The nation’s unemployment rate has been sharply climbed to 10%. Many people are looking for their next jobs. For those who aren't, they are anxious to learn how to prepare for the unprepared, if and when it happens.
 
Let’s face it. Job searching is NEVER easy. Having a successful career sounds even more challenging in this recession economy. 

Yet, fortunately there are some people who have seen it all, studied it and then provided down-to-earth coaching that not only transitioned people’s careers, but also transformed their lives.

Join members of HYSTA and Haas Chinese Business Association (HaasCBA) for an educational and inspiring evening with Ms Merrin Donley, a seasoned business strategist and career management consultant with 20 years of hands-on experience, to learn what it will take to land your next great job and enjoy a long-term career success. 

Ms. Donely has been highly appraised by her clients as not only a great career coach but “a life changer”.  She’s a well sought-after public speaker who has been invited for many public and private events for career management topics.  Topics to be covered include:

•    Job Search - A Sales Process
•    Selling yourself to the priorities of a potential employer as a “business enhancer”
•    Hiring Hierarchy
•    Current Trends
•    Five Essentials To Ensure Career Success

Date:         Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Location:    Fenwick & West LLP, Silicon Valley Center
                  801 California Street, Mountain View, California 94041
Agenda:      6:30 - 7:00pm: Registration & Networking
                  7:00 - 8:00pm: Presentation
                  8:00 - 8:30pm: Q&A

Fee:                                          Online                            At Door
General Pass                             $25                               $40 (Cash only)
Member*/Student Pass            $15 (with Coupon)        $40 (Cash only)

Note:  HaasCBA members might want to contact HaasCBA-owner@yahoogroups.com for a promotion code for the member price.

About Merrin Donley:  MERRIN DONLEY is a BUSINESS STRATEGIST specializing in Leadership Development, Executive Coaching, Change and Career Management.  As a pragmatist and experienced businessperson who studied the ideas of business leaders, psychologists and sociologists, she has a down-to-earth approach to helping companies grow and transition.
In 1990 she started Merrin Donley Assoc., providing clients with transition and growth management consulting services of the highest quality. Most recently, she has focused on developing customized Leadership Development training programs for companies in Silicon Valley and acts as a Senior Job Coach and Trainer with an international career management firm.

About Haas Chinese Business Association (HaasCBA): HaasCBA was founded by a few enthusiastic Berkeley Chinese MBA students in 2002 to promote leadership, entrepreneurship and friendship for the Chinese community affiliated with Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.

It has since grown to embrace and serve people from all different ethnicities and backgrounds as one of the most active professional organizations in the Bay area, with members from all over the world.

More details about HaasCBA can be found here.
 
About HYSTA
HYSTA (Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association, www.hysta.org) is a leading Chinese professional association in US. Founded in 1999 by a group of successful Chinese entrepreneurs, HYSTA aims at nurturing entrepreneurship and career development among Chinese technology and business professionals and facilitates networking and the exchange of business ideas between Silicon Valley and China.