APA Solutions is proud to share how “Buffalo Works” it just works differently. President Joan Graci talks straight about the new normal economy. We feature growth oriented companies in a multitude of industries and we speak directly with employers who share their successes and opportunities. In order to make use of this as a tool please select the topic that is best related to you, your background and career path.

Topic: Disc Profile
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Guest: Jennifer Kuhn, Dominic Cortese and Kevin Overdorf
Topic: Center For Entrepreneurial Leadership
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Guest: Mark Nejmen - Founder and Director of the non-for-profit organization The Foundation of Job Creation
Topic: Job Creation
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Guest: Dave Serota with Prestige Designs
Topic: A Career as a Homebuilder / Horizon Home Show
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Joan and Jean Celebrate Independence Day
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Topic: Meet the recent grads of the CEL program 2010.  Amy Sheedy, Jeffery Wach, and Joel Colombo - CEL can work for you!
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Guest: Citybration
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Guest: Cando Society
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Guest: CEL Entrepreneurs
Topic: Growth Companies in WNY
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Guest: Joe Meyer- UB
Topic: Get Ready Get Hired- 2nd Annual Resource Fair-Public Announcement
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Guest: Joan, Jean and Jill with special comments from Tim Cox.
Topic: I'm Unemployed...Now what?
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Topic: Mother’s Day -- Candidate conversation with great mothers who think they are doing right for the Kid’s CAREER
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Guest: Kristen Devereaux - Benefit Brokers of WNY, Debby LaMendola - Mary Kay, Samara Hutcheson - SH Portraits and Elaine Jarzynka - Dr. Design
Topic: Mom-Prenuers Tell All
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Guest: Brian Walls, district manager in studio this Sunday from Bridgestone/Firestone. Get out of the "I can just do this trap" and tune in.
Topic: Attention Candidates: It ain’t your daddy’s retail anymore!!!!  Listen to the changes that are going on in the industry. You will be amazed as to how your background just may parallel a career and company poised for growth.
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Guest: Jerry Cirino new C.E.O. for Reichert, a manufacturer of medical equipment.
Topic: Jerry will be sharing his expertise on the building of a company's culture and best practices.
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Guest: Kathy Egan and Chef Jeff from the Snyder Corp.  
As Executive Vice President of Sales, Kathy focuses her efforts on sales growth for the hospitality division of Snyder Corp, primarily working at the prestigious Beaver Hollow Conference Center in Java Center, NY.
Topic: The discussion will focus on the vast number of career opportunities available in the food industry.
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Guest: Jean and Joan
Topic: Giving the facts about the Job Search Market
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Guest: Guest Geico and Brand Integrity.
Topic: We don't make up the rules of the job search process, we just help you understand them.
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Guest: Gary D. Praetzel, Ph.D, He is the Dean of the College of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Niagara University.
Topic: The college offered the world's first bachelor's degree in tourism and is ranked in the top 20 hospitality and tourism programs in the country.
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Topic: Habitat for Humanity: Attention Extreme Makeover junkies! Listen to how we can all get involved in a great upcoming housing project.
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Guest: Rick Gillis, a job search expert and author of "The Real Secret to Finding a Job"
Topic:  Do you really know why you're not securing a job?   
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Guest: Laurie Irish Jones (CEO of Irish Welding and Irish Propane), Amy Remmele (Chief Life Officer of Peak of Success), Tom Ulrich (Director from the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Alumni Association) will be our guests.
Topic:  Straight Talk about what it takes to start or run a business today.
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Guest: Jean and Dale Host
Topic: CAREERsavers 2010 - How APA and CAREERsavers provide training for job seekers.
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Guest: WNY leading education and business professionals Join Joan with straight talk.
Topic: "There are jobs but there is no one to fill them." and "Are our children prepared for the demands of today’s new normal economy from the soft skills and even going for the right education to result in a job after high school or college?"
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Guest: High School and College Students
Topic: This is for Parents and Kids: Do you know where your Children are? South? 
In your basement? Trying to pay student loans with no job?
