Land The Job You Love!

If you are a babyboomer and you have seen 50 come and go, very likely you think your chances of landing a really great job are very slim.

Mary Eileen Williams not only disagrees, but she has written a book entitled "Land the Job You Love!", with 10 Surefire Strategies for Jobseekers Over 50. She explains the number one key that can make or break your job search, and how to turn your age into an advantage.

Mary Eileen, M.A., NCC, has twenty years of combined experience as a career and life transition counselor, job search specialist, university instructor, and writer. As a National Board Certified Counselor with a Master's Degree in Career Development, she specializes in working with jobseekers in midlife, showing them the latest techniques for landing a job in the 21st Century.

In addition to her one-on-one counseling, Mary Eileen has presented hundreds of seminars and workshops in corporate, community, and university settings. Most recently, her topics include “Embracing Life on the Feisty Side of Fifty,” “Baby Boomers—Rebels With Many Causes,” “Mars/Venus: The Riddle of Rapport,” “The Prime of Your Life: A Workshop of Self-Discovery and Renewal for Women 50-65,” and “Menopause: A Woman’s Journey to Wholeness.”

She loves writing stories that show the humorous side of aging and is a contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul in Menopause. Her website is http://www.feistysideoffifty.com

Mary Eileen will be the guest caller on the Three Wise Girls Blog Talk Radio Show on May, 20, 2010 at noon Est. She will be talking with co-hosts Debbie Barth, Linda Alexander, and Dori DeCarlo. The link to the website and chat room is http://www.blogtalkradio.com/threewisegirls and the call in number is 347.994.3835. The Three Wise Girls encourage listeners to call in and participate in the conversation.

If you are a baby boomer, out of work and looking, this should be on your to-do-list May 20.

NFIB - Small Businesses Biggest Advocate!

As business owners how often do we feel as if we are being held hostage by legislation that all but cripples our business??? What do you do - where do you turn - to have a voice as policies are put into affect that effect your day to day life as entrepreneurs and small business owners. Enter the National Federation of Independient Business!

NFIB is the nation’s largest small business advocacy group. In every state NFIB represents thousands of small and independent business owners involved in all types of industry, including manufacturing, retail, wholesale, service and agriculture. The average NFIB member has five employees and annual gross revenues of about $450,000. In short, NFIB represents the small Main Street business owners from across our state. On behalf of those small and independent business employers in each state.

Joining the Three Wise Girls May 13, 12pm EST from NFIB are Andrew Markowski NFIB/Connecticut State Director and Bill Rys Tax Counsel National Federation of Independent Business.

Andy brings a wealth of government-relations and public-affairs experience as the Connecticut state director for NFIB since 2007. He has spent several years lobbying the Connecticut General Assembly on a wide range of issues, having represented small contractors, trade associations, municipal interests and private entities.

Bill joined NFIB in July of 2007 as Tax Counsel and provides recommendations on Federal tax policy for the organization by analyzing the impact of legislative proposals on the nationwide membership of NFIB’s small-business owners. They will be with us to discuss how we can take an active part in the laws that impact our lives.

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