Career Readiness Program: Getting the most from your next career fair. Jobsearch tips for the MBA and the MBA to be.

Do you feel ready for the NSHMBA conference? Have you ever wondered how some conference attendees seem much at ease and even land jobs right at the conference? Your Phoenix chapter will be hosting a mini-workshop for professionals and aspiring MBA's that will prepare you to get the most of the upcoming conference (or any other career-focused conference that you may be planning to attend.) Come and learn strategies to maximize your time at the career expo where you will encounter over 200 recruiters and Fortune 500 companies seeking for talent. Attend the conference prepared to make your next career move!

Additionally, the mini-workshop will feature experts from Jobing.com in a discussion on the latest trends for the local MBA job market.

Come prepared to polish your resume with a resume critique session from local and national recruiting experts.

Not an MBA yet? ...Come to learn about preparing for the GMAT during an exclusive GMAT exam information session provided by experts from the Princeton Review.

All of these will be part of our evening this Wednesday August 20, 2008...you're invited!

RSVP at http://phoenix.nshmba.org/calendar.asp?id=4240

LOCAL GETAWAYS: ALTERNATIVE TO RISING TRAVEL PRICES

LOCAL GETAWAYS: ALTERNATIVE TO RISING TRAVEL PRICES

Wine-drinkers Find Comprehensive Tours Available at Home

PHOENIX, A.Z., Aug. 12 -- Gas prices, economic uncertainty, and even reduced airline amenities are causing many to reconsider the usual travel getaways. Arizona businesses are recognizing the need to offer alternatives. With wine sales in the U.S. at an all time high and the rise in quality of Arizona wines, family owned Arizona Grape Escapes (AGE) was inspired to begin providing a new wine tour based out of Phoenix."We've fallen in love with Arizona wines and want to share them. It's just that simple, we're winos!" says Colleen 'Chase' Dalrymple, an owner of the new tour company. According to the Arizona Wine Growers Association, this state boasts 35 vineyards and 28 bonded wineries. Chase explains, "Wine is often associated with California, France, and Italy. But it doesn't require world travel; we can think globally and drink locally." This philosophy is not limited to the wine itself. According to Local First Arizona, a non-profit organization, 45 cents of every dollar spent through a local business stays in-state, versus only 13 cents when spent at a national chain. "It's also fascinating to consider the potential reduction on our ecological footprint just by supporting local businesses… imagining the emissions caused by shipping products is certainly a downside to the global marketplace" says Tina Gibson, co-owner of AGE. With this in mind, the lunches served on the wine tours are made fresh by Bertha's Café in Phoenix. AGE also helped sponsor Locavore 3 at Tapino Kitchen & Wine Bar, a five-course dinner and wine-pairing event created entirely from Arizona produce. The new wine tours travel from Phoenix to four wineries in the Verde Valley area: Page Springs Cellars, Oak Creek Vineyards, Javelina Leap, and Alcantara. The daytrips accommodate up to ten attendees, with roundtrip transportation, lunch, tastings, and education included. Wine enthusiasts and novices alike can request an individual seat or reserve the custom bus, dubbed the "WINOBAGO", for a private group tour at ArizonaGrapeEscapes.com.

I.O.U.S.A.

What is it? The film is a documentry on the state of the US, massive debt and the impending melt down (in the spirit of Super Size me and Sicko).

When/Where? National release scheduled August 21st

For screening details and the official trailer CLICK HERE

So What?


Check out the Chatter

New York Times: 1 Billion Dollars Spent to Restore Fiscal Sanity

Bloomberg.com: Blackstone's Peterson Backs Film on U.S. Debt Through Nonprofit


Washington Post: Indebted Ever After

Alcantera Vineyards near Jerome/Cottonwood

Below is info on one of my favorite Northern Arizona Vineyards. Just ask for Barbara and tell her Pablo sent you.

Welcome to Arizona Wine Country! Until recently all the talk about wineries in Arizona has been about the Southern part of the state, but the new buzz is in Northern Arizona!

Alcantara Vineyards, the first winery on the Verde River is one of the largest wineries in Central and Northern Arizona. Make it a day trip from the Phoenix or Scottsdale area. Check our Arizona winery tours and tasting with an outstanding selection of wines, made right here in Arizona. Visit us and see what its all about.