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Guest: CELAA – Tom, Dave,  and Rob
Topic: Strategy 2010 Continued--Business Program that helps you Go from Good to Great!
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Guest: Lisa Stefanie--Triple Track Partnership,
Amy Christieson--Benefit Brokers of WNY
Topic: Strategy 2010- Are you ready?
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Guest: Bill Bonnsetter, President of Target Training International
Topic: Behaviors in the Work Place- Are you in the Right seat? Do you understand how your “Behaviors and your Emotions” effect your personal and working relationships?
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Guest: Dr. Hoomans, DSL Director of Graduate Studies Division of Business, Roberts Wesleyan College
Topic: Learn about Strategic Leadership, and Your invited to a Lunch ‘n Learn on December 8th APA at 12:00 pm. Please call and save your seat.
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Guest: Joan and Jean
Topic: Technology JOBS for 2010 and beyond AND Meet Bob Sinclair from Accessium Group.
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Guest: Kevin McMahon, Innovative Solutions
Topic: Providing Solutions to Business in the WNY community. Technology is not just your PC.
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Guest: CEO John Koelmel, First Niagara Bank
Topic: Regardless of Turbulent Times, Learn How First Niagara went from Good To Great!
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Guest: Wendy Lipton-Dibner, M.A. Professional Impact, Inc.--Speaking Engagements and In-House Programs to help you Motivate - Align - Differentiate
www.pro-impact.com
Topic: What all employed healthcare workers will need to know about our changing healthcare environment in order to walk the tightrope between serving their doctors and their patients especially with the changes that are being discussed in Washington.
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Guest: Joan and Jean
Topic: Scary Stories--Happy Halloween: Joan and Jean share their stories.
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Guest: Dr. Sal Calandra
Topic: Cardiology Group of Western New York, PC is the largest cardiology practice in Western New York, committed to provide quality care for patients. How has their profession changed through the years. www.cardiologygroup.com
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Guest: Jody Lomeo--CEO of ECMC
Topic: Healthcare today and the changing Market. Learn how Jody made a career change and how he and his team are making a difference. www.ecmc.edu
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Guest: Don Cuddihy--CEO of New Frontiers in Traumatic Brain Injury
Topic: Home Healthcare and what is takes to run a growing business. www.nftbi.com
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Guest: The Team from Greatbatch, Inc: Paul, Kathy and Titto
Topic: The Greatbatch of today is not the Greatbatch yesterday: the definitive leader in critical technologies by infusing integrity, innovation, and operational excellence. www.greatbatch.com
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Guest: Dale and Jean are our co-hosts today with Paul Pfeiffer, Director/Investor & Public Relations for the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise (BNE).  The BNE has made it their mission to attract business investment to the Buffalo Niagara Region.  Listen in as Paul talks about BNE’s efforts to market business and economic development organizations and streamline the region’s business practices. www.buffaloniagara.org
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Buffalo Works is celebrating its two year anniversary this weekend! Joan and Jean are proud to have Gregg Lederman Managing Partner and Brand Strategist for Brand Integrity on their anniversary show and it was quite a show. Gregg is also the author of Achieve Brand Integrity, a book that highlights the ten truths you must know to enhance employee performance and increase company profits.  www.brandintegrity.com  

Buffalo Works would like to wish a happy Labor Day to our fine workforce! As a guest on today’s show, Joan and Jean welcome Kim Evans, Director of Employee Relations for Ivoclar Vivadent, a dental device manufacturer whose US headquarters are right here in Amherst, NY. Listen in as Kim talks with Joan and Jean about the hiring world today, as well as the open positions that Ivoclar has right now. Listen

 Buffalo Works would like to introduce the TRIPLE TRACK partnership to the WNY market! Listen to the great advice dispensed by our experts and take a look at the website for more information. www.triple-track.com Listen

GEICO IS HIRING ONCE AGAIN!  Joan and Jean welcome back Carl Camardo - HR/Hiring Manager for Geico's Amherst location.  Listen in as Carl goes over the great opportunities that are open for hire RIGHT NOW. www.geico.com
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Guest: Brenda McDuffie, President and CEO of the Buffalo Urban League is our in-studio guest this Sunday.  She's a great guest to have following this week's Get Ready / Get Hired Career Fair.  Join us as we talk about empowering Buffalo's minority communities to empower themselves to "secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights."
