Why Join A Job Club?

Job Clubs are springing up all over the country.  In some locations Job Seekers have the advantage of attending more than one Job Club in any given week.

One great reason Job Clubs are so prevalent is: THEY WORK!   Job Clubs are a proven method of returning to work sooner rather than later.  Job Clubs provide a way to learn and grow in an informal setting contrasted with workshops and seminars. 

Job Clubs provide a certain peer-to-peer Support Network and professional networking opportunities.  Networking has been proven statistically to be the #1 way to find a job.

It’s a well-known fact that the best way to find a job is through networking.  JOB CLUBS - enable you to expand your network of contacts and also serves as a support group.  Job clubs tie job seekers together in the need for mutual support and encouragement and the common need or desire to find new employment opportunities. Some people  are energized by social situations and tend to procrastinate the lonely tasks of job-hunting.  Those folks will likely benefit from the social aspect of a job club. Those who are shy, insecure, or ashamed of having lost a job can get support-group type help from other job club members in overcoming these mental roadblocks.

Job club activity can stave off the depression that sometimes sets in during a lengthy job search.  Not only will you feel supported in a job club, but chances are you will be more successful than you would with a solo effort.

Nationwide, those who’ve been involved with job clubs report that their efforts are strengthened by belonging to the group and their job searches are shorter.  That's JOB CLUB SUCCESS anyway you look at it.

Richard Nelson Bolles, author of the classic  What Color is Your Parachute?, (the Job Hunter's Bible) notes an 84% success rate when job search techniques are conducted in groups, compared with a 15% lower rate when the same techniques are followed individually.  The exchange of job leads, business cards, resumes, ideas, and information that occurs in a job club can energize members and teach everyone valuable career strategies and techniques.

What happens at a typical job club meeting is just as individual as the attendees.  What you can get out of your job club largely depends upon what you contribute to it.  

Don't have a local job club?   Why not start one?   SEE THE POST ON: STARTING A JOB CLUB.