looking beyond job applications and job interviews

What is customized job development?

Looking Beyond job applications and job interviews

Start with Good AssessmentGood job development/job matching starts

with good assessment informationVirtually impossible to customize position

without that informationSchools have opportunity to provide great

assessment information through their vocational training programs.

Information across environments, people and tasks

In preparation for customized job development…Variety of non-school training experiences

- semester at Hotel- laundry and general cleaning

-semester at Insurance company-mailings, scanning and shredding

-semester at restaurant- rolling silverware, setting tables and food prep

Semester at hospital-stocking gowns on linen carts, labeling in pharmacy.

Information might obtainStudent prefers combination of sedentary

and moving around tasksLikes routine, but also needs varietyHas good fine motor skillsLikes to work more around women than menIs sensitive to noise and heatPrefers casual work environment Prefers not to work in too close proximity to

other students

Information=customize jobEncourage schools to highlight strength in

resumes/ brochures

Match skills and interests.

Approach businesses in a different way than traditional job development

Talk to businesses about identifying their unmet needs, while highlighting the skills of the individual

Murphy and Desmond

Staybridge

Staybridge

Hausmann/Johnson Insurance

The Management Group

The Management Group

ADRC

ADRC

SBC

Charter Communications

Charter

All-Color

DSPS

DSPS

Gorman and Company

Howard Johnsons

Westmont Law Office

Alliant Energy

Alliant