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Get Ready Get Hired (for more info: www.employmewny.com) is the career fair of the summer sponsored by the Buffalo Niagara Partnership (www.thepartnership.org), the Western New York Association for College Career Counselors (WNYACCC) and Buffalo Niagara Human Resources Association (BNHRA).  Joan and Buffalo Works has enlisted the help of three experts in their field to talk about this exciting day.  Joining us is Judith Abblebaum of WNYACCC (www.wnyaccc.org), Carl Camardo of Geico - a premier vendor at the event (www.geico.com) and Sue Czyrny with BNRHA (www.bnhra.org).  The Get Ready Get Hired career fair and networking event is free to attend, on August 12, 2009 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm at ECC City Campus.
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Jean and Joan are excited to host a very introspective show today. Success starts internally and being able to leverage your core strengths and preferences is the key to a long and fruitful career. Guest, S. Renee Smith is an Image Consultant and Motivational Speaker who is on telling her story of personal triumph and how that can relate to your own personal success--www.SRenee.com.
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Dale and Joan are on are with Jerry Leary, President and CEO of Koike Aronson - a manufacturer of high quality Welding Positioners, Plasma Cutting, Oxy Fuel Cutting, and Laser Cutting equipment. Listen to Jerry's fascinating story about his journey and the manufacturing industry as a whole and how it has evolved--www.Koike.com.
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Today's show is a special one!  Joan and Jean have invited three colleagues from the program they're involved in called Quantum Leap.  QL is comprised of professionals from around the country and world who have a special message to deliver who are looking to gain their national stage.  Amy Pedersen (www.amypedersen.com) is a mother, inventor, author and consultant who took her successful career from corporate marketing to her real passion that lead her to penning a children's book and inventing shapewear for women.  Dr. Mache Seibel, Harvard Doctor, wanted to take his medical knowledge and love for music to merge them into a means to teach children about health. His program has since been featured on the Discovery Channel (www.healthrock.com). Our final guest today is Wendy Lipton-Dibner, author of "The Action Formula" (www.theactionformula.com). To hear about this formula - you'll have to click and listen!
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Ever wonder what it takes to break into the Not For Profit sector in the Buffalo market? It's NFP week again at Buffalo Works and Joan has certainly enlisted the help of experts! Kirsti Hunt is the President of BNHRA (Buffalo Niagara Human Resources Association) and Chief HR Officer for the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County. Patty Olender is the Director of Brand Management for United Way of Buffalo and Erie County. Dave Zablotny is the Executive Director for Buffalo Habitat for Humanity.
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Buffalo Works would like to wish a Happy Fathers Day to all!  Joan and Jean are in studio today with Bill Kuffner, independent consultant for the National Academy Foundation and Theron Howard, Subject Matter Expert for BNHRA.
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Joan and Dale are with us this morning to talk about the past weekend’s CITYBRATION events.  APA Solutions attended the Citybration Careerconnextions job fair on Friday, and so Joan thought it would be a perfect time to talk about job fair protocol and etiquette!  Special guest for today is Mike Tritto – the right hand man to Marti Gorman (founder of Buffalo Niagara Homecoming / Citybration.
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It’s that time of year again for Western New York to celebrate all of the great things that are going on in our business and cultural community. Buffalo Homecoming / Citybration celebrates all of the unique opportunities that Buffalo has to offer on a regional and national stage. Join Jean and Dale for this show as they discuss this year’s homecoming events with Marti Gorman and Linda Hontz.
