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posted Tuesday, December 8, 2009 4:30 PM
Social recruiting is now emerging from its adolescence. It’s moving beyond the wide-eyed exultation of early adoption to the squinty-eyed assessment of mature users. The focus is less and less on what we can do with social media and more and more on how best to put it to work.
That’s especially apparent in the subset of social recruiting we call networking. Social or professional networking online now clearly falls into two general categories of activity. They are probably best described as content and contact networking. Both can help you access high caliber passive prospects for your organization, but each is performed differently.
Content Networking
Content networking occurs in the discussion forums on job board and association Web-sites, in blogs on corporate sites and in Google’s newsgroups. These destinations attract visitors who share a common career field or occupational interest and like to communicate and commiserate with each other about it. The interaction is social—a community of sorts does form—but it’s primarily based on the topic being discussed.
In most but not all cases, the members of these communities are passive prospects. They are not looking for a job. More often than not, however, they are interested in advancing their careers. Indeed, that’s why they are engaged by the content. They want to be smarter in their career field and better able to put their occupational interests to work. Said another way, they are top talent.
The only way to connect with these prospects effectively is by practicing the Golden Rule of Networking. That axiom is simple yet inviolate—you have to give in order to get. In other words, if you want the participants in these discussions to consider your openings, you have to first contribute to their content.
How can you do that? By being the expert you are. You know more about what employers are looking for in their field than they do. You have a much better understanding of how to interact with a group they consider exotic and hard to understand: recruiters. And, you have a more realistic sense of what employers will pay for certain kinds of expertise and different levels of experience.
So, don’t pretend to be someone you are. Be yourself. Then, when a participant’s contributions to the discussion single them out as a gem of a prospect, you can reach out to them privately and they’ll know who you are. You will have established the familiarity and trust necessary to move even the most passive of prospects into a more active frame of mind.
Contact Networking
Contact networking occurs on professional networking sites such as LinkedIn, Ryze, Yorz and Ziggs. These sites enable people to build out their connections in the workplace and thereby enhance their stature in their profession, craft or trade and/or make themselves “findable” by recruiters. While the groups within LinkedIn and similar sites do facilitate content networking, most of those who join these sites do not participate in them. They are simply interested in creating passive links that may prove helpful to them right now or at some point in the future.
The majority of those who sign on to professional networking sites would normally be passive prospects. In today’s economy, however, it’s likely that a significant percentage are, in fact, active job seekers. As in the real world, they are forging connections with others in the hopes of bumping into or being referred to a recruiter with an opening appropriate for them.
Networking in such a population, therefore, is basically an exercise in doing old-fashioned cold calling by email or InMail. Just as executive search consultants have done for years, it involves moving through concentric circles of contacts to uncover candidates for an open position. With the exception of the first circle—your own direct connections—the contacts are not personally known to you. They are, instead, leads that may either identify a genuine prospect or provide yet another lead to someone else who could be.
The key to successful contact networking, therefore, is two-fold. First, as with cold calling, the activity is basically a numbers game. You have to keep pouring a lot of contacts into the top of the funnel in order to reach even a small number of legitimate prospects at the bottom. Second, you have to know how to message with clarity and impact. Long and windy communications are unlikely to be read so active job seekers are more likely to apply when they shouldn’t and passive prospects are unlikely to read them at all. In effect, you have to find just the right balance between speed and engagement.
While we are still developing the best practices for both content and contact networking, these tools already represent some of the more mature applications of social recruiting. They are not, however, a substitute for the array of other sourcing methods we employ to identify top talent. They enable us to tap the power and promise of the social Web, but they incur a cost—the time commitment of the recruiter—that must be carefully managed within the context of your overall recruiting strategy.
Thanks for reading, Peter Visit my blog at Weddles.com/WorkStrong
Peter Weddle is the author of over two dozen employm ent-related books, including Recognizing Richard Rabbit , a fable of self-discovery for working adults, and Work Strong, Your Pe rsonal Career Fitness System .
