APA Solutions is proud to announce our weekly radio show “BUFFALO WORKS” every Sunday on WWKB 1520am from 9am to 10am with our President Joan Graci as the host. Each week we will be presenting to our listeners a different topic about what is going on with today’s employment world and the “New Normal Economy”. During our show we will be taking calls for questions, speaking with employers and featuring their job opportunities. Of course there is more but you must tune in… Every Monday our show will be on our website for you to listen to as well.

November 9,2008 – It’s not-for-profit week on Buffalo Works and Joan and Jean are speaking to Christine Carr, Executive Director of Computers for Children. CFC is dedicated to enhancing the learning opportunities for schoolchildren by increasing their access to current computers. Listen to Christine talk about her background and how Computers for Children is making a positive impact in our WNY educational community!

November 2,2008 – What personality traits make a TRUE leader? That word, LEADER, has been used and abused over the past 6 months in the media and in politics during this monumental presidential race. Join Joan, and Dale Martin – APA Solutions Director of Client Relations and Business Development (sitting in for Jean) as they discuss the ageless makings of a true leader.. Listen

October 26,2008 – Amidst the increasingly scary financial situation of the country, Joan and Jean bring in Mark King, Financial Consultant from AXA Advisors to answer THE questions that Western New Yorkers are asking about the current state of our economy. Mark touches on how Americans need to live within their means, hold themselves accountable and MAKE A PLAN! Things don’t have to be so scary, even on the even of Halloween! Listen

October 12,2008 – Joan and Jean speak with special guest, Patricia Jensen, Executive Director for Buffalo Alliance for Education about the importance of quality primary education. Listen as Pat tells her success story and how it eventually led her to this dynamic position within a prominent Buffalo not-for-profit organization. Listen

October 5,2008 – Jean and Joan are at it again with their “Ask the Expert” hour on this week’s Buffalo Works show. This week they’re addressing our nation’s current economic fears and how that is translating into the “wonderful world” of employment. This is truly a show that speaks of the tough issues that are plaguing the American public. Listen and enjoy! Listen

September 28,2008 – To continue with the Buffalo Works September, a month in medical, theme, listen with Joan and Jean as they speak to Rita Hubbard Robinson – Director of Training for ECMC (Erie County Medical Center) as she discusses how her drive and determination led her to this exciting role within the hospital community. Listen

September 22,2008 -Pat Dwyer, President of Healthforce of WNY joins Joan and Jean on this installment of Buffalo Works to talk about her needs being in the home healthcare industry. It’s an extremely informative show detailing how you can break into home health care as an aid, companion or nurse. Come work for Healthforce, voted the Best Place to Work 5 years in a row! Listen

September 14,2008 – Listen to Joan and Jean as they chat with Jackie Albarella – President and Founder of Albarella Media and Executive Director of Arts in Education Institute of WNY. Jackie, an accomplished and syndicated producer speaks candidly about her career journey and how she put her stamp on a predominantly male-operated industry. Jackie also speaks about how her Executive Directorship with the Arts and Education Institute; a not-for-profit organization that works to “bring music, theater, dance, architecture, and visual and media arts into the classroom and encourage students to use their creativity and imagination as tools for learning”.Listen

August 24,2008. Come “get on track” with Joan, Jean and special guest Angie Klee, owner of Triple track. Triple Track is a consulting firm that specializes in teaching it's clients how to maintain a home life and work life balance and Angie is the authority on this topic! Come explore the vast and unique services Triple track offers ranging from child care, elder care, an employee assistant programs. Triple Track is here to support employees needs and pave the way towards getting employees and employers on the right path to balance. Listen

August 17, 2008. Turner Gill, former assistant receivers coach and player development coordinator of the Green-Bay Packers, joins Joan and Jean to share his story of the parallels we see in the athletic community to the necessary traits needed in our work life. Now as the Head football Coach of The Univ. at Buffalo, Turner Gill is tackling the lessons of the “how’s and whys”; how you do things and why to provide strategies and life skills so his athletes can go out into the work place and perform at the highest levels. So tune in and listen! Listen

August 10, 2008. Listen to Joan and Jean and guest, Marc Pearlman as they discuss the financial element to our standard individual business model. Marc, an independent investment advisor with Securities America Advisors - and radio host of Your Money Matters on WWKB 1520 - has an education in finance and psychology. He’s taken his skills sets to apply them as a complement to each other in order to dissect financially, what makes us tick as human beings as well as how we can use money to build and to destroy. Listen and enjoy! Listen

August 3, 2008. Listen to Joan Graci in “Ask the Expert” hour for this week's show. Let her expertise give you insight into your own career questions. Listen

