Creating You & Inc: Book Review

                                    

                  Jim Pagiamtzis review
                     " An amazing read with lots of great resources to analyze and create a roadmap for your career success"


                   About book:
                             Stop looking for the right job,” career couselors now tell us.
 ”Start thinking of yourself as the head of a small business called 'You & Co.,' and view employers as potential customers. That's the key to a successful career.”
That all very well, but how?No one is better at explaining the new world of work better than William Bridges, inventor of the term ”You & Co.” In Creating You & Co., he provides workers with a practical guide to overcoming the employment trends illuminated in his bestsellers Managing Transitions and JobShift.
  By seeing beyond outdated notions of the job and learning to think as a business leader, you can find work that over the years will be both more fulfilling and more secure.Creating You & Co. provides self-assessment tests that help you to identify your Desires, Abilities, Temperament, and Assets. This ”D.A.T.A.” is more than a window to what you like doing; it reveals your unique advantges in the work market.

 Other exercises lead you through the process of defining your ”product” and spotting your ”market.” By the end of this book, you'll think about your work in a new way—you'll think like the CEO of You & Co.As Bridges shows, true security comes not from clinging to a job, but from doing the work you're best at for the employers who need it.

By learning that approach you can cement your value to your current employer, shape a new job for yourself, actually start a small company, or blaze your own path.

 No matter what shape your You & Co. takes, we will all need to learn the Creating You & Co. approach to prosper in the years ahead.

                        
 

Event Review: Tech Fest at Steamwhistle

            Tech fest was a huge success at the Steamwhistle in Toronto

           Next event in the fall Learn more

                                                      

Emilio Esteves and Jim Pagiamtzis

                                               

Event Review: Toronto Job Fair on March 29th at Roy Thompson Hall

                It was been an interesting journey in looking for career in the 21st Century. 2017 I have had some lesson learned, experience to remember and forget!

                Toronto Job Fair was great day listen, learning about great opportunities.

Roy Thompson Hall

Modern Theory Institute

                                   

Journey to the first day of work!

  This was 1st day to remember!

     It was Monday March 6th and I was excited for the new start, unfortunately I was not in good shape!
  
    On Sunday March 5th I was involved in rear end collision in my friends Dodge Caravan on the highway 401 near Keele.

    Luckly that she had the large big ass truck that we got off relatively unscathed. We both got out took pictures and did the necessary exchange of information.

   When I got back home that's when the headache started. I took to tylenol and relaxed.

    So I show up to work the first day and the morning everything went well learning, taking notes and then in the afternoon headaches returned!

   I got some rest that night and luckily the sores and headaches have subsided.

    

                                

Journey going to 2 job fairs in one day and lessons learned.

It was January 19^th 2017 and I was excited to attend two fairs in one day!

                                                          

The 1^st was the Canada Job Expo where I have been speaking since 2011. I have assisted organizer in sourcing out speakers for his event and have an amazing business relationship since then,

It’s held at the North York Memorial Centre in the Yonge and Sheppard area. There is great signage and instructions for the attendees to locate the hall. The fair has various types of employers for different industries automotive, financial services and many more.

The one added feature that Canada Job Expo offers is various speaking sharing insights on networking, social media, branding and interview skills.

The room was busy with employers and potential employees having engaging conversations.

The event runs from 10:00am-3:00pm for more information on future events click here

                                                     

There was a second event happening in the evening at Steamwhistle headquarters just behind Rogers Centre at 6:30pm that evening. I had secured two tickets for the event in return for promoting it on my newsletter.

It was cool evening in Toronto so I decided to walk from an appointment I had at Queen and George St toward the Downtown core.

The streets were full of people who just finish work and were heading home for the evening. I headed down South on Yonge Street then East on Front Street and then south on Bay street toward the Steamwhistle.

I got there a little early so I walking in and there were people drinking beer and getting ready to go to the hockey game at the Air Canada Centre where the Toronto Maple Leafs were playing.

The security approached me in a frim voice and said “ we will be empty the place out at 6:00p and re-opening at 6:30pm for the Tech Vibe event” I said “Okay sir” and went outside

As it neared 6:20pm a line began to form and it was very long. Lot of people looking for career in the Tech sector.

As the door open and we were let it to pick up our lanyards, I go the this uneasy feeling that it was going to be an interesting evening.

They gave us a drink ticket which I found odd for a job fair. As soon as I walking quickly realized that this was party to drink, mingle and try food samples and if lucky win some prizes!

Very different vibe from the morning event. I had a few resume with me and began to walk around and attempt to speaking to some decision makers and Hr Representatives. 

 

It was going to be hard than I thought. 

There were to many people for the space!  Loud music playing, very noisy and made it hard to talk to people, I did manage to speaking to few company representatives and give them my resume and were to told to check their website. What the heck I was here to talk to them not visit there website! 

In less than an hour I was done. The only bright spot was I was stopped by a woman who saw my Talent lanyard and told me about a Job Fair happening at her company of Feb 2^nd in Toronto,I pulled out my phone and made in notes app and said thank you to her.

Besides that I did pick up a few things and little technology gadget called a magic Speakers

Learn more about Techfest events click here

The moral of the story. Be careful what type of job fairs you go to!

Three tips before you go to job fair:
 1. Do some research before hand to see who will be there
2.  Ask friends/ connections about job fairs happening in your area