Kansas City Metro Networking Job Club

Networking for those searching for work or changing careers in the KC metro area

Members

  • Michelle Schmitt
  • John R. Chevalier
  • George Uko
  • Tricia Warren
  • Anthony Charczenko
  • William C. Putman
  • Adam Steven Burkiewicz
  • Jim Tompkins
  • Alan French
  • Chris pressler
  • Brett Hardy
  • Deanna Holtz
  • Daniel Norman
  • willie maurice monroe
  • Michael A. Lefort
  • Debra Anderson

Networking & support for all those searching for work or seeking to change careers in the metro Kansas City area. www.shoj.org/jobclub.htm

The Kansas City Star's Diane Stafford's Column: Your Job

Raises won't amount to much

Even top performers may barely be keeping up with cost-of-living increases.

Corporate salary increase budgets this year will be below 3 percent for the first time in two decades, The Conference Board reported today.

The research organization said 2010 "salary structure adjustments" for all categories of employees are "not expected to top 2 percent" this year.

That's below the forecasted inflation rate of 2.6 percent.

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Your Job: The boss will wonder if you partied too hard

Party hearty for the Super Bowl…or for any other well-known national occasion…but be aware that bosses will be a bit suspicious if you call in sick the day after.

A poll of Society for Human Resource Management professionals, released last week, found 8 percent saying they’d had increases in the number of employees calling in sick the day after a major televised event.

Eleven percent said they had more employees showing up late to work on the day after such big events.

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Update: January jobless rate went down, but more payroll jobs were lost

The national unemployment rate for the first month of 2010 fell to 9.7 percent, down from 10 percent in December.

At the same time, U.S. employers cut 20,000 jobs in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this morning.

That rather confusing result reflects the fact that the numbers come from two separate surveys -- a household survey that's a telephone poll of 60,000 persons, and a larger establishment payroll survey that looks at actual employee numbers.

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December jobs data for metro area showed no uptick yet

The Kansas City metro area had an unemployment rate of 8.6 percent in December, and area employers provided 24,800 fewer payroll jobs than they did a year earlier.

The metropolitan jobs report released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lags the national report by a month. The national unemployment rate for December, published in early January, was 10 percent.

(The national jobless rate for January will be published Friday.)

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Blog Posts

Khandi Myers

Career Change Vent

I am a more 'mature' individual that is attempting a career change. but it seems that all doors are closed to me. I have extensive experience in my last career, and education for the new one. But no one wants to give me a chance. I try to apply at places I know have openings that are appropiat, ie my skills, education and age will fit. I will even start at less since I am changing careers. But I need a chance. How many of you out there is having a same problem changing careers?

Posted by Khandi Myers on January 27, 2010 at 7:02pm — 14 Comments

Khandi Myers

Pictures

I see so many of the members do not have a picture on their page. It is a bit hard to determine if I know you or not. I am looking for work and you can be sure that your pic will not be photo shopped from this site.

Posted by Khandi Myers on January 12, 2010 at 7:38pm — 1 Comment

Maureen - Administrator

Good To Be Alive

Good To Be Alive

This is a great video of a great man. Listen to it through till the end!


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Rope with Hope Job Coaches

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Note: It is the responsibility of ALL job seekers who arrange for this free offer with Rope with Hope Job Coaches to check out the job coach's credentials on your own. Kansas City Metro Networking Job Club does not endorse any one coac… Continue

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One person, one action can make a difference. Stand up and get noticed. Now is not the time to hide .... stand up and say choose me for your open position! Get noticed! **Special thanks to Sara of Peace4 for this find! :) Continue

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Welcome to All!

(You might have to let this buffer through one time to play right....it's well worth it to listen to this one!) If you can't get it to play right then view it here: http://www.bornagainamerican.org/ YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBZSBGHm0RY

Welcome to all! I am the administrator of this site. If you encounter problems while navigating the site or with any individuals, please let me know immediately.

I got into wanting to help job seekers first at Nativity where I ran the career transition group for many years until I moved to the desert southwest. Now that I have returned to the KC area I am now at Sacred Heart (Shawnee) running their job club and I am the administrator of this site, the Kansas City Metro Networking Job Club.

