There are several posts that haven't made it from my head to the blog:
1. The NY times article this weekend about the success of employment training programs.
2. A New Yorker article on self-control and delayed gratification as predictors of success.
3. A New Yorker article that inspired me to wonder what employment services we could improve by removing computers from Employment Specialist desks.
4. A post on improving workshops and presentations for job seekers.
5. Another post on first-hand job development information.
6. An activity for encouraging job seekers to write cover letters.
I'll write all of these posts before the end of the month. Also, I'm planning some changes by the end of the summer (bigger and better).
Here's some of what I've been doing instead of writing blog posts:
2 comments:
I find it amazing how we as Employment Counselors see the changes, new methods and technologies that influence the careers of those we seek to help without seeing how we need to adapt to those same changes.
We constantly ask others to look at their skills and abilities and find way to improve them, should we not ask the same of ourselves?
Many of us are probably using the same tools socially or (in unfortunate circumstances) for our own job searches. As for our organizations, it's hard to get the ball rolling without an early adopter in a position of influence.
I agree and see it as a disservice to job seekers if we fail to acknowledge the changing environment.
Tom
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