The job club provides mutual support for project management job seekers. In biweekly, structured meetings, participants:
In addition, participants acquire and practice proactive job finding skills including:
The PMI Westchester Project Managers' Job Club is sponsored by the Westchester Chapter of the Project Management Institute. There is no charge to participate, but participants in the club need to agree to:
The Job Club uses Meetup.com as its primary tool for communication, scheduling and sharing. Newcomers wishing to join the Job Club should request membership on Meetup.com. Other means of electronic communications include the Job Club LinkedIn Group.
Coordinators are member volunteers responsible for planning and executing meetings and other activities for the Job Club. Current coordinators are:
The Job Club meets at Greenburgh Town Hall in Greenburgh, or Fordham University's Westchester Campus in West Harrison*. Both are easily accessible from I287. See the Job Club's Meetup page for the location of each meeting and directions to the venues*.
* Please see Directions to Fordham in particular, as GPS, Google, Bing, etc. are known to be troublesome with finding Fordham.
Over 100 current and past members have benefitted from the Job Club. Meetings are typically attended by 15 to 25 members. Over 20 members successfully landed jobs in 2010. In addition to organized club meetings, members are assigned to smaller groups (typically 2 or 3 individuals) to collaborate and support each other on job searches. Newcomers wishing to join the Job Club request membership on Meetup.com.
Career coaches, recruiters, entrepreneurs and professional speakers have shared valuable presentations and advice with the Job Club. Job Club members also present and lead activities, to assist the club membership with career goals and job searches, or to share information, contacts, experiences and lessons learned.