June 2018 EARN Meeting
Date and time
Location
St. Patrick's Parish Center (Lower Level of the New Church)
Moseman Rd & Hanover St Yorktown Heights, NY 10598Description
Topic: Resumes and Interviews; an unorthodox view
This month we will learn how to create resumes that work, and we get some great interviewing tips from someone who has reviewed hundreds of resumes and interviewed several people a week.
This month's speaker, Ray Murphy is currently retired from an independent consultanting, where he filled the role of Project Director of the Healthcare Information Xchange of New York, located in Albany, since early 2006. He also consulted with Parameds.com, an entity that provided medical histories to life insurance companies.
Prior to that, he spent 3 1/2 years as the Senior VP and Chief Information Officer of Capital District Physicians Health Plan in Albany.
Before moving to the greater Capital Region, he spent over six years as a Vice President of Paragon Computer Professionals, an IT consulting firm headquartered in Cranford, New Jersey. At Paragon, Mr. Murphy was responsible for the delivery of technology-based solutions to major clients in the health care and insurance industries on the east coast.
Prior to Paragon, he spent 12 years at Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield in New York City, where he rose to the level of Vice President of Information Services. He spent his early IT career in various technical and management roles at Union Carbide Corporation in New York City, Tarrytown, New York and Danbury, Ct.
Mr. Murphy holds a Bachelors degree in Mathematics from Providence College and a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.
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EARN has been ministering to the people of St. Patrick’s Parish, and the surrounding communities of the lower Hudson Valley (and beyond) for over 29 years. Please help spread the word to those who need our ministry’s help in these challenging times.
Organized by
is one of Westchester County's perennial faith-based groups specifically designed to assist the unemployed, underemployed and others in a state of career transition. EARN been holding monthly meetings since 1989.
The program was established by a small group of parishioners with human resources backgrounds with the intent of educating attendees about the job search process and by providing them opportunities to develop their networking skills. Essentially, EARN's coordinators help individuals to learn what it takes to uncover job leads and to increase their number of potential contacts. Not an employment agency, EARN provides valuable resources to connect attendees to work, but does not provide job placement.
The monthly meeting has four phases. Initially, there is News You Can Use -- an update on events. This is usually followed by a knowledgeable guest speaker who delves into various aspects of the job search, such as resume preparation, networking, negotiating and interviewing. Third, a coordinator facilitates a formal networking process whereby each participant tells of his/her background, aspirations and job search successes/setbacks experienced over the last month. Finally, informal networking takes place. Attendees do a one-on-one or small group interactions, for example, depending upon what transpired in the earlier networking phase.
EARN also publishes a monthly newsletter entitled Employment Exchange which lists job openings and situations wanted.
Visit EARNatStPats.com for more information.