Employers Platform: a Place for Employers to Contribute to our Community

[Don Lubach]

To start this discussion, I know that Gary Wyatt and How (Howard) Miller will be at the fair representing AFLAC. They are looking for future team members who will sell insurance-related solutions to businesses and individuals. AFLAC attended the first two fairs and we are so happy to have them back.

Here's the list as of 10/20/2008
Company

Senior Planning Services
ABC-Clio, LLC
Americorps
Cottage Health Systems
Peace Corps
Primerica
UC Santa Barbara
AFLAC
Pathpoint
AARP
Spherion
Rincon and Gold Coast Broadasting
Center for Community Education
State Department of Rehabilitation
Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce
Express Personnel
Casa Dorinda
Santa Barbara Bank and Trust
SCORE
Women's Economic Ventures

[note, the list is changing every day. Check back often]

[Don Lubach]

Hello to the GREAT employers we'll soon be meeting at the fair. I know that you all are preparing as hard as the candidates for the November 8th event. I'm going to assume that most of you are not accustomed to meeting with up to 1000 candidates who are of boomer and beyond age. Here's a tip sheet I found on the AARP site that was written to help recruiters to evaluate and select older hires.

Don

[Don Lubach]

SCORE will be at the fair. Here's a note from George Rusznak, the chair of our local S.C.O.R.E chapter. I hope we get notes like this from everyone who is coming.

SCORE, Counselors to America's Small Businesses will be at the fair. We are a local chapter of a national organization that is a resource arm of the Small Business Administration. We have over 400 chapters and over 11,000 volunteers. In Santa Barbara we counsel and mentor nearly 1000 people a year who intend to start or already own their businesses.

We are looking for a few committed, energetic and qualified volunteers with up to 20 hours a month to offer toward the management of the business of the chapter and the counseling/mentoring of its clients. We are particularly interested in people who have previously owned a business, or had worked in the areas of Marketing and Sales, Finance and Accounting, Planning, or Information Technology. Good interpersonal and problem solving skills are also highly valued attributes in the work we do. We would particularly welcome the talents of the female and the minority members of our community.

Our work helps the 28 million small businesses that provide nearly 80% of the jobs and make up just over half of our GDP. Helping entrepreneurs to start new ventures and helping small businesses to grow puts us, above all, in the job creation business. Hence our interest in the Job Fair.

While our work does not pay a salary, it provides huge benefits to our volunteers. It allows them to continue practicing their skills and use their acquired knowledge, experience and judgement that validates and reaffirms their value beyond their working career. It facilitates continued learning that helps them to remain physically and mentally fit and vital. It provides purpose and joy, an outlet for passion, and an opportunity to receive satisfaction from the tangible evidence of the value of their contribution to our society in general and our community in particular.

We appreciate the opportunity the Job Fair provides, George Rusznak, Chair
SCORE, Santa Barbara

[Jean]

Don,
You asked for me to remind you about Select Staffing.
Jean

[Don Lubach]

If you come to the fair on Saturday, you'll meet these folks! Note, they sent me the exact positions they'd like to collect your resume for. Great! Note to other employers, post your stuff here!

SENIOR PLANNING SERVICES 1811 STATE STREET

SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101 [phone]

[e-mail]

WWW.SENIORPLANNINGSERVICES.COM


Suzanne F. McNeely, MSW, NCG, CCF

President/Owner

Senior Planning Services is the leader and expert in aging and elder care issues for the Santa Barbara area. As the first geriatric care managed home care agency in Santa Barbara, we have been partnering with clients and families to provide ElderCare Management solutions since 1989.

Senior Planning Services’ ElderCare Management is a team of professionals who specialize in geriatric nursing, social work, rehabilitation, dementia and in-home care. We are dedicated to providing comprehensive solutions to help seniors live their lives to the fullest. We are known as the trusted resource for sensitive situations, offering a wide range of options that are personalized to meet client and family needs.

Our professional care managers and caregivers are carefully selected for their integrity, compassion, experience, knowledge, and flexibility. Our caregivers receive in-home training, support and supervision, and our employees are insured, bonded and have passed a thorough background check.


CURRENTLY SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:

Companion Caregivers or Homemaker

* Provide socialization, conversation and emotional reassurance to the client.
* Report any obvious health changes to the care manager.
* Encourage, monitor and assist in managing the daily activities, i.e. preparing meals, encouraging fluids.
* Encourage and participate in reading, games, and other activities to promote well-being and stimulate the mind and the spirit.
* Encourage mild exercise program.
* Accompanying the client on outings as requested including doctor appointments.
* Provide timely medication reminders and assistance to the client in taking medication. Medications are set by the client, family, or persons in authority.
* Stand by assistance with toileting, bathing and dressing.
* Assist with home management as requested. i.e. monitoring food expirations, ordering/shopping for groceries/home supplies, and monitor home repair as needed.
* Light housekeeping duties, laundry, changing of linen, emptying trash.
* Run errands as requested.
* Pets and plant care.
* Incidental transportation.





Personal Care Assistant/Attendant Caregiver.

* All of the above duties, plus
* Assist with or perform activities of daily living—bathing, dressing, toileting, eating/feeding, transferring, and ambulation.
* Reinforce physical therapy or daily exercise.
* Turn and reposition client.
* Pivot transfers (i.e. bed to chair, chair to bed, chair to commode, and wheelchair to car).
* Use of transfer equipment and devices and assisting with lifting transfers, i.e. Hoyer.
* Assist client in taking their medication.

[Dennis Nord]

Looks like a great line up. I think SCORE's service is so valuable to anyone thinking of starting their own business or already in one and foundering on their own. A friend of mine went to them and even though he and his business were on opposite sides of a major environmental issue, the advice he got was very valuable and set him on a new track. Also he got feedback that his arguments gained some traction with one person hard set against them!

[Jim]

Very cool list, Don. I like the combination of community service and corporate recruiters. Should be a great job fair.

[Don Lubach]

I'm still getting kind notes from our employers. We just heard from Casa Dorinda about the positions they'd like to fill in the days, weeks, months ahead. We'll get to meet their Human Resources Director, Laura Thomas.


Description of your company: Retirement Community

Description of the position or positions you’d like to fill: Payroll Coordinator, Licensed Nurse (Night Shift), CNA (Night Shift), On-Call Receptionist, Physical Therapist and Physical Therapy Assistant (on-call and part-time).