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Create your own job ( Eigen Werk )

Create your own job ( Eigen Werk ). Frans Heessels Project manager DWI D ecember 2007. The project…. Chain project (UWV/CWI/DWI) that coaches unemployed people over 40 on the road to self-employment

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Create your own job ( Eigen Werk )

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  1. Create your own job (Eigen Werk) Frans Heessels Project manager DWI December 2007

  2. The project… • Chain project (UWV/CWI/DWI) that coaches unemployed people over 40 on the road to self-employment • Participation to the project is possible when the candidate is on social welfare or unemployment benefit • The project is staffed and financed from within the chain • Work is only outsourced to the private market if this is necessary (vouchering for extra expertise & giving workshops)

  3. and how it works… • The project lasts for 6 months but can be extended to 12 months in individual cases • Method: group dynamics, sub-groups with homework assignments, individual coaching and partial hiring of external expertise (to be used according to candidate’s needs) • The program has 3 stages : • Stage 1 : making a professional business-plan • Stage 2 : after approval of the plan the candidate starts the business “on trial”. • Stage 3 : the candidate starts the business on a permanent basis.

  4. The results • Figures from 26 April 2006 to 1 december 2007: • 1.     995 applicant candidates (50 % Wwb / 50 % UWV) • 2.     More than 490 candidates currently active in the project • 3.     170 people completely signed off from unemployment benefit or social welfare • 4.     101 people partially off unemployment benefit or social welfare (currently running their business “on trial“) • Eigen Werk has recently been selected as Good Practice in a study on reintegration opportunities for older job seekers carried out on behalf of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW).

  5. Important factors for the project’s success : • Chain identity of the project : candidates can focus completely on their business. • We are not a school, but a course with mutual commitment. • We work with motivated candidates with a lot of skills and “life experience”. • The candidates are doing the work, we give them full support ! • Candidates have influence on our program ( what do you need, what do you miss ? ) • We treat our candidates like equals : we all have the same goal. • Their success is our success.

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