4 EDITORIAL PAGEMeet CAREER Magazine

6 PUBLISHER'S PERSPECTIVEPower UP your Network!By Stephanie C. Harper, PHR

7 PUBLISHER'S PAGEBooks Are A Business

8 YOUR VOICE IN PRINTReflections and ReactionsThe Business of Being a Mom

9 CAREER MAKEOVER10 Must Have People for Your Net-workBy Tai Goodwin10 BLACK AND WHITE TERMSNetworking , Neck-working &Netweaving?11 BUSINESS OWNER BOOT CAMPSocial Employment Screening?By Ted L. Moss, CCP

12 BUSINESS AS USUALHook Up vs. Connection?By Anetra Henry-Hunting

13 SPOLIGHT ON SUCCESSMeet Pam PerryMinistry Marketing Solutions

14 HR NEWSTax Credits: Hiring the UnemployedBy Stephanie C. Harper, PHR

15 EXCELLENCE MATTERSKeys to Success Equal ExcellenceBy Robin M. Ware, CMP17 ASK THE EXPERTS / Q&AHow to price my services?

How to re-enter the workforce ?

24 CAREERS AND CHRISTHearing from GodBy Stephanie C. Harper

26 FAVOR FOR YOUR LIFEYou Never Know?By Pastor Reginald Brown

27 CAREER TIPSHelp or Hurt? : Networking SitesBy Traci Morganand5 Simple, Smart and Free Ways toGrow your NetworkBy Biba Pedron28 MOMENTS OF MOTIVATIONPain is PreparationBy Christopher Williams

29 JUST THE FACTSTop 50 Websites for Professionals

30 WORKPLACE AND CAREER SUC-CESSEmbracing the "I" in TEAMBy Treivor Branch, MSP, CPC

COVER STORY

31 OFFICE TIPSVideo Marketing for StayAt Home MomsBy Lucinda Cross32 SPOTLIGHT ON SUCCESSMeet K.B. WhitakerAuthor33 I LIVE ONLINEIf I Wanted to Hire you, Could IFind You?By Jim Stroud34 JUST THE FACTS IINetworking35 LIVE AFTER LAYOFFHealth Insurance for Laid OffWorkersBy Otis Collier

36 COMPENSATION CORNERFederal Hire Act Stimulates JobGrowthBy Niakesha Woodley, MHRD

37 PAY IT FORWARDDid You Say Netweaving?By Bob Littell

CM's Publisher talks with networking guru,George C. Fraser about Power Networkingand how to identify, engage, and connectwith others on a personal, operational andstategic level. Fraser also sets the recordstraight that networking is NOT about

"getting something." Networking is givingand adding value to the lives of others.

CAREER Magazine(a StephanieHarper.com Publication) is a green publi-cation written by career industry professionals for jobseekers (employees, employers and entrepreneurs.Published bi-monthly, no part of CAREER Magazinemay be reproduced or transmitted in any form or byany means without the written permission of thePublisher. The opinions expressed by our contribu-tors are not necessarily those of the Publisher. Allarticles are intellectual property of CAREER Maga-zine and/or its contributors. All rights reserved.Copyright 2008-2010.

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Publisher's Perspective

POWER is the ability to influence theattainment of goals of an individual or a group.Power is not a characteristic of any oneindividual, rather, it is defined in terms ofrelationships and transactions between people.When it comes to employment andentrepreneurship, it is essential to know thepower of your network. It’s been said, “it’s notwhat you know but who you know!” I would liketo add that it’s also what they know about you.The reason being is people do business withpeople they know, like or trust and to have astrong network, people have to do just that,know, like or trust you.

NETWORKING is a supportive system of sharing information and services among individuals and groupshaving a common interest . Understanding the definition of networking is crucial because there are somekey words in this definition that people miss in their networking endeavors. Those words are "sharinginformation" and "common interest". Too often people say “I got NOTHING from that event!” so I ask,

“What were you offering?” and I get a puzzled look. The problem is people approach networking tuned intoWIIFM (What's In It For Me?) and the networking experience is a lost battle before it begins. The reality isnothing from nothing leaves nothing - - if you are not bringing anything to the table, you should not expectto take anything from the table. This issue of CM is vitally important to your future. It's about networking,neck-working, and netweaving, concepts that when understood properly can power up your networkensuring a bright future. I'm so very excited about having the opportunity topower up your career, your business and ulltimately your life with informationand education that you can use today for a better tomorrow. It's time tomove into the next dimension and become the creators of your worklife. It'strue, the power really is within, it's just waiting for you to plug into the rightpower source! LETS GO! POWER UP!

Powerfully Packed,

Stephanie C. Harper, PHR, CCP, CHRMAuthor, Career Expert, Speaker, Radio HostPublisher, CAREER Magazine

Stephanie C. Harper, PHR, CCP, CHRM

Power Player in The Career Industry

Spotlight

Perry is the founder of BART (Blacks in Advertising, Radio & Television),a nonprofit networking organization for African Americans in the

media. Over a ten-year period, the organization hosted careerconferences, award programs honoring African Americanheroes in the industry and organized professionaldevelopment meetings. She is a past winner of the "One toWatch" Award from the American Women in Radio and TV –

Detroit Chapter and jointly won an Emmy for her work as aproducer for "The Edge with Jeffrey Miller.

"One of the nation's foremost experts in the AfricanAmerican Christian market, Perry is the chief visionary ofMinistry Marketing Solutions, Inc. The public relations andmarketing consulting firm which opened in 2000. Some ofher clients include authors Bishop Thomas Weeks, BishopT.D. Jakes, Bishop Donald Hilliard, Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook,Dr. Pat Bailey and Pastor Bill Winston.

A consummate communicator, Perry has taughtjournalism and penned columns for the Michigan

Chronicle/ Michigan Front Page and currently is a columnistfor Keeping Family First online magazine and on the board ofInspired Living magazine. Her work has also appeared inGospel Today magazine, The Detroit News, The Detroit Free

Press, CBA Marketplace Magazine, Precious TimesMagazine, Christian Covenant News and The Christian

Communicator.

Her passion is Christian books and assisting writersbecome authors through the American ChristianWriters Association where she is president/founderof the Detroit Chapter. As a book publicity coach, shehosts weekly teleconferences on variousPR/marketing topics with self-published authors andprovides PR counsel to ministries nationwide andtrains church marketing staffs.  She is also theauthor of:  Quick & Easy Ministry MarketingSolutions - 115 PR tips to brand your ministry.

Detroit Free Press recently called her "a marketing whiz on an almost immortal mission." Known as the"connector and PR coach," Pam Perry knows how to pull the right people together for the right project at theright time and garner the right publicity. Her public relations and advertising career spans over two decades.

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