April 2018 EARN Meeting
Date and time
Location
St. Patrick's Parish Center (Lower Level of the New Church)
Moseman Rd & Hanover St Yorktown Heights, NY 10598Description
Job Search Lifecycle
Get your next position by thinking like a Project Manager!
1. What do we know about job search?
2. What do we know about project management?
3. How do we leverage #2 to increase the success of #1?
Our Speaker, Chris Hanson, is a former and current EARN Job Search Work Team member, Chris has given this
presentation to several networking groups in the area. As a fellow job-seeker, he's an advocate for making your search as effective and efficient as possible. This presentation is available online, updated to reflect current thinking and best practices.
Chris has a Bachelor's degree from Penn State, and Master's and Engineer degrees from the US Naval Postgraduate School, all in electrical engineering. An active duty, career officer in the US Navy's submarine service and at challenging shore assignments, he received his commission as an Ensign through the NROTC Scholarship program and retired his commission as a Commander 21 years later.
As a volunteer, he led the Westchester chapter of the Project Managers Institute's (PMI's) Job Club in 2009-2010. Chris is looking to continue his career as a leader in Information Technology Risk Management and Governance, leveraging his experience over 20 years in Systems Development Process Improvement and Quality Management. He lives in Somers, NY, and is an Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 228, BSA.
In order to assist us with advance meeting preparation, please be sure to RSVP to this invitation.
EARN has been ministering to the people of St. Patrick’s Parish, and the surrounding communities of the lower Hudson Valley (and beyond) for over 29 years. Please help spread the word to those who need our ministry’s help in these challenging times.
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.