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First United Methodist Church of Blue Springs

FUMC Job Club
Location: 301 SW Woods Chapel Road Blue Springs, Missouri Room 103
Contact: Randy Williams
Dates/Times: First and third Tuesday evenings, 7-8 p.m.

Catholic Career Roundtable

Queen of the Holy Rosary, St. Ann, St. Pius X, St. Agnes, Good Sheperd, St. Michael

Location: Good Shepherd Catholic Church 12800 W. 75th Street Shawnee, Kansas

Website: Catholic Career Roundtable
Contacts: Phillip Morgan, Rick Alvarez & Judy Bond
Dates/Times: Saturday mornings, 8:30-10 a.m.

Career Resource Center Job Support Group

Meets at 2307 Crystal Springs Dr., Kingwood. Contact Betty Arnold at 359-8804.

Meetings are every Thursday morning at 9 AM.

Call for directions and weekly discussion topics. Facilities include phones, word processing, and fax service.

Oilfield Christian Fellowship

Meets at First Baptist Church of Houston, 7401 Katy Freeway. Contact John Bird at 319-3000 or 319-3003.

Meetings are the first Wednesday of each month with lunch at 11:30 AM ($8) followed by a personal testimonial and, at 1 PM, support group meeting.

Good oil industry network group in a religious fellowship setting on the West side.

Job Club Meeting for zip codes 77065, 77429, or 77433

Meets at Cypress Community Assistance Ministry, 11202 Huffmeister. Contact Linda Nielson at 955-7684.

Meetings are every Monday at 9:30 AM. Small, friendly meetings for limited geographic area with discussion of job leads and support. Office services include word processing, laser jet printer, copier, and fax machine.

Welcome to Linking DFW!

We are a North Texas-based networking group for business professionals primarily located in the northern suburbs of Dallas/Fort Worth. Our purpose is simple – to provide each of our members with a broad, diverse and pro-active source of information, along with other resources, to improve their lives – both personal and professional. We are unique in that much of our networking takes place on LinkedIn, where our group has over 7,600+ active members, all looking to make new professional connections. We’d love to have you join us!

How to Be Successful in Linking DFW

Our goal is for you to have only the best experience with Linking DFW. That said here are our top 11 tips on how to be successful in Linking DFW’s LinkedIn group:

1. Connect with the group leader and all managers – Group leaders and managers are connected with the vast majority of members, so that’s a great place to get the introductions that you’re looking for.
2. Get introduced to the group – Let a group manager introduce you to the group and say a little something about you – this third-party endorsement goes a long way. Be sure to provide four or five sentences about yourself that you want the group to know about you.
3. Comment on the introduction – Once you have been introduced, be sure to comment on that and tell the other members what you have to contribute and what you’re looking to accomplish.
4. Seek to introduce people to connections that you have – Be proactive about introducing appropriate people to your connections. Nothing strengthens a network or gets you more goodwill than introducing someone to a connection that can help them.
5. Seek to be introduced to connections other people have – By respectfully requesting introductions from other members to their connections as appropriate, you will actually create stronger relationships with both parties. It is a little known psychological fact that if you want someone to like you, it’s better to ask for a small favor of them than to do a favor.
6. Comment regularly on discussions – Stay engaged in the group by reviewing discussions on a regular basis. This takes just a couple minutes a day, and by leaving positive comments, or sharing recommendations and ideas, you’ll create a network of connections much more quickly.
7. Share ideas and information – Sharing ideas and information that other members will find helpful is a great way to establish you as a resource that others can look to for expertise. (Do not confuse this with constant sales pitches…)
8. Share events and opportunities – Share the times, locations and details about events and other opportunities on the group website. This is a great way to promote those events and to create further opportunities to build your network in the group.
9. Attend live networking meetings – Nothing replaces face-to-face contact with other members of the group. When there are group events be sure to make time to attend, and bring business cards and other materials that will help members remember you. (If you own a business you may want to consider being a sponsor and having a table at the events, or even having an event at your place of business.)
10. Get involved in planning and running events – Because this is a member-centric group, most events are designed by and run by members. Getting involved in managing events gives you an outstanding opportunity for contacting and interacting with other members.
11. Invite your local friends who would be engaged members – This entire process is much more enjoyable when you are doing it with friends. If you engage as suggested with the members of the group you will certainly make more friends, but it’s great to start the process with a few of your friends joining in. This is not simply about work, it’s about a successful life, and a successful life is a life filled with quality relationships.

