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Jobs Café Project
24 May 2023
This project aims to help job seekers better prepare themselves in applying for positions and navigating subsequent interviews.
The “Jobs Café” concept (there is no physical Jobs Café!) evolved at Hopes Café, Clayton Church, Beulah Park as a response to:
the significant number of those visitors who were demoralised by constant rejection in their efforts to secure work.
the recognition that in our community the establishment and maintenance of a person’s dignity is tied to being employed.
The project began as a stand-alone exercise in late August 2019. To date:
there are 787 job-seeking registrants (people from diverse cultures, refugees, migrants, homeless persons, those differently-abled, men and women, old and young…)
308 have secured positions
a cohort of 597 supporters (my employment contact network, which includes members of the marvellous Circle of Friends Association), all contributing at various levels.
The Jobs Café is not a Job Agency per sae… its networks are used to identify opportunities and it encourages and assists the job seeker in pursuing and securing them. It is independent, purely voluntary and informal in its activity: there is no external funding of Jobs Café and no connection with the bureaucracy….it simply seeks to help in this particular area of community need.
Activity is now largely based at:
Cibo, The Avenues Shopping Centre corner of Payneham Road and Nelson Street, Stepney and
Good Social Café, 307 Wright Street, in Adelaide City.
Each new job seeker is asked to join the Coordinator for a free coffee and a chat. This face to face meeting is important in establishing trust and reducing risk for all involved as we work together in pursuing employment opportunities.
Finally, for those seeking to participate and tap into what is being offered there is only one simple requisite: “Just walk through the virtual door of Jobs Café” and contact: Peter Habel, Founder/ Coordinator, email: jobscafe2021@gmail.com Linked in: Peter Habel | LinkedIn
Anyone willing to become a supporter of this Jobs Café project, feel free to contact Peter for more information.
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