Team Up! Find a Better Job Faster with a Job Search Work Team: The Proven Program Used by 300 Career Coaches and Thousands of Job Hunters at the ... Team Members Found Jobs 20% Faster.
Experienced career professionals endorseJob Search Work Teams  "The Job Search Work Team is one of most successful -- and by far the most transformational -- innovation in the history of career transition services.  Job hunters embrace the experience and get jobs faster." Steve Harrison, Co-founder and Chairman of Lee Hecht Harrison, a 300-office global career services company, 35 years experience in career work  "Orville's book is a must read for anyone who wants to land a new job quickly. As a team facilitator, I've discovered how team members flourish in this structure, and often say that the team meetings are the highlight of their week. This book makes a critical component of job searching smart, easy and accessible." Jean Baur, 19 years in career work in Rhode Island and New Jersey, Job Search Work Team (JSWT) leader for 15 years.  "If you are supporting job seekers in church or community based job help groups, this practical how-to manual should be your constant companion. Pierson is nationally known for innovative search principles. He has engineered, perfected and tested this unique search strategy that has shortened thousands of job searches and decreased untold numbers of failed attempts. An invaluable resource!" -- Edward J. DeVries, Ph.D., Career Coach in Illinois and Tennessee for 20 years, 9 years as a JSWT leader  "The JSWT methodology is a key component in leading my clients down the path of successful transition. The structure of the meetings help team members stay focused on achieving their goals.  The process invites team members to create a true team environment where everyone "owns" each others' searches - and networking occurs as a natural outcome."  Deborah Krawiec, Connecticut, 21 years in career consulting, 17 years experience with JSWTs  "Undoubtedly, the two most effect job search strategies involve networking and Job Search Work Teams.  Orville's book,Highly Effective Networkingso effectively addressed the former and now he tackles the second. I can attest firsthand to the advantages and effectiveness of both books.  Orville articulates what you need to do - and how and why." ...Joe Ciola, 12 years as JSWT facilitator and leadership coach in California "As a Career Coach, I worked closely with Orville in the implementation of Job Search Work Teams (JSWTs) at Lee Hecht Harrison. I witnessed firsthand the profound benefit that team membership provides to a job seeker. Orville's latest book,Team Up!intimately describes the philosophies and inner workings of JSWTs, enabling individual job seekers to form their own teams and reap the benefits of accountability, planning, self-knowledge and greater potential for success. Quite frankly, his work is genius." -- Andrew Johnson, California,20 years of JSWT experience, including seven at a major university. 21 years in career work, plus 12 as an executive recruiter  "Team Up!is a great guide to forming and running a job search group, whether you are a professional career coach or a layperson working to help people in a community organization. Orville offers practical advice on how to form, grow and manage the work team. In a period of ongoing change in the economy, industries and companies, it is helpful to have a group of peers who are in the market to provide real-time insights into what they find works. The work team, as envisioned by Orville, provides the mechanism for this."  Jay Colan, New York City, 24 years experience in career work, 14 years experience with JSWTs  "Participation on a team improves an individual's success rate and creates a workplace structure complete with a leader, peers, best practices, and metrics for measuring job search effectiveness." Grace M. Totoro, Florida, Career & Life Strategy Coach and JSWT leader, both 15 years  "The unity of the team inspires the members to execute their job searches in a productive and professional manner. The genius of Pierson's JSWT is the driving force of 12 members intensely focused for two hours on connecting themselves to work. What gets measured gets done. JSWT is a sanctuary for rebuilding careers. It is personal and it is successful.In the past 30 months at St. Patrick's, 41 job offers were accepted by members of the JSWT." Ed McEneney, 20 years in career work, JSWT leader for 14 years  "Teams have transformed the process for job searchers who participate in them. The benefits are numerous: Members feel they're not alone; the metrics provide clarity for their actions; productivity is increased; sharing knowledge and experience is the order of the day so everyone improves their game. People need structure and discipline -- especially during periods of unemployment -- and Orville's process answers that critical need." Claudia Gentner,25 years working with job seekers, executive positions at three career services firms, currently leading a church-sponsored JSWT