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A Message from the YPOGP Chair

02-23-2009

2008/2009 has been a year of solid growth for YPO - we have considerably enhanced programming and even added a few new programs. Recently we hosted a stimulating event presented by YPO and the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce entitled, "What's In It For Me? The Key to Attract, Retain, & Engage Top Talent". This event featured Rebecca Ryan who aims at helping Peoria determine if we are on the right track to be a destination community for young professionals. Some other events coming soon include the monthly YPO Breakfast Club; Lunch and Learn; a special exhibit showing at Lakeview Museum and a social at Jones Bros. Jewelers (please check the YPO website, www.ypogp.org, for dates & times). I would like to thank each organization which has hosted or sponsored events for recent YPO events.

YPO Members Meet for Networking and Breakfast!

02-03-2009

On Friday, January 30th, six YPO members met at One World Café on Main Street near Bradley University to enjoy some coffee and networking. The conversation was never dull and ranged from work topics to our favorite concerts!

We started off by introducing ourselves and giving a brief background - what we do, where we are from, etc. We learned quickly that many of us knew a lot of the same people in the Peoria area and that it really is a small world!

Young Professionals Organization Becomes Committee of Peoria Area Chamber

04-06-2008

As of June 1, 2007 the Young Professionals Organization of Greater Peoria (YPO) will become a standing committee of the board of directors of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce. This will make YPO similar to the Business Advocacy, Transportation or Marketing Committee.

Are You Underpaid?

04-06-2008

Smart Strategies for Negotiating a Raise

You love your job, the company you work for and the people you work with, but there's one major problem: you're underpaid. You were happy with your salary a year ago, but since then, your workload has increased considerably, and you've yet to see a comparable rise in compensation. What's more, the job market is improving and you know others in the same position are earning more money than you.

While you don't have to quit your current position to resolve your salary situation, you do need to speak up. Unsolicited raises can be tough to come by, which means it's up to you to convince your manager that you deserve a bump in pay. Here are some steps you can take to obtain the raise you deserve:

15 Biggest Job Seeker Mistakes

04-06-2008

Rachel Zupek, CareerBuilder.com Writer

You talk too fast. You avoid eye contact. You ask too many questions. You wear too much perfume. You lie about your work history. You show up late to interviews. You don’t do your research.

And you wonder why you haven’t gotten a job yet?
There’s no such thing as an error-free job search, says Eli Davidson, business coach and author of “Funky to Fabulous.” Most mistakes can be avoided with a little attentiveness.

E-mail Etiquette

04-06-2008

E-mail Etiquette

Most businesses and organizations treat email as the standard way of communicating within the organizations and also with customers, external contacts and business partners. In business, the formality of email messages tends to vary, between the semi-formal approach that was previously the domain of the inter-office memo, down to chatty exchanges that you might have with someone over the telephone or while standing next to the coffee machine. However, email messages are surprisingly permanent. Have a really good look through the contents of your mailbox and you might be surprised to see just how old some of those messages are. Would you have kept a paper inter-office memo for that length of time? Probably not. And the worrying thing is that most people give very little thought to the contents of an email message, even though it might linger around an organization for several years.

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