Job Search Support Group

Looking for work is hard-doing it by yourself is even harder

JFCS/East Bay is pleased to announce a new, free five-part workshop that will offer techniques, resources, and the support necessary for a successful job search. Topics will include:

• Managing change and transition, getting organized and setting goals.

• Dealing with expectations, frustration, and anxiety.

• Identifying your skills and attributes, learning how to talk about yourself, and researching the job market.

• Writing resumes and cover letters, exploring the world of networking, and preparing for interviews.

• Following through, keeping up the search, and keeping up spirits.

Group facilitators: Libby Granett, MS, is JFCS/East Bay’s director of human resources and operations. She has sixteen years’ experience as a career counselor in the nonprofit, education, and business worlds. Valerie Rosenfield, MSW, is a JFCS/East Bay therapist, specializing in areas of life planning.

Date: Mondays, March 2 through 30

Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Cost: FREE

Place: Jewish Family & Children’s Services of the East Bay , 2484 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 210 , Berkeley
Pre-registration interview required. Please call Libby Granett at (510) 704-7480, ext. 278

Marketing Yourself for Job Success

Wednesday, March 18

7:00 – 9:00 PM
JCC East Bay
1414 Walnut Street , Berkeley
FREE

Presented by JVS Jewish Employment Network in partnership with JFCS/East Bay and JCC East Bay

A good resume is only one tool in your box. This free workshop offers a competitive edge for today’s job seekers. Topics include marketing yourself in person, on paper and online; creating success-driven messages and marketing collateral; perfecting your “elevator pitch,” resume, business cards, and LinkedIn profile.

Co-sponsored by Beth Chaim Congregation, Congregation Beth El, Congregation B’nai Shalom, Congregation B’nai Tikvah, Kehilla Community Synagogue, Temple Beth Abraham, Temple Beth Hillel, Temple Isaiah, Temple Israel, and Temple Sinai .

The workshop is FREE, but space is limited! Please register at http://www.jvs.org/calendar.php . For questions contact Sam Krakhman at skrakhman@jvs.org

The PJ Library – Free Jewish Books and Music for Young Children

Attention families with young children, their grandparents, and special friends, The Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay is distributing – free of charge – age-appropriate Jewish-content books and music on a monthly basis to families with children from ages 6 months to age 5½ years old through a new program called The PJ Library .

Created and supported by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation in Massachusetts , The PJ Library is funded nationally in partnership with local philanthropists and organizations. In the East Bay , the Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay has partnered with the Jim Joseph Foundation as the primary funder of this innovative program.

Each participating child/family will receive a high quality Jewish children’s book or CD every month, through age six. Each book comes with resources to help families use the selection in their homes. The foremost children’s book experts have selected the book and music list, which includes a wide array of themes related to Jewish holidays, folktales and Jewish family life. For more information or to sign up go to, www.jfed.org , scroll down the page to the PJ Library symbol and click on it or go directly to http://63.151.43.13/pjlibrary/index.html .