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April 1st (next Thursday) Martin’s Deli Wine Tasting – Spring Wines
We had so much fun at the last Martin’s Deli Wine Tasting. With local individuals from the finance, banking, building, IT, project management, real estate, insurance and legal fields, it was such a great networking opportunity.
Details here: http://www.meetup.com…
Over 30 people from our various groups were there, one of Cleveland’s most famous magicians, and 6 fantastic red wines!
This time we’re tasting Spring Wines (perfect for the Thursday before Easter) and it’s only $15/person or $25/couple!
Are you wondering why Boundless Flight promotes this wine tasting? Read our blog post here: http://boundlessfligh…
See you at Martin’s
Rocky River, OH 44116 – USA
Thursday, April 1 at 6:00 PM
Details: http://www.meetup.com/Boundless-Flight/calendar/12967629/
Another Great LinkedIn Class At Boundless Flight
LinkedIn Class March 16, 2010
Gary Baney teaches local professionals to use LinkedIn for:
1) Gaining Employment
2) Establishing Strategic Business Relationships
3) Prospecting For New Customers
4) Expanding Their Digital Footprint
In tonight’s class we have a range of professionals from an up and coming photographer, project management specialist, interior designer, and a builder.
Every Tuesday night from 7-9pm, Gary uses his past experience as a professor to reach out and teach local professionals how he has used one of today’s most powerful social media tools to build his professional network to span over 200,000 individuals within a 2nd degree connection.
LinkedIn Class Tonight At Boundless Flight
blog post by Kimberly Kitchen of Boundless Flight
Another great LinkedIn class tonight taught by Gary Baney. Going over some basics at the moment:
1) Use a professional approach
2) Add a picture to make your profile more appealing and personal
3) Pay attention to spelling for a more credible profile
Throughout the class Professor Baney will move on to cover LinkedIn Groups, recommendations, integrating Twitter, updating your status, adding and RSVPing to events, and using LinkedIn to search for potential employees, employers or strategic business relationships.
Tonight’s class only cost the attendees $25 for an intricate knowledge of this social media tool. Join us on Facebook or our Meetup group to RSVP to a Tuesday night class. We look forward to meeting you!
THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB ISSUE TO ADDRESS
submitted by Gary Baney
Having stood at a booth for the entire May 14th Job Fair in Cleveland, I was overwhelmed with how poorly some of the job seekers were prepared for even the most basic questions. Resumes were crumpled, clothes were tattered, children were in strollers … it was an outpouring of a most basic nature. All were well-intended, I am sure, but not all were well prepared.
At the same time, it dawned on me that the job seekers were also meeting people who are relatively poorly prepared for the hiring process. Sure, the folks with the jobs are the ones who have control over the opportunity, but, as in the case of a good friend of mine who has been living through an incredibly tense situation for the past six months due to his undeniable need to feed his family, a job opportunity can easily turn into a hellish experience if your boss or the company you are working for decides to treat you like a piece of meat who is there to do a job rather than a person with legitimate feelings, needs, and the potential to grow.
What are managers and executives doing to tell prospective employees “who” they are? Quite frankly, very little. Job descriptions only go so far in telling someone what their actual experience is going to be in their new position. In a small, entrepreneurial company like Boundless Flight, Inc., a single disruptive person can wreck havoc in a very short amount of time, create tension for many people around them, and damage people and the company for many months to come.
Here is how I have addressed this issue: I have posted my PRADCO HIGH 5′s on my LinkedIn profile (www.linkedin.com/in/garybaney) for all to see. Whenever I am considering anyone for hire or contract retention, I send them there to review our company’s four rules and to check out “who” I am. This has worked wonders in getting people to understand what this company is all about. Am I perfect? Gracious … NO! Do I have behaviors and strengths that the people in our company can expect me to exhibit consistently? You bet … and I have.
My challenge to the entreprenurial management community in Cleveland is to take the PRADCO Competency, Leadership, and Emotional Intelligence assessments and post their HIGH 5′s on their LinkedIn profiles. (www.ipradco.com) Then people can have a fair chance of know what they are getting into when they accept a position with your company. It is only fair that we show job candidates our own values, performance, and nature during the evaluation process.
Job “fit” is a two-way street. Once we come out of this recession, the tables are going to turn mightily and high-quality workers are once again going to be scarce. The companies that excel during that era are those who understand the value of building a true trust network within their companies rather than just hiring people to fill specific skill set gaps until they are not needed anymore.
The times … they are a changin’ …
- Baney!
