GSS Job Stormers Job Search Support Group
When: Thursday, September 17th 2026, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Location: Virtual
Calling all current graduate students graduating in December 2026 and all Elliott graduate alumni!Are you struggling to navigate your job search? Join Job Stormers, our Elliott School Alumni support group! Through a series of evocative group discussions and group coaching, you will walk away with foundational tools to help you launch your career, culminating in an exclusive Job Fair. In Job Stormers, you will learn from GSS career coaches and each other to develop a plan that helps you achieve your career ambitions. If these services appeal to you, we invite you to register. Register ASAP! Limited spots are available. You must commit to all six group sessions and four career buddy sessions. The registration deadline is Monday, September 14, 2026.Support Group Session Frequency (6 Bi-Weekly Meetings):
TH 9/17 @ 4:30pm - 5:30pm ET - Opening Session: Meet the Stormers & Networking
TH 10/1 @ 4:30pm - 5:30pm ET - Job Search & Career Development Strategies
TH 10/15 @ 4:30pm - 5:30pm ET - Documents! (Resumes & Cover Letters)
TH 10/29 @ 4:30pm - 5:30pm ET - Interviewing Strategies: A Group Mock Interview
TH 11/12 @ 4:30pm - 5:30pm ET - Stormers Summary & Guest Alumna, Kate Ross
TH 12/3 @ 4:00pm - 6:00pm ET - Closing Session: The Exclusive Stormers Job Fair
Career Buddy Session Frequency (4 Bi-Weekly Meetings):
TH 9/24 @ 4:30pm - 5:30pm ET - Balance Wheel of Life Assessment & Goal Setting (Pairs)
TH 10/8 @ 4:30pm - 5:30pm ET - Job Analysis & Help Wanted Pitch Contest (Quads & Triads)
TH 10/22 @ 4:30pm - 5:30pm ET - Peer Mentoring - Career Documents Analysis (Quads & Triads)
TH 11/5 @ 4:30pm - 5:30pm ET - Peer Mock Interviewing (Pairs)
What is Job Stormers?Job Stormers is a Support Group that helps graduate students and alumni overcome issues affecting their job hunt, culminating in an exclusive Job Fair. The support group setting provides each Stormer with a private sounding board, alleviating stress through the unconditional positive regard and care offered by the group. Each Stormer walks away understanding the critical techniques of career development, mastering the job application and interview processes, and hopefully finding themselves with a new job or closer to that successful outcome.