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February 2004

Scherer Schneider Paulick presented complimentary seminars for Pending College Graduates and Early Careerists to help them with their Career Direction. According to the Board of Labor Statistics, the number of unemployed college graduates has doubled in the past few years. Some seniors expect to be underemployed, while others are choosing graduate school over working at a job that they consider unsuitable. In fact, 61% of graduating seniors expect to move in with their parents. (Paul knows this from experience). Career management is dramatically different than even a few years ago. Flatter organizations mean fewer “career path” opportunities. Yet, in today’s competitive market, organizations and individuals are looking for new, practical ways to achieve career success. We provided each of the participants with insights on:

§ Overview of the Marketplace

§ Developing a plan for career success and how to implement it; Why it is important to do this now

§ Values; Motivators

§ Identification of Skills; What is your offer to the marketplace? What type of company will fit your skills and general needs?

§ Demonstration of our on-line Career Guide, OI Solutions. Individuals were given a password, which will gave them access to through the internet

§ Sample Resumes and cover letters

§ Networking

§ Interviewing

§ A Comprehensive Job Search Manual.

Each individual took assessments prior to the seminar. The assessments included Myers Briggs and Strong Interest Inventories. Participants received individual feedback and a personal session with a coach later in the day after the seminar.

We were very impressed with the enthusiasm and participation of all the attendees, we received an overwhelming response from the students and, of course, from their parents. By providing each individual with their own set of tools to develop a career plan and to obtain job searching essentials, we believe that they now have a competitive edge and a highly effective approach to support their own Career Success. We plan on hosting more of these seminars, in case, your son or daughter missed this event. We will keep you informed of the next scheduled seminar.

SSP will be hosting a reception featuring author, Ed Gubman, discussing his book, The Engaging Leader: Winning with Today’s Free Agent Workforce on March 2, 2004 at the Hotel Sofitel.

New skills are needed to lead today’s free agent-minded work force. In good times and bad, your most talented people are looking out for themselves. You can’t build Company loyalty anymore, but you can build devotion to great leaders. Corporate America doesn’t have much experience leading in this new way. Using simple, accessible examples from business and sports – where agents have been the norm for years – Ed provides indispensable advice on how leaders can achieve excellence. Based on his book, The Engaging Leader, this exciting, popular presentation provides a clear path for building winning teams, and even dynasties, with lessons you can apply immediately.

Dr. Gubman makes very compelling points on how critical great leadership is today, and finds a way to show what leadership means and the difference it makes. He has shown dozens of companies how to leverage their most vital competitive assets – their people. His insightful parallels between sports and business are easy to grasp and hard to forget.

If you would like to attend this event, please call us at (312)577-4001.

Our Holiday Reception left 2003 with some very memorable moments. Pictures speak louder than words, click here to see some of the festivities

Scherer Schneider Paulick was awarded the “Firm of the Year” Award and Jay Scherer was awarded the “Partner of the Year’’ Award by OI Partners for 2003. OI Partners is the world’s largest career consulting partnership, with over 200 locations in 23 countries, including over 75 locations in the United States. SSP was awarded the “Firm of the Year” for the second consecutive year. In 2002, Paul Schneider was awarded the “Partner of the Year”. We are very proud of their accomplishments. For more information, see

http://www.oipartners.net

Jay Scherer & Mike Broscio authored a series of articles for the Journal of Healthcare Management, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Issue, January - December 2003.

“New Ways of Thinking About Career Success”

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