July 27, 2008. How many people really do understand the different generations and how they may or may not be able to work together? Generation Works realized the need for this understanding to make the working environment successful and give employers that understanding of how to handle each generation. It is a very interesting story of how to woman came to the realization that understanding is something necessary for work places to help them become more successful. Listen

July 6, 2008. July and August we decided to talk to Employers and really get the employers perspective on what is going on in Buffalo with candidates, hiring needs and how the employers see things in our new normal economy. We started off our celebration of employers with Jeff Krysak who created the company K-Technologies. We listen to his fascinating story of how he has seen things change in Buffalo and why he went into business for himself. Listen

June 29, 2008. Listen to the Ladies of APA Jean, Joan and Krista as they recap about everything. This show has a View like flair to it while the ladies talk about past shows, candidates, clients all the stuff that our faithful listeners have loved to hear and some of it they may have missed. Listen

June 22, 2008. It is so refreshing for Buffalo Works to find someone that really believes in the same thing that we do….Buffalo Working! Our guest Assemblyman Sam Hoyt joined us on Sunday to talk about everything Buffalo and how great our community really is. We talked about our education, our waterfront and many other issues that WNYers think but don’t necessarily say. Listen

June 15, 2008. Happy Father’s Day Buffalo….Buffalo Works decided to spend this great day talking with Local High School Seniors from City Honors as well as a recent College Grad from Oswego. Being that it is June and graduation has arrived we decided to take 4 different stories of what life brings next for these 4 unique individuals all on different paths but yet facing the same questions. Listen

June 8, 2008. What better way for us to kick off this beautiful weather than by celebrating hospitality and tourism in Buffalo and what better way to do that than talk to the man that knows it all…..Richard Geiger the President and CEO of the Convention and Visitors Bureau.  Buffalo Works took this past Sunday to talk to someone who is a true blue believer in Buffalo is and how it really does work and the things we Buffalonias forget that have here. We talked to him about his background, the waterfront plans, and what tourism is like in our market and the plans to make it even better. Listen

June 1st 2008. June is the Month of Education dedicated to our young as they are graduating from High School and College.  Buffalo Works compared the miles stones and required commitments needed to go through the education process from Grammar School to High School in comparison to the miles stones and required commitments to develop and maintain a career plan. Your education and growth doesn’t stop when you enter the work force! Listen

May 25, 2008.  Happy Memorial Day!  Buffalo Works spent the hour taking with Guest Speaker John Moynihan who not only served his country in the Military but also as a civilian.  Buffalo Works saluted the Military for their process and structure of training strong men and woman.  These characteristics and attributes are similar to what the private/public organizations are requiring of their employees in order to be successful. Listen

May 11, 2008- Buffalo Works would like to take this time to honor mothers because Mother’s Work. Our show today talks to 5 very different women who are all mothers and all at different points in their careers. Listen to this interesting show about how no matter where you maybe in your career being a mom is the most important and it does “work”.  Listen

May 4, 2008- Listen as Buffalo Works host Joan Graci talks with one of the most outspoken voices in Buffalo NY… Carl Paladino. He is a huge influence in the Buffalo Waterfront project and he always has Buffalo’s best interest at heart. Hear his story of how an attorney became a huge real estate mogul always doing the best for Buffalo. Listen

April 26, 2008- What is a job, what is a career? This is a question that we all have yet no one every really seems to give us the answer. Joan, Jean and Krista really take this question and shed light on the differences between a Job and a Career and which one may work best for you. Listen

April 13, 2008- “Buffalo Homecoming” Meet three individuals that are really true blue believers in Buffalo Working. Marti Gorman and two of her staff join us to talk about what a great place buffalo is and their mission to bring people back to the area. Listen

April 6, 2008- “How to Bounce Back” Dr Carol Muchschauer PHD joins on the show to talk about her book, “How to Bounce Back” and how it applies to individuals in all aspects of their lives. Hear her take about how this theory can help anyone and at any point in their lives, especially those in the job world. Listen

March 30, 2008- Meet a candidate that has found out how to deal with the scary world of being “Downsized” Beth Metz comes to show to tell her story and make us all realize that we can get though this time in life and the tools that she is using to be successful. Listen

March 9, 2008- Meet the brilliant mind behind “Buffalo Reuse” Michael Gainer who created this non for profit a year ago. He tells his story of who, what and why he decided to start this great organization and why he chooses Buffalo! Listen

January 27, 2008- Meet our guest Joost Vles, who became the driver of his bus instead of letting the bus drive him. Hear his fascinating story of how he networked his way into a dynamic growth mode company in Orchard Park and found a new career. Listen

November 11, 2007- Three CAREERsaver graduates. Learn how average people have made their career change and how their lives have been changed. Listen

Email us with questions, comments or your story and you too can be on our show “Buffalo Works” email us at cs@apasolutions.com.