Employment Consultants

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Employment Consultants

• Making a Difference
• Anthony Pfingst
• Mission Australia 2006

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The Movie Shrek
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Dealing With Onions

• Identify the layers of the jobseeker and
  specifically
• Barriers to successful employment
• Personal Presentation
• Attitude
• Stigma of race, colour, disability, custodial
  time etc
• Experience and Capacity
• Motivation
• Identity

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PERSONAL PRESENTATION
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Layer One Personal Presentation

• Often, as an employment consultant I see
  individuals looking for work but not dressed for
  work.
• Inappropriate clothing
• Personal hygiene
• Personal grooming
• Overall appearance demeanour

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PERSONAL PRESENTATION
ATTITUDE
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Layer Two Attitude

• For many jobseekers there is a difference between
  
• being told they have to get a job, and wanting
  one.
• Not wanting a particular area of employment
• Expecting others to find jobs for them
• Frustration and embarrassment at lack of job
  seeking success
• Low expectation of employment success feelings
  of hopelessness
• Acceptance of unemployment lifestyle
• Fear of change

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PERSONAL PRESENTATION
ATTITUDE
STIGMA
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Layer ThreeStigma

• Often jobseekers have to deal with societal
  issues linked to unemployment.
• Mature age
• Youth
• Indigenous
• Parenting payment single/partnered
• Disabilities

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PERSONAL PRESENTATION
EXPERIENCE AND CAPACITY
ATTITUDE
STIGMA
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Layer Four Experience and Capacity

• Many Jobseekers face difficulty with employers
  unrealistic expectations
• Education levels
• Lack of work history
• Transport issues
• Childcare and family commitments

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EXPERIENCE AND CAPACITY
PERSONAL PRESENTATION
MOTIVATION
ATTITUDE
STIGMA
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Layer Five Motivation

• Jobseekers, especially those who are experiencing
  long term unemployment, often find it difficult
  to maintain the levels of motivation required to
  gain employment.
• Engaging jobseekers in internal and external
  training programs
• Providing one on one consultations and support
• Psychologist/counsellor intervention

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EXPERIENCE AND CAPACITY
PERSONAL PRESENTATION
MOTIVATION
IDENTITY
ATTITUDE
STIGMA
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Layer Six Identity

• The key to a person finding and sustaining
  employment is feeling good about themselves,
  their abilities, their value and usefulness.
• Self worth
• Self belief
• Value
• Belonging
• Pride

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A case study of success Our Onion Boy
Peeling the Layers

• A biography of Ronald
• NESA Job Seeker of the Year - 2005

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Concluding with Shrek