Thursday, February 19, 2009

Employment Seminar

I am so excited! We are putting together an Employment Seminar on March 26th at Willow Creek Church in Winter Springs. The speakers are experts in their fields and I really feel like they will add value to any job search. Registration and details are online at www.cfec.org.

The job market is tough right now and at Christian HELP we are really trying to do everything we can to help our clients to find a job.

  • We have added several new volunteer counselors. They are all wonderful and are really devoted to making the job search work as well as providing hope and encouragement.
  • We have free resume services in our office and remotely
  • We have a professional networking group we work with- ProNet Central Florida
  • We have a partnership with CPI (Corporate Performance Institute) to help clients determine their career path
  • We are continuously searching for new resources
  • and of course our new "Get Your Game on" Employment Seminar

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Offering Hope

Today I toured a facility my friend Krissy Todd has been envisioning for a few years now. The 7 acre property will be transformed into a Village of Hope. We plan to be there with a satellite office as we start to expand outside our 4 walls and offer not only more locations but more services as well.

In difficult times, we often get down and depressed. The media paints a picture of gloom and doom. We find ourselves being caught up in the frenzy of negativity. In all of this, God is still in control. He knows what the outcome of everything that is going on is. We just need to lean on Him and pray for His guidance.

One of the things I love most about Christian HELP is that we truly try to offer Hope and Encouragement. It is not enough for us just to give a job lead and feed someone physically. We try to offer spiritual guidance when needed or prayer if it is accepted. We would never turn anyone away because they are not Christian or do not want prayer, but we do want to offer it when we can.

A man came in recently who had sent out over 2,000 resumes and heard nothing back. One of our counselors prayed with him and offered words of encouragement. Soon after he had a job offer. I believe that God orchestrates even the little things and this was one of them.

Our future job fairs will have more resources for people to help them with their needs. We are now offering training and employment seminars. We continue to seek out partners who have offerings we do not. Most of all, we want to offer HOPE.