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One of the main buzz words in this economy is INVESTMENTS – whether there’s a fear of losing or the thrill of gaining long term or short term investments, it’s a hot topic and rightfully so. Join Joan and her guests Walter Grenda Jr (President) and Tim Hoag (Investment Advisor) from Reliance Financial as they talk MONEY. Listen

What is one of the most visible companies whose headquarters is right here in Buffalo? If you answered New Era Cap Co, you would be correct! Joan, Jean and Dale are in house this Sunday morning with guest, Sarah Gilson – Human Resources Generalist for New Era.May 3,2009 – Joan and Jean are in studio today with Ted Grasela, President and CEO of Cognigen Corp. Cognigen is ensconced in the pharmaceutical and biomedical realm that works nationally and internationally with drug developers in research and development. Ted has a fascinating story about his company, founded 15 years ago, right in the backyard of WNY! Listen and enjoy.
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Buffalo Works wishes everyone a Happy Mother’s Day this fine Sunday, and it’s Not for profit week to boot! It’s very fitting that this week’s guest is here to speak about the advancement of women in the business community. Melissa Nowak is a member of the advisory board for the WNY Women’s Fund, founded in 1999. This group assembles grants, does research, creates programs (etc) for advancing women in the WNY area.
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April is shaping up to be HR month on “Buffalo Works”. The guest in house with Joan and Jean this week is Renee Tererri, HR Director for Cameron Compression (an international air compressor manufacturing company). Join the three HR gurus as they discuss everything from resumes and interviewing to the new level of sophistication required of today’s HR professionals.
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Joan and Dale are hosting this week’s “Ask the Expert” hour. The expert panel hales from BNHRA (Buffalo Niagara Human Resources Association) and are in house to answer any and all HR questions Western New Yorkers can ask. Colin Adams is the President of BNHRA and the Global HR Professional with Moog. Accompanying him is Laurie Warner, Director of Talent Acquisition for HealthNow NY.
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Happy Easter, Happy Passover and Happy Sunday Buffalo! Join hosts Joan and Jean with in house guest Scott Levin, lead anchor for Buffalo’s own Channel 2 News (WGRZ) for an hour of true hope and inspiration! If you’re having troubles in these hard economic times; if you’ve recently been downsized or fear for your job, this is the show to listen to!
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Joan and Jean are getting high-tech with their guests for this week's show. Peter Ronca, President, and Mark Muscone, CTO of Shatter IT are in house talking not only about their business (network builders/admin extraorinaires) but they're talking about the IT world's need for new and diverse talent. The opportunities that exist within the IT world career-wise are expansive and our young people are completely unaware. Let's shed some light on the industry with local leading experts!
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Joining Jean and Joan and Buffalo Works for a second time is special guest, Tyra Johnson – this time speaking on behalf of BEAM – Buffalo-area Engineering Awareness for Minorities which is a local group committed to getting more underrepresented minorities and women interested in careers in science and engineering.
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Host, Joan Graci is without her counterpart Jean today because it's Anna's (her daughter) birthday! Happy Birthday Anna! Buffalo Works? special guest this week is President of Erie County Community College, Jack Quinn. Listen to this highly successful born bred and raised Buffalonian tell his fascinating story. He also talks about the benefits of ECC and what a two year college has to offer!Listen

Education is the word of the hour on ?Buffalo Works? with ECC workforce development in house visiting Joan and Jean. Carrie Kahn, Executive Dean of Workforce Development and Sam Leone, Corporate Training Specialist are with us to discuss all of the wonderful things going on at Erie Community College with relation to the continuing education they are offering that is so pertinent to today's "hot" jobs.
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Joan, Jean and Dale are in studio today speaking with Ron Prazmark, Owner of Buffalo Office Systems. Buffalo Office Systems is an innovator in inter-office communication, from the revolution of the fax machine up to today?s teleconferencing capabilities. The possibilities for effective and cost efficient communication are many and Ron is pleased to share that with us. Also, Christina of Triple Track called in to make listeners aware of the employee assistance programs that are made available by their organization in times of crisis. The staff of APA Solutions and Buffalo Works is deeply saddened by the Continental 3407 plane crash and offers the WNY community and effected families their sincerest condolences."
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This month’s not-for-profit week, host Joan Graci welcomes Dana Astratta from CERT as well as Ron Trido, Executive Director, Make a Wish Foundation.  Dana Astratta talks about CERT a disaster training program that is currently available to the public, and Ron speaks of his own career counseling with APA Solutions.  And Kurt Ameco speaks more about Make a Wish and its services to children with life threatening illness.
