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ILRAA A2A Network. Shawn Lancaster, Co-Chair (MILR 2002) Maria Sekas-Krum, Co-Chair BSILR 1984 Rick Lustig, Core Team Member (BSILR 1981) Cindy Stamer, Core Team Member 1/11/10. Overview of A2A Network. Stated Need Most difficult labor market in over 30 years
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ILRAA A2A Network Shawn Lancaster, Co-Chair (MILR 2002) Maria Sekas-Krum, Co-Chair BSILR 1984 Rick Lustig, Core Team Member (BSILR 1981) Cindy Stamer, Core Team Member 1/11/10
Overview of A2A Network • Stated Need • Most difficult labor market in over 30 years • Alum in HR, Legal, Labor have all been severely impacted, particularly on the East Coast (NYC) and California • Mission • “To foster mutually beneficial relationships among alumni to help manage individual career transitions, perpetuate executive-level success and establish a strong sense of community among alumni with 5+ years of work experience.” • Board Sponsors • Maria Sekas-Krum (Co-Chair), Dean Burrell, Don Zinn, Esta Bigler, Amber Gilbert, Dale Bernstein and Robert Ostrov • Volunteer Project Management and Matching • Shawn Lancaster (Co-Chair), Rick Lustig, Cindy Stamer
Current Status • Territory • Boston/MA corridor to Central New Jersey • Including RI, CT and NY state • Current Participants • 12 Alums in Transition • 5 found positions • Assigning current participants up to 3 coaches if they ask • 67 Coaches • Request full participation of ILR Board Members • Don’t have the resources to spend hours recruiting coaches • Training of participants and coaches may be needed • $ Benefit - Increasing Membership count - ILR Alumni Association
Oct 26th NYC Wine Tasting SuccessfulWill repeat! • Over 90 Registered for the Networking/Wine Tasting • 75 Attended • Low cost due to donated wine and alumni free meeting space. Future Events: Wednesday March 24th NYC Networking/Wine Tasting Midtown location 5:30 to 8pm March 9th White Plains, NY Breakfast with Westchester/Fairfield chapter at offices of Jackson, Lewis.
Future Expansion Plans • Criteria for Expansion • Area with substantial alums in transition • At least 8 coaches and minimum of 1 active alum point-person • Need resources to effectively match and administer • Have no volunteers to support expansion-need help! • This limits us to current geography • Need help identifying participants in need of service • Will coaches be willing to give 100 minutes to support 3 people on the phone or in person? • Request increased budget for next fiscal year
ILR Board Support • Register as coaches and support alums in transition • Attend March 24 NYC Networking and Wine Tasting Event To register: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/alumni/events/ • RSVP by March 19th Minimal cost to ILRAA Members • Attend March 9th Westchester/Fairfield White Plains Breakfast • Support from Regional ILRAA Heads and Chapter Chairs • Support from Dean Katz, ILR Alumni Board, Christopher Crooker, Regina Duffey Moravek and Sara Edwards. • Encourage Alums in your Areas/Regions to post job openings in the ILR Alumni Bulletin-distributed weekly.