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There's more to expressing yourself than just words. Our Professional Communications and Image Program is designed to develop your communications skills, build confidence and enhance your overall image. This life-enhancing program includes:
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| Communications Program |
Image Program |
| • Communications |
• Make-Up |
| • Listening Skills |
• Wardrobe |
| • Non-Verbal Communication |
• Health and Fitness |
| • Group Communication |
• Hairstyling |
| • Interpersonal Skills |
• Visual Poise |
| • Assertiveness |
• Social Awareness |
| • Interviewing |
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| • Speech Delivery |
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| • Persuasive Speaking |
Contact us today for a personal one-on-one evaulation. The world and work environment is very different than it was even one year ago. Start becoming the person you were meant to be and gain the competitive edge that will get you noticed.
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“Hello, My name is Laura Whalen, I'm a Personal Chef as well as a proud graduate of John Robert Powers. I attended the school on Delaware Ave., in Buffalo, NY during the years of '75-'76 (not exactly sure of dates)... As a successful Personal Chef, Nutritional Consultant and Personal Trainer I feel I owe a measure of my success to Powers.
Your training gave me the confidence to put my best foot forward in every situation. I was hoping to have my 17 year-old son attend for some polishing... Warmest regards … ”
- Laura Carrig Whalen
Thanks for believing in me, even when I didn't have faith in myself... I will never be the same person ever after you.
-Marti Tabaldo
There is no such thing as such an unattractive woman, only the woman who does not know how to make the most of herself.
- John Robert Powers
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Avoiding a Layoff
Job Survival of the Fittest
© Therese Haberman
Layoff Avoidance Strategies
There are no guarantees, but here are some ideas to reduce your chances of being a target in the next layoff:
- Practice Due Diligence - Keep yourself busy at all times on the job. This means you refrain from making personal phone calls. Keep your cell phone on vibrate so that everyone in the office is not aware of your calling habits. Better yet, leave your cell phone in the car.
- Stay Healthy - You owe it to yourself and your employer to keep yourself healthy and work worthy. This means you get seven or eight hours of sleep each night, eat right and exercise regularly. If your employer sponsors flu shots, get one annually. If not, you may want to consider getting one anyway, especially if you are in a high risk category.
- Be Motivated - Those workers who are industrious and willing to take on new tasks and shoulder a bigger workload are the ones that will be kept on. Everytime a position is eliminated, it means that those who are still working must absorb the duties of the eliminated job. If you look on the positive side of this equation, this makes each team member even more valuable and crucial to the business than ever before.
- Be Positive - Possessing a positive attitude is a priceless commodity to your employer. Making decisions about who to keep and who to let go comes down to critical factors like job seniority, performance and attitude. When seniority is not a required denominator because of contractual and union employment considerations, having a good attitude at work often becomes the deciding factor, where performance is otherwise equivalent.
- Be Proactive - If you see something that needs to be done, do it. Make suggestions for improving things if you don't have the authority to make the needed changes. Buddy-up with your supervisor and offer to take on new responsibilities. Make yourself known as a team player and a take-charge person.
- Whine - NOT - Beyond the issue of having a good attitude is the corollary concern about the importance of refraining from whining or complaining about the company, your boss, the workplace, the benefits, etc. Once you are perceived as having the "whiner" label, it is almost impossible to get rid of it. More often than not, the whiners are among the first to get hit when layoffs are looming.
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