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Job Support Group Leader Newsletter
October 2006
In This Issue:
Jobkabob.com: sell your skills, not your work history
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Welcome to Job Support Groups that have just joined us!
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church
Fort Mill, SC
Job market talking points
"Curiouser and curiouser" may be the best way to describe the recent effort of the BLS to reconcile the differences between the monthly Payroll survey and the Household surveys. If you have been following the monthly reporting, over the past few years the Household surveys have reported a greater rate of employment than the Payroll reports. The US Household surveys report 3 million more jobs than the Payroll surveys. In September, the BLS adjusted the Payroll report upward by 810,000 jobs to partially reconcile the differences, and we have to assume further adjustments are probable. One observation offered is that up to 400-500,000 people may be earning a living through trading activity on eBay. Conclusion? Whichever survey is more accurate, there’s a whole lot of employment out there! Hope you are having success with assisting your clients!
Job search successes
If five out of ten job seekers are landing jobs through networking, why is it that so few do a good job of presenting an elevator speech that is on message? In any network or other group setting, listeners need to hear the following from a job seeker in a two to three minute presentation:
- What you do, including one or two successes
- What you are looking for
- How can the group help?
Everything else is off message. In your meetings, you can truly help the participants with counsel on the content of their presentations.
Connecting with employers
Employers are finding the job market increasingly more difficult to operate in for staffing goals. Recently, a search firm was retained to conduct an assignment for an Intellectual Property Paralegal with background of three or more years in trademark, copyright and licensing assignments. The position offered a base salary of mid-$60,000 range. When an employer is paying retainer fees for difficult jobs at this level, it is an indicator of the growing shortages of workers, which is good news for job seekers!
Job Fair resource
Career Concepts USA conducts up to 300 Job Fairs a year across the country. For the schedule of events in your area, please visit the Job Fair Calendar on their site. Hope this relationship helps your clients!
Jobkabob.com: sell your skills, not your work history
Jobkabob.com was launched a few months ago and is attracting attention of employers. Employers hire people for what they can do, so skill sets of core competencies are directly relevant to their searches for talent. Instead of posting a resume, a job seeker sets up an account and develops a record of skills and accomplishments. Please advise your group about jobkabob.com.
50+ job seeker teleconference
Work Ministry will be sending information shortly on a teleconference planned for November that will enable people interested in a discussion of the issues faced by 50+ job seekers. The session will be led by:
- Ed Hauser, Leader for the job support group at OLPH in Glenview, IL
- Chris Hansen, Leader of the job support group at St. Catherine of Siena, Farmingdale, NJ
Contact information for Ed and Chris is available on the Job Support Group listings. Details for the teleconference will be provided shortly.
Congratulations!
Through the combined efforts of all of the groups, the Workministry.com database has reached 15,000+ resumes. Together we are making a difference!
Have a success story or best ideas for job search to share? Send an email to leader@workministry.com.
Reminder:
Workministry.com has a growing list of job posts as well as continual improvement in resources for JSG Leaders and job seekers. Please make a
point of asking your group members to check the site, review the job posts and respond or send along to a friend, relative or former group
member.
Editor’s Note:
The Job Support Group Leader newsletter and message board are all about you. Our goal is to create a forum for
sharing information that helps you fulfill your mission. If you have feedback, ideas or suggestions for either the newsletter or the message
board, please send email to: leader@workministry.com.
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