Panel Discussion on Use of Social Media
Ken Grant and a team of experienced social media users gave a panel discussion to the Community Matters Networking Group on May 8. They shared their experiences of hiring and job searching, using Social Media such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Ken also made a video recording of the presentation which you can watch here. The audio isn’t the best, but if you turn up the volume on your computer you should be able to hear it.
Blessings & Business Cards
In the Sunday, April 12 edition of News Journal, our Community Matters Networking Group was the featured story in the Life section. Gary Soulsman wrote a fantastic article describing the group and highlighting the stories of a few of our members.
Across Delaware, churches and other organizations are opening their doors to job-seekers to offer comfort, support — and even the sense of connection and community that can be stripped away when you’re laid off or fired.
“I believe my next job may be only one friend away,” West says. “And it feels good to be looking out for others — encouraging them and helping them find contacts.”The stories she hears at the Community Matters Networking group are the psychological equivalent of the exploits of Indiana Jones — how people, with a distaste for rejection, face it day after day but still summon the courage to send résumés and make calls in the worst job climate in memory.
Be sure to read the rest of the story as well!
Workshops
One of the objectives of Community Matters is to offer workshops to help you built your skills in areas like interviewing, resume writing and computer technology.
Recently Steve Crawley, HR Manager at the DuPont Comany was gracious enough to offer his expertise on what a HR person sees and is looking for, when reviewing applications. In this behind the scenes event, Steve gave Community Matters members a very unique perspective.
To stay up with workshops and other events, be sure to join our MemberHub.com group.
In the Media
The response has been great and this past week (after only 3 official meetings) we have had local press coverage in the News Journal, WDEL 1150 AM, and WHYY television. If you know of someone who is in transition, searching for a job, or who perhaps isn’t seeking for themselves but would like to offer help or just plain network with people in the community who have lots to offer, please direct them to the web site: CommunityMattersDE.net Here they will find a link for an online form that they can fill out to get connected with the group. They are meeting on Friday mornings at 9:30 at Hockessin Baptist Church, and also have workshops planned to help with resume writing, interviewing skills, perspective from a HR manager, computer skills, social networks, etc.
To learn more about the group, check out the podcast from the WDEL Rick Jensen show on March 5.
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Welcome!
If you are in a career transition, in a job search, or just looking for a place to network with others in the Northern Delaware (New Castle County) area you have come to the right place!
We are currently meeting on Friday mornings at 9:30 am in Hockessin, DE (at the Hockessin Baptist Church) for networking and learning new skills like resume writing, interviewing tips, computer software and internet / social media. We strive to help each other and to make the group a safe place to build or extend your professional network.
If you’d like to join our online community group, please fill out the following form and we’ll be in contact with you with the details!
