Our Corona Video 3 is out…”Good news about jobs and growth amid COVID-19!”

There is hope and great opportunity despite the pandemic.

Watch our Corona Video 3 to hear industry expert, Rene Siegel, CEO of Connext, share fresh input she heard from client companies who have frozen full-time job reqs but are pushing for much-needed help through remote consultants and contractors. She also relates promising news from a substantial financial report on a brighter economy that’s coming sooner than expected.

My sister, Kelly Connelly, who co-moderates the KIT List with me, is my video partner for this weekly series on what we all can do to make the best of this pandemic.

In this video, we also report on our adventures as the Easter Bunny’s helpers on a stealth mission on Saturday night to show just some of the ways we can connect with our neighbors and build stronger communities — while using safe methods and social distancing. We can still have fun and make a difference if we get a bit creative!

Watch the video now.

Please feel free to share ideas on what you are doing during this remarkable time to help others, how to find a great job, or how to make good use of the time and opportunities while the world shelters in place together!

You can also add your comments and resources ideas to the comments section on YouTube for the video, or on our KIT List Facebook page.

How to get a job during the Pandemic, free skills training, and fun ideas to connect to neighbors!

Hello Everyone,

The second YouTube KIT List video is now out! In it, hear tips from LinkedIn expert, Oscar Garcia, on how you can use this unique time to land the job you’ll love.

Watch Video #2: https://youtu.be/k-WpO1Hvdhw

There is still a LOT of hiring activity going on, so don’t be discouraged and use this remarkable situation as a special opportunity to reach out!

My sister (and co-moderator!) Kelly and I also share URLs in Video #2 for free Ivy League classes and other ways to build your skills or expand your creative mind during this shelter-in-place time.

You can also see our first video where we talk about why we’re doing this video series during the outbreak:

See Video #1: https://youtu.be/RpYnvEQA9vk

These Corona Virus Videos are also a way for you to share ideas and resources with the KIT List community and to our colleagues and friends. Please write your suggestions in the comments section of the videos, or on the KIT List Facebook page or blog. We will profile great ideas you share in the next video.

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This is also an important time to get to know your surrounding neighbors. Often we might know a smiling face and a first name, but this is a key time to connect and look out for each other (at a safe distance!).

In the videos, Kelly and I share ways we’ve connected with my own neighborhood while Kelly stays at my house during SIP. It’s been great to have her here while she recovers from foot surgery!

We are even planning some stealth work on Saturday night to help the Easter Bunny by planting plastic eggs filled with candy in the front yards of young neighborhood kids — with their parents’ permission, of course! We’ll be using gloves and masks to assemble and deliver them. But I can’t promise that I won’t dig into some of the chocolate for my own consumption as well. 😉

Kelly and I wish you all continued health and safety, and that you have a wonderful Easter and  Passover,

Sue and Kelly Connelly

sue@kitlist.org

kelly@kitlist.org

The COVID-19 pandemic and how we can all help. Starting a YouTube channel for ideas and resources.

With the growth of the corona virus and the impact on the entire world, Kelly (my sister and co-moderator) and I have been trying to think of ways we can help.

We thought we could tap into our wonderful KIT List community since it is filled with so many talented, compassionate and resourceful people and we can join together as a force for good!

We created a YouTube channel as a place to share ideas and resources with each other. Since the Yahoo Groups platform has become such a problem (all replies and responses now spam the entire list. Argh!) we need to keep the email list for jobs only.

Please take a few minutes (six to be exact!) to watch our first video on how we can turn the power of the tremendous people of the KIT List and our networks to help our communities in the midst of this unprecedented time.

The video is home grown and filmed at my kitchen table, but it shares the basic idea!

Watch our video

With so many people losing their jobs, and the challenges as the infection rate increases, we can all do so much by helping neighbors, friends, and those in need. In the face of the uncertainty, fears and concerns, let’s tap into the positive power of this special community!

Other ways to share ideas and resources are in the comments sections of the KIT List Facebook page or the video.

I truly believe that we will emerge stronger and better in the fact of this historic challenge and opportunity.

Wishing you and your families health and protection. We’re all in this together!

Sue and Kelly Connelly

sue@kitlist.org

kelly@kitlist.org