Job Carving

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Job Carving

• Finding the job that fits
• for the road to success!

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Job Carving

• Creating a job that fits the unique abilities of
  the worker.
• Matching the workers unique contributions and
  assets with the needs of an employer.

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How do you begin?

• Determine a potential employees capabilities,
  needs and interests through whole-life planning.
• Make connections with potential employers.
• Analyze work duties that an employer needs
  completed.
• Compare duties with abilities.
• Match specific tasks with potential employee.

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Person-Centered Planning

• To look at an individual in a different way.
• To assist the focus person in gaining control
  over their own life.
• To increase opportunities for participation in
  the community.
• To recognize individual desires, interests, and
  dreams.
• Through team effort, develop a plan to turn
  dreams into reality.

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Skills and Interest SurveyWhat do you want to be
when you grow up?

• What do your parents do?
• What have youve experienced as a child?
• What has interested you the most in school?
• What are you good at?
• What do you think you would like to do?

Career Interest Inventory
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Skills and Interest SurveyWhat are you afraid of
becoming when you grow up?

• What does not interest you?
• What are the most challenging tasks for you?
• What kinds of jobs do you hope to avoid?
• Why do you feel this way about certain jobs?
• What job would not be a good fit?

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Work Styles

• Realistic
• Social
• Investigative
• Conventional
• Enterprising
• Artistic

www.myfuture.com/
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Learning StylesHow do I learn best?

• 70 learn by on-the-job training models
• 20 learn by attending training sessions
• 10 learn by reading about a topic

Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline
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Making Connections

• Find employers who are willing to help create
  mentorships or allow job shadowing
• Share interests and abilities with potential
  employers
• Promote special skills or qualifications
• Match skills with work duties

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Analyzing Work Duties

• Consider work duties for specific jobs
• Determine specific skills required to perform
  work duties.
• Consider adaptations that may help to complete
  work duties.
• Promote self by describing interests, abilities,
  and ways to meet job expectations.

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The Survey Says

• 91 felt that the job performance of their
  co-worker with a disability was very good or good
• 92 were more favorable or much more favorable
  toward companies that hire people with
  disabilities
• 96 believed that businesses that hire people
  with disabilities help the employees lead more
  productive lives

2006 Gallup Poll
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Whats Out There

• Whats happening in your neighborhood?
• Whats happening in your community?
• Who do your parents or family members know?
• What are your friends doing?
• Whos hiring? Where do you look for openings?
  How do you get an application?

Hot Jobs
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Its a Win-Win

• Employers have workers who are suited for a job.
• Workers have the opportunity to gain experience
  and develop interests.
• Positive community relationships are built.
• Workers become productive citizens and
  contributing members of society

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Life is a Highway

• All of our experiences make us who we are.
• Our experiences take us down different pathssome
  that we continue to travel and some that are dead
  ends.
• Life can be an adventure!