24 Jun 09 Local Job Search Focus Groups

I feel very privileged to be a job seeker in Cincinnati right now. I first found out about Cincinnati’s Job Search Focus Group last December from Steve Platt, a friend I first met at a LinkedCincinnati event last August.

The Job Search Focus Group is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that supports individuals searching for new employment opportunities. They meet Monday mornings at the Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church.  Since 1992, over 10,000 job seekers have graduated from their program.  This faith-based organization has been featured in the Wall Street Journal as well.

Do you have a job search focus group in your area? If so, please leave the details in the comments.

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17 Jan 07 We are better together than by ourselves

This is one of the things I love about blogging: Comparing Apples to Ideas

03 Aug 06 Your Predominant Duty

“The one predominant duty is to find one’s work and do it.” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), American feminist and reformer, via e-mail from thefreedictionary.com

crossposted to QuotesBlog

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10 Jan 05 Quit That Job!

No job is without its aggravations, to paraphrase a Malcolm Forbes quotation. But sometimes it becomes necessary to part with the job that you hate.

Quitting a job you hate may bring relief to stress, but it may not always be the best thing. Get more advice on whether changing your job is right for you:

U.S. News and World Report | Ways to Change Your Life: Quit Your Job

21 Jan 04

Welcome!

A hearty welcome to visitors taking the job hunting seminar at Sinclair Community College. I signed up for the seminar because I’m wanting to better my own job situation, and I originally started this weblog once I found the abundance of information available online.

Here we post a job- or market-related topic, question, anecdote, quote, tip, etc. You read the topics, decide if any of them are of interest to you, and use them as you see fit.

I especially want to encourage you to share your job hunting success stories. We’ve had a few in the 1.5 years this blog has been around. Nothing more encouraging to others searching for employment than to hear how someone else got their job!

Now go Get That Job!

15 Jan 04

“I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.”

I made that statement yesterday at a gathering of other job seekers at Sinclair Community College. A brief history of my education and experience:

• I have a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
• I was an Environmental Engineer doing environmental management for a manufacturing company
• I was a programmer/consultant
• I am a bartender for a hotel and conference center

I remember when I met with the guidance counselor in high school, he told me that he could see me doing a number of different kinds of jobs, based on the talents and aptitude he’d seen in me. I had dreamed of becoming a Renaissance Man back then. I don’t know if I’ve found something that fits just yet. To quote U2, “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.”

At the same time, I realize that no job is going to be a perfect fit. There are always going to be times when the passion wanes, when there is other “non-fun” work to be done, too. I guess it’s a matter of seeing whether the benefits outweigh the costs, evaluating the trade-offs. For example, I have a friend who designs cars for a major automobile company. He loves that part of his job so much that he is able to live with the long hours and the long drive to and from work.

I guess I want to find something in-between, too.

crossposted to Journey Inside My Mind

13 Jan 04

What Your Body Language Tells Interviewers

“What you are shouts so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, via QuotesBlog

During a job interview, your body language can say even more than your words. Many interviewers can read the subtleties of body language, and even those who can’t will experience subconscious reactions to the clues you give off with your gestures and facial expressions. Let’s follow two job seekers through their interviews to see the difference body language can make. Read more…

Interviewing is drama; therefore, plan accordingly: More from Interviewing”>WetFeet.com > Interviewing

14 Jul 03

My New Sig Line

Jenny, the Creative Tech Writer, has added this quote from Bertrand Russell to her signature line. She shares from her experience of being unemployed for a year and her journey to get a better perspective. I’m glad to link back to it here.

26 Jun 03

O Captain, My Captain!

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently carried an article entitled “How to Hunt for a New Job in An Uncertain World.” When I began reading it, I felt a little dismayed. I’m glad I continued reading, however. The opening negative sentiments were just to get our attention.

The overall theme of this article can be summed up in this quote from William Ernest Henley:

“I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.”, via QuotesBlog

I also provided some comments about this in a post from 9 September 2002, entitled “Be Proactive.”

26 Jun 03 Have the right perspective

“Anyone who sees in his own occupation merely a means of earning money degrades it; but he that sees in it a service to mankind ennobles both his labor and himself.” — A. Lawrence Lowell, also posted at QuotesBlog