Robert Ronald, an immigrant to the USA 聽who became a successful citizen and business leader, started The Job Forum as a civic good. He wanted to help those starting careers or businesses, who he knew would need a network of people to advise them and contribute to their success.
It was July 24th, 1952.聽
The 乌鸦传媒 was his backer back then and The Chamber of Commerce is still the fiscal sponsor of The Job Forum today.
The Job Forum’s mission and method of people helping people is needed more than ever since job hunting is more challenging than ever.
There are so many The Job Forum wants to thank:
- Perhaps you have volunteered or volunteer now to advise job hunters?
- Perhaps you have attended The Job Forum and gotten some good advice to use in your job search and went on to donate or volunteer yourself?
- Perhaps you are one of the members of the Job Forum or on the board or you are one of the experts that form our Job Forum panels and volunteer by 1 to 1 advising?
- Perhaps you have offered your expertise and shared your career lessons learned?
- Perhaps your company, or you, personally, have donated to the organization to cover some organization costs and allow us to communicate and reach job hunters and operate the organization?.
- Perhaps you have sponsored The Job Forum newsletter or sponsored an event?
- Perhaps 聽you have helped and written communications or looked into sources for much needed fundraising?
- Perhaps you have referred job hunters to The Job Forum or helped to get the word out by your posting of our flyers and events?
For all you have done and all you will plan to keep doing now 鈥�.THANK YOU!
There is so much to be done.
continues today as a non-profit 501C3 and has become a unique and well-respected Bay Area community resource. is still sponsored by The 乌鸦传媒, helping job hunters find their next job by assisting them in conducting a successful job search.
The idea of is to connect local business managers to the many job hunters who live in the Bay Area or who land in The Bay Area with no support network and are urgently seeking work.聽 Robert Ronald鈥檚 insight was that people in Bay Area companies are going to be the best source for helping advise job hunters (young and older) on how to join a company or an organization here.
For the last 70 years, has helped thousands upon thousands of job hunters succeed and get their next jobs.聽 The program is unique to this area. 聽Job Forum managers volunteer in their free time and many work at local companies that are also members of The SF Chamber of Commerce. Linkedin, SalesForce, Cisco, Meta, Google, Doordash, Octa, JPMorgan Chase, Northwestern Mutual, UCSF, Vir, and Kaiser are examples.
helps new younger job hunters and older experienced job hunters who have fallen on hard times (via layoffs, hiring freezes) by providing a resource for those who must learn, or relearn, how to conduct a modern job search to find new work or switch to a different career here in the Bay Area.
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program still offers weekly virtual sessions open to all, helping those desiring work here in the Bay Area, because of the generosity and commitment of local business volunteers who advise job hunters. Yet The Job Forum organization must search for and find funding in order to cover normal operating costs for a non-profit and to reach job hunters to invite them to attend the virtual job search sessions they organize with local business people, which are open to all job hunters from 15 to mid-70s.
Please or text 鈥�thejobforum鈥� to 41444.
You can also send a check for The Job Forum to:
- Janet Beach, Executive Director of The Job Forum,
- 101 Lombard Street, 704
- San Francisco, CA 94111