[IN-PERSON] Monday Job Seekers Connection: Job Search Without Burning Out

Start your week with a community of other job seekers who support, encourage, motivate, and learn from each other through their job searches. Job Seekers Connection energizes and inspires participants by sharing valuable strategies and techniques from professional career coaches, recruiters, and Human Resources representatives.

This week's presenter: Caitlin Gillooly

Topic: Job Search Without Burning Out: Building a Sustainable Routine

Job searching is one of the most emotionally demanding things a person can do — and most advice out there ignores that completely. In this 90-minute session, workforce development professional and Cole Resource Center's Workforce Coordinator Caitlin Gillooly will share practical strategies for building a job search routine that is realistic, energizing, and sustainable. You'll leave with tools for protecting your mental health, managing rejection, and keeping your search moving — plus a brief introduction to the free programs and services available through the Cole Resource Center.

About the presenter:

Caitlin Gillooly is a strategy and operations leader turned workforce development professional, with a background in e-commerce, consulting, and AI. After a career at companies including 1stdibs, Thrasio, and Wayfair, Caitlin made a deliberate pivot toward more meaningful work — which led her to the Cole Resource Center. There she found exactly what she hadn't known she needed: a peer-based, judgment-free space to navigate her job search in the context of her whole life, not just her resume.

Caitlin currently serves as Workforce Program Coordinator and Allston-Brighton Workforce Specialist at the Cole Resource Center. She holds an MBA from Tuck at Dartmouth and a BA in Psychology from Harvard.

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