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Consumer Lender, direct or ing a challenging work environ-

family culture with staff, clients

indirect, 30 years banking
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Senior Real Estate Ex-
ecutive. Highly intuitive
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Excellent interpersonal
skills. 10 + years Customer
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Multi-Media Professional.
Acclaimed and motivated.
Looking to expand horizons.
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Coordinator- Will under-
take all assignments with
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Electronics Components,
Distribution & Direct, sales,
operations, mgt. 30+ yrs.
exp. jmoaks@netzero.net
BOOKKEEPER, proficient
with QuickBooks. Sev-
eral years experience.
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VP Sales/Mktg./Biz Devel-
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ment, are encouraged to attend.
ALSO ON THE CALENDAR:
Jan. 3 (MONDAY) and ongoing
Mondays
Looking for Work Group
Most Michiganders have probably caught St. John’s Episcopal Church
themselves humming along to Hansons “Get it library, 26998 Woodward Ave.,
Done” commercials at one time or another, but Royal Oak
for the company, it’s more than a catchy jingle 8:30 a.m.; free
– it’s a philosophy that sets them apart from 248-259-3593, kmclogan@wow
the competition. Hansons takes pride in of- way.com or www.sj2a.stjohnro.
fering the best-quality replacement windows, org
vinyl siding, roofing, entry doors, insulation All are welcome to attend this
and gutter guards in the states of Michigan support group for the jobless,
and Ohio. which offers fellowship, sup-
From installation to service, Hansons is port, strategies and tools for
committed to taking care of any problems and success.
guarantees service for its customers for years
to come. Founded by President Brian Elias, Jan. 5 (WEDNESDAY)
Hansons’ other famous motto is “A family SCORE Workshop: Could I,
serving families.” Should I Start My Own Busi-
ness?
Focus on Family Southfield Public Library,
And it’s not only customers who are treated 26300 Evergreen Road,
that way – staff members at Hansons also Southfield
consider themselves family, according to Mi- 8:45 a.m. to noon; $10
chelle Miller, human resources 313-226-7947
director. Good to Know Detroit SCORE Chapter 18 is
“Hansons is a family-owned offering this workshop to help
business,” Miller says. “We z Brian Elias named the com- potential entrepreneurs decide
treat every single one of our pany, based in Troy, in honor of Hansons is committed to its customers and guarantees long-term service on its re- whether they should start
staff as family members. No his father, Hanley, who died at placement windows, vinyl siding, roofing, entry doors, insulation and gutter guards. their own business. Attendees
the age of 49. Hansons is short
one is treated as a statistic. learn what it takes to start and
for “Hanley’s son.”
Rather, we treat the employee majority of our own in-house In addition to its “family culture,” Hansons manage a business, and which
z Hansons has career opportu-
as a whole person, weighing nities available for students, software programs,” Miller is committed to retaining employees, which personal skills are required to
their professional issues and recent graduates and career- says. “Thus, we train our equates to a high level of customer service. start a business. Call to register.
their personal issues, and bas- changers. Applications are avail- employees as they enter the “We service our workmanship and products
ing their applied knowledge able at any office or online. company, and we maintain for 30 years,” Miller says. “Therefore, it is im- GOT AN ITEM FOR
along with their efforts and training across the board, as perative to keep a low level of turnover and a CAREER CALENDAR?
z To find our more, call
contributions on the entire 800-HANSONS or visit www. needed.” high amount of retention in order to maintain E-mail date, time, place, description,
person coming to work.” hansons.com. a level of consistency with our customer base.” cost and contact info (MUST include
The company has five offices Continuous Growth Hansons also is committed to helping its phone number for verification) to
in Michigan – the main office is The company currently neighbors in need, often without any fanfare, micareercalendar@gmail.com
located in Troy – and two in Ohio, and always has 300 full-time staff members, along with according to Miller.
is experiencing some type of growth, says sub-contractors who make up installation “We are always looking for charities and
Miller. crews. The company is continuously growing events that we can participate in,” she says.
“We are always growing and expanding our within locations and departments, Miller says. “More importantly, we keep quiet the count- Shore Mortgage is more than a job …
it’s a career. Specializing in FHA/VA
business,” she says. “By this, I mean that we “For any and all perspective candidates, I less homeowners to who we provide free ser-
open new locations, and are on the edge of new would recommend that they keep their eyes vices, who because they are unable to afford
and conventional mortgage financing.
Equal Housing
technological developments daily.” open for advertisements in their local newspa- the upkeep and required maintenance as it re- Equal Opportunity Lender
For example, Hansons houses their internal pers that reflect our commitment to hiring the lates to safety on their homes, would otherwise www.shoremortgage.com
IT department. “As a result, we develop a brightest and best,” she says. be left with nowhere to turn for help.” 800-678-6663

