A panel of experts will help you get the skills you need for a successful interview. Learn how to make an interviewer bump you to the top of the list, on the first impression.

Where: Craft Gym, 1452 Bush St. between Polk and Van Ness, San Francisco. Directions: here.

When: February 28th, 6:30 - 8:30

Speakers: Irene Marshall, Career Coach; Nancy Perlin, Career Coach; Sarah Kidder, Etiquette Trainer; Alicia Streight, IT Recruiter

Topics: Interviewing Strategically vs Instinctively; Ways to Follow up; and more!

Speakers

Irene Marshall, Career Coach
Irene Marshall has helped people get jobs for seven years. She started as a recruiter with Robert Half, doing direct-hire placement for people in finance and accounting. She left Robert Half in 2003 and established Tools for Transition, a company dedicated to helping people make good changes in their lives. Irene has three certifications for various aspects of career and job search support. She is a professional resume writer, interview coach and career coach. Her work is always done from the perspective of a former recruiter. Credentials include: CEIP (Certified Employment Interview Professional), CPRW (Certified Professional Resume Writer), CPCC (Certified Professional Career Coach). www.toolsfortransition.com

Nancy Perlin, Career Coach
Since 1989, Nancy Perlin has been working as an executive/technical recruiter, job search strategist, corporate consultant and career coach. Over the past couple of years, Nancy has become known as a leading expert on employment issues for the San Francisco Bay Area. Her unique success as a recruiter and her audio/video CD-ROM, “Winning The Job You Want” have been profiled on NBC/KNTV Network News, FOX/KTVU Network News, KPIX-TV, KRON-TV, The San Jose Mercury News, The San Jose Business Journal and Silicon Valley Business Ink. www.partnersconsultinggroup.com

Sarah Kidder, Etiquette Trainer
Sarah E. Kidder incorporates the areas in which she has both expertise and keen interest: events, marketing, business development and etiquette. Sarah spent over a decade designing, organizing, implementing and marketing events and businesses alike. The importance and influence of etiquette that had been a consistent part of her social and professional life became highlighted in her studies at UC Berkeley and grew into the development of etiquette training seminars. Her company, Sarah Kidder Designs, offers services in event work, marketing, PR and etiquette. www.sarahkidderdesigns

Alicia Streight, IT Recruiter
Alicia Streight is a technical recruiter for K-Force Technology Staffing, one of the leading professional staffing firms in the United States. She has been a Career Specialist for over three years, focusing mostly on the placement of recent graduates in the field of technology. She has taught classes about resume writing and interview technique as well as given seminars on the process of “job hunting” specifically in the area of Technology throughout the Bay Area.

Agenda

• 6:30 - 6:45: Introductions
• 6:45 - 7:30: Best Practices Topics include: Four kinds of interviews (Recruiter, HR Manager, Hiring Manager, Panel); Interviewing Strategically vs Instinctively; Ways to Follow up; Basic Interview Etiquette; Body Language; Interviewing the Company; Illegal Questions and how to respond
• 7:30 - 8:30: Open Q&A This is your chance to ask the experts what they think about addressing gaps in your resume, how interviewing is going in the current marketplace, if you mention that you have children or tell them your age, and what’s the current standard for following up. Bring your questions!

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