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How To Help ( and when not to ) with Job Search Assistance

Explore ALA’s CDF Training Program for effective job search assistance. Learn listening skills, ethical decision making, and resources to consider. Meet presenters from various libraries offering career support services.

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How To Help ( and when not to ) with Job Search Assistance

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  1. How To Help (and when not to) with Job Search Assistance

  2. ALA’s CDF Training Program • Career Development Facilitator • completed the CDF Training Program, provided by a nationally trained & qualified instructor • 2 full days of face-to-face training • 12 weeks of online training, assignments, Skype sessions and conference calls and a final project • incorporates career development information or skills in their work with students, adults, clients, employees or the public

  3. As the NJLA representative . . . • Work with Leadership & Education subcommittee and/or the Professional Development committee • Present a program at the NJLA Annual Conference

  4. A Mattering Climate • Provide a safe place to explore options • Listen to all aspects of the person’s story • Enquire through questions – be curious • Acknowledge – notice and greet • Support – express encouragement & provide feedback • Exchange – self disclose when appropriate & in a genuine way

  5. Listening & Attending • SOLER Attending Skills • S- Face the client squarely • O – Adopt an open posture • L – Lean toward the client • E – Maintain good eye contact • R – Try to be relatively relaxed • Be aware of: • Age • Gender • Culture/Ethnicity • Setting

  6. Resources to Consider • Formal vs. Informal Assessments • SDS (Self Directed Search) • Holland Code (John L. Holland) • 4-S Model (Nancy Schlossberg) • O*Net Profiler and My Next Move (https://www.onetcenter.org/IP.html and http://www.mynextmove.org/)

  7. Ethical Decision Making • Define the problem and ethical issues involved • Review relevant codes & standards • Identify & outline options • Consider your feelings & emotional responses • Seek consultation • Take action

  8. Scope • Important to know what is within your role and outside of your role when providing career assistance • Must look at level of skill, training and ability

  9. What kind of service areyou providing? OR

  10. And now to our presenters . . .

  11. Ally Blumenfeld Paterson Public Library

  12. Job Help at PFPL Job Search Handout Resume Packet Drop-In Resume Clinic (once a month) Tech Skill Share: one-on-one, by-appointment computer class Career Connections Grant (Department of Labor) Your Career @ Your LibrarySeries: presentations to local work experience programs

  13. Some challenges ☹

  14. Success Story☺

  15. Lindsey Meyer Edison Public Library

  16. What we offer at Edison Public Library: • Classes in job searching, résumés, cover letters, and interviewing • I offer one-on-one résumé reviews • appointments are for residents only • limit of 3 sessions, up to one hour / session Our special population: many immigrant job seekers need guidance in the U.S. job market

  17. My Approach • Help the seeker to think like an employer and to construct their job search and résumé with the employer’s needs in mind • Collaborate by teaching skills so that seekers can improve their own résumés. • Teach and push networking skills. • My role: A combination of potential employer, job counselor, and cheerleader

  18. What I DO with résumés: • Interview the seeker, then evaluate & edit their résumé • Give advice about information organization • Give formatting advice • Teach relevant U.S. employment law • Yes, you need to do this, especially for immigrants! Just don’t give legal advice.

  19. What I DON’T do: • I don’t compose résumé text if it’s outside my area of expertise. • I don’t type the text for the seeker, although I may offer to format it quickly. • I don’t give legal advice. • I don’t provide detailed career counseling. Instead, I refer them to a professional counselor.

  20. Tonya Garcia Long Branch Public Library

  21. Long Branch Public LibraryBack to Work Initiative • Back to Work Services (Virtual Career Center) • Youth Ambassador (Teen)Program • Fresh Start Program

  22. Back to Work • Examined Community Needs • NJSL Literacy Grant, CJRLC etc. • Virtual Career Center • Technology & Career Center • 16 Week Transition Courses

  23. Youth Ambassador Teen Program • Incentives • Practice Interviews • Job Searching Assistance • Resume Reviews

  24. Fresh Start Program • Technology training, career coaching & resume reviews • Pre- assessments • 11 ½ hour private sessions • Transition to the open lab sessions • 150 participants per year 2014 (avg.) • Grants and Community Assistance (NJSL, Monmouth University Interns, etc.)

  25. Contact Info Karen Klapperstuck, Head of Reference and Virtual Services Monroe Township Public Library librarykar@gmail.com Tonya Garcia, Library Director Long Branch Public Library tgarcia.lbpl@gmail.com Ally Blumenfeld, Library Associate Paterson Public Library blumenfeld@patersonpl.org Lindsey Meyer, Reference Librarian Edison Public Library lmeyer@lmxac.org

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