Volunteer Advisor: FAQs

Advisors are trained in the HJS process of providing client assistance in the following areas: job research, resumes, marketing plans, networking, interviewing, negotiating offers, and follow-up steps after landing a new position. Our Free Job Search Services page has more details.

You don’t need an HR or recruiting background to be a coach.  Through the initial training, bi-annual retreats, and the support of other coaches, you will learn what’s necessary to support your job seekers.

There are Advisor Meetings held once a month for approximately one hour where the advisors advocate for their clients, the job seeker, and collaborate with other advisors to seek help from others on behalf of the job seekers assigned to them.  Directly following the Advisor Meeting is a Monday Night Speaker Event.

Monday Night Speaker Events are held twice a month for one-and-one-half hours with experts on various job search processes. Both advisors and job seekers are encouraged to attend these free meetings. 

Finally, throughout the job search process, advisors generally meet with their job seekers on a biweekly basis (virtually or in-person) for an hour of coaching, progress reviews, coping with challenges, and to provide moral support.

The President of Hudson Job Search conducts a brief interview of all job seekers. After reviewing their background, experience, and considering each advisor’s current availability and background, the President selects the coach that he believes can help the job seeker the most. 

Most advisors choose only to have one job seeker at a time.  

Depending on the job market, how many unemployed and underemployed people are seeking our free job search services, the number of advisors volunteering for Hudson Job Search and your availability you can expect to work with 2 – 10 job seekers in a year.

Advisors are encouraged to attend monthly Advisor Meetings – whether they are working with a job seeker or not. Many advisors without an assigned job seeker help make to connections when they attend the meetings and hear about each job seeker story.

However, in the absence, one can remain current by reviewing the minutes of the meeting sent out following each meeting.

The benefits of attending are:
• gain additional insight or network contacts that would help your job seeker,
• provide the same to other coaches and
• learn from the training offered.

Initially, coaches are provided introductory training. We have a defined process to assist job seekers with tools that include a guidebook, checklists, and progress Gantt charts. Tools and other resources are available online in the coach’s section of the website. During the bi-monthly meeting, time is spent on training. There are specific bi-annual retreats as well.

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