - 9:00 am Central Time

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Pre-Register Here to Participate in This Webinar 

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Effective networking and interviewing skills are essential in today's competitive job market.

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Networking allows you to build valuable connections that can lead to opportunities, while strong interview skills help you make a compelling impression on potential employers and land your perfect job. 

Come hear Nirav Sheth, Certified Life Coach and Leadership Coach, to learn about the keys to successful networking and interviewing so you can find your next great opportunity and advance your career. This 1-hour presentation will be loaded with practical tips and tools that you can immediately take away and apply in your job search.

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Nirav Sheth is an Executive Coach, Mindset Coach and Business Growth Consultant.  He is the Founder and President of Stratosphere (www.stratosphere-llc.com), a coaching and consulting firm whose mission is to take individuals and businesses to new heights.

Nirav offers coaching programs, workshops and retreats on leadership  development, mental fitness and team performance. He has worked with leaders in Fortune 500 companies as well as smaller businesses and non-profits to enhance personal and professional leadership and increase team engagement, collaboration and performance.

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IN-PERSON ONLY:

at Grace Church in Eden Prairie

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Auditing Your Personal Brand

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with: Jennifer Radke

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Thursday Morning, February 6th

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7:30 - 9:00 am

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No Registration Necessary!  Just come and connect with others!

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You know it is important to be online and seen as a thought leader, contributor, and subject matter expert in your field, but where do you start? What do you post? Do your connections on LinkedIn really want to hear from you? 

 

Join us for this session and we will take a deeper dive into LinkedIn. Networking or job success is more than just building a complete profile.  Now it is time to act!  What is working for your personal brand? How can you maximize opportunities to shine? 

 

Leave this session with action items to put into place quickly and start standing out. 

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Jennifer Radke is an international speaker, author, and strategic business leader with over 15 years of experience in sales and leadership. The real-world solutions she brings to her training stem from her experience in coaching, developing and training employees and businesses of all sizes.

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As the CEO of the National Institute for Social Media she spends her time helping professionals strategically utilize social media in the business environment through training and certification. Jennifer has a BA from the University of Minnesota-Morris and an MS in Organizational Leadership in addition to being an NISM-certified Social Media Strategist (SMS) and instructor.

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...then stay after the presentation, at 9am for the Networking With Grace Meeting and our MICRO JOB FAIR and "Financial Considerations in Job Transition" Q&A at 10:45!

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IN-PERSON ONLY:

at Woodbury Lutheran Church

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Discover Your Best Fit for the Next Job Opportunity​

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with: Rich Braden

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Thursday Evening, February 13th​

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7:00 - 8:30 pm

No Registration Necessary!  Just come and connect with others!

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Learn how various self-assessment tools, personality tests, and employment screening instruments can be used to determine a proper fit with your future job opportunity.  

 

Knowing the key knowledge, skills, and abilities that you offer a future employer is critical to determining proper job fit. Few things are more critical to job sustainability than a close match between your talents and the needs of the future organization. This session will provide tools and strategies to connecting the dots between you and your future employment opportunity.   

 

Objectives for this session.

 

• Use SWOT as a tool to uncover critical skill development needs and know why it’s important to have a learning plan during your transition.

• Understand the importance of discovering your task “Superpowers” and how to use them to communicate strength and confidence in an interview.

• Compare and contrast the differences between self-development instruments, predictive indexing tools, and behavioral-based interview techniques and the importance of each in  determining job fit.

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Rich Braden has many years of experience in Global Leadership and VP level positions in Training & Development at Fortune 100 companies. He currently serves as the Senior Director of Technology Apprenticeships for CompTIA.

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He also volunteers extensively for MN Crossroads Career Network including facilitating classes, workshops, and coaching.

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Get Into the HABIT of Networking!​

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with: Cheri Anderson

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Thursday Morning, February 20th

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​7:30 - 9:00 am Central Time

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Pre-Register Here to Participate in This Webinar 

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Networking is hands down the most important thing you can do to create career opportunities. It's also overwhelming.

 

Getting in the habit of networking will give you networking best practices, the opportunity to get started on your own networking plan, and ground breaking info on creating new habits to help you stick to it.

 

Highly interactive, fast-paced and fun, you'll walk out with a game plan for your networking success.​

 

Cherie Anderson is a Learning and Development professional who has been designing and facilitating transformative learning experiences for longer than she’d like to admit.

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She’s worked at American Express, Ameriprise Financial, Cray and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, creating employment development programs that helped people achieve more than they thought possible. She was also in transition recently, and because of the grace and and guidance from a multitude of directions, she has the job of her dreams. Now, she’s honored to give some of it back.

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