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12 x April 20 - May 3, 2017 x www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com On Friday, March 31, the Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association produced the 31st annual Bacchus Bash fundraising event, TOURISM UPDATE submitted by Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association booths participating in 2017, including a booth that featured CFHLA partner and parent company of Southwest Orlando Bulletin Kearney Publishing Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association Board of Directors Chairman David Bartek (far right) and CFHLA Bacchus Bash Committee Chairman Louis Robbins (far left) stop by the Paramount Hospitality Management — Resort Collection booth. benefiting the CFHLA Foundation, a nonprofit organization that has supported many Central Florida hospitality students and schools throughout the past 10 years. This year, Bacchus Bash earned more than $108,000 to benefit hospitality education in Central Florida. Held at the Orlando During the 2017 CFHLA Bacchus Bash, Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association Board of Directors Chairman David Bartek (second from left) visits with his team at the Loews Hotels booth. Vineland Premium Outlets, Bacchus Bash is considered “Orlando’s Largest Street Party,” with more than 20,000 attendees and more than 40 vendor Corp. During the event, attendees sampled delectable foods, specialty drinks and live entertainment from premier hotels and restaurants. ª Receive 1 Month FREE* Management Service With a current occupancy rate of over 95%, we are conf ident our many years of experience can benef it you. YOU HAVE PROPERTIES WE HAVE TENANTS Homes in Your Area Are Renting FAST! Management Services We Offer: Property Valuation and Start-up Services Effective Marketing Property Inspection and Protection Security Deposit and Rent Collection Expert Network of Maintenance Vendors Tenant Screenings Comprehensive Legal Forms, Accounting and Leasing Documents Rajia Ackley, CEO Give Us a Call Today for more info: (407) 760-4400 Or Email: afpm@ackleyflorida.com www.ackleyflorida.com Ackley Florida Property Management 407-846-8846 22 W. Monument Ave. Kissimmee, FL 34741 *Sign up by May 31st and receive 1 month standard management service. Limited time offer. Exclusions may apply. Call for details.
It happens to many of us at one time or another in our careers. Our employer lets us go without any warning or the company needs to downsize, and we find ourselves without income or self-esteem. Because it happened to one particular executive from the Orlando area, a new company was formed and an award-winning book was written. Matt Durfee, president of Navigator Executive Advisors, was vice president of human resources for Centex Homes when the housing bubble burst in 2006. In a very short amount of time, he went from recruiting and training employees to being unemployed and searching for a job. The first thing you have to do is “get over the shock, anger and depression that accompany the job loss,” Durfee said. That is where the idea for Navigator Executive Advisors began. Durfee found that he quickly became a “reluctant expert” in the job search process. He began advising others in similar situations to his. Soon he was writing materials to improve the capacity of those in search of a position to “increase their ability to land on their feet faster and in a better job than they could have found on their own.” Navigator Executive Advisors is not a job search or recruitment agency. The company’s main role in the employment market is called outplacement. Companies that “really care” about the employees they must let go as a result of downsizing or moving their facilities hire Navigator Executive Advisors to assist their displaced staff with a successful career transition. The training offered becomes part of their severance package. Recently Hostess Brands, bakers of Twinkies, was a client. Navigator BUSINESS handled the coaching of all employees from frontline, non-managerial positions to high-level executives. “Of course the process is consistent from the lowest to highest level of employee, although the delivery method may change for each audience,” Durfee said. “The complexity of the program increases the higher up the ladder you go.” The process begins with the ousted employee understanding to not take the job loss personally and realize the future is brighter because of the service in which he is participating. The counseling covers everything from acceptance of the situation to preparation for the job search phase. In addition to comprehensive and participative two-day career-transition workshops that can be delivered anywhere in the U.S. and Canada, participants benefit from one-on-one coaching from a professional career adviser. Navigator utilizes the expertise of 140 career advisers in all employment fields, offering “valuable perspective” while servicing in excess of 1,000 employees each year. Navigator also provides individualized executive-to-executive career-transition support that leverages real world knowledge of what organizations and executive search companies look for when hiring top-tier leadership talent. Highly effective and economical, the Navigator Institute is an interactive, online series of programs and resources designed to support displaced employees in remote or geographically dispersed locations. The www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com x April 20 - May 3, 2017 x 13 PROFILE Secrets From a Reluctant Expert Facilitating a Positive Career Transition online system is available anytime and anywhere. The genesis of Durfee’s book, The Job Search Navigator, evolved from “a ton of content” in the training materials provided at his workshops, Navigator Institute resources and a column Durfee wrote for the American Business Journal titled Job Search Secrets from a Reluctant Expert. It is a book that “honestly and candidly” shares Durfee’s own experiences being in the shoes of a jobseeker and provides a how-to process that “is inspirational and offers a more affordable way to launch an effective job search.” In fact, The Job Search Navigator won an award given by the Independent Book Publishers Association in the Business & Career category. Ten percent of the book’s proceeds are donated annually to Durfee’s graduate school alma mater, Michigan State University’s School of Human Resources and Labor Relations. Matt Durfee, president of Navigator Executive Advisors, uses his own experiences to help others in the oftenoverwhelming process of job searching. When not climbing to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, as Durfee will be doing when this article goes to press, he can be found at Navigator Executive Advisors’ corporate headquarters, located in Suite 301 at 7065 Westpointe Blvd. in Orlando. For more information about all aspects of Navigator Executive Advisors’ services, visit www.navexec.com. Signed book copies may be ordered by emailing info@navexec.com. ª SPRING IS HERE ... Central Florida’s Largest Selection of Office Furniture 50,000-Sq.-Ft. Showroom 440 West Kennedy Blvd. 407-316-0101 www.ofo-orlando.com • New • Used • Scratch ‘n Dent 4/30/17 4/30/17 4/30/17 4/30/17
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