I hope this guide illustrates for you how easy and enjoyable networking can be. I find that virtually every member that I interact with is as nice and helpful as possible, as I’m sure you will be, and that quite frankly, is all it takes to be successful!

All the best!
Ken Kendall, CLU, CFP 3204 Long Prairie Rd, Suite D Flower Mound, Texas 75022 972-874-8757 Ken@KenKendallFinancial.net

Between Jobs Ministry (BJM) is a free, Christ-centered support ministry of NorthWest Bible Church, open to all job seekers. We provide encouragement, information, networking assistance, spiritual guidance, and training sessions in a Christian setting.

• Meetings are on Wednesday mornings, 8:30am-12:30pm [Exceptions: We do not meet on/near major holidays, during our Vacation Bible School (June 22), or during “Camp In The City” (August 10)].
• Check-In for first-time participants begins at 8:30am.
• Enter the front doors of the Worship Center (the large building on the right side of the driveway).
• Dress is business casual.
• There is no childcare during Between Jobs Ministry meetings.​ Please do not bring any children with you.
• Click here for directions to NorthWest Bible Church.

Austin’s Resource For Job Seekers

Looking for a job is way too scary to do by yourself. Benefit from the combined resources of other interesting, intelligent, supportive, talented, and good looking professionals as everyone helps each other survive the challenges of the job hunt: Launch Pad Job Club. Learn more

Launch Pad Job Club is a networking, support, and job lead sharing organization in Austin, TX that aids and supports jobseekers in their search for The Perfect Job.

A federally recognized nonprofit organization, LPJC presents free weekly meetings that provide programs, motivation, and job search information, presented by Launch Pad organizers and guest speakers. These meetings are a great place to network, learn successful job search tactics, and a great way to find motivation and get out of the house.

We meet every Friday at 10 AM at the Millennium Youth Complex which is located at 1156 Hargrave Street, Austin, TX 78702.

First of all, it appears we have a new “permanent” meeting space for Launch Pad! This Friday the 22nd and until further notice, we will meet in the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex at 1156 Hargrave Street. This massive 55,000 sf facility is owned by the City and includes a huge arena, bowling alley, movie theatre, pinball arcade, cantina, conference room and rotunda. We will be meeting in the movie theatre.

There’s plenty of parking I’m told and a separate room for the Indeed.com folks to carry on their business. The Complex is in east Austin between Airport Blvd and Pleasant Valley (east and west) and between 12th Street and Rosewood (north and south). Thank you so much to all of you who suggested meeting places. We contacted many and are still in the process of communicating with them.

As always, newcomers should try to arrive by 9:15 to be ready for new member orientation from 9:30-10:00. The meeting will go from 10:00-11:30 a.m. or thereabouts.

Hope to see you all at the Complex. Sounds like a fun place.

Jewish Family Service (JFS) offers assessment, counseling, job search training assistance, and selective placement services to help the unemployed, underemployed and persons with special needs (physical and emotionally disabled, single heads of households, New Americans, and the elderly).

For more information about any of our Career and Employment Services and to submit a job opening for posting on our Website, please contact Director of Career and Employment Services Allison Harding at aharding@JFSdallas.org or 972.437.9950

Jewish Family Service 5402 Arapaho Road Dallas, TX 75248 972-437-9950

www.jfsdallas.orgInformation about Career and Employment Services can be found online, on our web site at:
http://jfsdallas.org/help/careers.

Job leads obtained by our Career and Employment Services can be found at http://jfsdallas.org/help/careers/jobboard.

Additional job leads can be found in our Job Search Resource Center, Monday through Friday from 9 am to 3 pm.