I am so pleased that I've been blessed to once again be able to give back to the KC community that I grew up in, where I can carry on my family's well over 100 year old tradition of giving back to our community [see the book At the River's Bend]. I work a full-time and a part-time job so this is my only way of giving of my time and talent…of carrying on the tradition of giving back and paying forward.

Maureen Reintjes

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If anyone has a problem with any individual on here who is trying to help the job seekers I ask that you please be grown up and professional by extending the courtesy to address your issue with the person in question FIRST before taking it to a large, open meeting.

Every person who is offering help on here came to me first and asked permission. If you feel I got it wrong then show me the PROOF! I will always question the agendas of the stone throwers over the accused when unprofessional tactics were used to gather and hurl the stones.

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Note to the Kansas City Metro Networking Job Club members:

Any links that lead away from this site we cannot control their content nor do we endorse their content. As in all opportunities you are responsible for your own research into the validity of the offer. And, as a reminder I have no problems banning anyone from this site if warranted.

Maureen

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Just a reminder: Please place your Resumes and Bios in the Group (above) named Job Seeker's Bios and Resumes and NOT in the Forum (below).

Forum

Holly Hammond

Any suggestions? 16 Replies

Started by Holly Hammond in Members' Misc. Questions and Discussions. Last reply by Linda Jacobs 15 hours ago.

R Christiansen

Am I the only unemployed person in Kansas City? 113 Replies

Started by R Christiansen in Existing Discussion Not Categorized. Last reply by Laura Lea Henness 19 hours ago.

Brenda Lappin

Census Jobs! 1 Reply

Started by Brenda Lappin in Jobs-Open Positions. Last reply by Brenda Lappin 20 hours ago.

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Started by Maureen - Administrator in Job Links. Last reply by Lorna Torrez Feb 3.

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Job Club facilitators: Please feel free to start a group on this site and invite your members to join. This way people can go to your Group and see information that pertains only to your club. I have also created our own Group: "KC Area Job Club Facilitators" which is a group just for us .... don't forget to join!

New Members (job seekers): Please feel free to start discussions. If you have questions during your journey to landing a new position you may leave your questions in the "Start a Discussion" area.

For those that have joined our online group, WELCOME!!!! Please note, you do not need to be a member of our onsite group to join the online group.

Each member can build their own page. If you are a job seeker, please treat your page as a resume that potential employers may view. I suggest only placing your email address on your page as a way for anyone to contact you, do not post your address and phone number. Please remember that your future employer or current employer may happen upon this site, please conduct yourself appropriately. Any offensive photos, graphics, music, text, and conversations will be deleted by the facilitator/moderator. Rudeness to others on this site will not be tolerated and the offender will have his/her membership deleted from this group.

If you are not a job seeker but are in a position to hire or simply want to volunteer your time networking with the job seekers, you too may also build your own page. The same rules apply to you as they do to the job seekers: Any offensive photos, graphics, music, text, and conversations will be deleted by the facilitator/moderator. Rudeness to others on this site will not be tolerated and the offender will have his/her membership deleted from this group.

Anyone who is in a position to hire or help network are encouraged to join our online social networking group. We need professionals who can address the online members and/or groups about career transition related topics.

If you know of anyone who is out of work, changing careers, or who may be facing a layoff in the near future, please let them know about the group.

Announcing Sacred Heart’s Job Club:

Our newly formed job club is for networking and support for all those searching for work or seeking to change careers. It is open to all in the Kansas City metro area. For contact information and information about our weekly onsite meetings see:

http://www.shoj.org/jobclub.htm

Or simply visit our Group found on this site.




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The Kansas City Star's Dollars & Sense - How I Got the Job

How I Got the Job: Autumn Werner, 23

Autumn WernerAutumn WernerThe job: Surveillance analyst
The employer: KeyBank Real Estate Capital, in Kansas City, is a division of Cleveland-based KeyBank. KeyBank Real Estate is a full-service real estate finance organization operating in 32 major U.S. markets in 20 states.

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Welcome!

Big thank you goes out to all those who are reaching out and helping others! Way to go!!!

All are welcome....you do not need to be a member of Sacred Heart's onsite job club to participate on this online networking site. This site is for all job clubs, job seekers and those willing to volunteer their time online to help the job seekers and those in a career transition.

