Kella Price was recently selected as a National Advisor for Chapters (NAC) for ASTD (American Society for Training and Development).
The NAC are distinguished ASTD chapter past presidents who serve as national volunteer advisors to the Chapter Services Team and chapter leaders. The chair of the NAC also serves on the ASTD Board of Directors.
NAC members are charged with providing strategic direction and leadership in the development and support of ASTD chapters and members.
NAC's Mission
To serve as advisors, advocates, and mentors within ASTD on matters of chapter management and operations to ensure high quality service to members.
Some ways NAC works with ASTD chapters:
Link chapters with common needs
Provide guidance about items related to CORE
Assist chapters with facilitating their annual board retreat
Poll chapter leaders through Yahoo Groups or area calls
Help leaders sign up for the ASTD communications
Help leaders find resources from national ASTD
Advise and coach chapters about ASTD initiatives
Identify and share best practices
Advise ASTD staff about issues of importance to chapters
Identify and examine future roles for chapters
Bring issues of interest to chapters to the attention of the ASTD Board of Directors
Ensure that the needs of chapters are recognized by the Society
Be on the lookout for new travel and presentations as a part of this position!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Effective Resumes and Cover Letters Get Results
Effective Resumes and Cover Letters Get Results
http://blogs.polkvoice.com/default.asp?item=2204702
At the May meeting of the American Business Women's Association Lakeland Downtown Chapter, guest speaker Dr. Kella Price of the Price Consulting Group held a captive audience with suggestions for writing both resumes and the equally important cover letter. Here are just a few nuggets from that session.
Before you even begin writing or updating your resume, make sure you do your homework about the company or organization for which you are seeking employment. For example, find out what direction the company is taking. What is its mission? What is the company's culture?
Dr. Price shared the top three things every resume should include:
* Key words relevant to the position for which you are applying
* A cover letter
* Achievements (not just a laundry list of job responsibilities)
What should you leave out?
* Age
* Marital status
* Information about physical shortcomings
* Highlights of your weaknesses
When it comes to the cover letter, remember to tie their needs to your experience. Your first paragraph should state the position you are applying for and why you are the best candidate for the job. The next paragraphs should highlight your skills that match the job posting. If the job requirements focus on experience, highlight your experience first. If the requirements focus on education, then highlight your education first. Your last paragraph should summarize why you are the best person for the job and when you will follow up.
Dr. Price reminded everyone to proofread your resume and cover letter. Nothing gets you screened out faster than error-filled pages. If you are interested in professional development programs like this, visit www.lakelandabwa.com for meeting and event information. Lakeland Downtown ABWA would love to have you join us for networking and professional growth.
http://blogs.polkvoice.com/default.asp?item=2204702
At the May meeting of the American Business Women's Association Lakeland Downtown Chapter, guest speaker Dr. Kella Price of the Price Consulting Group held a captive audience with suggestions for writing both resumes and the equally important cover letter. Here are just a few nuggets from that session.
Before you even begin writing or updating your resume, make sure you do your homework about the company or organization for which you are seeking employment. For example, find out what direction the company is taking. What is its mission? What is the company's culture?
Dr. Price shared the top three things every resume should include:
* Key words relevant to the position for which you are applying
* A cover letter
* Achievements (not just a laundry list of job responsibilities)
What should you leave out?
* Age
* Marital status
* Information about physical shortcomings
* Highlights of your weaknesses
When it comes to the cover letter, remember to tie their needs to your experience. Your first paragraph should state the position you are applying for and why you are the best candidate for the job. The next paragraphs should highlight your skills that match the job posting. If the job requirements focus on experience, highlight your experience first. If the requirements focus on education, then highlight your education first. Your last paragraph should summarize why you are the best person for the job and when you will follow up.
Dr. Price reminded everyone to proofread your resume and cover letter. Nothing gets you screened out faster than error-filled pages. If you are interested in professional development programs like this, visit www.lakelandabwa.com for meeting and event information. Lakeland Downtown ABWA would love to have you join us for networking and professional growth.
