This session will provide professionals with
the tools and instruction on how to consider and present your expertise in
disciplines, rather than jobs or titles. In the process participants will
come to know how much they really do know as well as how versatile and
transferable their experience is. Take-Aways include increased efficiency on
the job, improved interaction with other disciplines within and outside your
firm, enhanced presentation skills, and a broader perspective when screening
candidates in the interviewing process. With this deeper appreciation of
your abilities and talents you can be more effective overall in your
profession and become a respected mentor allowing for the actual application
of an APICS education and Advancing Productivity, Innovation, and
Competitive Success
Introduction to Presentation:
This session will provide you with the tools and instruction on how to think
and therefore present your expertise in disciplines... rather than jobs or
titles. In the process you will come to know how much you really do know as
well as how versatile and transferable your experience is. With this deeper
appreciation you become more effective in your profession and for your
employer... and to actually apply your APICS education.
Additionally, these exercises and discussions are designed to assist you in
gathering additional insights to your career options as you attend
subsequent sessions during the conference. Understanding and appreciating
your experience and knowledge will expand your horizons and aid in your
career planning. As you listen to presenters and chat with the other
attendees during the next three days you will continually be expanding your
‘professional inventory’ and contemplating career options… and making
important Career Insurance Premiums.
Background Material:
Our world has changed and the old ‘jobs’ no longer have simple and defined
responsibilities. Even practicing professionals find it extremely burdensome
to reduce to writing their expertise and accomplishments. It is even more
difficult presenting them in an annual performance review or applying for
‘Internal Postings’ and / or a structured interview setting. The suggestion
is make your experience more easily presentable and portable – to be
prepared for change because regardless of how good you are in your present
role, companies are sold / relocate, positions are eliminated and management
changes their focus. As we all have learned, change is inevitable – prepare
for it. The age old process of last century was to react after the event and
then scramble to find another job – not necessarily the best option. With a
deeper understanding of your acquired skills, your chances of being a
‘keeper’ greatly increase and your marketability improves dramatically.
Career Insurance
- Do you have a policy in place…
- Are the premiums up to date…
- Is the ‘Face Value’ realistic to your needs…
- Is it adjustable…
- Do you really need a policy..
Your security is based on:
- Your willingness to continually identify areas where you
can contribute effectively.
- Your ability to find a need and fill it effectively and
profitably for yourself and your employer.
This ‘Hands-On’ Session Will Include:
- Defining and identifying specific DISCIPLINES in
which you are capable of contributing
- Creating a complete inventory of your expertise
- Cataloging your experience in a narrative format
- A discussion on “HCIH” thinking & presentations
- Supply Chain Career Planning in the 21St Century
- Numerous hand-outs to continue the process on
your own time
What You Will Learn:
- You clarify your roles and identify your
involvement
- You learn to focus / present in numerous
DISCIPLINES… not JOBS
- The writing assignment enables you to
better discuss / describe your expertise
verbally
- You develop an effective ‘filing system’
and organize information into appropriate
disciplines
- Knowing what you know and how to present
it effectively is the currency of your
career insurance premiums.
Gary W.
Pezzuti
Gary Pezzuti of Summit Group has spent
the past 30+ years as a Placement
Professional serving most of the
manufacturing sector and has observed
evolutionary changes in hiring procedures as
well as the emergence of numerous "magical
marketing techniques". And while there are
no magic pills, Gary has developed an
efficient method of teaching candidates more
effective ‘real life’ presentation
techniques... satisfying the desires of the
candidates as well as fulfilling the
requirements of the position and the
expectations of the hiring authorities.
Gary Pezzuti is a frequent speaker at
numerous APICS, ISM, IMA and ASQ chapter
meetings across the country. He also
provides Outplacement Counseling and has
conducted Community Workshops, Career
Planning Retreats and APICS Regional /
District Conferences including Congress For
Progress; Seminar One ; The 6–Packed
Conference and APICS International
Conferences as well as mentoring graduates
of the New Jersey Food Bank Food Service
Training Academy
In addition, Gary has been a member of the
Northern New Jersey Chapter of APICS since
1981; serves as Treasurer for Central Jersey
Chapter of APICS and Secretary for West
Jersey Chapter of APICS. He is Past
President of the Board of Unity Church of
NYC, Treasurer of The Eric Butterworth
Foundation and Adjutant for the Military
Order of the Purple Heart - Chapter 202.
