LDS Employment Resource Services

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LDS Employment Resource Services
Jay Ripley 801-240-3024 RipleyRJ_at_ldschurch.org
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Employment Resource Services Guiding Purpose

• Help Members Achieve Economic Self-Reliance
  through
• Employment
• Education
• Self Employment

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288 Employment Resource Centers in 2007
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Networking

• At any given time, about 80 of all available
  jobs arent posted in classifieds or job boards
  (Wall Street Journal Online)
• 60 of people surveyed said they got their last
  job by networking. (Wall Street Journal Online)
• Between 70-80 of jobs are found through personal
  contact. (Lynne Waymon, Make Your Contacts Count)
• Fewer than 15 of the people surveyed have the
  network they need to accomplish their goals.
  (Lynne Waymon, Make Your Contacts Count)

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A Few Key Activities

• Professional Placement Services
• Professional Career Workshop
• Networking Groups
• Resource Development

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Professional Placement Program
Boise, ID
Fortaleza, Brazil
New York, NY
Honolulu, HI
Asuncion, Paraguay
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Resource Development / Fairs
Education Fair in Lima, Peru
Home-Based Business Fair Valencia, CA
Job Fair for Professionals in Oakland, CA
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A Few Key Services

• Employment Councils with BYU MS
• LDSJobs.org
• Post Resume
• Alumni Database
• Register and receive local help and information
• Jobs from employers with a relationship
• LDS Connected / LinkedIn.com
• http//www.lds.org/emp/network

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Moses 7 18
And the Lord called his people Zion, because
they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in
righteousness and there was no poor among them.