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How can you take the time to learn skills needed to find a new job in your career field—or to be promoted within your existing company? 

The answer:  Bagel Brunch and Career Crunch, offered through the Department of Management in the Zicklin School of Business within Baruch College (CUNY).

My two-session intensive program is for those looking to promote their talent by mastering the skills needed for finding a new job, being noticed for advancement, or transitioning to a new career.  Review of resumes, practice managing awkward interview questions, what is needed in LinkedIn profiles, and other areas needed for job searches and career success are included in the sessions.

A typical attendee found my workshop provided great value:

I appreciated every aspect of the seminar, but I have to say that the most challenging was the most helpful:  getting out of my comfort zone.  We were challenged to create resumes, LinkedIn accounts, business cards, and to work on getting out, meeting people, and creating new contacts.  Working with Professor Henderson has enabled me to begin to work through the difficulty of speaking up and selling my skills.

Session dates are Sunday, October 24^th and November 7^th.

Brunch and networking: 12:00-1:30 p.m.; skills workshop: 1:30-5:30 p.m.

Charge for this two-session workshop is $120.  Class size is strictly limited. 

The program is open to students, alumni, anyone looking for a platform to develop the confidence, expertise, and support needed to find and succeed in your career.

Registration closes on Friday, October 18^th. 

For further assistance and registration contact Linda Moore at (646) 312-3620 or Linda.Moore@baruch.cuny.edu.

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Really.  Think about it.  Could you live without coming home and sitting in front of the TV for a good part—if not the entire—evening?  Or, during the day when you are supposedly working remotely for your job?

The topic of survival without a TV was asked to me during a telephone interview with Donna Freedman, “Living with Less” columnist in the Savings/Debt area of the Personal Finance section at MSN.com. http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/can-your-life-be-richer-without-tv.aspx?page=1

My answer?  Yes, I can live without a TV, and have done so since 2007 when I gave away my bulky old television during the renovation of my co-op apartment.  Ms. Freedman has been TV free since 2004, and finds she doesn’t miss it.  I agree.

 When I tell my students in my management classes that I don’t have a TV, they look shocked.  “How can you do it?  How can you possibly live without a TV?”  My students tell me that they don’t have time to read course assignments, yet, they can also tell me about all the programs on TV that I am missing.

Living without a TV has gotten easier since I discovered the range of programs on radio, including “60 Minutes.”  Listening is a little challenging since the program is the one shown on TV; without a screen, I have to imagine what people look like and the setting for the conversations.

Now, here’s the truth.  I watch about an hour of TV each time I’m at my gym to work out.  And, I went to a friend’s home to watch some NY Jets playoff games.  Okay, the whole truth.  When I fly Jet Blue, especially to California, I watch my personal TV located in the seatback ahead of me almost the entire way.  Well, this is true confessions so I have to say that I probably choose Jet Blue because of the TVs.  Once I reach my hotel room or home of a family member or friend, I do watch TV.  And one time, I even watched the TV set of a neighbor who lived in the next building.  (To read about that, do a search on my blog for “Metropolitan Diary.”)

However, the reality is that I don’t own and don’t need TV.  If I am watching TV with access to a channel changer, I surf the channels when a commercial comes on or a stupid news anchor starts to read a stupid piece of what he or she calls news.  I don’t like being inundated with advertising and, in this election season, am not interested in political pitches or watching dumb people pontificate and rant about issues.

Instead of watching TV, I listen to music—from Beethoven to Springsteen—or tune into National Public Radio’s talk shows, or follow the joy of success or the agony of defeat of sports teams.  Or go out with a friend to dinner and a movie, attend a concert, sit in the audience of a Broadway play, or other enjoyable event during which we do not talk endlessly about TV shows. Television isn’t evil.  It just shouldn’t be the top priority in one’s life.

Ms. Freedman posed the following question, a good one to ponder:  “Does TV take away more than it provides? What are you giving up in order to watch ‘American Idol’?”