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Featured Job: Manager @ Hilton Worldwide

Hilton Worldwide is seeking a Manager of Hotel Openings in Memphis, TN.

The Manager of Hotel Openings will provide proactive management and guidance, on all levels, for pre-opening hotels. The Team Member will foster trust, loyalty, and confidence for owners, management, and hotel teams during the hotel opening process. The Manager of Hotel Openings will follow the hotel opening processes, and identify opportunities to impact the brand’s ramp up performance for newly open hotels. A communication plan for each new property will be established to ensure touch points are conducted with hotel and the BPS Director, Sales, and Revenue Management teams occur frequently. The Team Member will ensure hotel ownership, management, and hotel openings teams are aware of all brand and enterprise initiatives.

To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Hilton Worldwide website here.

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CCP 35: Penny Aviotti, Ms. Corporate Manners

Episode 35 of the Copeland Coaching Podcast is now live!

This week we talk with Penny Aviotti, Owner of Ms. Corporate Manners in Memphis, Tennessee. Penny shares the secrets to hidden rules at work, e-mail etiquette, and dressing for success.

penny podcastListen and learn more! You can play the podcast here, or download it for free on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher.

If you’ve enjoyed the program today, be sure to subscribe to the Copeland Coaching Podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher to ensure you never miss an episode!

For more about Penny, visit her website at www.mscorporatemanners.org.

Featured Job: Director Health Services @ Shelby County

Shelby County Government is seeking a Director of a Division of Health Services in Memphis, TN.

This position directs and oversees the entire operation of the County Health Services Division. The position reports to the County Chief Administrative Officer and works at the discretion of the County Mayor. The position also serves as a Regional Health Director for the Tennessee Department of Health to plan, direct and carry out public health functions and programs throughout Shelby County. As Division Director, the position oversees, through contracts, the provision of inmate healthcare services and the medical examiner services for Shelby County. The position requires a minimum Master’s degree in public health or related field with 10 years of progressively responsible public health management and administration in a large urban setting. Shelby County has a population of 940,000, which includes the large urban core municipality of Memphis and six additional suburban municipalities. The successful candidate must possess demonstrated expertise in public health science and practice; and proficiency in strategic, analytic and system-level thinking; financial planning and management and policy development. Must also possess proven skills in community dimensions of public health practice; intergovernmental relations; building strategic partnerships; and managing and maximizing desired outcomes from multiple funding sources. The Director is the primary proponent of the Health Services Division’s engagement in several innovative public-private partnerships and serves as a principal partner to the area’s Regional Health Improvement Collaborative. This position is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced professional to advance his or her career in public health leadership.

To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Shelby County Government job posting here.

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Featured Job: Director @ Dallas Independent Schools

The Dallas Independent School District is seeking a Director of Operations in Dallas, TX.

The Director of Food & Child Nutrition Services oversees the implementation of the strategic plan in the area of school food and child nutrition services campus level operations. Directs the school food service operations and all processes necessary to assure the service of quality meals and meets the goals for assuring food safety and implementation of nutrition initiatives while meeting budgetary goals and local, state and national guidelines. Provides leadership to ensure that all students receive meals meeting all requirements of the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs and that are attractive and appealing. Oversee operation of summer meals, after school snacks and any special programs.

To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Dallas Independent School District job posting here.

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Feeling old? Tips for your next interview.

It’s a New Year, and you’re one year older than last year. You may have signed up for a new gym membership and are watching what you eat. If you’re like most people, getting older isn’t a fun idea.

When you’re interviewing, you may even find that your age is causing people to judge you. You may even feel discriminated against. Even though companies aren’t supposed to take things like age into account, what can you do?

You cannot change their thinking, but you can change how you present yourself. If you want to avoid being labeled as “too old” in your next interview, consider these tips:

  1. Get an up to date e-mail address. I know I’ve mentioned this a few times, but I can’t emphasize it enough. Having an e-mail address that ends in “AOL.com” screams out that you’re either older or very technology challenged.
  2. Update your look. If you’re actively interviewing, ensure that your clothes are up to date in terms of style. Check to be sure your hair, makeup, and shoes are all up to date as well. Have a friend or family member help to give you an unbiased opinion.
  3. Don’t include all jobs. On your resume and on LinkedIn, you don’t have to include every job you’ve ever held. Unless you’re trying to highlight something special, you can consider limiting your experience to the last ten to fifteen years. Dropping off your first job can help to quickly drop off years.
  4. Remove your graduation years. Did you know that you don’t have to include the year you graduated on your resume? That’s right! By removing your graduation years, it’s harder for an employer to quickly calculate your age. But when you do, remove these years from LinkedIn and Facebook too.
  5. Remove the year you were born from Facebook. Facebook requires you to provide your birthdate, but you get to decide whether or not it’s public information. At a minimum, hide the year. Employers will look you up on Facebook when you’re interviewing.
  6. Keep your LinkedIn profile up to date. You don’t want to fall into the camp of those who never learned LinkedIn, so are choosing to opt-out of it. LinkedIn is a necessity for job searching.

This list may seem like tiny details, but in reality it’s these details that are the social cues to let someone know how old you are. By reducing the ability to guess your age, you will increase the chances someone will assume you’re younger – and the chances that you’ll be discriminated against in your job search.

