Professional Speaking


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SUMMARY OF PRESENTATIONS

CAREER TOPICS:

  • "A Marketing Plan to Guide Your Search"
  • "Be the TOP Candidate with These Winning Interview Strategies"
  • "Career Decision-Making: Are you looking for a job for the first time, or re-entering the workforce? Get "how to" answers you can apply now."
  • "Career Strategies for Challenging Times"
  • "Career Development Panel Discussion for Young Professionals"
  • "Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur?
  • "Interview Success: Be the TOP Candidate with Winning Answers to Questions You Hate"
  • "Job-Offer Interviewing: Preparation is the Key! Plus - The Recruiter's Interview Checklist"
  • "Network Your Way to Career Happiness"
  • "Red Hot Resumes! Cover Letter Do's & Don'ts"
  • "Results-Networking: How to Make It Work for You"
  • "Starting a Start-Up: 5 Success Factors Every Entrepreneur Must Know!"
  • "Stuck in Transition? Move Forward and Get Hired for Your Best-Fit Job!
    The A-C-E Strategy Will Show You How"
  • "Social Networking: A Key Element in Your Job Search Strategy"
  • "Strategies for Evaluating & Negotiating Offers"
  • "What's Your Best-Fit? How to Make Career Choices Based on the Real You"
  • "Your #1 New Year's Resolution: Increase Your Company's Success!"

FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS:

  • "Career Exploration: Job Shadowing Workshops for High-School Students"
  • "Facts & Fables About College & Careers: How to Help Kids Make Best-Fit Decisions"
  • "How to Interview & Get a Job!" A Workshop for New Grads"
  • "Thinking About Careers: Where Do You Want to Go In Life?" A Seminar for High School Students & Parents.
  • "The College Transition: What's It All About?"

BUSINESS TOPICS:

  • "Building Relationships for Professional Success"
  • "Communicate as a Manager. Communicate as a Leader"
  • "Communicating with Multi-Cultural Clients"
  • "Consultative Selling"
  • "Human Capital: Your Organization's Most Powerful Competitive Advantage"
  • "Management Principles for New Managers"
  • "Motivating Employees One-By-One"
  • "Train-the-Trainer: Training Subject Matter Experts to Be Effective Presenters"

PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT:

  • "Communication Skills for Social Situations"
  • "Dealing with Difficult People"
  • "Effective Parenting Strategies"
  • "Fearless & Flawless Public Speaking"
  • "Make Your Personality Strengths Work for Your Business & Personal Success"
  • "Navigating Change"
  • "Strategies for Stress Reduction"
  • "Successful Conflict Management Techniques"
  • "The Top 10 List of Communication Skills for Your Professional and Personal Life"
  • "Understanding and Valuing Differences"
  • "Understanding & Using Communication Styles - for Your Success"

GENERAL SKILL-BUILDING:

  • Leadership & Management
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Career Development
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Sales & Business Development
  • Communication
  • Parenting
  • Relationship-Building

SUMMARY OF ORGANIZATIONS:

  • Abbot Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL
  • Adult Continuing Education Program, Highland Park/Deerfield District 113, Highland Park, IL
  • Adult Continuing Education Program, Oakton Community College, Skokie, IL
  • American Payroll Association - Chicago Chapter, ADP, Elk Grove Village, IL
  • American Society for Training & Development and Society of Human Resource Professionals, Hoffman Estates, IL
  • Business Opportunity Group (BOG), Northbrook, IL
  • CARA Foundation, Chicago, IL
  • Career Renewal Ministry, Holy Cross Catholic Church, Deerfield, IL
  • Chicago Hadassah Career Connection, Skokie, IL
  • Coldwell Banker Corporation, IL
  • DePaul University and Northwest/Schaumburg Association of Commerce and Industry, Schaumburg, IL
  • Designed2Date, Vernon Hills, IL
  • Gand Music, Northfield, IL
  • Lake Forest High School, Lake Forest, IL
  • Lee Hecht Harrison, Chicago, Lisle, Lincolnshire, Schaumburg, IL
  • McCormick Place/Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
  • Moore Corporation, Libertyville, IL
  • Prudential Preferred Properties, Illinois
  • Rotary Club of Wilmette Harbor, Wilmette, IL
  • Rotary Club of Skokie Valley, Skokie, IL
  • Technology Staffing Resources, Deerfield, IL
  • WW Grainger, Lake Forest, IL
  • WOW (Women of the World), Chicago, IL
  • Young Professionals of Chicago (YPC), Metropolitan Club, Chicago, IL

QUESTIONS OR WANT TO SCHEDULE A PRESENTATION? Contact Marilyn Fettner at (847) 831-0079 or Marilyn@FettnerCareerConsulting.com