Recently Krishna De tweeted that she had 10 free tickets for bloggers for something called ‘Managing Your Career In A Difficult Economy’. Intrigued I followed the link to her blog where there was some more information on the event.
The event is taking place on April 22nd at 5.30pm in the Ballsbridge Court Hotel and is being hosted by Osborne Recruitment and PA Assist.
As a result of attending this evening seminar you will:
- Learn practical strategies for boosting your motivation and self confidence at a time when we need it most
- Discover ways of coping with fear when we are pushed outside our comfort zones
- Get clear as to how you can ‘fuel’ your positivity and become a source of inspiration for yourself and others
- Know how to move from reactive to proactive by taking ownership of what is within your control
- Discover practical tips to manage your career through networking online and making the most of new media to recession proof your career.
Speakers were James Sweetman, Brendan Murphy and Krishna De herself.
So I signed myself up with Krishna and made my way to the Ballsbridge Court Hotel on Wednesday 22nd April.
After some teas, coffees, biscuits and mingling we got underway. First up was James Sweetman, a business and personal life coach with “Staying ‘Up’ In Down Times”. James gave some simple but sensible tips on how to keep your mood elevated during these times of doom, gloom and unemployment.
Simple things such as don’t be a bad news junkie-be aware of what’s going on but don’t let it swallow you up!
- Acknowledge your fears, are they real fears or fear of something that doesn’t even exist? If they are real, what is the worst that can happen?
- Acknowledge your own strengths, push yourself out of your comfort zone, take control of things that are within your control.
Next up was Brendan Murphy from Osborne Recruitment with the assurance that even he was not sure how long he’d have a job for (a good long while I hope, Brendan). However he did give some guidance as to which industries were still hiring at this time – apparently education, health, insurance, ICT (information and communication technology), languages, bio-sciences and pharmaceuticals are all still working away and hiring.
Lastly up was Krishna with a talk on what she called ‘The Online Personal Branding Revolution’
Krishna gave us all some very clear and helpful advice on how to brand yourself online to be found, how to protect yourself and your name, how to make contacts and be noticed on the likes of LinkedIn and develop your profile organically, keeping on top of Google Alerts for your own name, your company and your competitor’s.
Overall this was a very helpful and encouraging seminar.
I found James to be a very uplifting and motivational speaker with Krishna then coming on to give practical advice on how to apply all of the motivation and energy he had generated.
I think a few more seminars like this would be beneficial to many people out there at the moment who are either job seeking or looking to start their own business. However I will point out that with the type of people likely to be looking to attend these seminars, I think whoever decides to run the events should consider a discounted rate for those not in paid employment or offer a certain percentage of places to unemployed people free of charge or in exchange for them talking about the event, much as I am doing here 
Very interesting and I totally agree with you about seminars like this being needed either for free or a very small fee. I’d definitely go to one.
That sounded like a very worthwhile day.
@voodoolady if I hear of any more I’ll be sure to post it for you so
@grannymar it was just one evening and it was worthwhile, the talks were great and there was time for networking built in too.
great article and i love the name of your blog…i have one more suggestion for your list to create and maintain a positive attitude during any time….that is Vision Map Videos, they are simple, easy and very effective….keep writing, the world needs to hear what you have to say!!!!
darlene
http://visionmapvideo.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/spiritdancing
Thanks so much for sharing about the event to your community – I am delighted that you found it to be of assistance.
Watch out for a new video I have just done with someone about a great initiative in Dublin for people who have just lost their roles – another great free resource supporting people in challenging times. I should have it published this next week once I have edited it.
Hi Krishna,
Thanks for your comment, I will watch out for that alright and for any more upcoming seminars similar to this one
Just wanted to add a small tip on creating a recession proof career. It would be a good idea to plan out your career or business by considering government contracting. This is a very lucrative financial opportunity that can help you stabilize financially and increase your income flow if it is done the right way.
If this is something that you are interested in to put an end to your financial worries, get yourself registered with the Central Contractor Registry which is a federal clearing house for vendors and small businesses too. Also identify a product or service that you can supply to the government and which the government needs in order to get a contract.
You can win such billion dollar contracts and secure your career or business better even during this phase of recession.