And — if you have questions about your job search that you’d like me to address in an upcoming newsletter, please send me an e-mail at Angela@CopelandCoaching.com.

I hope these tips have helped you. Visit CopelandCoaching.com to find more tips to improve your job search. If I can be of assistance to you, don’t hesitate to reach out to me here.

Also, be sure to subscribe to my Copeland Coaching Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher where I discuss career advice every Tuesday! If you’ve already heard the podcast and enjoy it, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. Thanks.

Happy hunting!

Angela Copeland

@CopelandCoach

Featured Job: Executive Director @ Collierville Literacy Council

The Collierville Literacy Council is seeking an Executive Director in Collerville, TN.

The Executive Director is the Chief Executive Officer of the Collierville Literacy Council (CLC). The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors, and is responsible for the CLC’s achievement of its mission. In all areas the Executive Director is expected to represent the CLC professionally, ethically, positively and transparently.

In program development and delivery of services, the Executive Director will:

  • Assist the Board of Directors in maintaining a long-range strategy, toward which it makes consistent and timely progress.
  • Propose organizational goals and objectives prior to each fiscal year.
  • Provide leadership in developing program, organizational and financial plans with the Board of Directors and staff, and carry out plans and policies authorized by the board.
  • Promote active and broad participation by volunteers in all areas of the CLC’s work.
  • Maintain records and documents that ensure compliance with the expectations of funders, and the appropriate government and accreditation agencies.
  • Understand the needs of those served by the CLC, and maintain a working knowledge of significant developments, trends and emerging issues in the field.

 

To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Collierville Literacy Council website here.

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Featured Job: Sr. Director @ Cigna

Cigna is seeking an Operations Senior Director in Nashville, TN.

The Senior Segment Service Leader will lead a team of Operational Directors who are responsible for managing all transactional services for Cigna HealthSpring, ensuring the highest levels of service delivery to both our Customers and Providers (roughly 700 FTE’s in the organization). This role will lead our Customer Installation, Provider Configuration (pricing/demographics), Claim Processing, and Customer/Provider Call Centers. In addition, this leader will be tasked with managing both internal and external relationships with the Senior Leadership Team, Market Leadership and Providers to ensure service delivery is aligned with our long term organizational strategy. Responsible for improving the overall customer/provider experience and for delivering key operational outcomes.

To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Cigna website here.

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Featured Job Posting – Director @ Zeta Interactive

Zeta Interactive is seeking a Director of E-mail Operations in Boulder, CO.

This position requires the successful candidate to be highly detail orientated, and able to manage several tasks at once in a fast-paced environment. This person will be involved in the management and operation of a team that spans the US, UK and India, with a central focus on reaching revenue targets through teamwork and innovation.

To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Zeta Interactive job posting here.

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Featured Job Posting – Product Manager @ GE Capital

GE Capital is seeking a Product Manager in Memphis, TN.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute product strategy and pricing rationale to achieve/exceed business goals for identified product lines, utilizing internal and market data/analytics while collaborating and building strong working relationships with Acquisitions, Sales, Operations and Inventory Management.
  • Evaluate and identify most appropriate sales channels in support of product strategy; monitor and adjust as necessary.
  • Meet/exceed established revenue and margin goals.
  • Determine optimum location for placement of inventory to increase sales.
  • Understand and leverage market landscape and data, specifically competitor inventory levels and availability as well as AMS’ internal inventory pipeline and the demand from potential customers.
  • Research product line to understand time/cycle limitations, interchangeability, mod status, AD’s, applicability, OEM and MRO usage and demand.
  • Develop, recommend and present to key stakeholders procurement strategies for speculative product line buys balancing cost of investment in aircraft acquisition and barriers to market including repair and restoration investments.
  • Drive sell / hold strategy while achieving revenue and margin goals based on changing market demands. This includes determining whether to sell the product as an assembly or breaking it down to sub-assemblies to achieve margin goals.
  • Identify and develop marketing push strategy for inventory to be included in auctions and lot sales.
  • Develop sales strategy by product line for existing and future known inventory to include evaluating for outright and/or exchange transactions and incorporating life limits with regards to pricing.
  • Demonstrate inclusiveness and clear thinking by driving and garnering the support of the organization to execute the product marketing strategy.
  • Make continuous improvements to our customers experience utilizing Quality Management System “QMS” within GECAS AMS Inventory Management System (ICS).

To learn more, or to apply online, visit the GE Capital job description here.

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What We Can All Learn From Techies

My latest Memphis Daily News column is out, “What We Can All Learn From Techies.” In it, I discuss a trend I’ve noticed in the technology world that we could all take a few cues from.

Sunday night, when most of us were relaxing and watching the Golden Globe Awards, I received a text from a friend. It said, “I spent some time today figuring out a new video software.” And, it had a link to a fun short video.

This friend doesn’t use video at work, but he and two other IT guys are creating a YouTube channel. This is the second project for the team, who also recently started a podcast, to learn about podcasting.

This occurrence isn’t an uncommon one in the technology world. Techies are creating new social work groups on Meetup.com every day. They gather together and learn how to use software like WordPress, Python, Java, Oracle and PHP. They bounce ideas off of one another about how to start a podcast, how to build video games or how to make mobile apps.

To learn how you can learn from the technology community, read my entire Memphis Daily News column here.

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