You would never trade places with these parents! Not in a million years, not for a million dollars!
Eyes Of An Angel
We’ve all seen those beautiful little faces with the eyes of an angel. We’ve seen them on the back of milk cartons, we’ve seen them on posters at the post office.
Every time I find myself saying “Thank God that’s not my child”. I’m sure most people do this too, but is it enough?
Isn’t there something more we can do? Isn’t there some way we can help? Help get the word out, make others aware of these missing children, contribute to the cause?
I don’t care about your political preference, this is a rhetorical question.
With the upcoming presidential election, many American’s have drawn their lines in the sand. We hear ‘military’, ‘troops’, or ’soldier’ and man y people relate it back to the war, the current president, or a political party.
The effect is that many people are confused about their support for such organizations as eMail our Military. I think Barak Obama making this and other statements will help bring healing and a realization that these soldiers are American’s, just as each of us is. Any line drawn in sand can be easily erased and is not permanant.
“eMail Our Military is composed of volunteers from all walks of life who understand that regardless of our political views, our military service members deserve our respect, support & encouragement.”
— Trish Forant, founder eMail Our Military
What Is eMail Our Military?
Due to the anthrax scare, two major letter writing campaign’s to our troops were canceled. These programs were the Department of Defense’s “Any Service Member” and Dear Abby’s “Operation Dear Abby“. When Trish Forant heard about these campaigns ending, eMail Our Miliatary was founded in 2001 as direct response to the cancellation of these two programs.
I think we all struggle with how can give something back?
Some of us struggle with the inability to donate financially, some of us cannot find the time, while others don’t because they lack information that clearly outlines what they can do and where help is needed. Well, if you fall into the last category, this is your lucky day!
Helping People Find Jobs
“Job Angels mission is to help bring people together in a community setting where each person commits to a single goal: to help just one person find gainful employment.” -- Job Angels mission statement
We will be discussing a new non-profit, called Job Angels, who are not only helping those out of work find jobs, but has also devised a way for people to help each other, one person at a time. I love the way Job Angels covers both sides of the spectrum with a strategy that allows anyone to help.Job Angels is a using social media in a new way, to help people find jobs!
In The Press
Fortunately, Job Angels has been able to get some great press lately which has drawn even more job seekers and angels to the cause.
In this article, we want to familiarize you with how people seeking jobs can use this service effectively and how people who are employed can become an Angel for someone else (usually someone they don’t know).
How Can You Connect With Job Angels?
There are many ways you can help with the cause; list your mini-resume for help finding a job, post an available job, become an angel for someone out of work, become a volunteer w/ job angels, or help us spread the word.
Steps for each of these subcategories has been listed below.
Get Help Finding a Job
Twitter
1. Create a Twitter id (Takes less than 2 minutes)
2. Follow @JobAngels on Twitter (type: follow jobangels)
3. Send @JobAngels a mini-resume tweet (ie. @JobAngels Boston MA 15 years exper. in pr and marketing seeks management pos. @JohnDoe #jobangels)include the hashtag #jobangels
4. Use twitter search to search through jobs already posted (ie. criteria: boston pr jobangels)
5. Connect on twitter with others in the same city, twitter local application
6. Connect on twitter with others in your same area of expertiseusing twitter search(ie. criteria: pr)
7. Put your mini-resume in your twitter bio
I would recommend joining all three social media areas, but the two must have’s would be Linked-In and Twitter. They don’t have as large of an overlap of the same people as Facebook and Twitter has.
Post A Job
Twitter
1. Create a Twitter id (Takes less than 2 minutes)
2. Follow @JobAngels on Twitter (type: follow jobangels)
3. Send @JobAngels a mini-job posting tweet (ie. @JobAngels Milwaukee WI Retail sales person needed for southeastern wi location , contact @JohnDoe #jobangels)include the hashtag #jobangels or email Job Angels
Linked-In
1. Join the group JobAngels
2. Start a new discussion, add job posting to the “Discussions” or the “Jobs” board
Each job seeker will have different needs from their Angel.
The following areas are a few where you may be asked for help; preparing their resume, job relocation, interview skills, possible contacts you may have in the area of expertise, or just someone helpful to listen to them.
Twitter
1. Create a Twitter id (Takes less than 2 minutes)
2. Follow @JobAngels on Twitter (type: follow jobangels)
3. Use twitter search to search through the job seekers in your area of expertise, possibly your own city or state. (ie. criteria: ny marketing jobangels)
Linked-In
1. Join the group JobAngels
2. Look for a job seeker to help in your area of expertise
Facebook
1. Join the group JobAngels
2. Look for a job seeker to help in your area of expertise
Become A Volunteer
Job Angels is currently looking for volunteers. Help is needed on twitter/social media, the web site, answering email, and other areas. Contact Job Angels via email.
Get The Word Out
Another way you can help with Job Angels is to write a blog post, an article, tweet, or otherwise tell others about Job Angels.
The more people that get involved, the more people that can be helped.
