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Monday, May 12, 2008
Annemarie Segaric: Dealing with Job Loss

imageThe Westchester Journal News recently interviewed career-and-life coach Annemarie Segaric, who teaches classes at the Y, for an article on changing careers. The story was picked up by The Cincinnati Enquirer and ran online:

Going through a career change at any time is difficult, so trying to do it when the economy is shaky can be a little extra hard. Pelham, N.Y., career-and-life coach Annemarie Segaric said she is seeing a few more jobseekers these days at a course she teaches on dealing with job loss at the 92nd Street Y, a Jewish community center in Manhattan.

At a recent class, Segaric had 14 students, all of whom had recently lost their jobs, with some eyeing a possible career change. They included workers from a variety of age groups and employment sectors. Many of Segaric’s students were more focused on just landing another job and apprehensive about whether it was the right time to switch careers.

Read the full article and catch her advice on two of the “6 Signs Your Job May Be in Jeopardy” from Yahoo! HotJobs.

If you’re looking for more personal growth direction, check out these upcoming classes at the Y with leading experts in the field.

  • What Color is Your Parachute? with Richard Bolles, author of the best seller about job hunting and career change which has sold over 9 million copies
  • The Path to Self-Mastery with Hugo Cory, private consultant to artists, television personalities and executives and author of two acclaimed books on the evolution of consciousness, The Actor and The Hero
  • Assertiveness Training: Say What You Mean with Ellen Calmenson, LCSW, social worker, psychotherapist and assertiveness trainer
  • What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do with Sharon Good, professional career coach and life counselor
  • Personal Finance 101 with Ann Diamond, owner of a financial counseling firm and author of No More Fear of Finance and The Let’s Get Real Financial Journal
  • Ace Every Interview: Getting the Job You Really Want with Barry Cohen, career counselor and employment coordinator for the City University of New York
  • Your Life As a Novel: Who’s Writing Your Script? with Kim Schneiderman, LCSW, psychotherapist and seasoned writer
  • Steering by Starlight with Martha Beck, PhD, life coach and O: The Oprah Magazine columnist

    [Living & Learning at the Y]



  • Israeli Political System: Look Who’s Talking

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    David Ben-Gurion with Golda Meir at the Knesset in Jerusalem, 1962.

    How does a New York law student apply for an internship at the Israeli Consulate and wind up writing speeches for Ariel Sharon during one of the most turbulent times in Israeli history? Gregory Levey answers the question and then some in his recent memoir, Shut Up, I’m Talking: And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government. The book’s description sets the absurdist theater tone from his outsider perspective:

    Shut Up, I’m Talking is a startling account of Levey’s journey into the nerve center of Middle Eastern politics at one of the most turbulent times in Israeli history. During his three years in the Israeli government, the Second Intifada continued on in fits and starts, Yasser Arafat died, Hamas came to power, and Ariel Sharon fell into a coma. Levey was repeatedly thrust into highly improbable situations—from being the sole “Israeli” delegate (even though he’s Canadian) at the U.N. General Assembly, with no idea how “his” country wanted to vote; to nearly inciting an international incident with his high school French translation of an Arab diplomat’s anti-Israel remarks; to communicating with Israeli intelligence about the suspected perpetrators of suicide bombings; to being offered leftover salami from Ariel Sharon’s lunch.

    If you want the scholarly native Israeli perspective, Professor Avi Picard will be appearing at the Y on May 15 for a discussion on the Israeli Political System: how Israel’s parliamentary democracy was built, how it has developed and the forces behind the shaping of the Israeli political arena.



    What’s in William Shatner’s Library?

    The New York Post found out for their ”In My Library” feature, and discovered that it contains more than Mr. Shatner’s new autobiography, which he’ll be reading, discussing and signing tonight at 7:30pm here at the Y. Shatner’s favorites include:

    Ragtime
    by E.L. Doctorow
    “Handles the passage of time better than any novel I’ve ever read. Doctorow was able to push us forward backward and stay in the present and keep it clear. He’s one of my favorite writers.”

    Citizen Hughes: The Power, The Money and The Madness
    by Michael Drosnin
    “Fascinating story about a man who started bad - and went worse.”

    Riding Into Your Mythic Life: Transformation Adventures with the Horse
    by Patricia Broersma and Jean Houston
    “An interesting treatise about horses and mythology. Strangely enough, my daughter saw it and thought I might want to read it just based on the title. It’s a nonimpressive book except for the subject matter – having myth be part of your life, giving it a broader meeting.”

    The Five People You Meet in Heaven
    by Mitch Albom
    “Recommended to me by Jon Voight during his interview on my new talk show, ‘Shatner’s Raw Nerve.’ I finished reading it in one sitting. It’s very spiritually stimulating.”

    Read more about Shatner’s reading habits, including his favorite spy novel author, and come snatch up signed copies of his new book tonight before it hits bookstore shelves tomorrow.

    [William Shatner in Conversation with Leonard Lopate: 05/12/08]




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