Mark Powell will soon be retired as an Army Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserves. He also works as a Financial Adviser for Edward Jones Investments and over the past 12 years have built a successful business in St Charles. His skills as an adept planner and building a business are the same skills which can be used in the job hunt - "prospecting".

When Mark left active duty Army and plunged into the civilian world, he was without a plan or a clear idea of what he wanted to do. He experience hopelessness and despair during his two years of unemployment. After meeting many people over the past several years that were going through a similar unemployment experience, and observing what they we're doing and not doing, Mark defined actionable steps for the job hunt to instill HOPE into one's job search journey. His presentation is full of ideas and "actionable" steps to unstall your job hunt and put some teeth to successful, daily activities.

To Be Announced

Steven Provenzano is the published author of seven career books including Top Secret Executive Resumes and Top Secret Resumes & Cover Letters. He is a CPRW, Certified Professional Resume Writer, and President of ECS: Executive Career Services and DeskTop Publishing, Inc., with more than 8000 clients in all 50 states and dozens of countries overseas. He has appeared numerous times on CNBC, CNN, WGN, NBC-5 and ABC-7 in Chicago and on numerous radio programs. Steve earned his BA Degree in Journalism from NIU in DeKalb, IL, and his work is endorsed by Chicago Tribune career columnist Lindsey Novak. He has 20 years in career marketing, a year of corporate recruiting, and has written more than 4000 resumes. His books are endorsed by top executives from Motorola, Coca-Cola and other firms.

The program and the networking are ideal for those who are unemployed, under-employed or just looking for a new employment opportunity.  The large majority of new jobs are found through networking, and participants are eager to help each other find the right contact to land a new position.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Fellowship Hall
1145 N. 5th Avenue
St. Charles, IL

Meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. and are free to all.

February 13 & 27
March 12 & 26
April 9 & 23

The Tri-City Unemployment Group (TUG) is an ongoing volunteer-based program formed in October 2001 to address the needs of the unemployed and under employed in the Tri-Cities area. One-on-one guidance is offered by TUG steering committee representatives. Job postings are available through TUG’s electronic newsletter.

For more information about TUG, contact Director Mary Pat Dechant at (630) 631-1871 or email info@tricityug.org.