GraceWorks

Job Search and Career Transition




Networking Support Education
 Networking

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

Richard Bolles

Karen Walter - How the Recovery Act Has Affected Your Work Opportunities

Date: Monday June 29, 2009
Time: 8:30 am - 11:00 am
Location: Grace Cathedral - Gresham Hall - It is located on the ground floor to the immediate right of the Gift Shop. One can enter through the Peet's Coffee entrance on California Street.
Karen Walter, a Employment Program Representative for the Employment Development Department of the State of California, will clarify some issues regarding unemployment insurance for us, as well as cover how the Recovery Act has affected UI, UI extensions, COBRA, WIA Training and work opportunities in general. She will also talk about the expansion of TAA (very important!) and EDD hiring. She will be emphasizing what she sees as new opportunities opening up with the stimulus package.

Karen has worked for the state employment service in California (now known as the Employment Development Department) for forty-one years and in that time she has witnessed many changes. Employment services funding began in the New Deal along with many other social services. The early 1960s saw the beginning of the federal manpower programs with the passage of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA). Karen’s employment began around that time and during the “War on Poverty”. MDTA later morphed into the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), then the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and now the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) passed in 1998. Karen’s experience has taken her through four recessions (five, if you consider the current one separate from what happened in 2000) so has something important to teach us about government assisted job searches in a recession. Because of her lengthy experience, she is a fabulous resource person in many areas, so join us to hear Karen share her expertise with us.
 

Calendar of Upcoming GraceWorks Events

July 06, 2009 Abigail Emerson - Creating Your Elevator Pitch
July 13, 2009 Don’t JUST retire and die: A new approach to your life and work after 40
July 20, 2009 Caitlin Miller - Managing Your Energy: Leadership and Knowing
July 27, 2009 Carlos Hernandez: The Hidden Job Market

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 (Recommended 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

Grace Cathedral Visitors Guide, includes campus map.

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:

GraceWorks-owner@yahoogroups.com or Robert Anderson at (415)710-7800