Job Search and Career Transition




Networking Support Education

Introduction to GraceWorks

GraceWorks, established by Grace Cathedral in partnership with secular resources, wishes to provide job search and career transition support for unemployed and underemployed professionals of the San Francisco Bay Area. An attempt is made to provide spiritual, technical, and operational resources.

The mission of GraceWorks is three-fold:

  1. To provide a spiritual framework for career transitions.
  2. To develop a caring, supportive, and nurturing community.
  3. To host a safe place for open and non-judgmental discussion and sharing of feelings and resources.

Contents

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Next GraceWorks Event

Monday July 07, 2008; 8:30 AM

Turning Disorganization Into Results

Title:

 

"Telling Powerful Stories in the Interview- Part 1 by Lynne Lombardo

 

Date:

 

Monday July 7, 2008

Time:

 

8:30 am - 11:00 am

Next reminder:

 

The next reminder for this event will be sent in 1 day, 4 minutes.

Location:

 

Main Dining Room

Notes:

 

GraceWorks' member, Deborah Lynne Lombardo will be our guest presenter.

She'll provide practical tools and approaches for creating powerful stories and examples to showcase your skills and value-added contributions to your previous organizations. You'll be encouraged to develop at least one story or example over the next week and bring it to the session on July 14th to practice and refine it in small groups.

Calendar of Upcoming GraceWorks Events

July 07, 2008 Telling Powerful Stories in the Interview
July 14, 2008 To be announced.

Career and Networking Resources

Click here to link to the career and networking resources document.

Resources are subdivided into the following categories:

  • Resource centers
  • Networking information
  • Job listing and staffing services
  • Consultants
  • Other possibly useful sites

The web site reached by the above link was created by the A1 TechServ company of Redwood Shores, CA. It lists a number of career and networking resources. Both additions and recommendations for sites you consider the best are welcome.

Events During A GraceWorks Meeting

Meetings are held on Monday mornings (except for Holidays)


08:15 - 09:00 AM GraceWorks Hospitality Committee Set-up and Speaker Set-up
08:30 - 09:00 Coffee and Networking for everyone
08:30 - 09:00 Newcomer Orientation (optional for first timers attending GraceWorks)
09:00 - 09:15 General Meeting Welcome and New Member Introductions
09:15 - 10:30 Scheduled Speaker or Presentation with Q & A follow-up
10:30 - 11:00 Networking Exercise, Success Stories, Announcements, and Meeting Adjourned
11:00 - Noon Informal Member Networking

Newcomers to GraceWorks are welcome to come to the orientation at 8:30 AM, but this is a suggestion, not a requirement.

GraceWorks Meeting Location

Grace Cathedral
1100 California Street (at Taylor, on top of Nob Hill)
San Francisco, CA 94108

Driving directions, Parking & Public Transportation

Meetings are normally held in the Dining Room of the Chapter House (office building), located directly across the upper plaza from the Cathedral. Please enter from the upper plaza through the building's rightmost main door (reception area) and turn left through either the Library or the next hall, both of which open into the Dining Room.

If a larger than normal crowd is expected, or Audio/Visual equipment is needed, the meeting may be held in the Wilsey Conference room below the Dining Room, on level G1. Directing signs will be posted.

For More Information, Please Contact:

sfGraceWorks@yahoo.com or Robert Anderson at (415)710-7800