Welcome to the Transition Assistance Program Course

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Welcome to the Transition Assistance Program
Course
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Did you know?

• Even when unemployment is high, it is estimated
  that at least one million job openings exist
  nationally at any given time.
• Richard Bolles
• What Color is Your Parachute?

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This session will begin at 800 AM
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Quote/Unquote

• The job market is not an organized system.
• It is disorganized chaos.
• Richard Lathrop
• Whos Hiring Who

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Please Sign-in
Bob Jones, DVOP
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Did you know?

• Eighty-five percent of all job openings are not
  advertised, posted, or otherwise made available
  for the general public.
• J. Michael Farr
• Jist Works, Inc.

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Today we will discuss

• Presenting Material
• What Makes a
• Good Trainer

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Did you know?

• The 10 largest corporations in the United States
  employ less than 2 of the total population.
• Dr. Robert Wagmann
• Jist Conference, IN

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Help yourself to coffee and make yourself
comfortable
Hot Coffee
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Did you know?

• Two-thirds of all new jobs are found in small
  business.
• Dr. Robert Wagmann
• Jist Conference, IN

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In Todays Session

• You will learn about your training environment,
  audience and being a trainer.

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Please make any corrections needed to the
participant list on the back table.
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Did you know?

• Half of all present jobs will not exist in 10 to
  15 years.
• Pamela Smith
• Jist Works, Inc.

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Welcome to the TAP Course
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Did you know?

• Every year, between 20 and 30 million Americans
  suffer from long-term unemployment.
• Dr. Robert Wagmann
• Job Search Assistance, A Review

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This session will begin at 800 AM
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Did you know?

• Forty-two percent of all job openings remain
  unfilled because an employer cannot find a
  qualified applicant.
• Richard Bolles
• What Color is Your Parachute?

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Today we will discuss

• Presenting Material
• What Makes a
• Good Trainer

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Please Sign-in
Bob Jones, DVOP
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Did you know?

• The average length of time a person is idle
  between jobs in America is 17 weeks. The trained
  job seeker is successful in weeks.

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Help yourself to coffee and make yourself
comfortable
Hot Coffee
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Did you know?

• Nine out of ten job seekers remain unemployed
  because they cant answer problem interview
  questions.
• J. Michael Farr
• The Work Book

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In Todays Session

• You will learn about your training environment,
  audience and being a trainer.

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Did you know?

• Its not always the person who has the best
  skills and experience that gets hired.
• Tom Jackson
• Guerilla Tactics in the Job Market

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Welcome to the Transition Assistance
ProgramCourse
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Did you know?

• 87 of all applications received by employers are
  not filled out correctly and they are generally
  filed in a wastebasket.
• Debbie Featherston
• Jist Works

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This session will begin at 800 AM
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Did you know?

• In the first four to seven minutes of an
  interview, the employer has already made a hiring
  decision.
• Richard Gaither,
• Job Search Consultant

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In Todays Session

• You will learn how to present topics on target.

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Please Sign-in
Bob Jones, DVOP
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Did you know?

• The average employer will spend seven to ten
  seconds reading your resume.
• Richard Gaither
• Job Search Consultant

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Please make any corrections needed to the
participant list on the back table.
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Did you know?

• IBM received more than seven million resumes last
  year.
• Dave Swanson
• Natl Jist Conference, IN

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Welcome to the Transition Assistance
ProgramCourse
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Quote/Unquote

• One personal contact is worth 100 resumes.
• Joyce Lain Kennedy
• Executive Editor
• Career World

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Help yourself to coffee and make yourself
comfortable
Hot Coffee
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Did you know?

• It takes 245 resumes for one response from an
  employer. That response may be
• Sorry, we have no openings.
• Tom Jackson
• Guerilla Tactics in the Job Market

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This session will begin at 800 AM
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Did you know?

• 37 of the people who ask for something get it.
• 100 of the people who dont ask, dont get what
  they want.
• Richard Gaither
• Job Search Consultant

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Please Sign-in
Bob Jones, DVOP