Help Job Seekers Navigate Career Transitions

Help Job Seekers Navigate Career Transitions

About the role

The Lake Grove Job Seekers (LGJS) Program offers various volunteer opportunities to support job seekers in their career transitions. Most volunteers elect to coach active job seekers in the career planning and job search process.

Responsibilities

• Become a Mentor and support job seekers (5-10 hours/week, but flexible)
• Assist with mock interviews (occasionally)
• Give a presentation at one of our weekly meetings (1-2X/year)
• Offer your specialized services on an ad hoc basis (e.g., legal, counseling - occasionally)

Requirements

We meet as a group on Monday mornings from 8:15-10:15. If you would like to become an active mentor and coach job seekers, we ask that you attend these meetings as often as possible. We are very flexible about vacation schedules and help each other out when needed. Mentors work approximately 2-10 additional hours per week based on the number of job seekers they choose to mentor. Ad hoc support (legal/admin) would be at your discretion.

About You

We are looking for Mentors who are seeking a long-term commitment to helping job seekers. Many of our Mentors have been with the organization for years. While we don’t require a years-long commitment, that longevity gives you a sense of the commitment of our mentor colleagues.

Strongly Preferred Experiences for Mentors

• Supervisory / Management / Leadership Experience
• HR/Staffing/Recruiting Experience
• Career Coaching/Counseling Experience

Becoming a Mentor

You will have a Mentor Sponsor to guide you through the onboarding process of becoming a mentor. This person is there to help you understand more about the LGJS program and how we operate, but we fundamentally believe that, as an experienced professional you probably know more about coaching job seekers than you realize or give yourself credit. If you’ve hired, fired, and/or developed employees in your professional life before, you have much of what it takes to become a mentor. What we suggest below is concentrated in three key areas:

• The nuts and bolts of a job search in today’s environment
• Online tools and resources
• Coaching reminders