LINKEDIN – building a great profile so that you can BE FOUND FAST! - Women in Business Discussion Group Tuesday 28 November

Women in Business Discussion Group Tuesday 28 November 2017 | 5.30pm – 8pm | CPA Centre Level 3, 111 Harrington St

For our final session of 2017, we are excited to welcome Karen Tisdell to present:

LINKEDIN – building a great profile so that you can BE FOUND FAST!

• Why keywords are important and where to put them in your profile.
• What sections of LinkedIn should you spend a bit of time on?
• Tips and tricks to using LinkedIn strategically to attract job opportunities, clients, business partners.

Having spent two decades obsessing over why recruiters favour some résumés over others, Karen Tisdell launched a Résumé Writing business in 2009 that combines her love of words, with helping people improve their branding. Prior to launching ‘Karen Tisdell Careers’, she worked in recruitment for 15 years - estimating that during this period she reviewed over 734,400 résumés!

Karen still finds résumés fascinating, especially given the changes occurring in recent years. No longer can you get by with simply adding your latest job to your CV. Mediocre won’t cut through an increasingly competitive employment market and career hunters now need to carefully consider if their résumé is optimised for ubiquitous word-scanning software, as well as ensure they have a digital footprint on LinkedIn.

Karen is our expert adviser on how to write a winning résumé, and how to build and use LinkedIn to be found fast. 📧 Karen@TisdellCareers.com ☎️ 0404 083 678

We hope you can join us.  There will be canapés and lucky door prizes! To attend, please RSVP to Reis at cpawibfb@gmail.com or via Facebook by 5pm Friday 24 November 2017.

For more details about CPD hours see our blogspot http://cpawomen.blogspot.com/p/cpd.html.

Please update your own CPD Diary if you attend this meeting as CPA Australia no longer do this.

Memberships for 2017 are now due, please forward your payment as per details below:

$30 for CPAs or $50 for Non-CPA Australia members in 2017 (no pro-rata, non-refundable)

Payment in advance via EFT                                            

Bank: NAB

Account Name: Women in Business Discussion Group

BSB: 082088

Account Number: 186893555

Please email Felicity for a receipt at cpawibfb@gmail.com

Kind regards

Ellie Smith

Convenor

10 Commandments of Business Writing: Women in Business Discussion Group Tues 31 Oct

Tuesday, 31 October, 2017

5.30pm – 8pm | CPA Centre Level 3, 111 Harrington St

Bloomberg’s 2016 Job Skills Report showed that, for the finance industry, recruiters rate communication skills above ALL other skills.

That included quantitative skills, leadership ability, and analytical skills. 

 

Having top technical skills doesn’t guarantee people will listen to you. In fact, people great with numbers often struggle with words.

 

Since most of a CPA’s communication is in writing, it’s critical you do it well.

 

So this month we’re excited to have corporate communications expert, Paul Jones, speak to us about The 10 Commandments of Business Writing.

 

'Is he gonna preach to us?' 
No. But he will help you see the error of your ways when it comes to writing at work.

He'll cover the 10 Big Ones critical to you getting impact on the page, including how to:

• Be clear and concise
• Engage disinterested people
• Trigger readers to action
• Get your message across to busy skim-readers
• Avoid embarrassing mistakes. 

On the night, you'll also get a funky infographic reminding you of these blessed principles:

 

LIMITED SEATS

If you’re keen, avoid disappointment – reserve your seat now. RSVP to Reis at cpawibfb@gmail.com or via Facebook by 5pm Friday 27 October.

 

ABOUT PAUL JONES

Paul is co-founder of corporate-training company, Magneto Communications, and enterprise writing coach, Credosity.

 

For 20 years, Paul’s principles and frameworks have helped blue-chip CXO teams through to graduates change how they write, think and lead at work. His clients include Westpac Group, KPMG, BHP and Pfizer. 

 

'My writing is fine.' Sure it is. But just in case:

 

Take a little test