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A Recruiter’s Bucket List
posted Tuesday, December 8, 2009 4:18 PM
You may have seen the movie. The Bucket List starred Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as two aging men who meet in a hospital while each is dealing with the shock of learning they are terminally ill. They decide to devote their remaining time before they “kick the bucket” to experiencing a list of dreams—some modest, some not—that they had never found the time or the opportunity to realize while they were raising families and earning a living.
The movie is a poignant treatise on friendship in unlikely places, and perhaps more importantly, a powerful lesson about how best to live our lives (and our careers). It offers an admittedly old truism, but one worth remembering: we should never put our dreams off because we don’t know how long we will have to see them come true.
With that thought in mind, I offer my bucket list for recruiters—the things we should strive to get to while we can. It’s an abbreviated list, so is not meant to identify everything that we might hope to accomplish in the course of our careers. In addition, some of the goals may be beyond our reach—at least without some outside cooperation—while others are much more susceptible to our own efforts. However, all of the goals—be they large or small—are worthy aspirations. By reaching for them, we improve our experience as recruiters.
How should you read the list? Simply insert the following phrase in front of each item: “At some point in my career—and the sooner, the better—I would like .to …”
1. Work for a CEO who gets it. We know they can say it—“Our employees are our most important asset” is the siren song of every CEO worth his or her salt in corporate America—what we seldom experience is one who does it. Indeed, the limit of what many executives seem willing to invest in their workforce (and the recruiting team that brings it in the door) is just that—verbal capital or what you and I call “hot air.” If they really believe they can’t get by without great talent, they will have to open their wallets in a much bigger way. And those that do are the organizations for which we should seek to work.
2. Work with hiring managers who get it. Too many of today’s managers think that it’s still 1952 and there’s an unlimited supply of top talent just salivating at the chance to work for them. They are too busy to write a decent requisition, get involved with sourcing candidates or learn how to prepare for and conduct an effective interview, but they always have enough time to wail about what they perceive to be inadequate recruiting support. If they want to see more high caliber applicants for their openings, however, they will have to get more involved in filling them. And those that do are the business partners to whom we should devote our best efforts.
3. Work with coworkers who get it. While recruiters are formally charged with acquiring talent for the organization, it is clearly in everybody’s best interest to ensure that their coworkers are as capable as possible. Especially in these days and times, there’s no better form of security than an organization brimming with high caliber workers. Which begs the question: why is it so difficult to get people involved in their organization’s employee referral program? If our coworkers want to get more satisfaction and security out of their work, they will have to work harder at searching out and selling top talent. And those who do are the employees we should celebrate and support.
4. Work with an applicant tracking system that gets it. Recruiters may be responsible for processing a lot of information, but that is by no means their most important accountability. In addition to acquiring top talent, they also have a fiduciary responsibility—they must ensure that they invest their employer’s money wisely. To do that, they need accurate data on the source of their applicants, and they rely on their ATS to get it. Unfortunately, however, the rudimentary technology offered by many ATS vendors is simply not up to the task. If these vendors want to help recruiters get smarter about where to spend their recruitment budget, they will have to upgrade their source identification capability. And those that do should be the vendors from which we buy our systems.
5. Work with applicants who get it. Unfortunately, a lot of applicants today think that the question we want them to answer is “What have they done?” And, of course, the insight for which we’re really looking is “What can they do?” For us? Right now and in the future? The fact that they’ve been in the workforce for twenty or thirty years doesn’t mean a thing if their skills and knowledge are that old, as well. If they want to get considered by us, therefore, they will have to bring themselves up-to-date. And those who do are the prospects we should pursue most aggressively.
The notion of a bucket list, I suppose, can be off-putting at first. It can seem … well, a bit pessimistic. On the other hand, if we see it as our horizon, as the future toward which we would like to journey, then it is as hopeful an outlook as one can have. It affirms our ability to better our condition, to reach for the richest and fullest experience we can have in the one-third of our lives that we spend at work.
