At CaTS, we believe that you can find work that you really like. If you
are motivated to go through the “Career Management Process” necessary to
determine what you have to sell, what kind of work you want to do and where,
call us to set us a meeting and we can get you started.
Don't try and do it yourself. Contact one of the CaTS team members.
And sign up to get our email updates of meeting dates and times - click here:
or send an email to schedule@newcanaancats.org
If you used to be on the list, but haven't been receiving reminders,
please sign up again (even just to confirm your email address).
The New Canaan CaTS Team
Volunteers from The First Presbyterian and St. Mark's Episcopal Churches provide
"Upbeat and Informative" Career Oriented Resources.
Our Mission Statement
A Team of volunteers from The First Presbyterian and St. Mark's Episcopal
Churches encourages job searchers to develop a Personal Business Plan, in
writing, that is realistic and actionable by providing these resources:
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Free career oriented workshops facilitated by qualified people from 7:00 to
9:00PM on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month(1st and 3rd in November and
December).
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www.newcanaancats.org where you can learn about The Career Transition
Management Process and how to create a One Page Job Search Plan.The contents
of the site will help you develop and implement all phases of your
search and also provide links to other valuable information.
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Networking opportunities are available at each workshop and by referral to
appropriate members* of each sponsoring church.
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Access to one-on-one help. If you are stuck, confused and/or just plain
frustrated in your work search call or email one of The CaTS Team: Mac
Walker (203) 857-4625, macmiss2000@yahoo.com; Jim Lisher at (203) 972-3519;
jlisher@aol.com.; Mercer Field at (203) 226-5379;
mercerfield@yahoo.com; and Jill Ernst at (203) 972-0230,
jill.ernst@gmail.com and Jim Riehl, (201) 703-6441 or at
jriehl1@aol.com.
Job Postings
If you are interested in reviewing some of the job postings that have come our
way, click on the following link: Job Postings
The Team
If you are stuck, confused and/or just plain frustrated in your work
search call or email Mac Walker (203) 857-4625,
macmiss2000@yahoo.com to discuss how
we might help.
Other members of the CaTS Team are:
The Need for New Canaan CaTS
New Canaan CaTS has been in existence since 1989 providing career management
resources for the community.
During that period the unemployment rate for the country has been as high as
9.0% . Today it is is over 6.0%, lower than that in Connecticut. This means that
about 94% of the potential are working. Hyped by the media, the job
market continues to be very volatile because of remarkably increased competition
in most industries, the wave of dishonest management as well as the world
situation.
There continues to be lots of mergers and acquisitions, many failures, too,
which create reorganization and downsizing. The perception is that
the “hiring freeze” sign is up everywhere. As a result, it has become a
“buyers” market again, so it is taking longer to find the work you really
want. However, the New York megalopolis is by far the largest, most varied job
market in the world. The chances are very good that what you want is
hidden somewhere out there. To find it is imperative one must take
charge of their search with a carefully written “My Business Plan.”
Many of the tools to do this are on this web site. Good luck!
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