Northeast Florida Fall Career Expo

The 2nd Annual Northeast Florida Fall Career Expo 2010 will take place on Tuesday November 16th at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront and will be hosted by JobsDirectUSA in collaboration with Action News Jacksonville. 

The Career Expo is geared to provide local professionals with both education and opportunity. The event itself aims to stimulate hiring across the region by offering workers an opportunity to meet in person with hiring employers, Recruiters and local career experts. Multiple breakout sessions led by these professionals will also be featured.

Being a part of the 2nd Annual Northeast Florida Fall Career Expo allows your company to connect within the local community on a philanthropic level. In addition, it allows you to make "just in time" connections with job seekers who could end up being your next top hire! 

Schedule for 2nd Annual Northeast Florida Fall Career Expo, Tuesday, November 16th 2010

10:30 – Opening Remarks by Carlos Gil, Founder at JobsDirectUSA

11:00 – “Improve Your Vowels, Improve Your Career!” Brad Raney, Author and Local Sales Manager at Action News Jacksonville

12:00 – “Finding a Job with the Jacksonville Business Journal” Chad Hoffman, Account Executive at Jacksonville Business Journal

1:00 – “Effective Job Search Strategies & Job Seeker Networking” Adrienne Fennell, Founder and CEO at Freedom Guide Consulting

2:00 – “Facebook for Job Seekers” Keith Fairchild, President at TRC Staffing Services

3:00 – “Working with a Professional Recruiter” Greg Inguagiato, Senior Recruiting Specialist at Palm Coast Data

3:45 - Closing Remarks by Carlos Gil, Founder at JobsDirectUSA

Exhibitor Hall will be open from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm 

Join The Business Journal for an interactive workshop that will teach you how to identify employment opportunities and grow your referral networks

Chad Hoffman will present this seminar which includes strategies for finding strong job leads and how to turn each Business Journal issue into a pile of new career opportunities.

Let The Business Journal help you find your next career!

TOPICS INCLUDE

• How to navigate the paper in just 30 minutes a week.
• How to recognize warm job leads in news stories and features.
• How to use The Business Journal to bolster your networking efforts and get connected with the decision makers in the North Florida business community.
• How individuals have used The Book of Lists to find their next career.
• How business information can help you achieve your career goals.

Brad Raney is a motivational speaker, life coach, author and sales trainer with over 25 years of experience in sales and sales management within the broadcast industry. Brad is currently the local Sales Manager at Action News Jacksonville, CBS-47 and FOX-30. Brad developed the VOWELS program in 2009 and the success it brought his sales team has spurred keynote speeches, workshops, seminars, a website, and his first book called “Improve Your Vowels, Improve Your Career!: The A, E, I, O, U’s of Finding Your Perfect Job!“

Carlos Gil is a Social Entrepreneur and Career Guru whose philanthropic work and commitment to helping America's workforce find jobs has been featured by CNNMoney.com amongst numerous news media outlets throughout the U.S. such as: The Daily Buzz Morning Show, The Miami Herald, Sun Sentinel, Atlanta Journal Constitution, FOX Atlanta, CBS Atlanta, Action News Jacksonville, First Coast News, WJXT News Channel 4, The Florida Times Union, Jacksonville Business Journal, 904 Magazine and Hola Noticias.

Prior to founding JobsDirectUSA in 2008, Gil represented Fortune 500 corporations such as American International Group (AIG), Citigroup and Regions Financial Corporation in multiple Management roles overseeing multi-million dollar consumer loan portfolio’s while responsible for managing sales teams.

Adrienne Fennell is the Founder and CEO of FreedomGuide Consulting, Inc., a new and innovative company dedicated to assisting individuals achieve optimal personal success through the strategic marketing of goals and strategies.

Ms Fennell brings with her a lifetime of successful, real life personal career transition and entrepreneurial experience that will help you produce life changing results. Her expertise encompasses over 7 years of experience in personal coaching, consulting, and training in individual and group environments.

Her company FreedomGuide Consulting, Inc. is a career management company that serves the experienced and mid-career professional seeking to make a change.

With a result oriented strategy, she brings the “here’s how you do it” to the “what should I do?” process in today’s competitive employment market. She has proven to be a respected, effective and successful career partner devoted to helping her clients achieve FOCUS, DIRECTION AND PURPOSE as the move toward their next career aspiration.

Greg Inguagiato has been a professional Recruiter and job search consultant for over 20 years. Greg specializes in career development training and job search counseling directly related to working with a professional recruiter and more specifically on how to engage with staffing professionals via social media . Greg began his career in healthcare staffing and later went on to become a leading Recruiter of technology professionals during the dotcom boom. Greg has worked for several of the leading international staffing firms such as: Robert Half Technology, Kelly Technology and Engineering, and Comsys IT Partners. Greg currently serves as a Senior Recruiting Specialist at Palm Coast Data, a leading technology and publishing fulfillment corporation in Central Florida. Greg brings to the table concise and easy methods for conducting an efficient and effective job search.

Keith Fairchild, PHR, CSP, is the President of TRC Staffing Services, a full service human resources company.  For over 20 years Keith has been recruiting and placing executive, managerial, administrative and technical staff in some of the largest companies in Jacksonville. TRC employs over 200 people and has become one of the largest staffing firms in North Florida. 

In 2002 Keith served as the Vice President of the Florida Staffing Services Association, and Regional Director of the Jacksonville Chapter.  In 2003 he became President of the Florida Staffing Association.

We’re hiring! Meet and interview on-site with representatives for the following company’s

Palm Coast Data

American Home Mortgage Servicing

AXA Advisors

Arlington Toyota

Technology Service Partners

New Horizons

Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors

Arbonne International

FastTrain

Colomer U.S.A

Web.com

Qivana

TRC Staffing

Integrated Excellence 

If your company is currently hiring or is looking to build a candidate pipeline for 2011, this is the event to be a part of. 

Being a part of the Northeast Florida Fall Career Expo allows your company to connect within the local community on a philanthropic level and make "just in time" connections with job seekers who could end up being your next top hire!