Thanks for reading, Peter Visit my blog at Weddles.com/WorkStrong
Peter Weddle is the author of over two dozen employment-related books, including Recognizing Richard Rabbit, a fable of self-discovery for working adults, and Work Strong, Your Personal Career Fitness System.
© Copyright 2009 WEDDLE’s LLC. All Rights Reserved.
The American Dream
posted Tuesday, December 8, 2009 4:14 PM
The American Dream. While it is a quintessentially American aspiration, each of us has a unique vision of just what it is. For some, the dream is a chance to build a successful business. For others, it’s a home of their own. And for still others, it’s the opportunity to shop until they drop. As alluring as all of these visions are, however, I would respectfully suggest that they are outcomes of the dream and not the dream, itself. The American Dream is actually a state of mind.
We all know, of course, that the American Dream exists because we live in a nation founded on certain extraordinary principles. Much as we take them for granted, deep down inside, every American knows that they are especially fortunate to live in a land where they are accorded an enduring right to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. While most of us are very clear about what Life and Liberty mean, however, there is some confusion about the pursuit of Happiness. And it’s that misunderstanding which causes us to misperceive the American Dream.
The founding fathers, themselves, inadvertently provoked this situation with their capitalization choices. They used initial caps on Life, Liberty and Happiness, when what they really meant to enshrine was a commitment to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness. In other words, what the American Dream promises is not a right to happiness, but a right to Achieve it on our own.
What does that mean for those of us in the workforce?
Over the past decade or so, social scientists have been trying to figure out just what happiness is and where it comes from. While many of us think the answers to such questions are intuitively obvious, it turns out that we may be selling ourselves short. Humans have the capacity not only to experience happiness, but to experience joy, as well. And those two states are very different.
Joy is an emotional state. It is derived from our relationships with family and friends. When those interactions engage and satisfy us, when they enable us to be the best of ourselves with the others in our Life, we experience joy—one of the human species’ greatest gifts.
Happiness, on the other hand, is a cognitive state. It occurs when we are tested by meaningful challenges that stimulate us to express and experience our fullest natural potential, our talent. These challenges can occur anywhere, but they are most prevalent in the workplace. In other words, our best shot at Achieving happiness occurs when we put ourselves in a position to excel at what we love to do.
That is the essence of the American Dream. It is a personal commitment, a determination to devote our Life and exercise our Liberty to the accomplishment of two tasks: · To discovering our natural talent or what we love to do and do best. and · To working only where we can use that talent to achieve satisfying goals. The outcome of those tasks will be unique to each of us, but the tasks themselves are the same for all of us. They represent our right to the Pursuit of happiness.
Those two tasks are also the key to a successful job search and a rewarding career. Whether we’re in transition or currently employed, they enable and empower us to control our destiny, to shape it to an end that is important and fulfilling to us. It is our right, to be sure, but it is also our responsibility. For only we can take the first step, only we can decide to set off on our own personal Pursuit of happiness.
Why should we bother? Because as wonderful as the joy is in our relationships, we deserve more. We spend at least one-third of our lives at work, and that experience should offer more than frustration, anxiety and despair. It should be, it can be a source of profound fulfillment. Or what the founding fathers called Happiness.
Thanks for reading, Peter Visit my blog at Weddles.com/WorkStrong
Peter Weddle is the author of over two dozen employment-related books, including Recognizing Richard Rabbit, a fable of self-discovery for working adults, and Work Strong, Your Personal Career Fitness System.