RÉSUMÉ BUILDING Seminar featured in the Ledger
The Water Cooler
the curriculum vitae
http://www.theledger.com/article/20080512/NEWS/805120306/1349/LIFE09
RESUMÉ BUILDING: We've all heard that we have just one chance to make a first impression.The same is true for our resumé and cover letter.If you haven't written a cover letter in years; if your resumé still says you are a member of the FBLA or if you can't even remember where you worked 20 years ago, have we got a plan for you.First, mark your calendar for 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday at the Imperial Swan Hotel & Suites on South Florida Avenue in Lakeland.Second, make reservations at lakelandabwa@yahoo.com right now, today, before all the seats are gone.Dr. Kella Price of Price Consulting Group is going to tell how to create a winning resumé and cover letter. So bring your current resumé and cover letter with you.Price is going to tell you the No. 1 mistake people make in writing their resumé and what three things every resumé should include.Lunch is $20; not much for a new career.adventures overseasAMERICANS ABROAD: The dollar may be slumping steadily and Americans' disposable income may be shrinking, but just try keeping them home.Travel organization AAA and Global Insight, a forecasting company, predicted 25.1 million Americans will be crossing borders for leisure travel this summer, up 2.6 percent from last year. Summer is the most popular vacation season.And they're expected to spend more than ever: $30.7 billion in June, July and August, up 5.7 percent from last year."Those that choose to make these trips are reallocating their budgets," said Ken McGill, executive managing director of Global Insight, a forecasting company. "Leisure travel has become not only a necessity to many American travelers, it's become almost a divine right."Vacationers will cut shopping and entertainment out of their travel budgets, and will cut household expenses before they nix travel plans, McGill said.The forecast is based on an economic model that includes aggregated data about the U.S. economy, domestic spending, foreign exchange rates, historic travel data, inflation in travel costs and other factors.still impressMAKE IT SING: A tight labor market is no excuse for lazy job postings.Candidates may flock to ads, but to attract the best potential employee, job listings need to generate excitement about the company and articulate benefits to the hire while being short, clear and punchy.Some tips from Michael Jalbert, president of MRINetwork, an executive search company:Don't drone on and on about a position's responsibilities and requirements. Keep postings short.Sell the job's strengths: Get in a "what's in it for me" statement at the end of a posting. Job candidates need to know why the position is valuable and interesting.Make sure salary and benefits match what competitors are offering. Job-seekers today can research other companies' offerings and determine their value.In precise, crisp language, make clear the brand of your company and why it's a valuable workplace.For junior positions, creative or cutting-edge wordplay can be acceptable; for senior management roles, keep language drier and professional.[ LYNNE MADDOX/The Ledger and The Associated Press ]
the curriculum vitae
http://www.theledger.com/article/20080512/NEWS/805120306/1349/LIFE09
RESUMÉ BUILDING: We've all heard that we have just one chance to make a first impression.The same is true for our resumé and cover letter.If you haven't written a cover letter in years; if your resumé still says you are a member of the FBLA or if you can't even remember where you worked 20 years ago, have we got a plan for you.First, mark your calendar for 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday at the Imperial Swan Hotel & Suites on South Florida Avenue in Lakeland.Second, make reservations at lakelandabwa@yahoo.com right now, today, before all the seats are gone.Dr. Kella Price of Price Consulting Group is going to tell how to create a winning resumé and cover letter. So bring your current resumé and cover letter with you.Price is going to tell you the No. 1 mistake people make in writing their resumé and what three things every resumé should include.Lunch is $20; not much for a new career.adventures overseasAMERICANS ABROAD: The dollar may be slumping steadily and Americans' disposable income may be shrinking, but just try keeping them home.Travel organization AAA and Global Insight, a forecasting company, predicted 25.1 million Americans will be crossing borders for leisure travel this summer, up 2.6 percent from last year. Summer is the most popular vacation season.And they're expected to spend more than ever: $30.7 billion in June, July and August, up 5.7 percent from last year."Those that choose to make these trips are reallocating their budgets," said Ken McGill, executive managing director of Global Insight, a forecasting company. "Leisure travel has become not only a necessity to many American travelers, it's become almost a divine right."Vacationers will cut shopping and entertainment out of their travel budgets, and will cut household expenses before they nix travel plans, McGill said.The forecast is based on an economic model that includes aggregated data about the U.S. economy, domestic spending, foreign exchange rates, historic travel data, inflation in travel costs and other factors.still impressMAKE IT SING: A tight labor market is no excuse for lazy job postings.Candidates may flock to ads, but to attract the best potential employee, job listings need to generate excitement about the company and articulate benefits to the hire while being short, clear and punchy.Some tips from Michael Jalbert, president of MRINetwork, an executive search company:Don't drone on and on about a position's responsibilities and requirements. Keep postings short.Sell the job's strengths: Get in a "what's in it for me" statement at the end of a posting. Job candidates need to know why the position is valuable and interesting.Make sure salary and benefits match what competitors are offering. Job-seekers today can research other companies' offerings and determine their value.In precise, crisp language, make clear the brand of your company and why it's a valuable workplace.For junior positions, creative or cutting-edge wordplay can be acceptable; for senior management roles, keep language drier and professional.[ LYNNE MADDOX/The Ledger and The Associated Press ]
Article mentions me!
