Seminars to Help Unemployed Anglos in BS/RBS

The Beit Shemesh Employment Initiative is running 5 seminars to deal with a wide range of issues- you must RSVP to bsemploymentinitiative@gmail.com SPACE IS LIMITED!!!
All seminars are in English
All seminars will take place in the Sheinfeld neighborhhod
All seminars are FREE OF CHARGE

Monday, May 18- Restructuring your Mortgage/Debt
Speaker: David Baruch, RBS Branch Bank Manager
Notes available online
Time: 8pm

Tuesday, May 26- Starting a Small Business in Israel
Panel Discussion with
Sheila Schwartz, store owner- PC Integrity
Gary Swickley, owner export business- Blue and White Kids
Ashley Coleman, self-employed ("atzmai")- Ashley Coleman Plumbing Services
Notes available online
Time: 8:30pm

Monday, June 1- Navigating the System: The Ins and Outs of Lishkat Taasuka and Bituach Leumi

Please note: This seminar is currently on hold, we will let you know if it is rescheduled.

Monday, June 8- I'm Home All Day- what do I do now?
Speaker: Ellen Segal, Life Coach- Identity Crisis: Who am I Without my Job Title
Notes available online
Time: 8pm

Monday night, June 15th - How MATI can help you start a small business
Naomi Saada - MATI, Israel's Small Business Association
Notes available online
Time: 8pm

Sunday night June 21 - Living in Israel on an Israeli Salary
Baruch Labinsky- Financial Planner, Israel Resource Network
Notes available online
Time: 8pm

Beit Shemesh Small Business Forum

As part of our efforts to assist local unemployed Anglos, we are setting up a Small Business Forum. This Forum is intended to help people who wish to start a small business. The forum will meet twice a year to review business plans.

The forum's service is 100% free- saving the potential small business owner thousands of shekels

The forum will consist of professionals in marketing, sales, law, accounting and more

The goal is to make sure the business is viable and give the business a push in the right direction

If you would like to volunteer to sit on this forum or present a business plan, please E-Mail bsbizforum@gmail.com

Who We Are

With the current economic downturn, many Anglo residents of Beit Shemesh have already lost their jobs. In March alone, 20,000 workers in Israel were let go. You may already be unemployed or know someone who is. For those of us who were here when the hi-tech bubble burst in 2001, you remember how many people lost their jobs and the financial troubles they found themselves in. Look around: There are less cars with company decals on the roads, more people shopping at 11am on a Wednesday morning because they don't need to leave it till after work Thursday night.

This forum of locals was set up to help Anglos (chadashim or vatikim) who are unemployed. There are many areas they need help with: receiving proper pitzuyim, the process of signing up and receiving unemployment benefits, restructuring mortgages, maybe opening their own business or freelancing etc. We are not looking to do job networking because there are already plenty of job sites and Yahoo groups for that (see resources to the right). We want to help with all the other issues- whether they be financial or social.

There are many local, unemployed Anglos who could use help navigating the system etc. The goal of this network is to help them.

Anyone can contribute - simply look at the list under Contact Us to the right and see where you can help.