September 2019 EARN Meeting
Date and time
Location
St. Patrick's Parish Center (Education Center)
Moseman Rd & Hanover St Yorktown Heights, NY 10598Description
Topic: "The Journey To Your Next Job - The Basics You Should Know"
Every job seeker has a personal approach to job search. However, there are 8 generic phases every job seeker (employed or unemployed) is going through. For every phase there are some basics you should know
so that you can accelerate your search.
Simon Weifenbach, a member of the EARN group and an alumni of its JSWT, will give an overview about these generic phases and what basics he has learned while he was unemployed for 18 months. His presentation includes those basics and a series of resources which are at everyone’s disposal.
Simon Weifenbach is a change & transformation leader who works for a technology company in the hedge fund industry and runs their Program Management Office. He helps companies to implement change by running projects of various types such as digitization, technology or organizational change. Prior to that he has worked in the Financial as well as the Big Data industry. Simon was born, raised and educated in Switzerland. He is a PMP certified project manager, a member of the EARN group and an alumni of its JWST.
Organized by
is one of Westchester County's perennial faith-based groups specifically designed to assist the unemployed, underemployed and others in a state of career transition. EARN been holding monthly meetings since 1989.
The program was established by a small group of parishioners with human resources backgrounds with the intent of educating attendees about the job search process and by providing them opportunities to develop their networking skills. Essentially, EARN's coordinators help individuals to learn what it takes to uncover job leads and to increase their number of potential contacts. Not an employment agency, EARN provides valuable resources to connect attendees to work, but does not provide job placement.
The monthly meeting has four phases. Initially, there is News You Can Use -- an update on events. This is usually followed by a knowledgeable guest speaker who delves into various aspects of the job search, such as resume preparation, networking, negotiating and interviewing. Third, a coordinator facilitates a formal networking process whereby each participant tells of his/her background, aspirations and job search successes/setbacks experienced over the last month. Finally, informal networking takes place. Attendees do a one-on-one or small group interactions, for example, depending upon what transpired in the earlier networking phase.
EARN also publishes a monthly newsletter entitled Employment Exchange which lists job openings and situations wanted.
Visit EARNatStPats.com for more information.