Job Seeker Workshop

Back - Putting Arizonans Back To Work BestCompaniesAZ, Catholic Healthcare West Hospitals and JobSeekersAZ Host One Year Anniversary of Helping Arizona’s unemployed “get back to work” September 21st Event Showcases AZ Most Admired Healthcare Winners Gilbert, AZ – September 16, 2010 – BestCompaniesAZ and Catholic Healthcare West announced today a free workshop to help Arizona’s unemployed transition into the growing healthcare field. The event will be held Tuesday morning, September 21st in Gilbert, AZ and will feature Patty White, President & CEO of Chandler Regional Hospital and interim CEO of Mercy Gilbert Hospital, and her HR team who be coming out to support the needs of the community by providing job leads, social media tips, and available community services to valley residents. There will be HR representatives from all three Catholic Healthcare West Hospitals (St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Chandler Regional Medical Center, and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center). Other healthcare companies that were recently named “Arizona’s Most Admired Companies,” Banner Health, Mayo Clinic, and Sonora Quest Laboratories, will also be in attendance. Who: What: When: Where: BestCompaniesAZ and Catholic Healthcare West Hospitals Job Seeker Workshop – Healthcare Focused Employers September 21st at 9 a.m. – 11:30 am Central Christian Church in Gilbert, AZ (965 E. Germann Road, Gilbert, AZ 85297) Why: To give back to the community by providing resources to help get Arizonans Back to Work. Other Hiring Companies: Banner Health, Mayo Clinic, Sonora Quest Laboratories, and more: http://www.cccev.com/Arena/ Community Sponsors: Central Christian Church, Republic Media, Sonoran Studios, TweetMyJobs

“This workshop on September 21st will mark the one year anniversary of BestCompaniesAZ partnership with JobSeekersAZ and CHW Hospital,” says Denise Gredler. “We continue to get about 100 professional-level job seekers per week which means we have much more work to do as a community to help get the unemployed back to work,” says Jessica Pierce, Founder of JobSeekersAZ. "Over the last year, hiring companies and job seekers have expressed how much they truly value the opportunity for face-to-face interactions at our intimate, weekly networking events versus the traditional computerized rejections or lack of responses they typically experience," Pierce continues.

“Most jobs are found through networking -- connecting with someone who knows someone who has a job. Here is the one networking group that should be on every job-hunter's calendar: JobSeekersAZ,” says Brahm Resnick, Channel 12 Jobs911 expert. BestCompaniesAZ will expand this “AZ’s Most Admired Companies Give Back” model monthly, by partnering with JobSeekersAZ and other “AZ Most Admired” clients. Coming 4th quarter will be a job seeker community event with award-winning Harrahs Ak Chin in Casa Grande, and Banner Health targeting the needs of the West Valley. To help advance this model we are looking for volunteers and sponsors to help serve the needs of the unemployed by providing coaching, training, interviewing resources and much more. Contact Jessica Pierce at Jessica@JobSeekersAZ.com if you would like to sponsor this outreach and play a role in helping to “Get Arizona Back to Work.” For information on future BestCompaniesAZ and JobSeekers events or for a complete event schedule, please visit www.BestCompaniesAZ.com or http://jobseekersaz.wordpress.com/. For more information about BestCompaniesAZ and the Job Seeker Workshops, or to help sponsor this project contact Jessica Pierce at 480-239-6738 or visit: http://www.bestcompaniesaz.com/jobseekers.asp About BestCompaniesAZ BestCompaniesAZ, founding partner of the Arizona’s Most Admired Company Program, provides a unique mix of branding, human resources, marketing/public relations and organizational programs designed to "Recognize Best Companies of Today and Build Best Companies for Tomorrow." BestCompaniesAZ’s primary focus is to identify, develop and promote the BEST companies in Arizona. IDENTIFY through strategy development, award consultation, and the Arizona's Most Admired Companies Program; DEVELOP through Best Practice Education Forums and Cultural/HR Assessments; and PROMOTE by linking client's HR, PR, Marketing & Recruitment Strategies under one PR package. BCAZ's goals are to leverage their partner’s BEST status to increase their visibility, reduce costs, and align their employment and product branding goals. BestCompaniesAZ.com. About JobSeekersAZ JobSeekersAZ was founded by Jessica Pierce of Accelerated Team Dynamics, LLC and Denise Gredler of BestCompaniesAZ to address the growing needs of unemployed and displaced workers in Arizona. Its mission is clear: Getting Arizonans Back to Work. Workshops are designed each week to discuss relevant, actionable educational topics for the job seeker and offer hiring companies an opportunity to interact face-to-face with the attendees.

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