Community Blog: Crossroads Career Network

Whether you are hiring or not, Crossroads Career Network needs your expertise!  This unique speed networking event is designed to help local job seekers with their elevator speech and interviewing skills.  We are in need of 12 local employers to meet with job seekers to "practice" these skills.

Of course, if you are hiring, why not come and meet these great quality candidates too! 

The event will be held on Thursday, November 9th 6:30pm - 9pm at Elmbrook Church.  If you can volunteer, please contact me, Corrine Allard at corrine.allard@gmail.com or call me at 414-529-4060.

Elmbrook Church is located at 777 S. Barker Road, Brookfield, WI. For directions, click here. 

We hold meetings every month to support those exploring a new career.  There is no charge and no registration required.  Everyone is welcomed.  For more information about our local Crossroads Career chapter, click here.

For more information about the national Crossroads Career Network association, click here.

Crossroads Career Network  

You can find a fulfilling career – one that employs your unique gifts and passions. 

Join us for our monthly network meeting

Every third Thursday of the month

All welcome – Never a charge!  

Location: Fellowship Hall, Elmbrook Church

Informal Networking – 6:30 PM

Meeting Time – 7:00 PM – 9:00PM

×Listen to, meet and talk with career                         ×Learn how to walk through a

  transition professionals.                                           crossroads in your career.

×Establish a network, personal referrals                    ×Career-focused breakout sessions

  and receive encouragement.

Each Meeting Includes:

Career transition testimony

Professional speaker on a job search or career change topic

Breakout sessions tailored to meetings job seekers needs

Career Counseling  

This session is designed to assist individuals who are either considering a change in careers

or uncertain of what course to take for a new or changed career. Each of us has talents and

abilities, both natural and developed, but often they are not well organized or understood.

Each individual has desires and misgivings about a future occupation or how to proceed into

one. During the career counseling session, each individual’s desires and abilities are contextualized into employment possibilities.  Skills acquired at one job or career can be transferred to new opportunities.  Thinking “outside of the box” is often essential.  Together,

with the participation of those at a the table, we develop possibilities with each individual such

that they are encouraged to proceed with positive feelings about themselves, their journey, and their future in a new occupation.

Networking as a Tool  

Networking has a reputation of being the most successful method of job searching because it connects the explorer to the hiring manager through a network of personal referrals. Oftentimes the employment opportunities uncovered while networking are ones that have never been advertised. But what is networking? How do we do it? And how can we find employment by using it? In the “Networking as a Tool” breakout sessions, we answer those questions by reviewing the characteristics of networking.  We define what it is; we discuss the raw materials – contacts; we practice the methodology – how to connect; we learn the protocol – how to be persistent without being pushy; we discover the tools – resumes, cards, contact management; and we discuss the do’s and don’ts.  This session will help the explorer build a foundation for successful networking. 

Interview Prep  

You have the interview, now what in this session individuals will discuss interview questions and develop a hiring strategy with a Human Resource professional.  You will receive candid advice and feedback on each stage of your interview; preparation, participation, and follow-up.  Walk away from this session with practical advice, enthusiasm, and read to make a great impression in an interview. 

Cover Letters  

The cover letter says a lot about you.  In this session you will be given the written tools to communicate effectively.  Most employers see the cover letter as your first assignment or a representation of your day-to-day correspondence.  Don’t send a boring form letter that holds no interest. A well written, personable letter is much more enjoyable to read.

    Learn to;

    -Separate yourself from other job candidates by researching the company…

    -State your objectives and present yourself as a solution to their needs…

    -Express your attitude – the tone of your initial correspondence must be personable,

     precise and informative to entice employers to read your resume…

    -Format and build content for cover letters, thank you letters, and marketing letters…

Resumes  

This session offers general tips guidelines, and current trends in writing a resume that generates results.  We offer examples, format choices, help writing the objective, the summary and other sections, as well as samples of excellent resume writing.  Bring a current resume for review and suggestions.

Prayer  

God cares for each one of us, be encouraged in knowing that he has a plan for your life. During this session someone will pray with and for you.  Through this experience you will be rewarded with a deeper sense of God’s presence and strength to continue the course.

This is what the LORD says:   “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls”.

Jeremiah 6:16 

Upcoming Meetings

Thursday, February 19

Topic: “Transitions – Exploring Your Attitude”

Featured Speaker: Eva Fronk , Educational Ministry Consultant

Thursday, March 19

Topic: “God Inc. “

Features Speaker: Todd Radke, Director of Human Resources, Paragon Development Systems Inc.

Thursday, April 16

Topic: To be announced

Featured Speaker; Brian Weis, General Manager, Jobbing.com

Elmbrook Church

777 S. Barker Road, Brookfield, Wi 53045,   262-786-7051