This page is dedicated to various resources to help you in your job search. Here you will find a variety of links to other web sites, articles and other information relevant to you at this time in your life.
If you have a favorite resource that is not listed here or if you have a correction, send an Email to our Webmaster:
| Job Networking Center |
Use this web site to get a calendar of Atlanta based events and links to other services, many of which are free.
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| Articles |
There are a variety of articles that have been recommended
by our members to help you get through this period in your search.
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| Career Tools |
This page includes sites that can aid you in building your job search tool kit. They can help you plan your search and get the materials together that you will need to find that next job.
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| Government Resources |
Here are some links to key government agencies that you
will want to be able to get into.
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| Job Boards and other tools |
Here are some job boards recommended by our members. The
list is not exhaustive but is representative of the kind of job listing
boards that our members have found helpful.
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| Non job related necessities |
Help with food, training and other necessary items.
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| Tools |
Here are some tools that our former seekers have used to their advantage and have offered to share with you.
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| Other Resources |
This page is devoted to other resources that may be of interest to you. In general they are places you can go and things that you can get that may help you in your job search. They have been recommended to us by other jobseekers who have found some value in them. We offer them to you in that same spirit. They may prove to help you in your particular situation.
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| Support Groups |
There are a number of support groups, many of them supported by local churches in the Atlanta area. This page lists some of the more popular ones.
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If you know of other valuable places and want to share those places with your fellow job seekers please let us know by contacting any one of our leadership team members.
There are a variety of articles that have been recommended by our members to help you get through this period in your search.
| Finally!
A Ray of Hope for Job Seekers Over 50 |
Link to an article from Fortune Magazine. Some jobseeking tips for those of you with a few gray hairs. By Anne Fisher, December 10, 2001
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| Job
hunting online gets trickier |
New federal regulations that will make Internet job hunting more complicated. Here's what candidates need to know – and change -- now. By Anne Fisher, FORTUNE senior writer
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So, you have
been terminated
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What to do after you stop crying. Some inspirational words from a fellow job seeker, Mark Hersh. Gets you started on the right foot in your new job: finding your next job!
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What
I learned from being a seeker
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Some feedback from Bill Thomas, a former job seeker in our group. These suggestions may help you get yourself going in some new directions and move your search down some new paths. |
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Some words of thanks and viewpoints from Jay Rogers. |
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| The Heart of Networking | Rick Steele is one of our faithful and entertaining speakers. check out his book "The Heart of Networking". |
If you know of other valuable places and want to share those places with your fellow job seekers please let us know by contacting any one of our leadership team members.
Here are some links to key government agencies that you will want to be able to get into.
| Georgia Department of Labor |
The Georgia Department of Labor provides a wide range of services to job seekers and employers. These include administration of Georgia's unemployment insurance, employment service, and vocational rehabilitation programs.
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| CobbWorks! |
463 Commerce Park Drive The Department of Labor office designated by the governor to lead the state's implementation of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
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| US Department of Labor | CareerOneStop
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Any of the offices of the Department of Labor have resources available for your use including:
If you know of other valuable places and want to share those places with your fellow job seekers please let us know by contacting any one of our leadership team members.
Here are some tools that our former seekers have used to their advantage and have offered to share with you.
| Ken's JobBoard Spreadsheet |
Ken Champion shared his list of favorite job boards in this spreadsheet. You may use it to help direct your search. Feel free to give us feed back on boards which you find particularly helpful or those which you find are misleading or misrepresenting themselves. To have your own copy of this spreadsheet right click on the link and then click "Save As". This will give you an opportunity to save the spreadsheet on your local drive. Please note that this spreadsheet does not represent an endorsement of any board in particular. It is intended to provide a simple way for you to connect to some of the most popular boards used by our members. |
| Don's Job Search Log |
Don Lemieux, a fellow jobseeker, has offered to share a tool that he has used to help in the job search. It contains several convenient tabs for organizing and tracking resume submissions, networking contacts, interviews, and career web site activity. If you use a spreadsheet like this for tracking your job search activity, check with your GA Department of Labor representative and you may be able to use this tool in place of the DOL "green sheets" as evidence of your job search. It will save you the time and effort to transcribe the information from one tool to the other. The file also includes an "Expenses" tab. Certain expenses associated with your job search may be tax deductible. This spreadsheet will help you track those expenses
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| Anita's tools for Managing Your Job Search as a Project |
Here are links to the tools that you have seen and heard Anita Dear use in her presentations to our job seekers group. We hope that you will find these helpful in your personal job search. All are in PDF format to make them easy to use if you don't have access to MS Word.
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| Career Search ACTION Plan | Our thanks go out to Bobbie Rogers for letting us provide you with your presentation on building your personal Career Search ACTION Plan. This PDF file contains her complete presentation. |
Non Job Related Necessities
| Angel Food Ministries |
This Georgia based ministry (founded in 1966) offers groceries, values at $45 to $60 for only $25. The food is fresh and nutritious, NOT dated or seconds. Most items are name brand consumables. The menu changes each month. Everyone is eligible to purchase Angle Food Boxes. For details contact Marcus Van Ameringen at 770-365-2197 or Email him at vanamering7@aol.com.
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| Training Help |
Could you use some extra training to make you more employable? Try the Workforce Investment Act program. This is federal money, administered by local offices of the Department Of Labor. In Cobb County try CobbWorks! . In other counties see your local DOL office for the location of the nearest office where this program is administered. You must apply in the county in which you live. This is one of the places where tax money comes back to benefit the taxpayers.
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| Financial and Job Change Strategies |
An Executive Series Workshop designed for the “Over-40” Professionals and Executives in the process of changing jobs or careers. This workshop provides an overview of the process of job change as it is NOW. Experienced professional counselors will provide you with strategies for effective job change and for staying on track with your financial goals during that change.
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| Golden Corral Salutes Vets |
Since 2001, Golden Corral has been honoring the US Military with a free “thank you” dinner and beverage at any Golden Corral restaurant on Military Appreciation Monday (first Monday after Veteran’s Day). This year, Golden Corral has designated Monday, November 17, 2008, from 5 to 9 PM, to honor any person who has ever served in the United States Military. Find out more...
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