North Coast Job Seekers is a job search support group for professionals in transition or those who are currently employed but seeking new career options. We provide tools, tips, resources, techniques and networking opportunities to help maximize a job search. If in transition, or want to explore new career options, we encourage attending North Coast Job Seekers meetings.

"North Coast" refers to the geographic region of NE Ohio, particularly the metropolitan Cleveland area (which is on the shores of Lake Erie, hence the "North Coast" of the U.S.). However the resources available here are offered to any who might benefit from them.

Are you a job seeker?

Are you considering a career move?

Are you looking for experienced help?

ALL ARE WELCOME AT NCJS

Join us for our next Monday night meeting. No prerequisites and no applications. All you need is a willingness and openness to receive skilled help wherever you are in the search process.

All volunteer led

No cost yet priceless

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NEXT MONDAY NIGHT MEETING

Monday, December 8, 2025

7:30 – 9:00pm EDT
[online meeting room will open at 7:15pm]

North Coast Job Seekers Meeting

Make the Holidays the Best Time for Job Search

Speaker: Mark Gonska

70% of Job Seekers think no one gets hired between Thanksgiving and New Years
FALSE
Everyone is too busy for networking during the Holidays
FALSE
All the important people are on vacation
FALSE
If most of the other job seekers have gone into hibernation... YOU should too. 
DEFINITELY FALSE

Events, family gatherings, and holiday parties can actually yield job offers. Learn how a robust networking plan can fit while wearing your Christmas tie. Gonska has a super-secret hack on overcoming unemployment embarrassment in the HO, HO, HO.

MARK GONSKA is an Executive Coach who has assisted thousands of individuals in career acceleration. Mark is the career accelerator who loves to demystify “what do I really want to do next?” and “how do I move forward in my career?” His unmatched relationships with clients and candidates are built on candor and commitment to address problems head-on and solve them. He’s action-oriented in all roles: teacher, mentor, and coach.

Mark’s personal trainer approach to coaching: “You can have excuses or results, not both.” He is living proof you can create a great new chapter in your career.
 
Passionate about strategic coaching, he has helped clients advance, obtain new positions, and explore other career or entrepreneurial options. Mark is recognized as a master coach on leadership development. He has substantial experience with group projects—throughout the United States. Mark brings a significant network of contacts from business, industry and not-for-profit organizations. His background includes international marketing and product management positions in a Fortune 200 corporation, participating in the successful start-up and development of a technology-based company. He holds a BA in Communications from Bowling Green State University (Ohio) and has completed additional human resources study at Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio). Mark is certified in several assessment protocols.
 
Mark has been a member of the Board of Trustees for the local Society for Human Resource Management. In addition to being a nationally certified professional resume writer, he contributed to the book, The Five O’Clock Club Guide to Building a Great Resume. He has presented hundreds of webinars, podcasts, and public addresses. Mark hosts a weekly television show, “Job Hunt Cleveland.”

UPCOMING MONDAY MEETINGS

Use this link to join our virtual meetings with video
from your computer, tablet, or smartphone:

NCJS ZOOM MEETING CONNECTION

see information below about downloading Zoom app/program
it is NOT required to download the app -- Zoom can run from your browser
 

Or dial in using your phone:

NCJS ZOOM MEETING ONE-TAP PHONE CONNECTION

or dial manually:
(646) 558-8656     Access Code:  8197-6352-173#

Our Library is continually expanding, so check back frequently for new resources. The collection includes articles, presentations, and practical examples of tools that will assist in your job search.  You will also find presentations from NCJS meetings so you can review or see the materials if you missed the gathering.

NCJS Job Search Process
Road Map

The NCJS Job Search Process Road Map is the core of our approach to career transition.  The downloadable document in our Resource Library outlines each of the three major waypoints on the road map.  It is important to note that the Road Map is not a simple
1-2-3 step method.  Rather, it is more organic and dynamic – the steps lead to one another, and in the end lead back to the beginning.  It is easier than it sounds, is more intuitive, and is more effective than a "do this list of things and you'll land your dream job" approach.  This is our Road Map for guiding us through the next career move in ways that use our best gifts, skills, passions, and experiences to our advantage.

Use the link below to download a pdf version of the Road Map:

If you're not part of the online discussions, job leads, and networking with NCJS, join the NCJS LinkedIn Group now to expand your job search resources.

The twice monthly meetings of North Coast Job Seekers is supplemented by an active LinkedIn Group. This rich forum includes relevant discussion topics, job postings, and networking opportunities. Click on the LinkedIn logo to visit the group page.

If you are looking for job opportunities or have a position to share with the NCJS membership, we invite you to participate in the NCJS LinkedIn group.  All of our job postings are handled in our NCJS LinkedIn group.  For more information about the LinkedIn group and details of how to post a job opportunity, click this link.

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