PRIDE PATH Orientation Connecting LGBTQ + Young Adults 18-24 to - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Connecting LGBTQ + Young Adults 18-24 to affirming Career Opportunities


 
 PRIDE PATH Orientation

Trainings are Tuesday and Thursdays, April 3rd - May 1

General Program Overview

GOAL SETTING April 5th 1-3 PM

• Describe current achievements
• Assess where you are now in relation to goals
• Visualize a positive future for yourself
• Brainstorm tangible goals
• Know about additional resources to build on

what you learn today

Orientation April 3th 1-3 PM

1) Welcome and introduction 2) General program overview 3) Employee of the Center 10-minute break 4) Young adult supports 5) Reflection and next steps 6) Assessment 7) Refreshments and networking

CONFLICT RESOLUTION April 10th 1-3 PM

• Identify your triggers
• Know how to communicate

effectively through writing, speaking, and moving

• Compare and contrast effective and

noneffective examples of avoiding and managing conflict

• Understand what sets you off and

how to manage your own behavior

• Explore strategies for effective

communication

COMPUTER LITERACY April 12th 1-3 PM

Paid four-weeks training – 13/hr

You have to attend the workshop in person in order to get compensated.

Week 1 Week 2

• Learn basic functions of Microsoft Word,

PowerPoint and Excel

• Know how to use job search sites like

Idealist

• Create and use email effectively
• Review your social media presence to

ensure that it reflects the you you want to present to employers

WHAT IS LEADERSHIP? April 19th 1-3 PM

Moderated by: Floyd Rumohr, Executive Director, Brooklyn Community Pride Center. Panelists: Sandy Hong, Co-Founder/Director, New Women Space, David Kilmnick, President/Chief Executive Officer, LGBT Network; Carlos Menchaca, NYC Council Member District 38, Gabrielle Royal, Vice President at Citi, Campus Diversity Recruitment and more TBA.

FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT April 17th 1-3 PM

• Learn the fundamentals of budgeting

including income and expenses

• Understand the Importance of a checking

and savings account

• Learn the process of filing for taxes including

1099s (contracted work), W2 withholding (when employed), and resources for free tax filing

• Gain knowledge of tax and investment

strategies, securities, and life insurance

• Learn about the LGBTQ+ dollar and how it

effects the national economy (personal financial power)

RÉSUMÉS & LINKEDIN PROFILES April 24th 1-3 PM

• Identify your strengths, skills and

accomplishments

• Draft an accomplishments statement to

include in a résumé

• Develop an outline for a

professional résumé or revise your professional résumé

• Know the basics of how to correctly format

and craft a professional résume

• Draft a cover letter
• Know how to set up a LinkedIn page

DRESSING FOR SUCCESS April 26 1-3 PM

• Know how to dress as you want to be

seen: professional and successful

• Present in a way that is consistent with

companies’ professional standards, brand, etc.

• Know grooming techniques
• Understand how to posture, gesture, and

speak with confidence

Week 3 Week 4

INTERVIEWING FOR SUCCESS May 1 1-3 PM

• Understand how to conduct yourself during

different types of interviews including one-on-one, group, phone, and videoconference

• Develop a 5 minute sales pitch of “You, Inc.”
• Understand how to determine cultural “fit” within an
• rganization
• Know how to conduct basic research on a company

Week 5 SIGN-UP TO ATTEND TRAINING WORKSHOPS

General Program Overview

www.lgbtbrooklyn.org/curriculum-training/

Metro Card to get to and from training and internships.

• 2 Trip for Training Sessions = 2 cards each week
• 7 Day Metro for Internship = 1 each week

Training - See SahLeem after each session to sign out your 2 Trip Metro. Internship - See SahLeem at the start of each week to sign out your Weekly Metro. Flash Drive Orientation

Solar Charge Starting Intern Refurbished Laptop Conclusion of Internship

Program Incentives

Participants are also encouraged to contact SahLeem after the interview if they have any problems

• r reservations regarding the potential internship site.

Pick 3 Internships you are interested in and draft Cover Letter to send to SahLeem Schedule Meeting with Intern about choices made

SahLeem will Contact Business about potential Intern and Schedule an interview date for intern.

Placed in INTERNSHIP!!! Prep for Interview

Internship Process

Internship Opportunities

Fashion Design/Marketing Intern Research and Business Development Intern Program Intern Real Estate Office Intern

THE BROOKLYN PRESS

Garment Print Making Internship Retail Intern Executive Assistant Intern (Financial Services) Writing and Social Media Intern PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

www.lgbtbrooklyn.org/internship-opportunities/

Brooklyn Community Pride Center Supervisor Roles

Floyd Rumohr

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

SahLeem Butler

YOUTH PRIDE PROGRAM MANAGER

Manages Youth Pride and Pride Path Program Manages Human Resources and Center logistics

Employee Handbook

Callen-Lorde Community Health Mobile Unit

Parked outside the Center starting around April 15th Talk to a mental health professional for free… Ask questions about your physical health.. and get other medical needs addressed if needed.

Pride Celebrations

June 9th

Brooklyn Pride Festival Pride Parade After Party at City Point Mall.

Youth Supports

The primary purpose of the pre-internship resume is for you to introduce yourself to potential future supervisor. It is important that your resume be well-written and free of grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors.

• The average review is 15-30 seconds
• Resume should be no longer than one page
• Margins should be no more than one inch
• Do not use fancy fonts; fonts should be 10.5 – 12
• Use consistent formatting for headings and dates
• Do not use sentence or paragraph formatting
• Limit use of abbreviations
• Do not lie, exaggerate or use clichés (i.e., “out of the box thinker”)
• Put your actual GPA; do not round up
• Leave out information about marital status, gender, height, weight, or

health

• Do not list references
• PROOF READ YOUR RESUME

Resume Guidelines and Tips

This letter introduces you to a potential internship supervisor and is their first impression of you. This letter allows you to go in-depth about important experiences/skills and relate them to expertise needed in the field. It is important that the letter is well written as it provides a sample of your writing skills and shows the supervisor that your are invested in demonstrating your interest and commitment to your field of study.

The letter of introduction should:

* Be no more than one single spaced page * Avoid redundancy and wordiness * Use the same paper as your resume (in case you are asked to bring a paper

copy to an interview)

* Not have any TYPOS * Sign your name in ink between your close and typed name * Be given to friends and/or colleagues for proofreading or suggestions * Be PROOFREAD after a few hours or days (improve sentences, grammar,

typos)

Cover Letter Tips

What was your take-a way from today? What questions do you still have?

Reflections and Next Steps

**Remember** >>> Thursday is our goal setting workshop. Please sign up online for all workshops so we can plan ahead for materials needed.

• Application process must be complete and

submitted in order to get paid for training and to get placed into an internship. Further Questions?

• Contact: SahLeem Butler
• 347 - 378-7300 or sbutler@lgbtbrooklyn.org

Final Information