Dear fellow Hanoverians:
I recently received the below request from Robyn Mitton,
Director of the Council on Aging:
We need your help!
As we all know, the present economic crisis has created
enormous pain for many of our citizens, including older adults. Many are
suffering from significant reductions in their retirement funds and beginning
to realize the need to return to work. For most, the process is viewed as
daunting…”Where do I begin?”…”What can I
do?”…”What are my skills?”….”How do I write
a resume?”…on and on the questions flow.
In recognition of this new need, Robyn is collaborating with
the Executive Office of Elder Affairs and Keystone Associates to offer a job
search skills training program to help our seniors.
Now here is where you can help! We need trainers to
conduct workshops and we need mentors to work one on one with individual job
seekers who will have lots of questions and will need lots of coaching.
Both roles require your time and commitment. If you are selected to
become a trainer, it will require you to participate in a six hour training
session, probably on a Friday or Saturday. Then you will be asked to lead
four separate workshops, two or more times in 2010/2011. If you assume
the role of mentor, you will participate in some training and you will be
assigned three to four job seekers to provide individual counseling. In
either role, we think this will be meaningful volunteer work for you to develop
your own “job hunting” skills and assist older adults.
If you are interested, and we hope you are, or have
questions, e-mail Robyn at coa@hanover-ma.gov.
If you know of other individuals in town who would be appropriate for these
roles, please let us know. Or if this is an activity that you might want
to “job share”, that might also work.
Whatever you decide, thank you in advance for your
consideration.
For "Around Town on the Web",
Cathy H-B
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