On September 22, Heather was back with Sean Haggerty to update viewers about job club activity in the Toledo area. The Lucas County JumpStart Job Club was built on the system developed by Heather and she discusses how the program offered at The Source can help local job seekers.Sunday, September 27, 2009
Job Club Update on Talk Back
On September 22, Heather was back with Sean Haggerty to update viewers about job club activity in the Toledo area. The Lucas County JumpStart Job Club was built on the system developed by Heather and she discusses how the program offered at The Source can help local job seekers.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Lessons Learned From The Flourishing Job Club - Part 2
Recently I was asked to speak with a group about lessons learned from The Flourishing Job Club. I'll share the secrets in 2 parts. Part 1 - the 5 Key Questions for those who are interested in starting a job club.
Part 2 - the 5 Success Factors to start a great job club.
5 Success Factors
If you want to start a job club, I have learned the following factors can help create a success group.
- Don't re-invent the wheel -there is lots of info on the web about what works and doesn't work when starting a job club
- Clearly set expectations - be clear about what your job club is and is not. - you will get a number of requests - be clear and practice saying no or you could get overwelmed
- Enroll supporters - community members want to know how they can help
- Be innovative - we hosted a Reverse Job Fair, iniviting hiring mangers to come and meet with our job seekers
- Draw on the talents of members - job clubs have resident expertise you can draw on to run the club and they are willing to help their peers
The Flourishing Job Club featured on 13abc
From it's inception, The Flourishing Job Club has enjoyed the support of members of the media. We thank them all for their continued interest and help to spread the word.
On Sunday August 30, 2009, TFJC was featured on Jeff Smith's Roundtable to discuss progress since visiting the show back in April. Joining me was Alan Maag, an alum of the club and Wendy Gramza, Executive Vice President of the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce.
You can watch the show on-line. The program is loaded on the net in two parts.
On Sunday August 30, 2009, TFJC was featured on Jeff Smith's Roundtable to discuss progress since visiting the show back in April. Joining me was Alan Maag, an alum of the club and Wendy Gramza, Executive Vice President of the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce. It's always exciting to share the story of this successful pro bono project. In this program Alan shared his story as a successful job seeker, Wendy discussed the transition of TFJC to the Chamber Job Club and I talked about the Reverse Job Fair. Thanks Jeff!
You can watch the show on-line. The program is loaded on the net in two parts.Managing conflict in job clubs
We hope all goes swimmingly within our job club and we are not naive enough to think that conflict will never, ever arise in a club meeting. We get out in front of the issue.
As job seekers sign on as members, we request they read a short yet effective article, Managing Conflict. While I co-authored this piece for a legal audience, our job seekers identify a useful approach and powerful skills should conflict arise.
As job seekers sign on as members, we request they read a short yet effective article, Managing Conflict. While I co-authored this piece for a legal audience, our job seekers identify a useful approach and powerful skills should conflict arise.
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