AmeriCorps Connections

1 Million AmeriCorps member STRONG! We are a loud voice for national and community service. We have all served in one way or another - let's engage, learn and connect with each other! Let's Serve Life After AmeriCorps! Today we talk with Barry Kleiman | Honorary AmeriCorps Alumni!!! https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryckleiman/ Conversation topics and highlights: Barry is NOT driving - he was sitting in his driveway! How the TRUTH will set you and your Career Free - https://www.amazon.com/TRUTH-Will-Your-Career-Free/dp/154320760X It's not what you know or who you know - "It's who knows what you know" Your networking is your networth (00:13:53) If your network is your networth - then your ability to connect with people is the currency that drives it. + Find ways to connect - You have already served lean into service. + How do you want to me known in the market. Leveraging LinkedIn ____ The emptiest mailbox is the one at the end of your driveway - (1:10:01) Turn this digital world to analogue. How are you going to connect. Barry's biggest take always ....  Don't be transactional in a networking situation. (transactional is not a scalable model) In Service to others! Resumes! - How much time are you spending on a resume? It's a collection of facts! Stories SALE! LI - most asked Interview questions - Last questions in an interview - 1. Can you tell me something about you. CONNECTING! I wanted to make sure I understanded....XYZ about the job. When we discussed Z...who are my internal costumers? Where do YOU see me in the future? - If I did all the things in the next two years - where am I? Extras: Barry's 26 Most Asked Interview Questions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmLRq7QEMgI_MMLXxh1qBP8V3MHXD2Mp6  Link for book - How the TRUTH will set You & Your Career Free https://barrykleiman.com/get-free-book/  Link for Leveraging LinkedIn Workshop https://barryspeaking.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/Leveraging+LinkedIn+-+Gen+W2019.mp4 The Fifth Quarter Project - https://thefifthquarterproject.org/ Connect: AmeriCorps Alumni Group LI https://www.linkedin.com/groups/105198/

Show Notes

1 Million AmeriCorps member STRONG! We are a loud voice for national and community service. We have all served in one way or another - let's engage, learn and connect with each other! Let's Serve Life After AmeriCorps!

Today we talk with Barry Kleiman | Honorary AmeriCorps Alumni!!! https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryckleiman/

Conversation topics and highlights:

  • Barry is NOT driving - he was sitting in his driveway!
  • How the TRUTH will set you and your Career Free - https://www.amazon.com/TRUTH-Will-Your-Career-Free/dp/154320760X
  • It's not what you know or who you know - "It's who knows what you know"
  • Your networking is your networth (00:13:53)
  • If your network is your networth - then your ability to connect with people is the currency that drives it. + Find ways to connect - You have already served lean into service. + How do you want to me known in the market.
  • Leveraging LinkedIn ____
  • The emptiest mailbox is the one at the end of your driveway - (1:10:01)
  • Turn this digital world to analogue. How are you going to connect.

Barry's biggest take always .... 

  1. Don't be transactional in a networking situation. (transactional is not a scalable model)
  2. In Service to others!
  3. Resumes! - How much time are you spending on a resume? It's a collection of facts!
  4. Stories SALE!
  5. LI - most asked Interview questions -
  6. Last questions in an interview - 1.
    1. Can you tell me something about you. CONNECTING!
    2. I wanted to make sure I understanded....XYZ about the job.
    3. When we discussed Z...who are my internal costumers?
    4. Where do YOU see me in the future? - If I did all the things in the next two years - where am I?

Extras:

Barry's 26 Most Asked Interview Questions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmLRq7QEMgI_MMLXxh1qBP8V3MHXD2Mp6  Link for book - How the TRUTH will set You & Your Career Free https://barrykleiman.com/get-free-book/  Link for Leveraging LinkedIn Workshop https://barryspeaking.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/Leveraging+LinkedIn+-+Gen+W2019.mp4 The Fifth Quarter Project - https://thefifthquarterproject.org/

Connect: AmeriCorps Alumni Group LI https://www.linkedin.com/groups/105198/

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The AmeriCorps Connections Podcast is a space where alumni, members, and partners share how national service shapes careers, communities, and lives. Hosted by AmeriCorps alum Nicki Fiocco, each episode highlights stories of resilience, leadership, and purpose—showing that while service terms may end, the impact and connections continue.

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