Getting started

Start by meeting the group, sharing your career goals, and discovering how you can support each other. This first session builds trust and helps you feel at home from day one.

Meeting guide

⬇️ Download the meeting guide here.

📆 Time: [Find a time] (3 hours recommended)

📌 Aim: Get to know each other and agree on how to work together effectively.

✏️ Preparation: (20 min)

• Everyone: Read this text, and have a look at the mapping wheel.

• Facilitator: Read this text and invite everyone to the first meeting.

💬 Agenda: (2-3 hours)

1. Presentation round (20 min): Present yourself. For example:

   1. Your name, your background and what kind of job you’re looking for.

   2. Your strangest hobby or interest. 

   3. One thing you’ve done, which you are really proud of.

2. Discussion (40 min): Discuss what you need and how you can contribute:

   1. Based on the mapping wheel, what do you need to land a relevant job?

   2. How can the job network contribute, and what do you hope to gain?

   3. What can you contribute with to the network and the other participants?

3. Discussion (20 min): How can the network best meet everyone’s needs?

4. Planning (20 min): Figure out the practicalities of the job network. For example:

   1. Find a fixed meeting time and place and send calendar invites for all sessions.

   2. 5-9 people is the ideal size. Should you recruit more? Or split the network in two?

5. Tips and challenges (40 min, if time): Everyone shares one concrete challenge they have met as a job seeker, and one thing that has worked really well.

6. Finalisation (10 min): Go through the next steps and plan the next meeting.

🚀 Next steps: (3-5 hours)

• Make a draft of the action plan for job seeking based on your status and needs.

• Get familiarized with Sammen om en jobb’s digital platform and member benefits.

• Prepare for the next meeting.