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Monday, July 27, 2026

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

North Coast Job Seekers Meeting

Career Direction & Goal Setting

Speaker: Sarah Beveridge

Sarah Beveridge serves with the United Labor Agency and OhioMeansJobs, helping Clevelanders clarify career direction and set achievable goals. A creative, dreamer, and proud nerd, she blends empathy with practical tools—résumé strategy, focused search plans, and accountability habits—to turn uncertainty into momentum. She’s passionate about purpose-driven work and community impact.

Meeting Host & Facilitator: Terese McGroarty

NCJS Advisory Board Member | See her bio here

Monday, August 10, 2026

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

North Coast Job Seekers Meeting

Job Search Troubleshooting

Facilitator: Terese McGroarty

Join with other job seekers and a team of experienced advisors in our NCJS Job Search Troubleshooting Meeting to address issues YOU are facing in your job search.

• The job market is getting more and more competitive.

• No one responds even though you've sent your resume everywhere!

• You're not getting interviews.

• Your experience doesn't fit the jobs that are out there.

• You're feeling discouraged, frustrated, and scared.

Bring it on! NCJS Troubleshooting Meetings are a place to bring your isssues to get some help, guidance, and tools from our advisors and other job seekers. Don't do it alone. We are here to help, and EVERYONE is welcome.

Meeting Facilitator: Terese McGroarty

NCJS Advisory Board Member | See her bio here

Monday, August 24, 2026

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

North Coast Job Seekers Meeting

Rethink the Resume:

Don't Let AI Make You Average

Speaker: Annette Garsteck

Join with other job seekers and a team of experienced advisors in our NCJS Job Search Troubleshooting Meeting to address issues YOU are facing in your job search.

AI has changed résumé writing forever.

Today, nearly every job seeker has access to the same exact tools to write, edit, and customize their résumé. The result? Hiring managers are seeing more polished résumés than ever before... and more that sound exactly alike.

In this practical session, Master Professional Career Coach and former Fortune 50 hiring manager Annette Garsteck shares how to use AI as a powerful assistant without allowing it to erase what differentiates you. You'll learn how to avoid sounding the same as everyone else, showcase your unique value, and create a résumé that clearly shows your impact.

If you are actively job searching or preparing for your next career move, you'll leave with practical strategies for using AI wisely and creating a résumé that opens doors.

Because the goal isn't to have the best AI-generated résumé. It's to have the résumé that gets you called for an interview.

Annette Garsteck is a Master Professional Career Coach (MPCC), Senior Professional Résumé Writer (SPRW), author, and former Fortune 50 hiring manager who has helped professionals navigate career transitions, earn promotions, and land opportunities they once thought were out of reach.

Drawing on her experience reviewing thousands of résumés and hiring top talent, Annette teaches professionals how to stand out in today's AI-driven job market without losing the authenticity and unique value that makes them memorable. Her practical, engaging presentations combine insider hiring insights with actionable strategies audiences can immediately apply.

Annette is the founder of Annette Garsteck Career Consulting, author of Own Your Career: Take Control + Accelerate Your Professional Growth, and co-host of Exposing the Hidden Reality. Her career expertise has been recognized by and featured in Influence & Digest, SUCCESS Magazine, Fast Company, and the BBC.

Meeting Host & Facilitator: Jean Gagné

NCJS Advisory Board Member | See his bio here

These are previous topics, speakers, and resources North Coast Job Seekers provided for its members. The first meeting of each month (on the Second Monday) is ordinarily a Networking Meeting.  The other monthly meeting involves a speaker and presentation. Join us in future meetings to sharpen your job seeking skills, interact with well-connected professionals, and learn from some of the North Coast's best job skill leaders.