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Our NETWORK

Job Seekers

Job Seekers

Job Seekers

Are you looking for a job 

in the Greater St. Louis area?

Recruiters

Job Seekers

Job Seekers

Are you looking for

a candidate for

a new opportunity?

Connectors

Job Seekers

Connectors

Are you a career coach, mentor, or have

a passion for networking?

Our History

Our History

Our History

What began at the beginning of the pandemic in March of 2020 as a networking group, has grown into the Job Seekers' Garden Club. Started on LinkedIn as a private group called the “Greater St Louis Job Seekers, Recruiters and Connectors” it’s grown, in 2020, from 40 people to 6,000+ 

job seekers, career coaches, mentors, hiring managers and

What began at the beginning of the pandemic in March of 2020 as a networking group, has grown into the Job Seekers' Garden Club. Started on LinkedIn as a private group called the “Greater St Louis Job Seekers, Recruiters and Connectors” it’s grown, in 2020, from 40 people to 6,000+ 

job seekers, career coaches, mentors, hiring managers and recruiters.


The networking group is open to 

anyone in the Greater St. Louis area pursuing the next step in their career 

or those who want to help.


After a career in engineering, 

often as a hiring manager, founder Bob Kolf had a wide network of recruiters and a passion for helping others.

Join our networking group 

on LinkedIn at: 

Job Seekers' Garden Club of St. Louis.


Join Our LinkedIn Group

Our Team

Our History

Our History

Board of Directors

Lexie Dendrinelis

President

Mitchell Mandel Sr

Vice-President

Jake Kline

Treasurer

Kay Kalra

Secretary

Elena Collins

Marketing Director

_________


Founder & Executive Director

Bob Kolf

(Retired Structural Engineer)


Advisory Board

Melissa Baldwin

Learning & Development
Tessa Plickebaum

Corporate Recruiter

Tracy Tubbesing
Human Resources Man

Board of Directors

Lexie Dendrinelis

President

Mitchell Mandel Sr

Vice-President

Jake Kline

Treasurer

Kay Kalra

Secretary

Elena Collins

Marketing Director

_________


Founder & Executive Director

Bob Kolf

(Retired Structural Engineer)


Advisory Board

Melissa Baldwin

Learning & Development
Tessa Plickebaum

Corporate Recruiter

Tracy Tubbesing
Human Resources Management

Maureen Hergenroether

Director, Social Responsibility

and Impact 

Ed Schmid



Our Mission

Our History

  

To foster a warm and caring
community in which job seekers, recruiters, and connectors
come together to nurture
and support one another,
and to find both career and growth opportunities through networking
in order to make St. Louis
a stronger and
more vibrant community.


We do for Job Seekers What Gardeners Do For Plants:

We do for Job Seekers What Gardeners Do For Plants:

  

  1. We Care for Them
  2. We Nurture Them
  3. We Help Them Grow in their Careers


How?

By Eliminating the “Weeds of Negativity”

Job Seekers’ Garden Club

We do for Job Seekers What Gardeners Do For Plants:

Job Seekers’ Garden Club

We are a 3 in 1 Organization:

  • LinkedIn Group of 6000+ Job Seekers, Recruiters and Connectors
  • In-Person Networking Club with Events Held Every Month
  • Nonprofit 501(c)(3), incorporated in State of Missouri on October 30, 2020


Donations gladly accepted at JSGCSTL.org


Help Job Seekers In Need!!

Key Contributor | Jeanette Bax-Kurtz - CPA

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