looking beyond job applications and job interviews
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What is customized job development?
Looking Beyond job applications and job interviews
Start with Good AssessmentGood job development/job matching starts
with good assessment informationVirtually impossible to customize position
without that informationSchools have opportunity to provide great
assessment information through their vocational training programs.
Information across environments, people and tasks
In preparation for customized job development…Variety of non-school training experiences
- semester at Hotel- laundry and general cleaning
-semester at Insurance company-mailings, scanning and shredding
-semester at restaurant- rolling silverware, setting tables and food prep
Semester at hospital-stocking gowns on linen carts, labeling in pharmacy.
Information might obtainStudent prefers combination of sedentary
and moving around tasksLikes routine, but also needs varietyHas good fine motor skillsLikes to work more around women than menIs sensitive to noise and heatPrefers casual work environment Prefers not to work in too close proximity to
other students
Information=customize jobEncourage schools to highlight strength in
resumes/ brochures
Match skills and interests.
Approach businesses in a different way than traditional job development
Talk to businesses about identifying their unmet needs, while highlighting the skills of the individual
Murphy and Desmond
Staybridge
Staybridge
Hausmann/Johnson Insurance
The Management Group
The Management Group
ADRC
ADRC
SBC
Charter Communications
Charter
All-Color
DSPS
DSPS
Gorman and Company
Howard Johnsons
Westmont Law Office
Alliant Energy
Alliant