Hello Everyone,
Today is the first of five days to create a powerful wave of action across the country in a tremendous force for good. If you didn’t see my earlier email about this effort, I’ve included it below.
Please do something right now. Just take a moment to do something simple and easy.
Reach out. Make a call. Ask a friend what one or two things you can do to help with his/her job search.
We’ll use our blog (www.KITlist.wordpress.com) as real-time way to find out what’s happening. Use the comments section to suggest ideas or share what you did today for a friend.
Pass the word so we can get thousands across the nation mobilized to help get friends back to work! Please help by sharing this on your email lists, Facebook, Twitter and blogs.
Ideas for Things to Do:
- Forward a job lead
- Write a LinkedIn recommendation
- Review a friend’s resume and give objective feedback
- Set a time to meet for coffee or a drink (heck, we all need one these days!). In-person meetings are important, it bouys spirits and sparks ideas and energy - plus it’s fun!
- Make a call on a friend’s behalf
- Pass on a link to a good job site or a great article on job search
- Make an introduction to a friend in a company he/she is interested in
- Reach out to a colleague who has been laid off from your company to see how he/she is doing and offer to make connections for him/her
- Become a “Job Buddy” - commit to meet on a regular basis to set goals and provide gentle accountability (if you are both looking for jobs, there’s a double benefit)
- Offer to do some role playing for a job interview
- Tell (and write down!) four strengths/qualities you see in your friend
- Review or help write a strong cover letter
- Invite a friend to connect to you on LinkedIn with the purpose of giving them access to your network so he/she can see if you have contacts in companies on their wish list
- Help with career ideas, brainstorm on other ways to use their skills, suggest good companies to target, how to transition into a new industry
Let’s make this big push building a huge Pay It Forward Power Wave across the country!
Thanks so much,
Sue Connelly
Founder
KITlist.org
Hello Everyone,
For five days, starting this Monday, January 11, I need your help to do something important.
Now is the time to harness the power of the incredible people of our KIT List community to make a radical difference in the job market.
After hearing reports of 12.5% unemployment in California, and not much better for the rest of the country, I had an idea…let’s use the power of friends helping friends to create a tremendous wave of focused effort to get people back to work!
The Idea:
For five days, every person on the KIT List does just ONE thing each day for a friend to help with his or her job search. The first day will be Monday, 1/11/10.
You can help a different friend, family member or colleague each day or help the same person for multiple days.
With over 64,000 people on the KIT List, doing one thing for each of the five days, we’ll generate over 320,000 actions that will create an incredible wave of results!
Pass The Word:
This is not limited to the KIT List, please email this idea to other friends, share it on blogs, Twitter and Facebook so we can multiply this effort and get more people back to work quickly.
I’ll also launch this on our blog at www.KITlist.wordpress.com and through KIT List emails, giving ideas each day for what you can do to help a friend find a job. People can share their ideas and results via the comments section, too.
Let’s make a huge difference together with this Pay It Forward Power Wave!
Sue
Sue Connelly
Founder
KITlist.org
You can help a different friend, family member or colleague each day or help the same person for multiple days.
With over 64,000 people on the KIT List, doing one thing for each of the five days, we’ll generate over 320,000 actions that will create an incredible wave of results!
Pass The Word:
This is not limited to the KIT List, please email this idea to other friends, share it on blogs, Twitter and Facebook so we can multiply this effort and get more people back to work quickly.
I’ll also launch this on our blog at www.KITlist.wordpress.com and through KIT List emails, giving ideas each day for what you can do to help a friend find a job. People can share their ideas and results via the comments section, too.
Let’s make a huge difference together with this Pay It Forward Power Wave!
Sue
Sue Connelly
Founder
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