DOING GOOD In what one observer calls a “miracle” of cooperation, churches in some of Dallas”s plushest sectors have formed the Interfaith Job Search Council, offering help to the white-collar unemployed. Twenty churches take turns hosting the Saturday morning sessions, which are open to the public and include pep talks, mock interviews, and intensive networking.
Those attending include ex-bankers. S&L executives, and developers, most of them casualties of the real estate and oil slumps, corporate takeovers, and merger mania. “For some of these people, it’s a long fall,” says management and career consultant DON WILLIAMS, an Interfaith supporter.
In a session we attended. KLIF talk-show host LYNN WEISS lifted spirits in the posh sanctuary of Highland Park Presbyterian Church, while EUNICE NEWTON, a recruiter for the law firm Strasberger & Price, drilled the audience on résumé writing.
“What I see here are people receiving quality service for nothing. It’s the kind of advice and instruction that many pay big money for,” says Williams.
Why the devotional settings for these meetings? “When people hurt, they go to church,’1 says volunteer joe LANG.
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