INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIAN CAREER CIRCLE

Christian Career Circle is a networking group in its fifth year of operation. It was originally designed to assist unemployed persons in developing job search skills and in finding job leads. The program is offered by the Stephen Ministers of Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church and is the ministry of the coordinator of the program. The program is available without any charge to any and all unemployed persons.

Christian Career Circle meets each Wednesday evening from 7-9 pm in the St. Scholastica Room In St. Benedicts Hall just east of the church.

The group discusses topics related to job search strategies and periodically features presenters who can provide a special information and/or insight to a particular aspect of the job search.

A leads list of members and the type of employment they are seeking is provided and updated weekly/bi-weekly to assist members in helping each other find job leads as they conduct their own job search.

An alumni list of former members is also provided that has been very helpful to the group. It lists alums who are employed and who are willing to get a resume to key persons in their company. We have been extremely successful in using the alum base to get to hiring managers and other key persons who make hiring decisions. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT MEMBERS BE WILLING TO ASSIST OTHER MEMBERS OF CHRISTIAN CAREER CIRCLE BY SEEING THAT RESUMES GET INTO PROPER HANDS AND TO PROVIDE JOB OPENING INFORMATION BACK TO THE GROUP ONCE THEY GET EMPLOYMENT.

The group has two websites for communication and the Collectivenet web site to assist with job leads.

The guide that follows is a combination of job search tools that we have developed and some of the pages listed are undergoing further and on-going development. We have attempted to give proper credit to persons when we know who the contributor or author actually is. Some of the materials have come from career conferences without an author's name.

Bob Raikes, National Certified Career Counselor

Program Coordinator

Tel: 720-218-1550

Chris DeSalvo

Assistant Coordinator

Tel: 303-494-1611