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Empowerment for the Unemployed: Chart Your Path to Success

Explore education, work, and life skills workshops to help the unemployed navigate career changes, job search techniques, and personal development in today's challenging economic climate. Learn how to set goals, meet needs, and make wise decisions about your future.

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Empowerment for the Unemployed: Chart Your Path to Success

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  1. Unemployed and Looking for Answers Kathleen High, M.Ed. Independent Education/Career Consultant Dream Chasers & Goal Setters

  2. Why Are You Here today? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS?

  3. Why This Workshop? • MY LIFE EXPERIENCE: • Laid off of nine-year position • went to school to finish my degree • From: Secretary – business world (1997) • To: Counselor/professor – Higher Education (the process: 13 + years) • Wanted to make a career change • No one could answer my questions

  4. Why This Workshop? (Cont’d) TODAY’S ECONOMIC CONDITIONS: • Too many are unemployed and lost • They often don’t know what to do • Their learning is often distracted “by life” • Difficult to stay focused on learning new skills when worried about meeting needs • Access to education is now limited due to the budget crisis • Colleges/Universities and Unemployment Offices are swamped

  5. What The Unemployed Need:

  6. Education • How to set appropriate educational goals • How to achieve desired educational goals Information: • Work • How to identify jobs that will help you achieve your goals (now and in the future) • Needs • How to provide for various needs without a regular paycheck

  7. What You Will Get Today: INFORMATION • To help you figure out what to do next • Change your expectations and perspective: • Today’s Reality • Setting Goals • Meeting Your Needs

  8. INFORMATION - Education:(Workshops Recommended) • Education and Career Research Skills: • Identifying Your Transferrable Skills • Are You a Team Player, Problem-Solver, Leader, Great Communicator? • Planning for an Unpredictable Future • How to Respond to a World of Constant Change • Career Assessments • Educational Choices You Won't Regret Later  • What You Need to Know  and Do To Ensure You are Making  Wise Decisions about Your Education

  9. INFORMATION - Work:(Workshops Recommended) • Job Search Skills • Job Search Tips for Unique Populations:(Unemployed, Over 40, Over Qualified, Not So Hot Past, Disabled, etc.) • Maintaining a Positive Online Presence (Social Networking, Photos & Videos, Email, Websites, Blogging and "Personal Branding") • Unemployed and Looking for Answers • Resumes • Interviewing

  10. INFORMATION - Needs:(Workshops Recommended) • Developing Coping and Life Skills for Success • Generational Differences • Four Generations -- Worlds Apart on Perspective, Values, Priorities, and Lifestyle • Help - Asking, Giving, and Receiving • Solving Problems Without Ruining Relationships • Managing Conflicting Priorities • School, Work, Personal Life? (Making Decisions About What is Important and What is Not) • Managing Financial Responsibilities:  • Meeting Your Needs By Not "Putting All Your Eggs into One Basket“ • Managing Life's Transitions • Personal, Relationships, Societal, Education, Work, and Military

  11. INFORMATION:(Handouts Recommended) • TODAY’S REALITY: • Rapidly-Changing World • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U • The world is changing – how should you respond? • Generational Values • Your generation affects your worldview • Discerning Seasons • Life is like the weather: Seasons change • End of a season: Not the end of the world • Paradigm Shifts • When “reality” is shattered

  12. INFORMATION:(Handouts Recommended-cont’d) • SETTING GOALS: • Dream Chaser’s & Goal Setter’s Journey • A visual of what affects your success • Reaching Career Goals • Career Changes: A two-step process • Types of jobs: Survival, Entry-Level, Transition, Dream Job • Importance of Missions/Values Fit • Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs • Managing multiple needs • Priorities • Identifying what is important and what is not

  13. INFORMATION:(Handouts Recommended-cont’d) MEETING YOUR NEEDS: • Managing Financial Responsibilities • Lessons learned the hard way: • Change Your Perspective • Establishing a Source of Income • Lowering Your Financial Obligations • Strategies and Tips for Reducing Expenses • Solutions for Emergency Situations • Unemployed Resources • Meeting needs through alternative resources: • Federal and state government, non-profit,and others

  14. Resources:

  15. RESOURCES: • On Most College Campuses • CAREER CENTER • One-On-One Career Counseling • Career Assessments (Personality, Interests, Values, Skills, etc.) • Workshops (Resumes, Interviewing, Studying, Success, etc.) • Handouts (Labor Market Trends, Goal Setting, Choosing Majors, etc.) • Career Research Resources (Online programs, books, etc.) • Computer Lab • COUNSELING DEPARTMENT: • One-On-One Counseling • Counseling Classes (for academic/career success) • Disabled Student Services • Vocational Counseling, Accommodations, Resources, Support • TRANSFER CENTER: • Help/Information for Transfer Planning (future school research) • SEE “UNEMPLOYED RESOURCES” FOR MORE

  16. RESOURCES: • Non-College Campus Resources • IF YOUR PRIORITY IS TO OBTAIN GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT ASAP: • Local “One-Stop” Center - (Unemployment Office) • Hire a “career coach” – Professional skilled in the job search process • Their objective is to get you back to work ASAP • SEE “MANAGING FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES” • For non-traditional solutions for meeting your needs • SEE “UNEMPLOYED RESOURCES” HANDOUT • For Resources: • State Government • Federal Government • Community/Non-Profit/For-Profit organizations

  17. Support:

  18. SUPPORT: • On Most College Campuses • CAREER COUNSELING • Career Center • ACADEMIC COUNSELING • Counseling Department (or Academic Department) • PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING • Student Health Center • DISABILITIES (Physical, Learning, Etc.) COUNSELING • Disabled Students Programs & Services • FOR VALIDATION OF YOUR JOURNEY • Workshops and Handouts Mentioned Earlier • Often validate what individuals are experiencing • Often leads to healing of some unresolved issues • “UNEMPLOYED RESOURCES” LISTS MORE

  19. SUPPORT: • Off Campus • SEE: • “Managing Financial Responsibilities” • “Unemployed Resources” • YOUR OWN PERSONAL SUPPORT SYSTEM • (See “Dream Chaser’s Journey”)

  20. SUPPORT:Wish to follow up with me? • You have three options: • Dream Chasers & Goal Setters: Individual consulting • http://www.dreams-goals.com/index.html • Mt. SAC: Enroll in my STDY 80 class • http://faculty.mtsac.edu/khigh/ • Cypress: • Counseling classes offered on campus • Outreach activities offered off-campus • http://www.cypresscollege.edu/ad/adjunct.aspx?ID=khigh

  21. Wrap Up – Answer the Following • What are your needs? • Where are your priorities? • Which resources presented today can help? • What should you do next? • REFLECT: What is your “inner voice” saying to you right now?

  22. Wrap Up – Help Us to Help You • Let us know what additional information you need • What workshops do you want? • Please fill out the survey

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