Our vineyards have over 13,000 vines and offers 12 different varietal's. Come and try our red and white wines, that will transform your taste buds into the relaxing world of wine tasting. Enjoy our surroundings which include the Verde River running around our property, with bald eagles flying overhead. Feel free to bring a picnic basket to enjoy our outside balcony and grass area.


Our high country vineyards, near Sedona Arizona are flourishing and make the perfect getaway when you are looking to enjoy Arizona wines in a spectacular setting. Just two hours from Phoenix area and one of the best wineries near Sedona Arizona, Cottonwood and Jerome, as well as convenient to Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon. Alcantara harvests wine in August and September, an event visitors are invited to watch...and don't forget you can now buy Arizona wines online

There are big plans in the works for Alcantara Vineyards, we will be breaking ground on our new Tuscan Village this year. It will feature a new winery tasting room, Bed and Breakfast Inn, a bistro, shops and artisans. We expect these additions to be completed in about two and a half years and fully operating by 2010.

Go to www.alcantaravineyard.com for more info.

Arizona Wine Country Tours Available.

The Arizona Grape Escapes (AGE), providing the ultimate Arizona wine experience. At AGE, we are a family-owned business with a passion for wine and a love of our Arizona home. In our exploration of the two, we have found unique treasures created from the vines and talented winemakers that have chosen to reside in this beautiful desert landscape. We are on a misson to share these wines with people and bring people to the wine.
For reservations and info go to http://www.arizonagrapeescapes.com/

Copies of Frank Carbajal's Book "Building the Latino Future" available for sale.

We have 12 copies of Frank Carbajal's book Builidng the Latino Future: Success Stories for the Next Generation available for sale. Copies of this book are available for the NSHMBA price of $15 (On Amazon, this book is available for $16.47 + $3.99 for shipping = $20.46).

Email Pablo Rodriguez at evp@phoenix.nshmba.org if interested in purchasing a book.


Below is the book review that was published in the June 2008 newsletter.

Building the Latino Future: Success Stories for the Next Generation by Frank Carbajal and Humberto Medina is a collection of inspiring stories of profound Hispanic figures sharing their experiences of overcoming early on challenges to become leaders in their respected professions. Throughout the success stories are common threads containing elements of six key principles: focus, unity, tenacity, unique ability, resilience, and education. Each chapter takes an aspect of these elements and applies them to the life story of such figures as New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Actor/Activist Edward James Olmos, Founder and CEO of Consore Media Alicia Morga, amongst others. One common theme in many of these stories is the humble upbringings and strong values instilled by the parents of many of these first generation Latino Americans. The story of Martin R. Curiel, Vice President of Marketing for Denali Advisors, LLC. is inspiring as he shares the story of his father driving him to college as a semidiesel collided with their vehicle killing his father. He made the promise to his father, "Father, I will never let you down, I will succeed in college." Curiel earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from California Polytechnic Unviersity and an MBA from Havard School of Business.
Building the Latino Future will inspire readers, whether they are Latino or not, to face challenges, beat the odd, and give you the tools necessary to achieve greatness. Carbajal and Medina do an excellent job of teaching strategies and beliefs utilizing the success stories to make any reader feel empowered.

Career Readiness Program: Getting the most from your next career fair. Jobsearch tips for the MBA and the MBA to be.

Career Readiness Program: Getting the most from your next career fair. Jobsearch tips for the MBA and the MBA to be.
Career Readiness Program: Getting the most from your next career fair. Jobsearch tips for the MBA and the MBA to be.
Tempe AZ 85281
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Place: Princeton Review offices
21 E. 6th St. # 125
Tempe AZ 85281
Tempe AZ 85281

Event: Join NSHMBA and the Princeton Review to prepare for your next career fair, job interview, GMAT testing and business school application process.

This workshop will prepare you to work the floor at a large career fair such as the one taking place during the annual NSHMBA conference where over 8,000 MBAs and MBA students seeking jobs and internships visit the booths of over 100 national and international companies seeking for talent. You will learn how to prepare a strategy to maximize your time and land the most interviews, your next job or internship.

Specialized career coach will be conducting resume critiques.

GMAT and graduate school information session will be presented by the Princeton Review.


Cost: $0 members, $10 non-members


Contact: Al Chavez at education@phoenix.nshmba.org

RSVP at http://phoenix.nshmba.org/calendar.asp?id=4240