Module IV: Spinning Straw Into Gold (Creative Job Search)

Module IV covers the critical elements of career planning, aimed at finding work that will be personally fulfilling both for yourself and your clients.  

As a job coach you are in a unique position to affect change in the lives of those citizens you serve and on the economic life of your community. Many of you have years of experience with incredible depth and breath of understanding when it comes to the business of finding jobs.

"My hope is that this session will enhance and update what you already know; as well as provide time for reflection and reinforcement. For others, your counselor's toolkit will get packed with strategies and techniques to increase your effectiveness as a job coach."

S: Career success begins with self-awareness.

P: Learn to package yourself, resumes, career brands, portfolios, etc.

I: Investigate and obtain Information on trends, opportunities, and problems in the labor market. 

N: Prove you can respond to the needs of a prospective employer during interviews.