Speaking

While Career Secret Sauce; 9 Winning Strategies for Building a Great Career details numerous strategies for career success, it’s still just a book. For those who want “more Dave,” he’s available for hire as a guest speaker or personal career coach (click HERE to download Dave’s credentials).

Guest Speaking

Dave can provide your organization with a number of speaking modules. Each of the topics listed below are available as a one-hour speech, a 2-hour training session, or a half-day interactive workshop.

Career Secret Sauce for A Great Start – This module is tailored for college students. It is ideally suited for a classroom, keynote to a campus event, or other college organization events.

 People who attend will learn the following:

• What is the Hierarchy of College Internships and how to apply them to land an offer for your ideal starting job before you graduate.
• How to select The Ideal Place For You to Work. It’s almost impossible to have a great career if you don’t succeed at your first job. Everyone is different and it’s critical to select an employer that suits your nature.
• How to survive and Then Thrive On Your First Job. Contrary to conventional wisdom, new jobs are seldom fun at first; in fact, they are often boring and unfulfilling. Learn critical skills for getting through this period and moving on to career success as quickly as possible.

Career Secret Sauce for a Winning Career – This module is ideally suited for corporate events. This is a win-win for your company and workers. Employees learn the skills that will advance their careers while building job security. Coincidently, if they take this advice to heart, they also learn new habits that will make them better employees!

People who attend will learn the following:

• Why Crafting a Reputation for a Strong Work Ethic is vital to both career success and long-term job security. This session includes critical “do’s and don’ts” for your reputation and specific techniques for building the reputation you want.
• The Killer Strategy of Accountability.  The sad truth is that most employees underestimate the impact of simply “doing what you said you’d do” on a daily basis. Most people are cavalier about follow-up and delivery, particularly when it comes to their coworkers and subordinates. Yet repeatedly, management favors people who demonstrate a habit of accountability and promote them ahead of people who are more popular, smarter, or more creative.
• Great Presentation Skills Will Make You Indispensable. There is a widely cited study from the Sunday Times of London in October of 1973. They asked 3,000 Americans what their greatest fear was. The results? 41 percent said, “speaking in front of a group,” while 19 percent said, “dying.”
  
  Speaking in public can be scary, but there are techniques you can learn to overcome the fear. The funny thing about public speaking is that each speech is easier than the one before it. The great thing about stepping forward as a public speaker is what it can do for your career. People who earn a reputation as good speaker are promoted faster and the last to be cut in bad times.

Career Secret Sauce for Promotionology – This is a great module for conference keynotes or association meetings. Dave Horne discusses the three major events that impact everyone’s career and provides proven techniques for navigating these treacherous waters.  

People who attend will learn the following:

• The Art of The Raise – As the old saying goes “money makes the world go around.” Let’s face it, there are a lot of intangible things we get out of work, but at the end of the day, the money matters.  Dave demystifies the backroom salary plan that most companies use to figure out how much they pay their employees, and then provides strategies for winning promotions.
• Career Saving Moves – Even the most cautious worker steps on a political landmine now and then. Suddenly, you wake up in the middle of the night and realize your job may be in jeopardy.  This is a topic that Dave knows very well. He was fired early in his career and dodged several bullets after that before learning the techniques of Career Secret Sauce.
• The Search for Greener Pastures – For most people, the first reaction to trouble on the job is to update their resume and start looking for a new place to work. But as the old adage goes “act in haste and repent in leisure.” Dave provides a checklist for knowing when it’s truly time to move on and a wide variety of strategies for finding that next, new, great job. The most valuable element in this module are Dave’s techniques for laying the groundwork for enjoying a constant flow of new job opportunities, even when you’re not looking.

All of these modules can be customized for any venue or audience.

Personal Career Coaching

Dave is also available on limited basis for one-on-one career coaching.

For more information on availability and pricing, email davehorne@careersecretsauce.com