Free Job Search Advice from Local Business Managers

Coaching job hunters and providing job search advice in virtual sessions every Wednesday and most Thursday evenings

Wednesday Events
(Weekly Virtual Meeting)

Meet helpful Bay Area company volunteers
Bring your questions about what to do next. Get great supportive advice and learn how to do a better job search. Get help on your resume! Get individual advice for your unique job search challenges. Meet Bay Area managers for referrals inside companies. Get ideas to optimize your LinkedIn profile.

Thursday Special Events
Virtual Workshops

Meet industry experts on Zoom
Take a deep dive into helpful job search and industry topics with industry experts. Focus on getting a job in Technology, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Healthcare, Marketing, Banking, Advertising, Sales, Biotech and more.
Useful Job search topics:
-How to be an ideal candidate for the job you want
-How to anticipate the applicant tracking systems
-Refining your resume
-Interviewing more effectively
-Career planning
-Optimizing your LinkedIn
-Opportunities in Bay Area growth companies

1-on-1
Advising

Meet career coaches and experienced advisors
Expert volunteer panelists conduct 1 to 1 advice sessions. You get 1 on 1 guidance and advice for your next steps in your career and job search. One of our managers from a variety of Bay Area Companies, or one of our seasoned recruiters, or a career coach will help you to get a clear focus.

The Job Forum is a volunteer-run, free, community service where local managers and career experts have helped thousands of job seekers become more confident and successful in their hunt for their next great job in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Sponsored by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and LinkedIn.

Workforce of the Future

A Job Forum vocational program to help young people (15-25) prepare for work, develop careers, learn job search skills, via contacts with local managers at businesses and organizations who advise and help. Click Here for more info

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Come to Our Thursday Events

Specialized Virtual Workshops Most Thursday Evenings At 6pm. Click for full article…

Weekly Wednesday Meetings

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Introducing: 1 -on -1 Advising

Personalized job search advice from Managers from a variety of Bay Area Companies, Seasoned Recruiters, and Career Coaches. Click for full article…

Job hunters come to the Job Forum to benefit from group discussion as well as the individual coaching ideas they get from local business managers.

The Job Forum is an effective sounding board for help in addressing the challenging aspects of your individual job search.

Who are the Job Forum panel?

Those looking for jobs come to our Zoom meetings and meet with Job Forum volunteers and guest speakers and experts from industry. At Job Forum events the job hunters get advice on their individual job search challenges, and can ask questions of local managers at companies like UCSF, Visa, Salesforce, ABC7 Walt Disney Television, Dooordash, Levis, Autodesk, Indeed, LinkedIn, Okta, Vir, Splunk, Google, JP Morgan Chase, Meta, Volta, Northwestrn Mutual, Tik Tok, The Packard Foundation, Kaiser and a host of other companies and non-profits big and small.

Corporate Sponsors

We welcome corporate sponsors and are able to customize visibility and special events in return for your support of The Job Forum.  We welcome community relation managers or foundations to contact Chairman, Janet Beach.

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