RESOURCE LINKS:
Getting In, Staying On, Moving Up:
A Practitioner's Approach to Employment Retention
Career Portfolios Application Brief
Understanding Career Clusters
Career Planning on the Internet
Virtual Networking for Career Development
Job Searching in the 21st Century
Work4Women: Acomprehensive guide to helping women and girls learn about and access high-paying non-traditional careers
WDPN Training Supports
Career Development Facilitator Certification Training
This 120-hour training program prepares individuals for certification as Global Career Development Facilitators. Using real-life team and individual projects, staff learn the 12 CDF competencies. CPP staff will develop skills in using assessments, researching and using labor market information, career decision-making and planning, youth development principles and interactive training & learning. The training is offered in a flexible, modular format that combines 80 hours of face-to-face training with 40 hours of technology-facilitated individual work.
Customized Workshops
Providing Effective Career Transitions Services to Job Corps Graduates: This one-day workshop focuses on developing the customer-focused services that will best support graduates during the Career Transitions phase. Participants learn specific service strategies to support employment, retention and advancement as well as skills to help graduates plan for strategic re-employment. The skills learned her support graduates in becoming self-sufficient at the conclusion of the Career Transitions phase.
Engaging Businesses in the Career Transitions Phase: Local businesses are key partners in the Career Transitions phase. This one-day workshop helps participants identify those factors that will "sell" businesses on their involvement in Career Transitions, in employing Job Corps graduates and in developing plans to support graduates for retention and advancement..
Case Management and Career Facilitation Skills: Under CDSS, the roles of staff change. This one-day workshop explores the new skills necessary for staff to function effectively in managing their caseloads. Participants will learn how to change from a provider of services to a broker and facilitator. They will also learn techniques to engage students in managing their own career issues, how to develop effective client contracts that change behavior, and how to use interpersonal skills to guide, rather than direct students.
Group Facilitation and Active Learning Techniques: Research indicate that the most effective strategies for enhancing student learning involve active learning strategies that focus on engaging students in their own learning. This one-day workshop focuses on practical tips and techniques for managing group learning and using games, activities and other active learning strategies.
Youth Development Principles and Practices: When working with at-risk youth, there's a tendency to focus on negatives and to assume that negative student behaviors are a result of the student's at-risk status. This one-day workshop focuses on gaining a clear understanding of the mental, physical and emotional issues that adolescents face. Participants learn how to use these developmental issues in positive ways and to focus on youth assets, rather on youth liabilities.
Developing Quality-Focused Youth Career Programming: Using best-practice quality criteria and principles of high quality career development programming, participants in this two-day workshop learn how to integrate quality practices into the program development process. They will learn the specific components of high quality academic, vocational and employability skills training and develop a plan for assessing their own efforts on a continuous basis. They will also learn fundamentals of data collection, evaluation and analysis.
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