Where has the time gone?
It’s been a year since PSGMC was founded to help job seekers get back to work.
In those 365 days, we’ve celebrated successes of our friends
who have landed, shared their disappointment as promising leads fizzled, and provided
encouragement and advice to help each other be successful in a job search.
Our weekly meetings have offered a variety of speakers on
topics as diverse as organizing and conducting a job search, personal branding,
writing a resume, nailing the interview, and keeping physically and emotionally
strong during the search.
Networking exercises have created new friendships and
deepened existing relationships.
But as successful as the meetings have been, it’s only part
of our mission: to provide a supportive
community, training, resources, and volunteering opportunities to enable
professionals to find their marketplace value and network into employment.
Like any fledgling
organization, PSGMC has encountered setbacks. Funding remains a concern,
affecting how we can best deliver the services we know are needed. The
complexity of government forms needed to secure non-profit status seems to grow
at every step.
But we have made
significant progress behind the scenes.
The Training
Committee is ready to test the new course curriculum as the search for
permanent classroom space continues. The IT Committee has been designing
systems not only to register students and deliver course materials, but to
provide the administrative tools needed to run the organization. The Communications
Committee has launched the PSGMC blog with this initial post.
That meetings consistently attract an average of 50-55
attendees has given us confidence that we are fulfilling a need. With your
continued support and participation, we are looking forward to doing even more
in the next 365 days.
- Peggy Woosnam
Communications Committee
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