Valerie Plis is a Master Certified Career Coach, Strengths Coach, founder of the Job Search Ministry Network, and author and developer of the One Critical Day job search program. She has over 20 years experience in Human Resources including Employee Relations, Training & Development, and Career Planning & Development. Valerie spent 14 years with a career development firm where she served as Vice President until her resignation in January of 2009. Valerie has presented nationally on the area of assessments, authentic vocation, and job-search mechanics for state and national organizations such as the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals, National Rehabilitation Association, Project SEARCH, Transition Conference, various professional associations, local job search support groups, and many more!
In 2009, Valerie started the Job Search Ministry Network, a Christian-based organization with a mission to equip churches to minister to the physical, spiritual, and technical needs of the unemployed and underemployed. The foundation of this serious job search program is the One Critical Day and Pursuit Network. This ministerial outreach offers first-rate career coaching, increases faith, hope and confidence in the job seeker, and promotes a healthy spirit and attitude during the job transition.
The Job Search Ministry Network is a leading resource for leadership training, expert career-related resources, and ongoing support needed to start a job search ministry that will help the job seeker engage in a successful job search and achieve serious results faster, and will have a positive impact in your church and community!
Achiever | Relator | Competition | Activator | Maximizer
Contact Valerie at: (513) 934-2955 or ValeriePlis at JobSearchMinistry.com
Our Faith Career Advisors
Tessa O'Neal has over 10 years broad marketplace experience in consulting, recruiting and training with for-profit and non-profit organizations. She helps unemployed, underemployed and unhappily employed people discover their unique strengths and create practical plans that transform their obstacles into opportunities. As a Strategic Maximizer, she partners with jobseekers to pinpoint specific challenges and come up with the best solutions to generate serious results. She specializes in Strategic Job Search Techniques, Resume Development, Interview Coaching, and Salary Negotiation. Tessa is a Certified Faith Career Advisor and leads a job search ministry at New Hope Ministries in Colerain Township, Ohio.
Strategic | Maximizer | Relator | Deliberative | Self-Assurance
Contact Tessa at: TessaONeal at JobSearchMinistry.com
Chamina Smith is founder and CEO of HR By Design, a human resources consulting firm. She is also a faculty member of Miami University where she teaches courses on Business and Management. She has over 18 years of experience in staffing, coaching and educating employees and managers for optimal performance. Chamina helps individuals define their unique strengths, form new possibilities and realize their true potential so they can live life at maximum capacity. She is passionate about connecting the dots of past experiences to create a more meaningful career that is challenging, engaging and utilizes each person’s distinct gifts, talents and abilities. Chamina is a Faith Career Advisor at the Princeton Pike Job Search Ministry and Indiana Wesleyan University in Liberty Township, Ohio.
Connectedness | Learner | Maximizer | Relator | Individualization
Contact Chamina at: csmith at myhrdesign.com
Toni Miles is an Executive Director for the Greater Cincinnati YMCA. As a management team member and policy volunteer, Toni has over 25 years of experience in organizational advancement and leadership development working with not-for-profits who serve a diverse client base including youth, women, and families. She helps organizations create visions, explore alternative concepts and find original solutions to difficult problems. As a Strategic Visionary, she is inventive, innovative, original and resourceful. She is all about entertaining ideas that produce the best ways to reach a goal, increase productivity and solve problems. As an Achiever, she inspires organizations and individuals to “go where no man has gone before.” Toni is the Faith Career Advisor for the Job Search Ministry at Solid Rock Church in Monroe, OH
Futuristic | Strategic | Learner | Achiever | Ideation
Cathi Bentz is a Certified Faith Career Adivisor, Life, Career and Strengths Coach. She has a Bachelors Degree in Social Work with 20 years experience in Business Development with a reputation for relationship development, teambuilding, conflict resolution and professional mentoring. She helps individuals and families make discoveries, gain new insights and strengthen relationships by defining and leveraging their unique talents. Cathi's enthusiastic, upbeat attitude, along with her relational development skills, allows her to encourage, motivate and inspire individuals and families to overcome their challenges and fulfill their purpose in life.
Positivity | Connectedness | Maximizer | Woo | Developer
Contact Cathi at: CathiBentz at JobSearchMinistry.com
Rick Plis graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology. With nearly 30 years experience in the areas of sales, product, and operations/executive management, Rick has consistently exceeded sales, revenue, and profitability goals in industrial process measurement and control, traffic counting, and temperature measurement and control for the healthcare industry. His career success is tied to his ability to maintain relationships with existing customers while identifying and establishing business with new clients in new marketplaces. Rick's clients appreciate him for his hard work, positive influence, psychological ownership to his commitments, and integrity.
Achiever | Responsibility | Consistency | Discipline | Maximizer
Contact Rick at: RickPlis at JobSearchMinistry.com
John Decker, Faith Career Advisor, Cornerstone United Methodist Church, Liberty Township, OH
Larry Maher, Faith Career Advisor, Cornerstone United Methodist Church,
Liberty Township, OH
Want more information?
For more information about the One Critical Day and Pursuit Network events, contact us at (513) 934-2955.
For more information about the Job Search Ministry Network, visit www.JobSearchMinistry.com.
For more information about Valerie Plis, visit her website at www.ExceedWithPurpose.com. Exceed With Purpose is her personal coaching and consulting firm.
“I highly recommend the One Critical Day job search program. With my advisor's guidance, assistance, and positive attitude I was able to land a great job in this tough economy. The insight and perspective this program provided on the often confusing and contradictory job search process was extremely valuable. Keep up the great work!” Rick Stephens
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