ART LESSONS
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Award winning SunDust Gallery & Art Center in Gilbert offering private art lessons in Drawing, Painting, Batik, Collage, and Clay. Certified artist instructors teach beginning to advanced students ages 6 and up in a safe, inspiring environment.
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207 E. Williams Field Rd., Ste. 102 Gilbert, AZ 85295
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CLEANING SERVICES
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Low prices. Serving the East Valley for 10 years! Prompt, courteous service
$15/hr using your supplies or $17/hr w/our cleaning supplies
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House Cleaning
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Gutter Cleaning
Pressure Washing: Houses, Driveways, Garages & Patios
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Established in 1989
Owner Operated
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PROFESSIONAL HOUSE CLEANING SERVICE
35years Experience – 20years in the Valley Free Estimates
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Move-out cleaning services available. All work done by non-smoking, meticulous owner. Call Shirley 480-433-4945
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Move a wall; turn a door into a window. From small jobs and repairs to room additions, I do it all.
Precision interior painting, carpentry, drywall, tile, windows, doors, skylights, electrical, fans, plumbing and more.
All trades done by hands-on General Contractor. Friendly, artistic, intelligent, honest and affordable.
40 years’ experience.
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ALL PRO TREE SERVICE, LLC
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Grinding, Monthly Landscape Maintenance, Full Yard Clean Ups, Palm Trees, Deep Root Fertilization, Irrigation, Etc.
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Clean-ups, hauling, installation, sprinkler repair, tree care, painting, handyman, etc.
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PET SERVICES
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Lots of TLC while you are on vacation or putting in long days at work
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POOL SERVICES
AS LOW AS $60/MONTH FOR POOL SERVICE
Drain, fill & acid wash - $150 for most pools
We do repairs too.
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MARIANSCAPE LLC
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Career Connectors helps get people back to work
BY LYNETTE CARRINGTON
After staying home to raise her children, Sheila Coulam wanted to re-enter the workforce and return to her professional career.
Four years ago she found success with the help of Career Connectors. The nonprofit offers assistance with resumes and job interviews, presents keynote speakers and a chance to network and learn about companies that are hiring in the Valley. The organization also encourages its members and attendees to network to find that next job opportunity.
“They have a lot of speakers that tell you how to job search, Coulam says. “You can Google all that, but it’s different when you have a person telling you their story and their experience.”
She also liked that she could practice her networking skills in a relaxed environment. Coulam credits those skills she learned through Career Connectors in landing a job within her own circle of connections at SEO Services as an account manager and then as director of operations.
come to our events and return to our events because it is a significant place of resources and hope in their careers.”
While she was with Intel, Pierce was charged with training, organizational development and human resources. She travelled the world for Intel University.
“I got to work with leaders and executive staff on their teams, revamping their teams and helping them to produce better results,” explains Pierce.
She left Intel in 2007 to run a staffing agency servicing land development and real estate clients. In 2009, the bottom fell out of the real estate market and the business closed.
The job market has been a rollercoaster for many people like Coulam in the Valley over the past several years, which is why one enterprising Chandler resident and former Intel executive took her skill set and put it to good use through her church by founding Career Connectors. The organization launched in 2010 and received its 501(c)(3) status in 2012.
“In the last five and a half years Career Connectors has served 11,000 Valley residents and in the East Valley we’ve served at least 5,000,” says Jessica Pierce, Career Connectors founder.
“The way we help others is through connections, resources and hope. People
“At the same time, my husband had been laid off three times in six months,” Pierce says. “Both of us were literally not working.”
Pierce grappled with returning to a corporate job or doing something else. She briefly took a contract job as a trainer with the U.S. Census when it had a Valley office.
“I went to Central Christian Church and said, ‘Can I volunteer and help people that need some resume assistance?’” Pierce says.
“They said, ‘Yes! Oh my gosh, people are calling us every day.’”
Pierce’s husband was confused about her wanting to volunteer during a financially trying time. She began assisting people with their resumes once a week at Central Christian in Gilbert and then expanded that to two nights a month in the Gilbert church and two nights in its Mesa church.
“About two months into that, we were having 20 or 30 people showing up. We were helping them write resumes, bringing in speakers and this thing just started happening,” Pierce adds.
Cal Jernigan, the senior pastor of Central Christian Church, called Pierce and asked if she would appear on stage at services and discuss her volunteer work. He wanted to give the congregation an idea of what it was like to serve.
The day after the services, more than 250 people lined up around the church asking for job-related assistance.
“As it continued to grow, I tried to figure out the best way to serve more people and that was turning it into a nonprofit and connecting with other churches in the Valley,” adds Pierce. What began as a service to the church became a service to the community and monthly meetings are open to anyone. The nonprofit meets each month at Central Christian Church in Gilbert on the fourth Tuesday, Highlands Church in Scottsdale on the second Thursday and North Phoenix Baptist Church in Phoenix on the first Wednesday, but sometimes the schedule varies. There is no charge to attend.
Coulam’s job is winding down since her employer is shifting focus and Coulam is job searching with Career Connectors once again.
“The other big thing Career Connectors did for me was that I stepped in to volunteer and that gave me confidence
in my own skills,” Coulam explains about previously managing the Gilbert location of Career Connectors.
During each Career Connectors meeting each month participants listen to a keynote speaker for 45 minutes who covers a job search topic. Representatives from a handful of employers that are hiring will also be on site to speak about their companies, available jobs and corporate culture.
“Our target market is the professional level positions,” notes Pierce.
Some of the companies that have attended past Career Connectors include Charles Schwab, Insight, GM IT Innovation Center, Verizon Wireless, PayPal and Infusionsoft.
“We require for those companies to have 10 or more professional level jobs to come out,” Pierce explains.
Now, Pierce’s primary job is running Career Connectors and she also handles hiring and staffing of churches and faithbased nonprofit organizations.
The March Career Connectors meeting is from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, at Central Christian Church’s Student Center at 965 E. Germann Rd., Gilbert. Visit www.careerconnectors.org for a full schedule and information.
Founder of nonprofit organization Career Connectors, Jessica Pierce has found her calling by creating a nonprofit that helps people find jobs and sharpen their networking and interviewing skills. Submitted photo
Career Connectors’ next meeting in Gilbert will be held 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, at Central Christian Church, Gilbert Campus Student Center. Submitted photo
