Speaking

Absolutely AbbyWhether your audience is HR professionals navigating today’s talent landscape or job seekers ready to find work they love, I deliver engaging, actionable presentations that stick. To book a speaking engagement anywhere in the USA, please call me at 863-328-3384.

 
 

Past Speaking Engagements

 

  • Presented “Networking for Introverts, Extraverts and In-Between Verts” at
    • BioHUB in Montclair, NJ
    • Garden State SHRM Conference
    • White Mountain Business Owners Round Table
    • Greater West Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce
    • Small Business Event in Naperville Public Library
    • IEEE Consultants Network of Northern New Jersey (CNNNJ)
    • Rochester Professional Consultants Network in Rochester, NY
    • Kellogg School of Management
    • IEEE Metrocon
    • Delaware Valley Mensa in Runnemede, NJ
    • Lee Hecht Harrison
    • Financial Executives Networking Groups
    • Hi Tech Networking Group in Beaverton, OR
    • Real Estate Lives in Tampa, FL
    • University of Rochester Bloch Alumni and Advancement Center
    • North Shore Executive Networking Group in Oak Brook, IL
    • McDonald’s Hamburger University
    • eWomen Network in Central, NJ
    • Breakfast Club in East Brunswick, NJ
    • Many Project Management Institute Chapters
    • Many Libraries

TEDx Presentation

Keynote Presentations

  • “Networking for Introverts, Extraverts and In-Between Verts” to many Project Management Institute Chapters
  • “Top 10 Employability Skills” at the Women’s Conference in Santa Clarita, CA
  • “Going Undercover — The Deep Dark Secrets of the Recruiting World” at the California Placement Association Conference in San Diego, CA
  • Small Business Event in Naperville Library
  • “Career Workshop Day” hosted by The Office of Assemblyman Chivukula at Raritan Valley Community College
  • “Reaching for your Career Dreams” for University of Rochester’s Student Alumni Networking Night
  • Atlantic City Career & Resource Fair for Veterans
  • “Job Searching — How to Win the Hearts and Minds of Recruiters” to MediaBistro Career Forum
  • “Eventually is Now!” for the Sisterhood of Temple B’nai Or in Morristown, NJ
  • “Preparing Yourself for a Career in a Global Market” at Morehead State University in Morehead, KY
  • “Exposing the Hidden Job Market” and “Technologically Speaking: Job Strategies Utilizing Social Media” at the California Placement Association Conference for Professional Development
  • Macomb Community College in Detroit, MI
  • Presented “The 10 Things I Wish I Knew in High School” to students at Poly Prep in Brooklyn, NY

Conferences Developed

  • Developed and implemented “Your Career Campaign 2009”, a 5 hour conference in NYC attended by 200 job seekers
  • Contributed to the planning of “Career Planning on a Napkin”, a job seeker conference in Stamford, CT
  • Developed “Take Charge of You” for career changers

Human Resources Speaking Engagements

  • Awarded the “Pinnacle Award” by the Society of Human Resources for presenting on “Social Media Networking Strategies for Success” at “Mission Success”, The Ultimate Warrior Career Workshops and Job Fair in Fort Dix, NJ
  • Presented “What Human Resources Managers Need to Do To Keep Their Best Employees from Leaving” at
    • SHRM Garden State Council — 19th Annual State Conference in 2010
    • Delaware Valley 2010 HR Summit
    • Jersey Shore Association of Human Resources in Neptune, NJ
    • Execusense — the world’s largest executive webinar library
    • Westchester Human Resources Management Association in White Plains, NY
    • SHRM at Lee Hecht Harrison — Parsippany, NJ
    • “Recruiting and Motivating Volunteers” for the SHRM Garden State Council
    • Lehigh Valley SHRM Career Connections Group — Bethlehem, PA
    • HRMA — the SHRM Princeton Chapter — Princeton, NJ
    • Whine & Dine HR In-Transition Group — Edison, NJ
    • HR Conference at Rutgers University — UNITY: You Land When Others Don’t
    • Princeton HRMA — SHRM Job Search Group — Princeton, NJ
    • Sussex Warren HR In-Transition Group — Mount Olive, NJ
    • Advantage Human Resourcing in New York, NY
  • Speaker on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator for:
    • Central Jersey SHRM’s Job Search Group
    • Career Networking Group
    • Association of Information Technology Professionals
    • The Economist (CFO Group)
    • LEO Pharma
    • Alpharma
    • eClerx
    • Organic
  • Delivered an outplacement program for Bradco Supply Corporation and Edge Therapeutics consisting of these modules:
    • The Do’s & Don’ts of Job Searching in 2010
    • Networking Effectively — Live and Online
    • Advanced Networking & Social Media

