One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. - Arthur Ashe
Our Background
The St. Catherine’s Support Circle is one of the faith-based missions of The Parish of St. Catherine of Siena and St. Agnes. We were founded to help parishioners navigate the employment challenges of the 2009 recession. We’ve evolved over the years and currently provide support programs for job seekers and encourage participation by both job seekers and those interested in providing their advice and support.
The SCSC steering committee includes professionals who have experience in diverse areas including human resources, executive search, career coaching, clinical career counseling, general management, education, marketing, public relations, finance, accounting and IT. If you have similar experience, and would be interested in joining your fellow professionals on the committee, we welcome you to attend one of our monthly SCSC meetings to speak to one of our steering committee members.
Upcoming Meetings
THE PROBLEM WITH NETWORKING
(and How Your Experience Can Solve it.)
Zoom Presentation Thursday, September 17, 2026 – 7 to 8:15PM
We’re not in the job market very long before we hear We need to Network.
The word is introduced without much ceremony as if we are supposed to know what it is and how we do it. The problem is that networking does mean more than one thing. Some networking is exactly what we need to do. And some is useless if not downright harmful --- to our progress and our effectiveness in the job market. Networking can be a problem or opportunity.
Join New York City-based career coach Win Sheffield and SCSC meeting Chair Jim Wills for this fall’s inaugural meeting. We will investigate simple techniques to assist the people we network with to hear what we have to offer, in a way that is attar
ctive to them, and effective for us. Target topics in this interactive session include:
- How to be clear on the kinds of networking you are doing
- How to select your best experiences to share
- How to make past experiences relevant in new jobs
- The five main components of a story
- How non-work stories can be relevant
- How to use stories in networking and interviews
RSVP required. Please respond by Tuesday, September 15 to meeting co-chair Michelle Bucaria at
Participants are encouraged to bring your best working stories to share.