Here's an article that was forwarded to me, which was written recently about the ASTD conference in San Diego. I was interviewed for this article...
Volunteers – without them ASTD wouldn’t work
The ASTD International Conference 2008 in San Diego worked smoothly as it usually does. As a participant you are every year impressed over how ten thousand people is moving around among the sessions and expo booths, getting their cappuccinos in the breaks, finding the right buses, eat-to-meet venues, lost luggage, and time to check your e-mail in the Cyber Center, without to much disorder. It is true that a well-organized logistic plan underpins it all, but in the end it is hundreds of volunteers that get this huge machinery work. One of them is Dr. Kella B. Price.
I met her over some ice-tea in an intermission between two conference sessions where she was fully engaged in distributing and collecting participants’ feedback forms.
The standard deal for volunteers is that they get one day free admission to the conference for every day they work. Kella has volunteered to work two days, thus getting access to half the conference. She reveals, though, that she has been working all four days, having no chance to make use of her accrued days. I asked her why she so totally devoted herself into this work, what was in it for her? “There was a shortage of hands, and I really want every participant at the conference to feel that everything is working without any unnecessary interruptions due to lack of volunteers. I wanted to contribute to the overall success.” says Kella.
Back home Kella is running a small but successful consultant company focusing on training expatriates for their work abroad. All aspects of preparations that need to be taken: cultural understanding, language training, networking in the new country, and the important role for the family accompanying. She has also developed a detailed program for the families when they return - an often neglected part of the outsourcing process. “You never return to the same environment that you left. Everything is constantly changing, and you notice that when you return after some time abroad”.
She has just recently moved from Newport, South Carolina to Yuma, Arizona, due to her husband’s contract with the army, which means she will have to start her business all over. “Networking is the key, also when relocating within a country” says she with a smile. She hurries down the aisle. The next session’s speaker is waiting for her assistance.
It is individuals like Dr. Kella B. Price that makes ASTD such a great organization.
Anders Kinding
Training Consultant and ASTD Member, Sweden
Volunteers – without them ASTD wouldn’t work
The ASTD International Conference 2008 in San Diego worked smoothly as it usually does. As a participant you are every year impressed over how ten thousand people is moving around among the sessions and expo booths, getting their cappuccinos in the breaks, finding the right buses, eat-to-meet venues, lost luggage, and time to check your e-mail in the Cyber Center, without to much disorder. It is true that a well-organized logistic plan underpins it all, but in the end it is hundreds of volunteers that get this huge machinery work. One of them is Dr. Kella B. Price.
I met her over some ice-tea in an intermission between two conference sessions where she was fully engaged in distributing and collecting participants’ feedback forms.
The standard deal for volunteers is that they get one day free admission to the conference for every day they work. Kella has volunteered to work two days, thus getting access to half the conference. She reveals, though, that she has been working all four days, having no chance to make use of her accrued days. I asked her why she so totally devoted herself into this work, what was in it for her? “There was a shortage of hands, and I really want every participant at the conference to feel that everything is working without any unnecessary interruptions due to lack of volunteers. I wanted to contribute to the overall success.” says Kella.
Back home Kella is running a small but successful consultant company focusing on training expatriates for their work abroad. All aspects of preparations that need to be taken: cultural understanding, language training, networking in the new country, and the important role for the family accompanying. She has also developed a detailed program for the families when they return - an often neglected part of the outsourcing process. “You never return to the same environment that you left. Everything is constantly changing, and you notice that when you return after some time abroad”.
She has just recently moved from Newport, South Carolina to Yuma, Arizona, due to her husband’s contract with the army, which means she will have to start her business all over. “Networking is the key, also when relocating within a country” says she with a smile. She hurries down the aisle. The next session’s speaker is waiting for her assistance.
It is individuals like Dr. Kella B. Price that makes ASTD such a great organization.
Anders Kinding
Training Consultant and ASTD Member, Sweden
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