LDS Employment Resource Services

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LDS Employment Resource Services
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• A true act of compassion does not require the
  surrender of self-respect in exchange for
  assistance. The principle of reciprocity should
  guide the philanthropic exchange just as it
  guides exchange in the market place. People who
  are constantly on the receiving end, who have
  never been given the opportunity to reciprocate,
  will in due time despise not only the gift, but
  also the gift giver.
• Robert L. Woodson, Sr.
• The Triumph of the Josephs

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3 Stages of Self Reliance

• Meeting immediate needs
• Finding stability, options, creating safety nets,
  long term plans
• Serving others

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Microcredit Pioneers

• "Poverty covers people in a thick crust and makes
  the poor appear stupid and without initiative.
  If you give them credit, they will slowly come
  back to life. Even those who seemingly have no
  ability to think of yesterday or tomorrow, are in
  fact quite intelligent and expert at the art of
  survival. Credit is the key that unlocks their
  humanity."

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Definition of Self Reliance

• Personal belief that he or she has unlimited
  power within them to make things happen, and the
  courage to unlock the power and use it for good.

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ERS Guiding Purpose

• Help individuals become career self-reliant
  through employment, education, self-employment

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259 Employment Centers (2004)
Lethbridge
Seattle
Great Britain
Russia
Detroit
103
Germany
4
New York
Mongolia
Concord
Washington DC
Spain
15
Korea
Honolulu
Japan
Orlando
36
Mexico
Dominican Republic
Taiwan
Puerto Rico
Guatemala
Honduras
Hong Kong
11
Ghana
Thailand
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Ivory Coast
Venezuela
Philippines
Cambodia
Costa Rica
Nigeria
Kenya
Colombia
78
Ecuador
Samoa
12
Peru
Brazil
Tonga
Bolivia
Fiji
South Africa
Paraguay
Chile
Uruguay
Australia
New Zealand

• 65 Regional Centers
• 194 Volunteer Centers

Argentina
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LDS Employment Resource Center in Lima, Peru
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ERC in Manila, Philippines
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LDS Employment Resource Center in Asunción,
Paraguay
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Total Placements 2000-2004
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Key Activities Model



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Signature Program Career Workshop Hong Kong
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Signature Program Self Employment Workshop -
Paraguay
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Signature ProgramProfessional Networking Groups
Dallas
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• Ill be buying breakfast next week for the
  group and starting a new job Wednesday!Just a
  quick comment - this group has been a lifesaver
  for me. And that's not hyperbole. Instead of
  suffering all by myself at home, I can drive
  forty minutes to commiserate with lots of other
  unemployed clowns from themetroplex. It has
  lifted my spirit, inspired me, and given me
  practical ideas to spiff up myresume, use
  technology, and the like IVE LOVED IT!
  Joe Woodwell, Dallas Professional Network

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BYU ERS InternshipMay 2001 May 2005
Semesters 12 Students
226 Countries 28 Cities
83 Participants 7,000 Trainers trained
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Pilot May 2001, 2 women to Lima Peru January
2005 35 students from 3 campuses to 11 locations
including Cambodia, Mongolia, Brazil,
Philippines, Thailand, Germany, Panama, Costa
Rica, Ghana and Mozambique
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BYU Idaho Interns Taught Claudio the
Self-Employment Workshop in Mozambique.