We ask that no multi-level marketing opportunities (aka pyramid schemes) be placed on this site or job seekers approached with these schemes.

If anyone is being bothered by another member, please let us know immediately...banning will be swift.

Maureen

Latest news from Kansas City Business Journal

Sprint Nextel will report financials; analysts expect smaller loss

Sprint Nextel Corp. is scheduled to release its fourth-quarter financials Wednesday morning, and Wall Street observers expect a smaller round of losses.

Schneider National will hire 2,500 drivers in 2010, as many as 100 in the Kansas City area

Schneider National Inc. of Green Bay, Wis., said Monday that it plans to hire 2,500 new drivers this year for its regional fleet to serve a growing freight base.

Mediware Information Systems’ quarterly profit soars on new sales, acquisitions

Mediware Information Systems Inc.’s earnings surged 158 percent in the second quarter of fiscal 2010 compared with the same period a year before, boosted by two acquisitions and new sales.

Interstate Bakeries creditors trust reaches $56M settlement

A federal judge has approved a $56 million settlement involving the former treasurer of Interstate Bakeries Corp., now known as Hostess Brands Inc.

International Speedway, Penn National Gaming reach home stretch in casino process, reveal design

Days ahead of a final vote about a planned Kansas City, Kan., casino, its developers have released renderings of the reconstituted Hollywood design.

Missouri Department of Transportation commits all $525M in stimulus money early

The Missouri Department of Transportation has committed all $524.6 million of its federal stimulus money to projects, coming in about a month ahead of the deadline.

Pletz won’t seek another term on Kansas City Southern board

Karen Pletz will not seek re-election to the Kansas City Southern board of directors, the company said Monday. (KSU)

Compass Minerals International reports higher profits on lower revenue for 2009

Compass Minerals International Inc. managed to draw higher profits from lower revenue in 2009, despite milder weather chilling the company’s main de-icing markets. (CMP)

AMC Entertainment swings to profit on 3-D, IMAX demand

Moviegoers’ growing demand for films shown in 3-D and in the IMAX format helped AMC Entertainment Inc. swing to a profit in its fiscal third quarter, the company said Monday.

RiteMade Paper Converters invests to boost receipt-paper printing efficiency

RiteMade Paper Converters Inc. has made several investments in its receipt-paper printing equipment to make the process more efficient and reduce costs.

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If I send an application for a job and it goes to a placement company, I just wait for them to contact me. If they don't then I move on. The ones i have worked with in the past, I call on a regular basis and ask if they have any temporary work avail…
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Robin D Beck is attending Ray Birkinsha's event
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Hello Tim, By no means am I trying to be critical of this as I believe it is a wonderful idea to try out. Unfortunately, it has been of no assistance to date. I agree with you that we all need to keep on moving. Thank you for your input. Rich
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I have been laid off three times in two years and the employment situation continues to look very bleak. I don't live in the Johnson County, Overland Park area so traveling to the job clubs does not seem reasonable at this time. Internet searches ar…
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Hundreds of thousands are needed for temporary jobs Conducting the census is a huge undertaking. Hundreds of thousands of census takers are needed nationwide to help locate households and conduct brief personal interviews with residents. Most positi…
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United States Census 2010   Census Jobs Apply Now! Call our toll-free jobs line at: 1-866-861-2010 www.2010censusjobs.gov 1. Good Pay 2. Temporary, part-time jobs 3. Flexible hours, up to 40 hours per week 4. Mileage reimbursement (for field jobs)  …
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John I disagree with Holly not making an univited visit. I went out today and I was able to speak with 3 different people with hiring influence. I don't think Holly would be hurting her chances at all by taking that iniative. It might be a huge turn…
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Richard, This has not been a productive feature for me. But since it is passive, it is no worry either. Onward.
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Great discussion!! Holly, I believe you are attending school full time and graduating this summer. If you are asking for full time work, the agency probably is reluctant to place you. It is very difficult to do both full time. Determine what days…
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I thought I would post this inquiry as a followup to this discussion topic. To date, 48 people have posted here. I am curious as to how many have benefited from this topic to date. I have had one response but received a quick "thanks but no thanks"…
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Move on to another. They are either not organized or not interested. Either way it's not good for you to put your future in their hands.
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