College / University / High School Speaking Engagements

  • Developed Absolutely Abby’s Job Search Success Series, a 10-week teleseminar series, exclusively for The University of Rochester:
    • The Secret Do’s and Don’ts of Job Searching
    • The Magic of Networking
    • Using LinkedIn to Create Vital Introductions
    • Don’t Just Think Outside the Box – Think Outside This World
    • The Top Interview Questions Exposed
    • Success for the Seasoned Search – the Benefit of Being Called Overqualified
    • Developing Effective Relationships With Headhunters
    • Tweeting Your Way to Your Next Job
    • Bridging the Gap – Returning to the Workforce After Time Away
    • The Top 10 Things I’ve Learned Since College
  • Schools presented at:
    • Rowan University
    • Rider University
    • Columbia University
    • SUNY Old Westbury
    • New York University
    • Metropolitan College MBA Program
    • Rochester Institute of Technology
    • University of Rochester
    • Chaffey College
    • Moreno Valley College
    • Miramar College
    • American River College
    • Caldwell College
    • Penn State University
    • Purdue University
    • Harper College
    • City College of San Francisco
    • Thunderbird Alumni
    • Finger Lakes Community College
    • Baruch’s Zicklin School of Business
    • Morehead State University
    • County College of Morris
    • Macomb Community College
    • Naveen Jindal School of Management
    • College of the Canyons
    • Empire State College
    • San Diego City Colleges
    • Kellogg School of Management
    • Poly Prep High School

Career Development Speaking Engagements

  • Presented the following to numerous networking groups around the country:
    • “Success for the Seasoned Search — The Benefit of Being Overqualified”
    • “Don’t Just Think Outside the Box — Think Out of This World”
    • “Using Social Media to Help You Win the Gold”
    • “What You Don’t Know You Don’t Know About LinkedIn”
    • “Job Searching Today — How to Play & Beat the Odds”
    • “A Recruiter’s Guide to Finding and Landing the Right Job”
    • “How to Maximize Your Positioning Using Social Media”
    • “Creative Campaigning — How To Outsmart Your Competition”
    • “Social Not-Working: How To Connect With Real People”
    • “What If You Didn’t Get the Job”
    • “Where are the jobs and how can you find them?”
    • “Interviewing Ingenuity”
    • “The Never-Ending Interview”
    • “How to Interview Like a Rockstar”
    • “How to Be Seen as an Expert Among the Competition”
    • “Using Twitter to Become a Thought Leader in Your Market”
  • Associations presented at:
    • Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) — 5th Annual Career Day Forum at Rutgers University
    • Association for Operations Management (APICS) PRSJ — Cranbury, NJ
    • ASTD’s In Transition Group at Dale Carnegie
    • Project Management Institute (PMI)
    • Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NhN)
    • Dress for Success — Morris County Chapter
    • National Council of Jewish Women — Livingston, NJ
    • Somerset County Business Partnership
    • New Jersey Childcare Association
    • State Association for Early Childhood Education
    • Chem Pharma
    • Resources Global Professionals in New York, NY
    • Shearman & Sterling, LLP in New York, NY
    • Delaware Valley 2010 HR Summit
  • Executive networking groups presented at:
    • Senior Executive’s Networking Group (SENG)
    • Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG)
    • Business Executives Networking Group (BENG)
    • Greater Philadelphia Senior Executives Group (GPSEG)
  • Libraries presented at:
    • Princeton Public Library — Princeton, NJ
    • Russell Library Job Group — Middletown, CT
    • Donald Dungan Library — Costa Mesa, CA
    • Katie Wheeler Library — Irvine, CA
    • Claremont Branch Library — San Diego, CA
    • Mission Hills Branch Library — San Diego, CA
  • Department of Labor groups presented at:
    • Six Department of Labor Professional Services Groups (PSG)
    • PA CareerLink of Bucks County — Bristol, PA
    • BioNJ Outplacement Division
    • Monmouth County Division of Employment and Training
  • Religious groups presented at:
    • St. Gregory the Great Networking Group — Hamilton Square, NJ
    • Jewish Family & Vocational Service of Middlesex County — Milltown, NJ
    • Temple Community Network at Barnert Temple — Franklin Lakes, NJ
    • Schmoozer’s Job Network/Jewish Employment Transition Services (JETS) — West Hartford, CT
    • Marathi Vishwa Networking Group — Lawrence Harbor, NJ
    • National Council of Jewish Women — Livingston, NJ
    • Israeli Career Network in New York, NY
    • The Church of the Immaculate Conception’s Employment Ministry
    • Dor Chadash, affiliate of the Jewish Federation of North America
    • Trinity Church
    • St. Matthias Employment Ministry
    • Media Presbyterian Church in Media, PA
  • Outplacement groups presented at:
    • Right Management
    • Lee Hecht Harrison
    • Drake Beam Morin
    • BioNJ Outplacement Division
  • Networking groups presented at:
    • The Breakfast Club — East Brunswick, NJ
    • Lehigh Valley Professionals Group — Allentown, PA
    • Monday at Seven Networking Group at The Darien Library — Darien, CT
    • Ridge Diner Job Seeker’s Group — Suffern, NY
    • Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NhN)
    • Westchester Networking Organization — Chappaqua, NY
    • Information Technology Networking Group in Totowa, NJ
    • 50 others around the USA
  • Events presented at:
    • Creative Maturity Expo at the JCC MetroWest — West Orange, NJ
    • The Bucks County Job Fair — Washington Crossing, PA
    • Job Prosper Expo — Elizabeth, NJ
    • Parsippany Chamber of Commerce Career Fair — Parsippany, NJ
    • “Your Career Campaign — 2009” Workshop in New York, NY
    • Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) — 5th Annual Career Day Forum at Rutgers University
    • Trinity Temple SDA Church — Workforce Training Series
    • Partnership In Education Conference at Raritan Valley Community College
    • Women’s Conference in Santa Clarita, CA
  • Life Science groups presented to:
    • Chem Pharma
    • BioNJ
    • BioHUB
  • Corporate Recruiting Panel Member/Moderator for:
    • MBA students at Metropolitan College in New York, NY
    • Career Transition 2010: New Strategies for the New Search for Thunderbird Alumni
    • Marketing MBA graduating class at Baruch’s Zicklin School of Business in New York, NY
    • Social Media Conference — Somerset County Business Partnership
    • “Creating Your Online Presence Using Social Media” at ASTD
    • Project Ezra Career Event in Teaneck, NJ
    • “Recruiter’s Night Out” in Rochelle Park, NJ for MIS Network Associates (MNA), the ETP Network, TENG, and Careers In Transition (CIT)
    • Parsippany Chamber of Commerce Career Coaching Panel in Randolph, NJ
    • HR & Social Media: Insights & Advice for Social Media Club of North Jersey
    • Project Management Institute’s Networking Group in Basking Ridge, NJ
    • MIS Networking Group in Rochelle Park, NJ
    • Hope Program in Brooklyn, NY

