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Empowerment for the Job Seeker

Empowerment for the Job Seeker . Disability Job Summit October 8 & 9, 2013 Presenters: Debra Hall, Jerica Kruse, Katie Scheetz, Anne Lewis, Crystal Hutzel, Michelle Dool. Welcome. Introduction of the Presenters

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Empowerment for the Job Seeker

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  1. Empowerment for the Job Seeker Disability Job Summit October 8 & 9, 2013 Presenters: Debra Hall, Jerica Kruse, Katie Scheetz, Anne Lewis, Crystal Hutzel, Michelle Dool

  2. Welcome • Introduction of the Presenters • Learn about how we get in our own way and break our addiction to feeling powerless • Develop new strategies to take charge of our thoughts by redirecting negative thoughts into positive actions • Start to incorporate the changes we have learned about to get out of rut and be successful in employment and life

  3. I will never get a job! Myth Truth If unemployment is 8% that means 92% of people are working!!! You have experience others would not be able to bring Turn your negative experience into a lesson learned. • There is high unemployment in my area • The economy is in the toilet! • I’m too old to start over • I made bad choices that will affect me forever

  4. What the Mind Focuses on … EXPANDS

  5. The Mind needs to believe what you want is POSSIBLE!

  6. The Mind only needs to know THE END RESULT

  7. Companies have a disability quota Myth Truth Companies hire people who are likeable and have the skills they need • They won’t hire me if I have disability • They have to hire me because I have disability

  8. Communication • Verbal • Non Verbal • Auditory • Visual • Kinesthetic • Who is responsible for successful communication?

  9. I don’t have anyone to help with a job search Myth Truth We all know people Who have I met in this room Family – all of them Friends, neighbors Church, social groups Bus driver, mechanics, hair stylists Former co-workers, supervisors. One Stops, job seeking support groups • No one will help me • I don’t know anyone • I don’t know anyone who is hiring

  10. Firework by Katie Perry • 'Cause baby, you're a fireworkCome on, show 'em what you're worthMake 'em go "oh, oh, oh!"As you shoot across the sky-y-y • Baby, you're a fireworkCome on, let your colors burstMake 'em go "oh, oh, oh!", You're gonna leave 'em falling down oh oh • Boom, boom, boomEven brighter than the moon, moon, moonIt's always been inside of you, you, youAnd now it's time you let it through-ooh-ooh • Boom, boom, boomEven brighter than the moon, moon, moonBoom, boom, boomEven brighter than the moon, moon, moon

  11. Taking a Little RISKETTE

  12. FINAL BUSINESS • Review • Questions • Written Feedback • Parting Gift

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