“The Career Engineer®”(TCE) Hosts National Career & Business Summit in Virginia Beach, VA

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Sept. 6, 2013 - PRLog -- Francina R. Harrison, MSW, known nationally as “The Career Engineer^®” (TCE), will host a TCE Career, Life & Business Summit and Awards Luncheon (http://TCEsummit2013.Eventbrite.com) at the Oceanaire Resort Hotel and Conference Center in Virginia Beach on Saturday, October 12, 2013.  A pre-summit “Meet & Greet Reception/Vendor Showcase” is included and will be held on Friday October 11, 2013.  The summit will equip jobseekers, employers and business owners with 21^st century competitive advantages.

According to the Department of Labor, job gains increased by 169,000 in August 2013. However, approximately 11.3 million Americans are still unemployed.   Meanwhile, small business owners and non-profits are struggling to make payroll, source the “right talent,” secure procurement opportunities and access capital to grow their organizations.

Today’s workforce is faced with finding the “American Dream” in the midst of an American nightmare.  How can you “fight back” and win, in spite of the realities of today’s economy?

This impactful summit provides those answers.

For jobseekers, the summit will cover topics such as effective “targeted/relational” networking, “get noticed” career boosters, pitfalls to avoid and employment connections. For small-business owners, summit topics will include CEO procurement intelligence, crowd funding, green energy/ STEM technology, social media marketing, recession-proof branding, fiscal accountability and targeted business connections. The Urban League of Hampton Roads, http://ulhr.org are sponsors of this year’s “What Does It Take To Get Hired Today” Workforce Panel.

“It’s all about creating TCE REALationships^SM that have the capacity to produce increased revenue as well as social capital,” said Francina R. Harrison, MSW. “I decided to keep this event in Virginia Beach, VA for the third consecutive year to introduce business owners and career professionals from all over the country to Hampton Roads.”

The TCE Summit Luncheon keynote speaker is Ms. Nikki Woods, Executive Producer of the Tom Joyner Morning Show (TJMS), speaker, author & consultant based in Dallas, TX.  Ms. Woods is responsible for producing the daily TJMS, which has an audience of 8 million listeners per day. “I am excited to partner with TCE to empower career and business professionals and their connections on a national and global level,” says Nikki Woods, The Global Visibility Expert (http://www.nikkiwoodsmedia.com/index.html), “Millions of People Can’t Be Wrong.”

This event will feature national speakers from around the country which includes:  international author and America’s Crowd Funding Expert Dr. Letitia Wright (http://wrightplacetv.com) (Los Angeles); Yana Johnson, CEO of Yana Cosmetics (http://yanacosmetics.com) (United Kingdom),  CEO Torin Ellis (http://torinellis.com) (human capital entrepreneur/hybrid recruiter) of Baltimore and Len Gibson, CEO of Peachtree Village International Film Festival (http://pviff.com) “Where Hollywood Comes to Atlanta.”

Unique to the TCE Summit this year, we are partnering with our community to “bless” 40 citizens with an opportunity to hear the panelist only and gain intelligence they need to change their Monday mornings.  Additional sponsor support from companies like Epiphany Consulting (https://www.facebook.com/LadyVspeaks), Realtor Cecilia Warren of All Pros Realty (http://www.myreexpert.com/) and Dubli Global Network (http://saveandearncashback.com) made this possible. “So many hard working American’s have been hit hard by this economy…and this is a way that WE can help…it’s just the right thing to do”, says The Career Engineer^®.

The Career Engineer^® is ensuring that the Hampton Roads community is well represented with expert panelists, including Tracy Keller, CEO of the Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast (http://gsccc.org), Duane Thompson, CEO of Sabrosa Foods (http://sabrosafoods.com/), vice presidents, entrepreneurs and employers.  Featured panelists for the Green Energy & STEM discussions include Leonard Robinson aka EnviroBro (http://EnviroBro.com) (California) and Tonnie G. Harrison, CEO of nErgyConcepts (http://nErgyConcepts.com), CEM, PEM and winner of the 2009 Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal Energy Management.  For more on the TCE Career & Biz Summit, go to: http://TCEsummit2013.eventbrite.com or call 757-745-4TCE (8423).