© Copyright 2009 WEDDLE’s LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Keep Cope Alive
posted Tuesday, December 8, 2009 12:31 PM
We can't control what happens to us, but we can choose how to respond to our circumstances. Bad things happen to everyone, but successful people cope more effectively. Here's some tips to improve your ability to cope:
1) Don't make emotional-based decisions. When we lose our temper or want instant gratification, we react instead of respond. I'm not saying be a "robot", but it's better to think before you act rather than say what you feel. We need to be more aware about how our decisions affect others. 2) The past doesn't determine the future. Many times we dwell on what we know or have experienced so far. This becomes a destructive cycle. To break the cycle, you must decide to do something new and expect different results. 3) Train your brain. Listen to this equation carefully: Your thoughts trigger your feelings which cause action (or inaction). That means everything starts inside your head. Don't self-sabotage yourself before you begin. Turn your negative thoughts into a positive "I" statement. You'll be amazed what an optimistic attitude can do for you! Coaching is like having a personal trainer for your mind. What a trainer does for your body, a coach does for your mind. Discover how to make a change for the better by signing up today and experience coaching firsthand! Imagine how much more successful you can be with the help of a coach! Contact Growing Forward NOW at (310) 295-0046 or scott@growingforward.net Tags
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Job Searching Frustration Part 2 - Time for a new approach to networking!
posted Wednesday, December 2, 2009 3:51 PM
Part 2: Networking
How are you using your network? a. People I know from my old job know I am looking - but I haven't talked to people outside of my current professional circle. If any of the statements above describe you, you may benefit from revisiting some of the basics of networking: 1. Be a giver. 2. Ask for help - directly. 3. Act on help and follow-up.
example 1. I am a materials engineer and I am looking to make a contact with someone who works in the XYZ industry.
You & Improved!
posted Tuesday, December 1, 2009 1:00 PM
During this recession, you don't have time to hang your head and feel sorry for yourself. How are companies like Amazon, Netflix and Verizon actually increasing their profits? Let's take those same strategies and apply them to your personal brand:
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Los Angeles Opportunities Industrialization Center (LAOIC) Holiday Job Fair Update!
posted Tuesday, December 1, 2009
We're days away from Los Angeles OIC Job Fair on Friday, December 4th. As far as employment events go, this is one of the last job fairs for 2009.
This is an amazing way to jumpstart your career and reinvigorate your life for 2010. You don't want to miss out on a job great opportunity or a conversation with a recruiter who can help your job search. Here are a list of employers are will be attending so get there early. Doors open at 11AM so don't be late and bring your smile!
Employers and Social Service Agencies scheduled to attend.
AAA Auto Club of Southern California AT&T Bank of America City of Inglewood City of Los Angeles – Community Dev. Dept. City Year Los Angeles Comerica Bank Community Centers, Inc. CVS Department of Transportation DeVry University Employment Development Department ExxonMobil Farmers Insurance Goodwill Industries Jobing.com KJLH 102.3 Radio Los Angeles County Children & Family Services Los Angeles County Probation Department Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Los Angeles World Airport Metropolitan Water District Mt. Sierra College Prudential Insurance Company RadioShack Registrar Recorder – County Clerk Office Southern California Edison Southern California Gas Company U.S. Census Bureau Union Bank University of Phoenix US Bank VA Greater LA Health Care System Verizon Wells Fargo
The location for this event: LAOIC JOB FAIR Friday, December 4, 2009 11:00am to 2:30pm Sheraton Gateway Hotel (LAX) Century Foyer 6101 W. Century Boulevard Los Angeles , CA 90045
How to Overcome Job Search Fatigue
posted Monday, November 30, 2009 12:37 PM
If you’ve been on the job market for any length of time, you’ve probably heard the quote, “Looking for a job is a job.” That quote couldn’t be truer today. What does that mean to you and your job search? It’s not uncommon for me to talk to job seekers, at all levels, who’ve been searching for work for more than 6 months. In many cases, they’ve been searching for work for a year or more. They’re using techniques they think will get them a job but nothing is happening.
