Men’s Day – 1 to 4 November 2010

Men’s Day Events

Men’s days are designed to be Fun informative events for Fathers, son’s,
uncles, granddads, brothers, nephews, partners, and families. Their will be
confidential workshops on prostate cancer, stroke and bowel cancer. As
well as relationship counselling’s and alterative weight loss advice.

Great speakers

There will be great speakers at the event’s, Frederick Clarke Director of
Mighty Men of Valor, Buzzing Bee Broadcaster and Presenter, MGA Brown
Motivational Broadcaster Speaker Writer Director Law For Success Ltd,
Holistic Foundation, Holistic Healing Show Ltd, Leader of the FatherHood
Forum. D Tobias Turner author of “The Minds Eye”.

Real Success principles

Learn success principles which have been used and proven to Work in the
lives of many people. Understand why it is important to have a definite aim.
Learn why setting GOALs do work in increasing chances of success. Learn
how success principles were used to bring recovery from a stroke. Learn
how you can use these principles to Make your life better.

Men’s Days
Monday 1^st Nov, 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Law of Success, Motivational Talks and Mental Health (Workshop)
Appearance by D Tobias Turner writer of “The Mind’s Eye”
(Motivational poetry, Songs & Short Stories)

Tuesday 2^nd Nov, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Information and one to one advice on Stroke, Bowel Cancer, Prostate Cancer,
Diabetes, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Workshop)

Wednesday 3^rd Nov, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Starting your own business with talks by successful local Entrepreneurs (Workshop)
Appearance by D Tobias Turner writer of “The Mind’s Eye” (Motivational poetry,
Songs & Short Stories)

Thursday 4^th Nov, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Men Therapies – Shoulder Massage, male Grooming

Location –

1-2 Commerce Road Community Centre N22 8EE

To book your free place
Call 020 8802 6941 or email holistichealingshow@gmail.com
Leave your Name, contact number and email, and which days
you would like to attend, priority will be given to residents of
the ward.

Success is your Birthright, Claim it!

You can activate success in your life if you believe that you deserve it.  This is the basic law of success that man often forgets or does not incline to believe.

Authors of self-help books tell their readers that to achieve success in life one has to set the stage of success in motion; to “see” it in their mind’s eye.  According to them, visualization has the power to transform an idea into its physical counterpart.  It may be true.  However, most people do not have problems visualizing a desired effect.  What they struggle from mostly is the lack of faith that just like anyone else, they too have the potential to acquire success whatever their station in life is.

Tell a man down to his last penny that his fortune will come around and he will achieve almost anything he has hoped for, and more likely he would ask you the last time you visited your psychiatrist.   You can tell a man to dream, but unless he is fully convinced that his dream can happen, nothing will ever come out of it.  It would simply remain as wishful thinking.

How does one activate his success potential?  How does a person overcome his limiting thoughts about himself and emerge victorious over the claws of his past defeats?  Here are tips from those whose lives have been fully transformed from failure to success when they started to believe without question that it is their birthright, as everyone else’s, to succeed in whatever they have set their minds to.

Blueprint for Success:

1. Eliminate your Fears.

2. Define your own success.  Do not subscribe to somebody else’s concept of what success is.

3. Empty the Barrel.

4. The Law of Give and Take.

5. Singularity of Purpose.

6. Act Now.

By Christiene Villanueva

Resume / CV

What do employers look for in a CV, here is a blog by Andrew K

When there is a job opening employers usually get hundreds if not thousands of resumes. Most have their own special techniques of sorting through them but there is always a “keep” pile and a “throw away” pile. To have any hopes of getting the job your resume must end up in the “Keep” pile.

We’ve asked a number of experts in recruiting and career management: How do you sort through resumes? What makes you keep a resume vs. throwing it away? They gave us their most important decision factors that they use to screen and eliminate resumes that don’t meet their criteria. Only once those resumes are gone they would look at cover letters or read resumes more closely. The following is the list of things (ranked in an order of importance) that are pretty much guaranteed to have your resume tossed out:

Misspellings: If there is a misspelling or a grammatical error, most recruiters will toss your resume out immediately. Yes, it is that important! Over 70% of employers we questioned admit that they will not even look further. One staffing manager gave this example: “…when someone says they are certified in ‘HIPPA’ training, I really have to question that because it is spelled ‘HIPAA’. Are you really trained in it if you can’t spell it?”

Job Instability: Employers will look for your job experience and how long have you stayed for in each job and they don’t like “job hoppers” – employees who can’t stay in one place for long. As one employer put it: “Nothing worse than a person who has no stability.”

