Crossroads Career Network meeting at Peachtree Pres.

Are you looking for a job and need help in finding one? Then come to the Crossroads Career Network meeting at Peachtree Presbyterian Church on 10/22 in the Lodge.

We have seven Workshops to help you shift your search into high gear!

We’ve discovered that many job seekers haven’t laid a solid foundation for their search, so we’re offering seven workshops at this meeting to help you do it. Each hands-on, interactive workshop is focused on a single topic that will give you new insights and learning you can take with you. And, you can attend two workshops during the evening.

Jumpstart your search: Understand the six-step process and Career Guide to help you develop an immediate plan.

Identify your unique talents: Identify your God-given talents with a Career Guide worksheet to make tangible progress.

Identify your powerful accomplishments: Identify the results of your actions with a Career Guide worksheet.

Conduct a personal assessment: Develop a plan to use friends and tools to fully assess yourself.

Build your network: Focus on how to get beyond your computer and reach out and connect powerfully.

Conduct a powerful network meeting: Focus on how to present yourself at lunch or coffee

Interview powerfully: Identify employer needs and do role-playing for conducting a powerful interview.

You can register for our FREE meeting and have your resume reviewed beginning at 6:30pm, and our program begins at 7pm. During the rest of the evening, you can network with other job seekers to compare your process and identify potential employers or you can have your resume reviewed by HR specialists who will give you specific pointers on strengthening it.

Be sure to register and use the Crossroads Career website!

There’s great material to guide you through the process of preparing yourself and developing a plan for finding a job that fits your unique talents and experiences. It’s like having access to a private outplacement firm 24/7. And, if you know other job seekers who need help and professional guidance organizing their job search process, encourage them to register, too.

Here’s how to register to use the website: 1) Go to www.crossroadscareer.org. 2) Click on the red “Register Now” tab. 3) Scan the benefits under the Explorers column and click “Register” at the bottom of that column. Then, just highlight Peachtree Presbyterian Church and type in the Explorers code: peachtree-ce. That’s it… simple as one-two-three”.

Pink Slip Mixer

Attention: ALL Metro-Atlanta Professionals,

Join Metro-Atlanta’s finest professional business and career network at Atlanta ’s first-ever Pink Slip Mixer on Wednesday November 4th from 4 PM to 8 PM at The Event Center at Opera. Be a part of a national grassroots job networking movement that is helping professionals across the United States find jobs!

Presented by JobsDirectUSA.com and PinkSlipMixers.com the event is geared to aide local Job Seekers find jobs. The Pink Slip Mixer (also known as a "Pink Slip Party") is a job networking event that brings together Job Seekers with Recruiters in a relaxed and casual environment. This is not your typical job fair; in fact it's far from it.

The Pink Slip Mixer is an opportunity for Job Seekers to meet and network in person with Metro-Atlanta's Business and HR Leadership communities. The concept of combining a business networking mixer with the elements of a traditional job fair minus the long lines and booths is putting a new spin on the job search; and its working! Since the start of 2009 these events have literally helped thousands of Job Seekers land interviews and jobs.

The Atlanta Pink Slip Mixer will feature hiring companies from all industries in the Metro-Atlanta area plus Guest Speakers, giveaways, complimentary appetizers and a special workshop by PinkSlipMixers.com Founder and Social Media Expert Edwin Duterte on how to find a job via social networking and Twitter; you don’t want to miss it!

The Pink Slip Mixer is free and will be open to the general public. Job Seekers are encouraged to dress to impress, bring copies of their resume and be ready to network.. All hiring companies in the Greater Atlanta Area are encouraged to attend..

For more information please visit http://www.PinkSlipMixers.com and http://www.JobsDirectUSA.com

Companies that wish to have a presence at the Atlanta Pink Slip Mixer and would like to reserve an Exhibitor table can contact sales@jobsdirectusa.com or visit http://www.jobsdirectusa.com/AtlantaPinkSlipMixer.pdf for rates and information on how to sign up.

All Guests can RSVP at http://atlantajobs.eventbrite.com

For media inquiries please contact Carlos Gil by phone at 904-536-5764 or by e-mail at carlos@jobsdirectusa.com

About JobsDirectUSA.com and PinkSlipMixers.com:

Event Organizers Carlos Gil (JobsDirectUSA.com) and Edwin Duterte (PinkSlipMixers..com) know all too well about this recession's impact on ordinary working Americans, which has led to over 7 million job losses since the end of 2007.

Gil and Duterte are both former Bankers who lost their jobs in 2008 after the economy went south. Duterte, a former Commercial Real Estate Lender for Wells Fargo and Gil ,a former Regional Sales Manager for insurance giant AIG, both became inspired by President Obama's call for volunteerism and immediately became involved in their communities after losing their own jobs.

Ironically Gil and Duterte discovered each other and their individual efforts to aide Job Seekers through Twitter back in February, forming an instant connection. Through what they credit “paying it forward” Gil and Duterte have hosted almost 100 job networking events (called "Pink Slip Mixers" or "Pink Slip Parties") combined throughout Florida and California. The free community-based grassroots events have received national and local media recognition by CNN, NBC, CBS, FOX, ABC News, The Los Angeles Times and The Miami Herald.

Over the last year alone Gil and Duterte’s events have helped over 1,000 workers land interviews and jobs. Despite national unemployment being almost at 10% Gil and Duterte’s events have fueled a viral national job movement which uses on-line networking websites such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook plus their own job websites and networking events to connect Job Seekers with Direct Employers and Recruiters.

Gil compares the networking mixers to “Speed dating for Job Seekers and Recruiters” while Duterte says “The Pink Slip Mixer is not only putting a new spin on the job search but changing social behavior and the way people look for jobs, this is the new job fair”. As a result of their successes, Gil and Duterte have their eyes set on hosting 40 events nationally throughout the United States in 2010.

For more information please visit http://www.PinkSlipMixers.com and http://www.JobsDirectUSA.com

GEN-ers, this lead comes from our member Allison, who received it from the manager of volunteer services at Vistacare Hospice. This might be an opportunity for you to help those in need, and/or to network.

Here is the manager's letter:

"As you know, I am the Manager of Volunteer Services for VistaCare Hospice. I am in immediate need of volunteers who are willing to spend time visiting with hospice patients and/or their family members. I have been unsuccessful in this area obtaining volunteers.

The qualifications for volunteering are as follows:
1. Be at least 16 years of age (to volunteer at a nursing or assisted living facility) or 18 or older to visit with patients in the patient's home.
2. Completion of a volunteer application which includes the agreement to submit to a background check.
3. Undergo PPD testing either at their own doctor's office or at the local health department. The charge for this test is $15.00 at Douglas County Health department. This fee will be reimbursed by our company.
4. Undergo volunteer training - a lot of this is independent reading and answering of questions. I can work with anyone's schedule to get this completed.

There is no set time each month required of volunteers and once they have completed training, they can set their own schedule. A typical visit can be anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours depending on the need of the patient and the availability of the volunteer to fill the need.

We currently have need of volunteers in the following counties: Carroll, Haralson, Polk, Paulding, Douglas, and Cobb. Please pass this email on to everyone you know and ask them to pass it on to everyone they know.

Interested persons can contact me at 770 570 7479 or at our office 770 489 4225.

Thank you so much for your help in this important matter!

Sincerely,

Wendy M Harrison, Manager of Volunteer Services
VistaCare Hospice, Douglasville
770 489 4225 office
770 570 7479 cell"