| Good evening. Welcome to the Gulf Coast Mensa web site!
 Gulf Coast Mensa (GCM) is a chapter of American Mensa. We are a Local Group of Region 6 (the southwest region of the US). GCM encompasses southeast Texas, including Houston, and consists of over 1,000 members. We sponsor Special Interest Groups (SIGs), speaker meetings, game nights, parties and other intellectual and social events.
Mensa, the High IQ Society, is an international organization whose only membership requirement is a score in the top two percent of the general population on a standardized intelligence test. It was founded in Great Britain in 1946. Mensa currently boasts about 100,000 members in over 100 countries, organized into 41 national groups.
In Mensa, members can meet other stimulating members, join one of the over 150 special interest groups, and attend local, national, and international events. Mensa encourages and supports programs for gifted children, sponsors research into the nature of intelligence and awards thousands of dollars in scholarships each year.
American Mensa announces its newest member benefit - a Web-based career center that connects job seekers with prospective employers. Don't get lost on the commercial job boards; American Mensa's CareerLink is tailored just for you. Just visit http://www.careerlink.us.mensa.org and get started on your job search!
As a job seeker, you can:
- Manage your job search
- Access hundreds of corporate job postings
- Post an anonymous résumé
- Be notified by email of new opportunities that match your search criteria
- Take advantage of career coaching in areas including résumé development, salary negotiation and more
- Use the free "Ask the Expert" service
- Access the free library of content offering career advice with topics ranging from interviewing tips to finding the job that best fits you
As an employer, you can:
- Quickly post job openings
- Manage your online recruiting efforts
- Take advantage of advanced résumé searching capabilities
- Reach targeted and qualified candidates
- Browse résumés for free
Powered by career services leader JobTarget, American Mensa's CareerLink distinguishes itself from generalist job boards in ways including:
- a highly targeted focus on employment opportunities in certain sectors, locations and
demographics;
- anonymous résumé posting and job application enables seekers to stay connected to the
employment market while maintaining full control over their confidential information;
- access to industry-specific jobs - and top-quality candidates - often not seen on the
commercial employment sites.
CareerLink is available to Mensa members and nonmembers alike. However, current members can post résumés and apply for jobs at no charge; they can also post job opportunities at discounted rates.
Mensa Testing Day Venue Needed
Are you faculty/staff/student at Rice? U of H? St. Thomas? University of Phoenix? ITT? or any of the plethora of other educational institutions in the Gulf Coast area?
If so, please help us find a venue for our annual national testing day event, Mensa Testing Day, on Saturday, October 17, 2009. An ideal spot would be a classroom that seats up to 40 test-takers, convenient to major thoroughfares, and with ample free/inexpensive parking.
Please contact Liz Meadows with potential leads.
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