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The Sunday Edition
The Sunday Edition
Tampa Tribune
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News Articles on Training Tamer
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Tampa Tribune, September 6, 2009
Newly unemployed in August, Felipe Saboya hired Larry LaBelle, an unemployment
consultant, to help him position his resume and refine his sales pitch to employers. A key piece of advice : He learned
that he needed to give prospective employers concrete examples of how he made previous employers money or saved them money.
Tampa Tribune, May 31, 2009
Larry LaBelle has heard it all. In 1999, he
founded Training Tamer Inc., which provides training, coaching, and support services to job seekers and employers. He
volunteers his expertise to the InBetweeners ministry, setting up PowerPoint presentations on building a better resume and
transferring skills from one career to another.
Like Bob Saxon, he stresses the importance of staying hopeful and "in
action." If you get out of action, he tells the group, you'll get depressed and you won't be make any headway.
The the situation just gets worse and it snowballs
The
biggest problem facing the jobless today! "Just getting in the door ," LaBelle says. A great set of
skills mean nothing if you can't get the interview. He works on showing participants how to bread the barrier; from
there, he coaches them on the interview process.
And once you get the job offer," he says triumphantly,
"we're going to show you how to negotiate a great salary."