#jobdevelopment

Effective job development strategies can make the difference between landing a job placement and damaging a business or partnership.  The best job development training occurs through shadowing and experience, but there are also many free online resources.  Here are just a few.  Check them out and let us know what you think!

Employer Engagement Strategies and Effective Job Development: A Multidimensional Approach http://www.worksupport.com/training/webcastDetails.cfm/358

Marketing and Job Development - The Business Side of the Process http://www.worksupport.com/training/webcastDetails.cfm/13

Script for Job Development: http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu/transition/art_jobdevscript.asp

Participants are still needed for a September 16 (1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. CST) session with Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) Subject Matter Expert Abby Cooper.  Abby will conduct a presentation on Customized Job Development and the components involved. Additionally, Abby will elaborate about the assumptions made about people with disabilities, employers and work environments. To RSVP for the event, please contact Betty Chester at [email protected].  Please dial 615-741-1193 or toll free at 1-877-214-0097 to hear the webinar.

To join the meeting via Adobe Connect, participants should enter this link in their web browser:

http://stateoftennessee.adobeconnect.com/empdaysvcs/

On September 16 from 1:00-2:30 CST, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) Subject Matter Expert Abby Cooper will conduct a presentation on Customized Job Development. She will provide an overview about Customized Job Development and the components involved.

Additionally, Abby will elaborate about the assumptions made about people with disabilities, employers and work environments. To RSVP for the event, please contact Betty Chester at [email protected]. Please dial 615-741-1193 or toll free at 1-877-214-0097 to hear the webinar.

To join the meeting via Adobe Connect, participants should enter this link in their browser: http://stateoftennessee.adobeconnect.com/empdaysvcs/.

Select the option to enter as guest, type in your first and last name and click on the option to enter the meeting room. If you have never connected to an Adobe Connect meeting before on your computer, please test your connection prior to the meeting here.  You may be prompted to install an Adobe Connect Add-In, which may take a few minutes to download and install.  You may also need to temporarily disable your pop-up blocker.

Join the Workforce Investment Network (WIN) for a free two-day interactive conference that will introduce participants to strategies and tools to assist vocational rehabilitation counselors, job coaches, job developers, employment specialists, career coaches and counselors, employment networks and employers in helping others find work. Denise Bissonnette, an internationally renowned writer and trainer, will serve as keynote speaker.

The conference will be held August 28-August 29 from 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Fogelman Executive Conference Center (330 Innovation Dr. #206 Memphis, 38152). The registration deadline is August 15. To register, click here. 

The Workforce Investment Network (WIN) invites you to attend a free two-day interactive conference that will introduce participants to strategies and tools to assist vocational rehabilitation counselors, job coaches, job developers, employment specialists, career coaches and counselors, employment networks and employers in helping others find work.  

Denise Bissonnette, an internationally renowned writer and trainer, will serve as keynote speaker.  Denise's job search curriculum, Pathways, became a cornerstone for the placement services of many social service agencies and educational systems.  Her book, Beyond Traditional Job Development, stands as the definitive text for job development professionals throughout the continent.