Refunds should have been received

The registration refund to your credit card should have appeared. The decision to cancel the event was made Thursday evening, November 5th. The Eventbrite refund to my own credit card showed up dated November 6th.

If you haven't seen your refund on your next monthly statement, let me know.

Last ditch effort

To be completely honest, this event is perilously close to being canceled for lack of participation. You have shown faith in the event by registering. We thank you for that.

Unfortunately, we need this event to break even and with the current registrations, that is not possible.

We'll take Thursday to give it one more try to gather enough registrations. There are a couple of networking events the organizers will be attending to help spread the word.

You can help by getting two people to sign up.

If they won't be able to participate, we'd like to understand why. We'll do a survey to gather information in our event review. It could help make planning for an event like this in the future successful.

If we do cancel, the notification will be sent out after 9:00 PM Thursday.

We appreciate your help in this effort.

On behalf of the all volunteer organizing committee,

Steve Sherlock


Register for LaidOff Camp Attleboro/Providence here

Job Help is on the Way

Two days to mark your calendar for next week:

1 - Wednesday, Nov 5th

The United Regional Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with Living Waters Church, is sponsoring Employment Workshops and a Job Fair on Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Living Waters Church, 15 John L. Dietsch Blvd., North Attleborough. Companies that are actively hiring, as well as representatives from educational facilities, will be at the event.

Do you or someone you know need to sharpen your job search skills? Then you are welcome to attend this free event!

The following workshops will be offered in two sessions (10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.) and (11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.):
          * Ten Tips for the Tongue Tied
          * Interview Tips for the Non-Salesperson
          * Develop a Marketing Plan for Your Job Search
          * 10 Most Common Interview Mistakes

Need a resume? We can help you prepare your resume and print it on the spot.


2 - Saturday, November 7th

Register for LaidOff Camp Attleboro/Providence here

Register now, please!

There is no such thing as a free lunch! The economic wisdom of TANSTAAFL is well known and accepted. Someone needs to pay directly or indirectly.

Your LaidOff Camp Attleboro/Providence is a perfect example of this. The facility to hold this event costs money. The Living Waters Church has been very gracious in providing a very aggressive price for this event, especially because of the cause and their desire to help.

If we could hold this out in some open space that would be one thing but the nature of the discussions and presentations require something to cover us from the elements (nevermind this wonderfully unpredictable New England weather!)

So you get to contribute and sponsor this event with your $10 registration fee. By the time the Eventbrite and credit card processing fees are subtracted from the $10, the team ends up with 8 dollars and change. This is budgeted to cover the facility and refreshments for up to 200 folks.

There is flexibility in the budget if we don't need refreshments for 200 but we still need to cover the facility fee. Hence, the plea for your registration before the event. We will need to make a go/no-go call around mid-week.

The team is composed of volunteers contributing their time and effort for this worthy event. We can't afford to sponsor this from our pockets. Most of us have been looking for work for sometime. We are in the same boat as you are.

You can help make this event a success in two ways:
1 - register early
2 - be an active participant when you arrive

You should leave with more knowledge about the job search, more connections and hopefully an extra dose of confidence to add the spring to the next step in your job search.

All this for $10!

Can you get a better deal elsewhere?

Register for LaidOff Camp Attleboro/Providence here


Note: a full accounting of the event budget will be made available to all.

LaidOff Camp Registration

The registration is now open.

Your cost - $10.

Why $10? The small charge covers the facility fee and provides for some refreshments during the afternoon.

Your benefit -

“LaidOff Camp participants will not only acquire dozens of new LinkedIn connections. More importantly, they will share experiences and ideas with their peers, make potentially valuable new contacts and refine their job search skills. And at the end of the day they’ll return home more confident and motivated to pursue new opportunities.”

Note: The capacity of the event we are planning for is 200.