Our next meeting will be next Tuesday February 17th.
The meeting will start a 7:00 p.m. in the St Mary Church Rectory basement and led by Team leaders Linda Cella, Dan Lenhart and me.
Come on by and pick up a few job search tips and techniques and connect with others who are also looking.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
January Meeting
Our next meeting will be next Tuesday Jan 20th.
The meeting will start a 7:00 p.m. and led by Team leaders Linda Cella and Dan Lenhart.
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Linda and I went to the Housatonic River Job Network which meets the first Thursday of the month at the Orange Library. The leader of this great group is Alex Yaworowski.
It was a good meeting. The guest speaker was Jason Hyde. The focus of his talk was keeping a positive mental attitude not only in your job search but in everything you do.
He wrote a book called "Career Fulfillment Found" which can be found on Amazon,. The kindle version is 99 cents. I bought it. So far it mirrors many of the principles that Jason mentioned in his talk.
The job search is as much a mental challenge as a physical one. It is good to be around others who are also looking to exchange information and share experiences. That is the magic of Job Search Support Groups.
I hope we will see you at our meeting. We look forward to seeing you there. We would also encourage you to attend Alex's group and for that matter any other meeting that you can attend.
Take care,
Andy
The meeting will start a 7:00 p.m. and led by Team leaders Linda Cella and Dan Lenhart.
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Linda and I went to the Housatonic River Job Network which meets the first Thursday of the month at the Orange Library. The leader of this great group is Alex Yaworowski.
It was a good meeting. The guest speaker was Jason Hyde. The focus of his talk was keeping a positive mental attitude not only in your job search but in everything you do.
He wrote a book called "Career Fulfillment Found" which can be found on Amazon,. The kindle version is 99 cents. I bought it. So far it mirrors many of the principles that Jason mentioned in his talk.
The job search is as much a mental challenge as a physical one. It is good to be around others who are also looking to exchange information and share experiences. That is the magic of Job Search Support Groups.
I hope we will see you at our meeting. We look forward to seeing you there. We would also encourage you to attend Alex's group and for that matter any other meeting that you can attend.
Take care,
Andy
Saturday, December 6, 2014
December Meeting
Our next meeting will be Tuesday December 16th and 7:00 p.m. in the St Mary Church Rectory Basement.
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One our team leaders, Dan Lenhart saw these items in the Milford/Orange Bulletin and found these items:
Milford Young Professionals Networking at The Milford Arts Council building (northbound train station) Tuesday Dec 9th from 6-9 p.m.
How to use LinkedIn to advance your Career seminar at Milford Public Library on Dec 18th at 10 a.m.
The next meeting of the Housatonic River Job Network is on January 8th at the Case Memorial Library, 176 Tyler Rd Orange, CT.
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One our team leaders, Dan Lenhart saw these items in the Milford/Orange Bulletin and found these items:
Milford Young Professionals Networking at The Milford Arts Council building (northbound train station) Tuesday Dec 9th from 6-9 p.m.
How to use LinkedIn to advance your Career seminar at Milford Public Library on Dec 18th at 10 a.m.
The next meeting of the Housatonic River Job Network is on January 8th at the Case Memorial Library, 176 Tyler Rd Orange, CT.
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Here is short and interesting article on 10 Emerging Job Search Trends, Tips and Tactics from US News & World Report.
Monday, November 10, 2014
November Meeting
Our next meeting is Tues Nov 18.
The team should be back together as Linda and Dan will be back with Linda focused on interviewing and Dan with his vast knowledge of the job search landscape.
There will be a presentation, discussion of resources and networking. The presentation, tentatively will include a chat by Linda on interviewing and using sales techniques in the job search from me.
Then we will get into networking which where we talk with each person - a group to person look at the person's goals, challenges and questions and give the person peer to peer feedback.
We hope you'll attend!
The team should be back together as Linda and Dan will be back with Linda focused on interviewing and Dan with his vast knowledge of the job search landscape.
There will be a presentation, discussion of resources and networking. The presentation, tentatively will include a chat by Linda on interviewing and using sales techniques in the job search from me.
Then we will get into networking which where we talk with each person - a group to person look at the person's goals, challenges and questions and give the person peer to peer feedback.
We hope you'll attend!
October Meeting Notes
Many thanks for those that attended the October Meeting. I hope you received valuable networking tips and came away from the meeting with a good perspective on your search.
Saturday, September 20, 2014
St Mary Job Search Support Group News!
Greetings!
Thanks to everyone who attended our September meeting. If you were there you found yourself with a lot of individual attention from the group. It was a very interactive meeting that brought a lot of value to the people who attended.
Many thanks to Linda Cella for leading the meeting. Linda did a great job!
My latest informal count is that ten people who have come to our meetings have landed. We can't take credit for them finding a job but I would like to think that we helped them on their journey to their job.
Our next meeting will Tuesday October 21 at 7pm in St Mary Church Meeting room in the Rectory basement.
I will be giving a workshop on "Kick Starting Your Network."
The job search gurus tell us that our next job won't come from someone you know but from someone you know's network. How do get there from here?
It is not enough to just tell people you know that you are out of work and looking or that you are just plain looking for your next job whether you are working or not.
As a job seeker you need to nurture the relationships of those in your network, especially those that are connectors and influencers but you also have to build awareness with them. You will find out ways to do those things at the next meeting.
If you are on the job hunt, I hope you have a great week! We strongly urge all job seekers to check out Connecticut Works and take advantage of their great programs. I also would urge you to take advantage of other job support groups.
Happy Hunting!
Andy
Thanks to everyone who attended our September meeting. If you were there you found yourself with a lot of individual attention from the group. It was a very interactive meeting that brought a lot of value to the people who attended.
Many thanks to Linda Cella for leading the meeting. Linda did a great job!
My latest informal count is that ten people who have come to our meetings have landed. We can't take credit for them finding a job but I would like to think that we helped them on their journey to their job.
Our next meeting will Tuesday October 21 at 7pm in St Mary Church Meeting room in the Rectory basement.
I will be giving a workshop on "Kick Starting Your Network."
The job search gurus tell us that our next job won't come from someone you know but from someone you know's network. How do get there from here?
It is not enough to just tell people you know that you are out of work and looking or that you are just plain looking for your next job whether you are working or not.
As a job seeker you need to nurture the relationships of those in your network, especially those that are connectors and influencers but you also have to build awareness with them. You will find out ways to do those things at the next meeting.
If you are on the job hunt, I hope you have a great week! We strongly urge all job seekers to check out Connecticut Works and take advantage of their great programs. I also would urge you to take advantage of other job support groups.
Happy Hunting!
Andy
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Moving to Fall
Greetings!
I thought we had a good, interactive meeting in August. In fact it went so well that Linda and Kathy did not make it thought their program. They will finish at our September meeting.
Please note for the 2014-2015 Job Search Year we will start meetings at 7pm. We will continue to have speakers when I can find them.
But the real focus will be peer to peer information and experiential conversations. Except for Xavier Gordon't visit in March, our best meetings were ones where there was interaction between the people attending.
More information to follow.
Thanks,
Andy
I thought we had a good, interactive meeting in August. In fact it went so well that Linda and Kathy did not make it thought their program. They will finish at our September meeting.
Please note for the 2014-2015 Job Search Year we will start meetings at 7pm. We will continue to have speakers when I can find them.
But the real focus will be peer to peer information and experiential conversations. Except for Xavier Gordon't visit in March, our best meetings were ones where there was interaction between the people attending.
More information to follow.
Thanks,
Andy
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