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CREATING EASE & LIKABILITY FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE NEW ECONOMY

Presented by: Jeff Garton, Author, Speaker, and Founder of
Career Contentment, Inc.


     In today’s economy, it is important to
know the employer’s perspective of what they see in you, the job
candidate.  Learn how the science of the
mind works, and how understanding it will help you succeed in your search.  Jeff will provide you with methods to improve
your performance that will help you land the job!



     Jeff will show you how to build a personal
brand and increase your visibility so you are contacted for the skills and
talents you possess.  Jeff will show you how to take your message and make
it into a beacon that can be zeroed in on by recruiters, employers and hiring
managers.  Join us for this most interesting, fresh approach to handling
your job search.

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    In 2001, after 23 years inside corporate HR
(SR. Director Staffing and Placement – Kraft Foods & Global Staffing and
Succession Management – Miller Brewing), it dawned on Jeff that he would be
unfulfilled if he didn’t leave to pursue his dream of owning a business. 
It also occurred to Jeff that it was his fear of leaving that was holding him
back, not the sophisticated programs that were keeping him comfortably retained.



   
Functioning for the first time as an entrepreneur career coach, Jeff
acknowledged that he was perfectly content in his new work, highly resilient,
naturally engaged and self-motivated. 

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Jeff was born and raised in West
Virginia where he obtained his Bachelor’s Degree from Glenville State College, and a
Masters in Organizational Communication and Public Personnel Administration from the University of New Mexico.

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