Publications

  • Author of “Absolutely Abby’s 101 Job Search Secrets” (January 2010)
  • Author of “Absolutely Abby’s Top 12 Interview Questions Exposed” (May 2010)
  • Contributor to “The Twitter Job Search Guide” (JIST March 2010)
  • Author of “Operation Job Search: Inside Secrets from a Corporate Recruiter” (January 2009)
  • Author of 126 articles on AbsolutelyAbby.com
  • Edited the career chapters of “Fabulous At Fifty“, a book for baby boomers (July 2005)
  • Developed a career tips section for the Kaplan/Dress for Success website (2004)

Volunteer and Leadership Experience

  • Developed and implemented “Your Career Campaign”, a conference in NYC attended by 200 job seekers
  • Host of a question and answer conference call for job seekers: CareerWakeupCalls.com
  • Volunteer at The United Way’s Workforce Development Career Fair & Workshop
  • Critiqued resumes at the Bucks County Job Fair
  • Critiqued resumes at the National Career Fair — NYC, NJ & Pittsburgh, PA
  • Critiqued resumes at the Southern New England Chapter of PMI Career Fair
  • Alumni Mentor at the University of Rochester’s Student–Alumni Networking Night
  • Manhattan Networking Leader & Strategic Growth Advisor – HR Whine & Dine Networking Group
  • Volunteer Mock Interviewer for The Hope Program in Brooklyn, NY
  • Participated in the “Walk to Cure Psoriasis”
  • Volunteer Career Coach at Parsippany Chamber of Commerce Career Fair
  • Orchestrated “Take Your Daughters to Work Day” at Kaplan, Inc., The Economist, Alpharma, and LEO Pharma
  • Volunteered for holiday events at Maplewood Women’s Club & South Mountain YMCA
  • Volunteered for New York Cares – painted schools in Harlem
  • Licensed foster care provider
  • Long Island Women’s Table Tennis Champion