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In keeping with this month's career exploration theme, APA Solutions has welcomed Scott Peters, CAREERsavers candidate, as this weeks guest.  The show focused on what to do if you lose your job.  In an economy like ours, it is not always our fault as to why our careers fail.  Question is do we take a proactive or reactive approach to the news?  "Fear is a waste of emotion and we need to change that fear into strategy."
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 Join Joan and Jean with this month's "Ask the Expert" segment.  Today's topic asks the question "Is college right for everyone?"  In being smart with our investments, is college an investment that will reap a profit for us in the future or will we be stuck with a load of debt after it?  Considering today's expectations that going to college is "the right" thing to do - is it really the right choice for everyone?  Especially since the income gap between that of a high school graduate and a college graduate has become more and more narrow than in years prior.
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Does it take a village to raise a child? The guests on this week’s installment of Buffalo Works would certainly say so. We’re proud to announce that administrators from the Buffalo public school system are taking the podium with Joan this week and are speaking out about what we can do to better our educational system. Listen to Dr. James Williams, Superintendent and Tonja Williams, Director of Guidance and Alternative Education from our Buffalo School system. Tyra Johnson, Project Manager of Diversity and Neighborhood Redevelopment with LP Ciminelli, joins us as well to speak about her current work with the Buffalo public schools restoration project.
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CAREERstarters, a program developed by Joan Graci and her counterparts is near and dear to her heart and is being rolled out this January. Joan, Dale and Cheryl Meyer, CAREERsavers Public Relations Director, talk about how we need to prepare our children for the volatile work world and CAREERstarters is here to do that!
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Lexie Brunstad is our guest today on Buffalo Works with our show dedicated entirely to our children and how they factor in to this new normal economy. This Clarkson college sophomore is here to educate us all on the differences between high school and college and what she did to prepare herself for the transition.
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So you can’t find your passion? Maybe it’s a career in a not-for-profit organization. Joan and Jean are with the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) for this month’s not-for-profit week. Executive Director, Karen Swierski and Special Events Coordinator, Alex Kobza are in house speaking about their passion for their organization as well as their upcoming January 2009 Winter Gala and other initiatives. Be sure to check out their website (www.jdrf.org) for more information on attending this fantastic event!
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We’re talking everything HR on this installment of Buffalo Works! With special guest, Carl Camardo – HR/Hiring Manager for Geico, we truly have some experts commenting on the do’s and DON’TS of interviewing. Don’t forget to call APA or look at Geico’s website to find out about Geico’s job openings for the Buffalo area!
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Jean and Dale are our hosts this week and they’re talking all about teamwork and the soft skills necessary in today’s work world. In studio with them is Clayton Steen, Director of MBA program at D’Youville college, who brings even more valuable insight into the difference between academic “smarts” and “street smarts” – IE tactical skills versus strategic skills. Don’t forget to purchase your copy of Joan’s book, MBA: More Bad Advice, which is the REAL career guide that tells you what educators won’t post-college.
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Gary Steszewski, President of CityMade Inc is the guest of 11/16’s radio show. Listen with Joan and Jean as Gary articulates the vision he created for his company and how he was able to use the internet in its infancy to get his business off the ground. Joan’s theme in these hard economic times is “do what sets you apart”. Gary is the poster child for doing things his way and creating a flourishing business.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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 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.
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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!
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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

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!
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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.”
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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.
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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!
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 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!
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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.
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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Buffalonians 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.
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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!
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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.
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Buffalo Works would like to take this time to honor mothers because Mothers 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.” 
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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.
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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.
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“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.
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“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.
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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.
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Meet the brilliant mind behind “Buffalo Reuse” Michael Gainer who created this not-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!
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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.
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Three CAREERsaver graduates. Learn how average people have made their career change and how their lives have been changed.
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Send us your "Dear Joan" emails with questions, comments or your story. Email us at apa@apasolutions.com.