Job Searching? Learn Strategies That Work!

By -




Employment For Seniors, Inc. announces our Spring 2017 workshop program to be held in Delaware County (OH), starting March 16th. The workshop program was created to provide mature job seekers, 50 years of age and older, with the “nuts and bolts” needed in today’s job market. This job-assistance non-profit organization has been serving Central Ohio seniors for 45 years, assisting those searching for part time or full time employment.

The Delaware County workshop program is free of charge for those Delaware residents 50 years and older. Registration is required (space is limited) by calling the EFS office at (614) 863-1219.

“Job Searching? Learn Strategies That Work!” consists of four (4) workshops over a two day period each month. Participants learn tips for employment searching and applications in today’s economy, including such topics as: resumes, cover letters, interviewing, networking, and social media.

The workshops will be offered at SourcePoint (800 Cheshire Road, Delaware, OH 43015). 

Participants can register for one or more sessions:

Day 1 workshops
(9:30-11:30 am) “Foundations of Job Search, Resume and Cover Letters AND
(12:30-2:30 pm) “Accomplishments and Interviewing”
March 16th OR April 20th OR May 18th

Day 2 workshops
(9:30-11:30 am) “Networking and Internet Research for a Job Search AND
(12:30-2:30 pm) “LinkedIn”
March 21st OR April 25th OR May 23rd


For more information on these programs, and all of the services of Employment For Seniors, please check our EFS website. Mature job seekers may call (614) 863-1219 to register for the workshop program or to schedule an appointment at the 4300 East Broad St. location. The EFS office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Employment For Seniors produces a podcast you subscribe to on iTunes or your favorite podcast player.  



Employment For Seniors Delaware workshop program is funded through the generous support of SourcePoint, and the Woodhull Fund of the Columbus Foundation. Our thanks to our other funders, including: Central Ohio Area Aging on Aging, the Franklin County Office on Aging and the Harry C. Moores Foundation.
Location: Columbus, OH, USA

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Resume Basics Part 4 - Accomplishments And Skills Key To Your Job Search

By -
[00:00:00] Welcome to another episode of the Successful Encore Career podcast brought to you by Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, Nationwide Insurance, Innosource, and our special episode sponsor The Resume Coach. I'm Brett Johnson, a longtime volunteer with Employment For Seniors. And with me is Executive Director Carol Ventresca. [00:00:23] This has been so much fun to do our series of podcasts on creating resumes. So this is number four. For listeners who have missed the first three, you might want to try to start at the beginning. But we welcome you and we want to make your job search more successful resumes resumes resumes. We keep saying that they are the hardest part of a job search. So what's important what's not important so are three podcasts that we've already had have covered things like what are the basics what are the purpose of a resume what to include what not to include. We've talked about contact information and summary statements in your wor
Read more

Age-Friendly Columbus Initiative

By -
Employment For Seniors joining forces with Age Friendly Columbus Initiative Employment For Seniors is proud to be part of the Age Friendly Columbus Initiative , coordinated through the MidOhio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) and  sponsored by: World Health Organization ,  Osteopathic Heritage Foundations ,  National Church Residences ,  Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging ,  AARP ,  The Columbus Foundation , Franklin County Office on Aging and  The Ohio State University’s College of Social Work . Age Friendly Columbus is examining the issues we must address to ensure a high quality of life for citizens of all ages.  Now that our community survey is completed, the real work begins.  My committee will be examining employment and civic participation, reaching new pathways toward successful employment for mature job seekers.   For details on the community survey, check out the Age Friendly Columbus website and the report is posted at http://agefriendl
Read more

Power Up Your LinkedIn Profile For Your Job Search

By -
Power Up Your LinkedIn Profile For Your Job Search  [00:00:00] Welcome to this edition of the successful encore career podcast being brought you by Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging Nationwide Insurance, Innsource and our special episode sponsor The Resume Coach. I'm Brett Johnson a longtime volunteer and with me is Carol Ventresca, Executive Director of Employment For Seniors. [00:00:20] We are excited. Another wonderful opportunity for our listeners to hear some great information to help them in their job search. So today we're going to talk about LinkedIn and everybody's always groans and moans and oh I don't want to do that and I hate social media. Well, this is going to make LinkedIn and make a lot more sense and easier for you to do. And with us today is our special guest Sharon Hamersley. Sharon is the principal coach for The Resume Coach. She's also a longtime supporter and volunteer of Employment For Seniors as well as the facilitator of all of t
Read more