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English
Monday & Tuesday or Tuesday & Wednesday
11am - 12 noon
Spanish
Friday 10am - 11am
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Job Hunter
Workshop Series
Workshops are
generally held every other week on Wednesday and Thursday. Please call: (509)
826-7310 or 1-800-887-8057 for exact dates & times and sign up information.
Job Hunter Workshop Modules
Module One: Orientation and Job Search Preparation
Your Job Search Destination: Finding The Business Who Is Looking For You.
The most difficult part of any job search may be taking the first step. In this
interactive workshop you will gain an understanding of the changing workplace and learn
about community resources that can help. You also will learn how to use job search
information.
- Overview:
- Compares the job search process to a trip or journey. Involves establishing a travel
agenda or plan, identifying the supplies and tools that may be needed, and using maps to
find the correct route.
Helps job seekers understand the changing workplace, know tools and resources, identify
job search needs (Job Search Readiness Inventory), explore work changes and discover
changes that affect the job search process.
Module Two: Knowing Yourself
Self-knowledge: One Half Of A Job Match.
Job seekers are continually faced with change and choices. Learning "who you
are" can affect how you plan, control, and shape your life. Participate in this
interactive workshop to gain new and exciting information about yourself!
- Overview:
- Participant examines interests, learning styles, personality types, values,
decision-making styles and evaluates ability to establish and commit to a goal. Combines
all of above to design a more effective self-marketing plan and job search.
Module Three: Skills and Abilities Analysis
500 Skills You Didn’t Know You Had and What To Do With Them.
Skills and abilities are the building blocks of job success. Learn to identify,
demonstrate and package with confidence the skills and personal qualities today’s
employers desire.
- Overview:
- Participant uses computer software to identify transferable skills/personal qualities
and the kind of occupations that require these skills. After completion of workshop
participant will be able to package these skills/qualities that demonstrates meaning to
businesses.
Module Four: The Job Market
Research & Informational Interviews: The Direct Route To Job Offers.
A successful job search is really finding an employer who is looking for someone like
you. Learn how to research your labor market, develop networks, and conduct informational
interviews.
- Overview:
- Participants determine fields of work most likely to need their skills, and identify
businesses that traditionally hire people with these skills. They learn how to create an
information network, plan and conduct informational interviews, have hands on practice
with a variety of labor market resources. Use of computer software and Internet Web sites.
After completion of workshop participant will increase understanding of how labor market
works.
Module Five: The Effective Job Search
Hunting Down the Job You Want.
The changing workplace requires everyone to think differently about what makes a
successful job search. Learn the most and least effective strategies for finding
employment; conduct an actual job search on the Internet.
- Overview:
- Participants learn most/least effective methods for obtaining work,
contacting/connecting with employers, design job search schedules, conduct job search via
the Internet, oral communication skills, and practicing the one-minute commercial. After
completion of workshop participants will have clearer strategies for conducting work
searches and will know how to best present themselves to businesses.
Module Six: Applications and
Resumes
Making the Match On Paper and Online.
Successful job seekers know what businesses want. Learn how to complete applications,
develop resumes, and design cover letters that will attract businesses and lead to more
interviews.
- Overview:
- Participants will learn how employers read applications/resumes,
organization/communication skills in writing skills/abilities, and ability to produce
professional resume without paying outside sources. After completion of workshop,
participant will have a master "real world" job application and formal resume
framework worksheet. Participants will also have access to a PC and to appropriate
software through the WorkSource resource room.
Module Seven: Interviewing
Making the Match In Person and On the Phone
Being able to handle an employment interview is a necessity for any job seeker. Learn
helpful interviewing tips, and practice your interviewing skills in a supportive realistic
environment.
- Overview:
- Participants explore nature and structure of an interview, learn how employers approach
the interview and practice responding to frequently asked and difficult questions.
Practicing interviewing skills in a supportive environment and receiving helpful feedback
is a major part of this workshop.
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