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Guest Speakers - Upcoming:
May 2012
Leeza Byers - Certified Professional Resume Writer
Leeza Byers, CPRW, GCDF is a Certified Global Career Development Facilitator and a Nationally Certified Professional Résumé Writer and Career Coach. She is a member of the Professional Association of Résumé Writers and Career Coaches (PARW & CC). She has 14 years of combined experience in Career Development counseling at the State and local government level and Corporate HR training and development in the Banking industry.
Leeza has designed and facilitated job readiness workshops; including, Effective Resume Writing, Successful Interviewing Techniques, Networking and Job Searching Strategies. She also possesses extensive experience in conducting one-on-one and group career counseling sessions and is also versed in career transition coaching for the unemployed, mis-employed, and the underemployed. Her experience is quite diverse across many occupations, as she has served Adults with various skill sets.
She has also worked for the States of Minnesota and Georgia as a Business Relations Liaison with employers on enhancing their recruiting efforts; while employing Behavioral Interviewing techniques resulting in the referral of qualified candidates. She has also provided Human Resource consulting to Small Business owners while serving the government at the local level. She has also served at a Supervisory level while working for the Governments’s Re-employment programs, assisting dislocated workers in becoming more marketable for the workforce.
Leeza has also served as Adjunct faculty to local colleges in Georgia in facilitating their Career Readiness modules for graduates prior to completion of their respective academic programs. She often accepts opportunities to share knowledge on current labor market trends through various speaking engagements, as well as preparing individuals for success in today’s current job market regardless of the economic climate.
Leeza's resumes have been published in industry publications and was recently nominated for one of the career industry's most prestigious awards, the Tori Award. Judi Adams is owner of RightChanges.biz, the affordable and successful job search coach, and author of an Amazon hottest new release “Found a Job Yet? and Other Questions NOT to Ask! The Practical Guide for Family and Friends of Those in a Job Search.”
Guest Speakers - Past:
April 2012
Judi Adams - Career Coach
Judi Adams is owner of RightChanges.biz, the affordable and successful job search coach, and author of an Amazon hottest new release “Found a Job Yet? and Other Questions NOT to Ask! The Practical Guide for Family and Friends of Those in a Job Search.”
March 2012
Ellen Sautter and Diane Crompton
Ellen Sautter and Diane Crompton are the co-authors of two books on social media and careers. Seven Days to Online Networking was published in 2008, and Find A Job Through Social Networking was released in 2010. Diane and Ellen are Senior Consultants with Right Management, a global human resource consulting firm. In addition, Diane has her own consulting business, helping individuals and companies effectively use social media strategies to build their brands. Ellen and Diane, experienced career coaches, are frequent speakers at conferences and association meetings and give interviews to the media on social networking and more general job search topics.
July 2011
Alicia Allen - QA Tester
Alicia Allen was in the job market from January 2009 until she landed
her dream job in February 2010. LinkedIn was a vital part of her search - yielding several leads per week, AND opportunities to help others, including presentations around Atlanta.
Alicia grew up in South Carolina, graduating Clemson University. In early 2000, she and her family moved to north Atlanta. Here Alicia worked for ACS, Macy's, and now as software tester for LexisNexis (aka Choicepoint). She attends St Columba Episcopal, and is bewildered at how God is using her journey.
August 2011
Tom Darrow is the Founder and Principal of Talent Connections, LLC and Career Spa, LLC.
Talent Connections (www.talentconnections.net) specializes in recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), executive search, HR consulting, and contract recruiting. The company was named to the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing privately held companies in 2007 and 2008.
Career Spa (www.careerspa.net) was launched in 2009 and is revolutionizing the way unemployed and misemployed workers navigate their career transitions.
Tom has over 21 years experience in the Human Resources and Recruitment profession -- including 9 years with Price Waterhouse and Accenture.
He served as President of SHRM-Atlanta in 2006 and 2007.
He currently serves on the Boards of the SHRM Foundation, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta HR Prayer Breakfast, and the Inward Bound Center for Nonprofit Leadership.
March 2011
David Gates - Business Technology Leader
David is a native of North Carolina and a graduate of Appalachian State University. He has been in metro-Atlanta for 20 years and presently lives in Snellville. David has two children. His daughter is a Senior at Brookwood High School and his son is an 8th Grader at Alton Crews Middle School.
Currently in transition, David is an IT-Project Manager primarily supporting the Employee Benefits industry. David was previously employed with MetLife and Aon Consulting.
David believes in giving back to the Community. He has coached several youth sports and served several Officer positions with both the Brookwood Baseball Association and Brookwood Football Association. David serves on the Selection Committee for the Jack and Julie Allen Scholarship, which is awarded annually to a graduating metro-Atlanta high school Senior who will be attending Appalachian State University. He is currently a Facilitator with the Job Search Ministry at Cannon United Methodist Church.
April 2011
Dawn Suhail-Lewis - Owner, New Dawn Consulting
Dawn Suhail-Lewis is the principle owner of New Dawn Consulting. Dawn’s areas of expertise are employee selection and retention, leadership development and employee relations. Most recent, Dawn spent 11 years at the HoneyBaked Ham Company where she was the Human Resources Director. Dawn led the HR function for over 117 company stores, a cookie company, and a catalog division. Dawn worked for various specialty retailers including the Disney Stores, Macy’s California and Washington Mutual. A native born of California, 11 years ago, she and her family relocated to Historic Downtown Norcross where she resides.
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