The Working World

Clear Fear from Your Career and More

There’s more fear than usual floating around these days. Fear about savings, spending, housing, but most of all fear about work—and that holds true whether you’re unemployed or looking, employed and scared about losing your job, or just plain stuck.

On March 31, motivational speaker Gabrielle Bernstein will give a lecture for women, Clear Fear from Your Career, with step-by-step advice on how to remove the psychological blocks that hold you back. Full disclosure: She’s a friend. But that also means we’ve experienced her workshops. Aimed mostly at women in their 20s and early 30s, they’re positive, practical, and have a strong spiritual element.

7 to 9 p.m.
TheEventSpaceNYC
122 West 26th Street (between 6th and 7th Aves.)
$20 ($10 for students with ID at door)
RSVP: http://gabriellebernstein.com/speaking.html

If it sounds too heady for you, you can’t make it, or you’re a man, there are plenty of other career events coming up in New York:

March 21: Transitioning from the Corporate to the Non-Profit Sector
Career coach Bettina Seidman advises on how to make the shift.

12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
257 Park Avenue South, 4th floor
$55
Registration: seidbet@aol.com

March 24: Networking Clinic
The second in a series of workshops sponsored by the Advertising Women of N.Y., this one will cover building relationships and developing business in a changing economy. Non-members welcome.

6 to 8:00 p.m.
Time, Inc.
1271 Avenue of the Americas
$10 for members, $25 for guests
RSVP: www.awny.org/EventsCalendar.html or (212) 221-7979

March 25: Race to Place Networking Night
Our colleagues over at the 405 Club are hosting a casual evening with recruiters, advisers, counselors, some job-seeking New Yorkers—and a twist. They’ve partnered with a LinkedIn group, Human Resources Managers in New York, and the first recruiter to put someone in a job gets a press release.

4 to 7 p.m.
The Galway Hooker Pub
7 East 36th Street (between Fifth and Madison)
Free
RSVP: http://www.the405club.com

March 25: Career Focus/Networking Night
New York Social Network hosts an evening with Kimberly Schneiderman from City Career Services, who will discuss how to establish your value with in your company and market yourself as an expert in your field.

7:00 to 9:00 pm
Basement Meeting Room 420 Lounge
420 Amsterdam (at West 80th St.)
$25
RSVP: http://www.newyorksocialnetwork.com/

March 28: Planning and Managing A Successful Job Search
Career coach Win Sheffield offers advice for organizing your hunt. Topics include research, clarifying your job targets, generating job leads, and managing your search.

2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Mid-Manhattan Library
455 Fifth Avenue (at 40th Street)
Free
No RSVP required

Tags: career, events, job-hunting, networking, New York, The Working World