Mismatching Objective and Job Experience: Take time to study and understand the job requirements. Does your objective and work experience match to the job that you are applying for? Employers also look out for your Education level, Domain of expertise, Experience, and Industry to make sure they all match with the requirements.

Lack of Clarity: Unless the resume clearly states what the employer is looking for, it is out. Employers want accuracy, clarity and brevity in resumes. As one recruiter acknowledged: “Nothing turns me off like as verbose resume that basically tells me a ton of nothing.”

Lack of Specifics: Be careful about taking credit and providing the specifics. When employers see words like “coordinated,” “organized,” or “managed,” they want to hear the specifics or you will loose major points. It is best to show actual results of your work by using words like “achieved”, “landed,” and “increased” while stating specific numbers, percentages, and results.

Lack of Career Progression: Most employers want to see some patterns of success and professional growth through promotions and increased responsibility. A Senior Executive Manager provided us with the following example: “For a sales position, how are important aspects of selling such as prospecting, follow up and client retention described in their resume. When looking at accounting candidates do they reflect accuracy, integrity and a lack of tolerance for errors or emissions?” Another recruiter acknowledged: “I want to see increased responsibilities every 12 – 18 months. There are very few positions where a stagnant career type will fit the bill.”

Too Long: Let’s face it – nobody wants to read a resume that is over 3-4 pages long.

We hope that these tips will help you write a perfect resume that lands on top of the “Keep” pile and don’t forget to post your resume online on Resumark.com, when you are done!

Special thanks to the LinkedIn community who shared their experience for this article!

Cover letters

A good example of cover letters writing can be found at the following blog by Andrew K

Cover Letter for Your Resume – How to Write One that Doesn’t Get Thrown Away?

The advice is very simple:  unless you write a personalized cover letter, addressed to the person who is likely to be reading your resume, and unless it is tailored specifically for the company and the position, don’t even bother including one with your resume!

Generic cover letters rarely get any attention. In fact, 9 out of 10 recruiters admit they don’t look at them at all…

…unless it has their name on it.

Before writing a cover letter, consider its purpose.  Many job seekers would agree that the purpose of a cover letter is to capture attention and to make your resume stand out.

Unfortunately, cover letters are rarely written in a way that accomplishes that. Why?

Let me give you an example:  Next time you open your mailbox at home, pay attention to the junk mail you throw away right away vs. what captures your attention.  Chances are you would immediate throw away advertising claiming special deals that look like they are sent to millions of other “lucky” customers. You know there is nothing special or unique about them.   However, you would probably pay more attention to the mail that is customized to your needs or preferences or something that has a personal touch and is of value to you. For instance, a hand-written envelope with your name on it containing a personalized coupon for a 50% discount on an item that you really need would probably get a lot more attention from you.

Are you getting the analogy?

Write a cover letter that people would WANT to read.  You ask – Why would they want to read it? Simple – if it makes their job easier for them, they WILL read it:

• Find out who is going to be looking at your resume, address that person by their name, establishing a personal “link” (requires doing homework).
• Study the job description and requirements to make sure you fully understand what they are looking for (try to recreate their checklist).  Make their job easier by pointing out how you satisfy ALL of these requirements.
• Keep it short and straight to the point. An effective cover letter is 3-4 paragraphs long at most. Anything longer won’t be read.
• If you are good on the phone, offer to schedule a phone conversation. Give them your number.
• Get them intrigued.  Mention that you have some ideas about how your previous experience can be applied to address their needs.  Ask if someone on their team would be available to discuss your ideas to see how they can be applied (just make sure you can come up with something really worth their time!).
• Make your letter memorable but don’t go overboard sounding like a used car salesman.
• Try to be creative to have your cover letter stand out from a 100 resumes. Some ideas:
  • Handwrite the address on the envelope and address it to the person you know is in charge of hiring (requires doing homework);
  • Demonstrate the knowledge of the company and the company culture;
  • Demonstrate that you have done research and that you understand what they are looking for;
  • Include a URL to your LinkedIn profile, blog, website or other PROFESSIONAL online resource where someone can learn more about you;
• Think of other ways to stay in touch and make them remember you:
  • Connect with them on LinkedIn;
  • Sending in your resume around the holidays? Send them a greeting card;
  • See if you can come up with something similar that is unique…

Finally, and most importantly: as with your resume, proofread your letter three times and then have three other people proofread it.  All your hard work may be ruined over one spelling mistake.

For more information on how to write a good cover letter, please read our article: Tips and Templates for a Perfect Cover Letter

Welcome to My Success 2!

Welcome to the “My success 2″ resource, the aim is to support your employability  training with useful additional resource. You will find on these pages links to the videos and audio clips to help you get the most out of the program.