So, why are they not getting work? Here’s what I see is working against them in their job search. They believe the hype- The media spins statistics to grab attention. Often the picture that is painted is less than accurate or doesn’t tell the whole story. The job market is tough. There’s no doubt about it. Don’t give up your search because you read there are no jobs. There are still millions of jobs available and employers are hiring. You have to look critically at the statistics to find the reality and approach your job search accordingly. They focus on “perfect” rather than “good enough”- Having a good resume is important in the job search. Crafting a resume that highlights your accomplishments and consistent high performance is a good foundation for interviewing. However, I see too many job seekers spending way too much time moving around periods and adjusting fonts in the hopes that those changes will get their resume noticed. At some point, you have to go with good enough, not perfect, and send out your resume. If no one sees it, you definitely won’t get any interviews. They’re holding out hope of finding the perfect job- I’m an optimist and believe that you can get the job you want. I talked about that in a previous article, 4 Ways to Pursue Your Passion. However, the perfect job may not appear when and where you want it. You may even have to create your own opportunity. In this job market, flexibility and timing are key. Consider broadening your scope of the “perfect” job. Start applying for jobs to get some momentum in your search. You may be pleasantly surprised at what you find. Their fear of networking is holding them back- Personal contacts make a huge difference in the job search. Job seekers underestimate the power of networking and building solid relationships with other professionals, and, therefore brush off the idea as non-essential. That’s a big mistake. A significant amount of time in your job search should be meeting new people and connecting with existing contacts. You can do that in person by attending events and volunteering, for example, and by engaging online by blogging, and using Twitter and Facebook. Networking is a valuable job search and career advancement tool, if used correctly and consistently. They’re looking in the wrong places- Job boards are an easy place to look for jobs. Submitting resumes through online job boards, even directly through a company’s online job board, is the least effective job search technique. The sheer volume of resumes submitted makes it like looking for a needle in a haystack. It’s an overwhelming task for recruiters and many resort to informally sourcing candidates through their network. A much more effective approach is to engage people and let them know what type of opportunity you’re looking for. Be as specific as you can from the industry, company names, positions, and locations. Avoid the mistake of being “open to anything.” They don’t understand the hidden job market- This is the where most jobs are found. In the hidden job market, recruiters and hiring managers use informal means to find qualified candidates to fill their positions, often before they are advertised. For this reason, networking effectively and leveraging your contacts is so essential to your job search. If you’re not meeting people, following up, and keeping in touch, you’re missing out on opportunities. In today’s job market, you have to try new techniques to get the job you want. Gone are the days when you could just submit your resume and feel assured that your phone would start ringing with interview offers. That doesn’t happen much, if at all, anymore. The job market is competitive and there are tons of new tools you can use in your job search. Click this link to read more articles on networking and job search: http://tinyurl.com/dmth27 Get better results from your job search efforts. Request the audio program and special report, 3 Secrets to Creating Luck in Your Job Search. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Markell Steele is a career counselor, owner of Futures in Motion, Inc. and author of Fast Track Your Career: Three Steps for Finding Work You Love. She helps frustrated job seekers find career direction so they can get the job they want in less time with less stress.
Holiday Party & Wine-Tasting Celebration!
posted Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:34 PM
Come join local employers, HR professionals & 4 local associations for this year's most festive Holiday event!
Members of the Professionals In Human Resources Association D11, Greater Riverside Employer Advisory Council, The Inland Empire Jobshare Network and the American Society for Training and Development Inland Empire Chapter will be celebrating the Holidays together with: Wine-tasting Hor'dourves & Desserts Raffle Prizes & Fun Games Networking with 4 Different Associations Supporting Two Great Local Causes
For every unwrapped gift you bring you will receive 1 raffle entry! Gifts will be donated to Operation Safehouse Don't know what to bring? View their wish list! & Proceeds from this event will go to the Music Changing Lives Foundation
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Thank You Motivating Teen Spirit!
posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:48 PM
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Workplace Diversity Video
posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:51 AM
I wanted to share this cool video on workplace diversity with you. What are your thoughts? Also, if you haven't become a fan of Jobing on Facebook be sure to do so right away for daily updates on your local employment world :)
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Nonprofits, businesses, partner to feed needy on Thanksgiving
posted Monday, November 16, 2009 3:09 PM
Nonprofits, businesses, partner to feed needy on ThanksgivingDebbie Pfeiffer Trunnell, Staff Writer Posted: 11/14/2009 06:11:00 AM PST Last November, more than nearly 500 people showed up for the free Thanksgiving feast provided by Catholic Charities at a San Bernardino nightclub. This Thanksgiving, at the end of yet another tough year for countless families, the number could easily grow. So to ensure there is enough turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie to go around, the nonprofit is partnering with other organizations and businesses. "It takes many entities working together. For example, it's not just Catholic Charities making this happen, it's the community that makes it work," said Beverly Earl, director of the San Bernardino County Family and Community Services Department for the nonprofit. The organization, that reaches out to the needy in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, is one of many partnering with others to make sure they can provide food and other services during the holiday season. In the case of Catholic Charities, it is working with nonprofits, including Young Visionaries and Time for Change Foundation. to provide a meal for the needy from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., on Thanksgiving at the Brandin Iron Saloon in San Bernardino. Bill Thomas, owner of the saloon, said it is a big enough facility to provide the service and he is happy to do it. "One of our philosophies is to be part of the community, and I couldn't think of anything better to do on Thanksgiving than feed the needy," he said. "It also offers our guests the opportunity to participate in serving the less fortunate." To ensure everything works out for a Thanksgiving dinner and coat giveaway slated for 4 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 24, at San Bernardino's Family Focus Center, the center has partnered with a nearby high school and a Redlands-based radio station. "We operate from the perspective that when you bring to gether a number of people who have a passion for the poor and the underserved, you can definitely make a difference," said Linda McDonald, vice president of mission services for St. Bernardine Medical Center, which operates the center. Athletes from San Bernardino High School will serve food and clean up at the center. And Redlands-based radio station KSGN, is helping out with the drive to collect gently-used coats, jackets and sweaters, which will be donated to families after the dinner. People are invited to drop off items at valet parking at the main entrance of St. Bernardine Medical Center, in the week ahead. "We all have a different role we play, and in our case we use the airwaves to get the message out to the people," said Peggy Stapleton, account executive for the radio station. Another long existing partnership is between Inland Empire Job Corps culinary students and the Salvation Army's Hospitality House shelter on Fifth Street in San Bernardino. The culinary students typically bake hundreds of pies for the annual Thanksgiving feast, which has brought as many as 800 people to the Salvation Army. This time around they will donate, 300 cherry, apple and pumpkin pies to the shelter for the dinner at 11 a.m. on Thanksgiving. The students then stick around to volunteer. "They are a joy to work with," said Roosevelt Carroll, director of the Hospitality House shelter. "And by doing this together, we touch everyone not just one or two people."
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San Bernardino Community Police Academy aims to improve communication, trust between police, residents
posted Saturday, November 14, 2009 2:13 PM
San Bernardino Community Police Academy aims to improve communication, trust between police, residents"We need to get some sensitivity in there, put together small events so we can both better understand each other," said Stone, who is president of the Young Visionaries Youth Leadership Academy. "Then regular folk might have a different idea when there's a police shooting or other incident." The Police Department's first Community Police Academy concluded last week and about 30 residents who varied in age, ethnicity and neighborhood graduated from the six-week class.
