Job Carving

1. Job Carving Finding the job that fits… for the road to success!

2. Job Carving • Creating a job that fits the unique abilities of the worker. • Matching the worker’s unique “contributions” and assets with the needs of an employer.

3. How do you begin? • Determine a potential employees capabilities, needs and interests through whole-life planning. • Make connections with potential employers. • Analyze work duties that an employer needs completed. • Compare duties with abilities. • Match specific tasks with potential employee.

4. Person-Centered Planning • To look at an individual in a different way. • To assist the focus person in gaining control over their own life. • To increase opportunities for participation in the community. • To recognize individual desires, interests, and dreams. • Through team effort, develop a plan to turn dreams into reality.

5. Skills and Interest Survey…What do you want to be when you grow up? • What do your parents do? • What have you’ve experienced as a child? • What has interested you the most in school? • What are you good at? • What do you think you would like to do? Career Interest Inventory

6. Skills and Interest Survey…What are you afraid of becoming when you grow up? • What does not interest you? • What are the most challenging tasks for you? • What kinds of jobs do you hope to avoid? • Why do you feel this way about certain jobs? • What job would not be a good fit?

7. Work Styles • Realistic • Social • Investigative • Conventional • Enterprising • Artistic www.myfuture.com/

8. Learning Styles…How do I learn best? • 70% learn by on-the-job training models • 20% learn by attending training sessions • 10% learn by reading about a topic Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline

9. Making Connections • Find employers who are willing to help create mentorships or allow job shadowing • Share interests and abilities with potential employers • Promote special skills or qualifications • Match skills with work duties

10. Analyzing Work Duties • Consider work duties for specific jobs • Determine specific skills required to perform work duties. • Consider adaptations that may help to complete work duties. • Promote self by describing interests, abilities, and ways to meet job expectations.

11. The Survey Says… • 91% felt that the job performance of their co-worker with a disability was very good or good • 92% were more favorable or much more favorable toward companies that hire people with disabilities • 96% believed that businesses that hire people with disabilities help the employees lead more productive lives 2006 Gallup Poll

12. What’s Out There… • What’s happening in your neighborhood? • What’s happening in your community? • Who do your parents or family members know? • What are your friends doing? • Who’s hiring? Where do you look for openings? How do you get an application? Hot Jobs

13. It’s a “Win-Win”… • Employers have workers who are suited for a job. • Workers have the opportunity to gain experience and develop interests. • Positive community relationships are built. • Workers become productive citizens and contributing members of society

14. Life is a Highway… • All of our experiences make us who we are. • Our experiences take us down different paths…some that we continue to travel and some that are dead ends. • Life can be an adventure!