Our next Bergen FENG meeting will be August 7,2025 at 6:30PM on Zoom. Our speaker for the evening is Rick Ruvkun. Rick will discuss “HOW TO IDENTIFY YOUR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS AND DEFINE YOUR VALUE PROPOSITION.” If you wish to attend the meeting, please register at the FENG website under the Bergen County Chapter page before August 6th at 6:00pm.

Thank you.

Marty Latman

HOW TO IDENTIFY YOUR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS AND DEFINE YOUR VALUE PROPOSITION.

To find the right companies for your job search, start by identifying your transferable skills and defining your value proposition—what unique strengths and experiences you bring to a new role. Match these skills to job descriptions in industries and companies that need them. Research target companies by evaluating their sustainability, growth, and profitability. Use databases like D&B Hoovers and PitchBook to gather information and assess whether these companies align with your career goals. This approach will help you create a strong narrative and position yourself effectively for new opportunities.

 Rick Ruvkun is a personalized career transition consultant. He has experience in recruiting and managing financial professionals. This gives him a clear understanding of the best practices job seekers can utilize to be readily recognized by recruiters and managers as standout candidates. Most recently, Rick is a Senior Consultant at Lee Hecht Harrison, a market leader in career transition and outplacement services. Rick empowers clients to navigate career transitions, including retirement, by helping them research and network into their target firms and pursue fulfilling new paths. 

Prior to becoming a career consultant, Rick spent his career managing equities for institutional clients. He is a retired Partner of Lord Abbett, a private investment management firm. Rick has a thorough understanding of how companies function from the point of view of pattern recognition and foresight into product innovation. Within asset management, Rick’s experience spans the functional areas of research, investments, institutional client relationship management and fund raising. Rick spent the past decade of his 35-year career as a Director of Equity Research and as an Equity Portfolio Manager. This experience allows him to approach and counsel clients on achieving their most productive paths to success from a broad variety of perspectives. Rick has an engineering degree from Stanford University and a Master’s degree in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management. 

He is treasurer of Central Queens Academy in New York City as well as well as a career advisor at the MIT Sloan School of Management for the Sloan Fellows Executive MBA Program. 

He is dedicated to financial literacy, mentoring college and graduate students and math literacy for first-generation students through his volunteer work.

I hope to see you at the meeting.

Marty Latman