Newsletter 5

Survey Results are In!

 

Thanks to the 39 of you who participated in completing the survey. We have tallied the results and you will begin seeing things in the newsletter and in the Resource Room that will address your answers.

 

Many of you expressed a need for help with your Talent Bank Resume. Please remember that you MUST have that Talent Bank Resume in place before you can draw unemployment.

 

There are blank Talent Bank Resume templates in the Resource Room. Take one and fill it out. If you need help putting it on the computer, MI Works! staff are available on Tuesdays to help. Or see Kryste the Peer-to-Peer person near Renee's office; she can help too.

 

Take advantage of these opportunities now while you are in your comfort zone. The people are here to help you.

 

Aptitude Testing!

 

The survey results showed us that many of you were interested in aptitude testing. An aptitude test will match your skills, talents, and abilities to careers. You then can learn more about these careers and decide if they might be the next one for you.

 

All of the following websites are free. There are many others available, but these three are terrific places to start.

 

LiveCareer.com is a website that offers free easy-to-use career aptitude and assessment tests to help participants find their dream job. The 100-question career aptitude test asks participants to rank their favorite and least favorite activities and their specific skills.

 

CareerPath.com, a subsidiary of CareerBuilder.com, is a career resource center that offers both career aptitude tests and career assessments. The Job Discovery Wizard gives participants possible career choices based on skill set and interests.

 

 

Pathways to Career Success offered by America's Career One Stop is found at http://www.careerinfonet.org/acinet/skills/default.aspx?nodeid=20. Use the Skills Profiler to create a list of your skills and match them to job types that need those skills.

 

 

 

More on Career One Stop

 

This is a grand website. Career OneStop is your pathway to career success. It is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. It is filled with information about Worker Re-employment. It contains information on Exploring Careers :  Salary + Benefits :  Education + Training :  Job Search :  Resumes + Interviews :  People + Places to Help.

 

There are computers in the Resource Room; Design Ware has made time available on shift to use them, and there is help there on Tuesdays.

 

The more prepared you are before you leave Design Ware, the better you will be at making the transition from employment to your next career move.