Mike, a mid-career financial management professional, had always found jobs easily. But when the economy suddenly crumbled last year, this husband and father of two found himself suddenly laid off and face-to-face with a completely different job market than he had ever experienced. After several months of frustratingly unsuccessful job hunting, a friend suggested that Mike seek JSSA's help. A professional JSSA Employment and Career Services (ECS) job coach immediately helped him regain optimism. She worked with Mike to devise an aggressive job search strategy and to develop key job search skills such as writing a resume that "gets you in the door," learning how to "self-market," acing an interview, effectively networking, and finding "hidden" employment opportunities. Mike also benefited from JSSA's broad range of innovative group-focused programs - offered at no charge - that include a two-day intensive Job Search Boot Camp, mini groups for boot camp alumni, weekly job search networking groups and community lectures and workshops on a variety of today's most relevant employment topics. It didn't happen overnight, but Mike is now back at work and he and his family are confidently moving forward.
Mike, a mid-career financial management professional, had always found jobs easily. But when the economy suddenly crumbled last year, this husband and father of two found himself suddenly laid off and face-to-face with a completely different job market than he had ever experienced. After several months of frustratingly unsuccessful job hunting, a friend suggested that Mike seek JSSA's help. A professional JSSA Employment and Career Services (ECS) job coach immediately helped him regain optimism. She worked with Mike to devise an aggressive job search strategy and to develop key job search skills such as writing a resume that "gets you in the door," learning how to "self-market," acing an interview, effectively networking, and finding "hidden" employment opportunities. Mike also benefited from JSSA's broad range of innovative group-focused programs - offered at no charge - that include a two-day intensive Job Search Boot Camp, mini groups for boot camp alumni, weekly job search networking groups and community lectures and workshops on a variety of today's most relevant employment topics. It didn't happen overnight, but Mike is now back at work and he and his family are confidently moving forward.
