June 16th, SGES presented a workshop at Carlisle Collection’s Manhattan showroom targeting professional women who were planning a career change in the near term or within the next few years. The specific workshop was part of the event, “Trying It on For Size”, which included three separate presentations, networking, and refreshments. Providing the atmosphere of a traditional salon for gathering and sharing ideas, the workshop including handouts, a sample exercise, and then targeted exercises for the attendees to break into groups of 2 for informational feedback, with additional time for questions and findings. Follow-up conference calls took place on Wednesday, June 30 and Thursday, July 1 to discuss suggested research each attendee accomplished on their own time, and specific career coaching questions that emerged from the attendee’s involvement in the workshop. There was consensus that the workshop was successful and inspiring for the women. As a result, all participants communicated an increased determination to pursue their new career goals and many mentioned an increase in their confidence level as well. There has been interest by professional women in other areas of the country for the workshop to be offered outside the New York area, but nothing has been planned yet.
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Article addressing “Why Change Jobs?” written by Susan Goldberg published on Wednesday
Friday, June 11th, 2010The article written for this week’s addition of “Woman Around Town” addresses two life changing events: getting married and changing one’s job. The title “Change is Good: Are You The Bride or the Cellphone” incorporates the two topics discussed in the article: planning a wedding while not jeopardizing your job, and, when and why to consider a job change. The wedding topic was part of the week’s special edition devoted to June weddings. The job change topic was a response to a reader who asked, “why interview, if your job isn’t broken”. It includes a list of reasons to change jobs despite the fact that the current job may be adequate. The cellphone is used as an analogy that refers to an individual and their career and is explained in the piece. To learn more, read the article in the “working around” section of this week’s www.womanaroundtown.com or click on this link: http://www.womanaroundtown.com/working-around/change-is-good-are-you-the-bride-or-the-cell-phone. If you are reading this from a blog, you can learn more about Susan Goldberg Executive Search at www.susangoldbergexecutivesearch.com
“Latest Trends in Interview Questions” article written by Susan Goldberg, published this week
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010As a follow up to the “Interviewing Secrets” presentation given at Carole Hyatt’s networking salon, Susan Goldberg wrote an article for “Woman Around Town” focused on the specific topic of the changing trend in interview questions. “Latest Trends in Interview Questions – The “It” Factor is the “Fit” Factor” was published in this week’s “Woman Around Town”. It points to the influence of an uncertain economy, the abundance of unemployed highly skilled and experienced professionals, the necessity for companies to hire intelligently without wasting time or additional resources, and young business owners (Gen X and those in their 20’s) expectations of surrounding themselves with a tightly-knit group with shared values that they have become accustomed to all their life, as the drivers of a change in interview questions being asked by progressive companies. To read the article visit the ”working around” section of this week’s www.womanaroundtown.com or simply click on this link, http://www.womanaroundtown.com/working-around/latest-trends-in-interview-questionsthe-“it”-factor-is-the-“fit”-factor. (If you are reading this from a blog, please visit Susan Goldberg Executive Search Consulting, www.susangoldbergsearch.com ).
SGES cited in Forbes.com article “Don’t Get Stumped In The Interview: The New NEW Interview Questions”
Sunday, May 9th, 2010Susan Goldberg and her retained executive search and career coaching firm were mentioned in the most recent edition of Forbes.com in an article about interviewing. The information was drawn from the “Secrets of Interviewing” presentation which Susan had presented at Carole Hyatt’s Salon for networking on March 24, 2010 (see earlier news item), and from a telephone interview and subsequent email exchanges between the journalist and SGES’ Owner and Principal. It appeared from the interview and email exchanges, that what had most interested the journalist, who was in attendance the evening of the presentation, were the specific examples of recent trends in interviewing questions that Susan detailed at the end of the presentation. Those examples were a combination of interviewing questions which Susan, herself, had used for particular retained search clients who were trying to determine the potential employee fit for their organization along with those questions which she gathered from discussions with a sample of cutting-edge small business owners for the same purpose. The specific questions will be discussed in an upcoming article in “Woman Around Town”. To view the complete article in Forbes.com, please click on http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/06/job-interview-questions-personality-forbes-woman-leadership-career.html. If you are viewing this as a blog and would like to learn more about SGES, please visit www.susangoldbergsearch.com.
SGES participating in Pace University’s Coaching Clinic
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010Susan Goldberg will be participating as a coach on the early evening of April 13, 2010 in Pace University’s Coaching clinic. There will be two sessions that day: one for undergraduate students and alumni and an earlier session for gradute students and alumni. The event is hosted by Pace’s Career Services at the New York City campus. For additional information, please visit www.susangoldbergsearch.com .
