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Program Leadership:
Michel
K. Cade, Lisa Coleman, Fabrice Bonvoisin and John Grubbs
Weekly meetings are held on Mondays
from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM in the Harding Room at St.
Chrysostom's Church, 1424 N. Dearborn Parkway, Chicago,
IL 60610.
The meetings normally have a guest speaker on a relevant
topic and include networking sessions. The current
activity program is listed to the right.
New job postings, when available, will be reviewed at
all sessions. If you have any questions, please contact
us at st_chrys_empl_coun@ameritech.net.
This program is affiliated with the Career Transitions Center of Chicago (CTC):
The Center is a not-for-profit organization providing
career transition and job search assistance. Located at
703 West Monroe in Chicago, the Center hours are Monday,
Wednesday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Friday from 9:00
a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
In addition to weekly job search skill-building seminars
and networking sessions held on Thursdays from 7:45 AM
to 9:00 AM, services include individual job search
coaching, desks with telephones, computers with Internet
access, laser printers, copier, fax machines, library
resources, job listings, practice interviewing, and
career interest testing and coaching. There is a
quarterly registration/membership charge for the
services provided by the Center. A modest fee is
required for various assessment instruments such as
Myers Briggs. Special courses are also offered for a
fee. For more information, please contact Anita Jenke,
Executive Director or Eileen O’Shea, Center Manager, at
312-906-9908.
For more information on the CTC go to: http://www.ctcchicago.org
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January 30:
Topic: How Do I Stay Motivated Until I find the Job I
Want. Job searches take longer, and persons in
transition need to take care of themselves on all four
levels of human experience: physical, mental, emotional
and spiritual.
Our speaker will be
Judi Lansky,
President of Lansky Career Consultants. Ms. Lansky is
listed as a resource in Richard Bolles’ book,
What Color is
Your Parachute? She established the placement
office at Columbia College, where she was its first
director. She has appeared on numerous radio and
television programs and has published many articles on
career development. She teaches classes on job/career
change and entrepreneurship at several Chicago area
schools and colleges.
February 6: Topic:
Finding Your Personal Brand: How to Stand Out and Define
Yourself in Today’s Market. Our speaker will be
Robert Gramillano,
adjunct professor at Argosy University.
Robert Gramillano, EdD
(ABD), MBA, CEC, CEIC, CNLPP Certified Empowerment and
Emotional Intelligence Coach (IPEC – Institute for
Professional Excellence in Coaching), Certified NLP
Practitioner. He also trained with CTI (Coaching
Training Institute and the Institute of HeartMath.)
Robert is involved in a personal coaching practice and a
corporate coaching partnership. He also teaches graduate
and undergraduate college courses in executive coaching,
leadership development, career development, management,
marketing and organizational behavior at several
academic institutions in downtown Chicago. He teaches
these courses from the perspective of “Personal Mastery”
where the focus is on personal power through the
development of emotional intelligence, time management
and planning to maximize options.
February 13:
Topic: Retooling for a New Career in Manufacturing.
The manufacturing sector employs over 400,000 people in
the Chicagoland area with job descriptions spanning all
career levels and backgrounds. By becoming familiar with
the industry, identifying your transferable skills, and
possibly supplementing your skills set with additional
training or education, you can be well equipped to
transition your career into this prominent industry.
Our speaker will be
Jake Williams,
a Job Developer at Jane Addams Resource Corporation
(JARC). He focuses on establishing employer
relationships in the Chicagoland manufacturing sector
and works with students in JARC’s training programs to
help them obtain and retain jobs. Jake has a background
in mechanical engineering with a BSME from UCLA and
several years of experience working for a local machine
tool design and manufacturing company, E.H. Wachs, a
division of ITW.
JARC, a non-profit
community development organization located in
Ravenswood, takes a sector approach to addressing the
skills gap in manufacturing by providing training
services to unemployed or underemployed individuals as
well as working with employers on strengthening their
workforce through incumbent worker training. JARC’s
success demonstrates that it uses an effective model for
building a new career in manufacturing based on
in-demand occupations.
February 20: No
session due to the Presidents’ Day holiday
February 27:
Topic: Seven Obstacles to a Successful Job Search.
Our speaker will be
Jim Fitzgerald,
Principal of James Fitzgerald and Associates, Executive
Outplacement Consultants. Jim is a former Chairman of
the Board of CTC and used to head the Chicago Office of
Right Management Consultants, one of the top
outplacement firms in the country. He is also an author
who writes a monthly column in Irish American News and
participates in radio programs dedicated to the job
search process.
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