Networking When conducting your
search on Indeed, you have two
search fields to choose from:
Easily automate job title and keywords, or by
city, state and zip. It’s impor-
your job search tant when you set up your
alerts to use the right job titles
How would you like to never and keywords, so you get the
miss another new optimal job postings
job opportunity? All sent back to you. When
major online career setting up your alerts,
and job sites in every use quotations around
industry provide the job titles and key-
job alerts, a service words. This will bring
that will alert you back results exactly
to a new job posting the same as what you
when it becomes typed in.
available online. Google.com/alerts
One of my favorite Collin LaLonde provides another great
online job sites to for alert service in other
alerts is Indeed.com. The site areas of business intelligence.
indexes most job sites, so you Google alerts allows you to go
no longer need to spend count- beyond job postings, so you can
less hours researching several keep up on companies, busi-
job sites daily. You can receive ness events and people in your
job alerts via e-mail, text and industry.
mobile devices. There are endless ideas
you can come up with to start
leveraging valuable business
information. You must first
have an account with a user
name and password to utilize
job alerts with most services.
Indeed.com, Monster, Ca-
reerbuilder and Google also
provide mobile apps for iPhone,
Blackberry and Droid.
Make a New Year’s resolu-
tion to automate more of the
information you seek online to
make the search for your next
dream job even more efficient.
Collin LaLonde is president of
Talent Driven Executive Search,
a successful job placement
firm. He conducts seminars and
personal career development
training, educating job seekers on
utilizing the power of the digital
world. Learn more at www.
talentdriven.com, his blog: www.
changingfast.com, or contact him
at doyouhaveit@gmail.com or
248-496-9600.
Work Smarts Don’t fret. Employers often
look to their seasonal employ-
ees to find that diamond in the
Make your seasonal rough. Here are some things to
keep in mind to help turn your
job a permanent gig seasonal employment into a
more permanent gig:
That holiday job just wrapped Show your stuff. Employ-
up, and it was great ers don’t usually rehire
while it lasted. The those who are unreli-
merchandise discount able and lack a work
really helped out ethic. Did you dem-
around the tree, and onstrate a passion for
that extra income getting the job done no
helped to pay off matter the sacrifice?
those accumulating If you haven’t, and you
bills. The yearlong job are on your last couple
search finally evolved of weeks, it’s never too
into a little bit of cash. Bruce Rosenblat late to start.
And now, it’s January, State your case.
and it starts all over again. Have you expressed your desire
Congratulations if your for full-time employment? Make
seasonal excursion was mission sure your employer knows how
accomplished, however, what much you valued the job and
if it wasn’t? What if you really that you want to continue.
needed that job? What if you Leave a good impression.
were counting on it? Did you do anything that dif-
ferentiated yourself from your
coworkers or drew special
recognition? Make sure you left
your employer with something
positive to remember you by.
Stay in communication.
Drop a thank-you note in the
mail to your previous employer,
and follow that up with subse-
quent touches to remind them
that you still are interested in a
position with the company.
And most importantly, never
leave without a letter of recom-
mendation. Stay positive and
optimistic. Life tends to be a
self-fulfilling prophecy. If you
bury yourself back on the couch,
that’s probably where you are
going to end up.
Bruce Rosenblat is president
and COO of Business Edge Inter-
national, a nationally recognized
executive coaching firm, and EVP-
CMO of Main Street Bank. Con-
tact him at 248-330-1363 or
itsthebruce@yahoo.com.

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