They got crash courses in crime analysis, SWAT training, graffiti investigations, traffic laws and how Internal Affairs processes complaints of police misconduct. Karla Miles, a teacher at Riley Elementary, brought a dozen sets of parents to class with her to ease their uncertainty about police. She was delighted that the department provided a Spanish translator so the parents could fully understand. Thomas McCaa, 65, is a former taxi cab driver and said he joined the academy to enhance "situational awareness" in his neighborhood and better learn how to lower crime in San Bernardino. "There's a lot more people than there are police. We can't leave it all to them," he said. "I think most of the problem is the fear of the unknown. A little understanding on both sides can do a lot of good." Police instructors said they also learned and appreciated the questions asked by attendees because it gave them insight into community concerns. Homicide Sgt. Dave Dillon knows people are afraid of being labeled a snitch. He is no longer surprised when a witness refuses to identify a killer or even give a statement. "People are afraid. They're scared to death to come forward," Dillon said. "But if they're not willing to cooperate, there's not much we can do." "It's a shame. We have hundreds of unsolved cases that we can't solve because people won't talk to us." stacia.glenn@inlandnewspapers.com, (909) 386-3887
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February 2010 Kicks off National Groundhog Shadow Day at the Los Angeles Job Corps Center!
posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:02 PM
The Los Angeles Job Corps is gearing up for a nationwide effort to give young people an up-close look at the world of work by letting them shadow various “career mentors” in their places of work. Groundhog Job Shadow Day 2010, a national initiative to engage students in a "real-life" work setting providing them with opportunities to "shadow" a workplace mentor for one day.
Job Corps Center is the nation’s largest job training program for young adults provides academic, vocational, and social skills training to more than 70,000 students at 122 residential Job Corps centers nationwide. On Tuesday, February 2nd, local employers will host students to Job Shadow as part of Groundhog Job Shadow Day 2010, a nationwide effort to give young people an up-close look at the world of work by letting them shadow various "career mentors" in their places of work. If you or your company is not available on the 2nd, you can also select another day during the month of February. National Groundhog Job Shadow Day is a coordinated effort of America’s Promise - The Alliance for Youth, Junior Achievement, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor. National partners include the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) and is made possible through the support local sponsor PIHRA Foundation, Jobing Foundation, YWCA of Greater Los Angeles and NAAAHRLA. We are looking for companies like yours to take a day and host a shadow day at your workplace. We are also looking for volunteers to help conduct pre-workshops to help gear the students for their shadow experience. For more information about how you can get involved, please contact:
Loving your Layoff
posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 2:54 AM
Honestly, being the victim of a layoff is probably the worst possible thing that could ever happen. It is a terrible turn of fate that comes our way. Not only is it the ultimate loss of control but the timing is usually horrible. Is it really possible to love your layoff? Yes. Although it may not seem like it today, Loving your Layoff is the key to getting back on track. No one chooses to get laid off but we can choose to benefit from the time we have off. Loving your Layoff (TM) is our opportunity to take control by making effective choices about our time, skills and talents. Having positive thoughts is not enough. We have to make positive choices that lead to positive actions daily. Only then will we be able to shed the feelings of victimization and regain control of our lives. In the October FLTLP workshop, the group came up with a list of reasons to Love your Layoff. Here’s what made the top 10: 10. You get to take care of Numero Uno (not the kids, your boss, parents, partner or spouse – YOU) 9. You have time to explore new opportunities 8. You can renew by releasing the old and making room for the new 7. You can balance your checkbook (ATM cards, Credit Cards, Online Accounts, etc…) 6. You can learn something new (for fun check out this website: www.learnsomethingeveryday.co.uk) 5. You can fall in love with the things you (used to) love all over again, and again… 4. You can read – whether you join Oprah’s book club or go it alone, reading provides the opportunity to expand your mind 3. You can reconnect with friends and loved ones 2. You can keep your skills sharp by volunteering (we just love the Taproot Foundation! www.taprootfoundation.org) 1. You can breathe and enjoy your free time and maybe even have some fun Auri Morris, FLTLP workshop facilitator, is loving her layoff by reading a book a week and writing about it on her blog. Check out the FLTLP reading list to find out what books are on her list. How are you Loving your Layoff? Tell us on the FLTLP idea site. Angelina Iyamah-Wilson is a Motivational Coach and founder of From Layoff to Launch Pad (www.FLTLP.com). She lives in Los Angeles where she provides affordable group and one-on-one coaching to people impacted by layoffs.
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