Tying it All Together
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Advancing your professional career Improving Employment outcomes of job seekers
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Tying it All Together Thursday, May 11, 2017 Advancing your professional career Improving Employment outcomes of job seekers Agenda v Announcements v Outcomes from baseline to quarter #3 v What can we learn from the data? v Tips for continuous
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Advancing your professional career Improving Employment outcomes of job seekers
v Announcements v Outcomes from baseline to quarter #3 v What can we learn from the data? v Tips for continuous improvement v Wrapping up
v Look for the quarterly survey and gift cards on May 31st. v New!! We reframed the daily survey. Let us know what
you think or if you have any questions about it!
v Join a webinar about the daily survey findings on May
v We are excited that some of you will co-present with us
at the APSE conference in Portland OR, this June.
v A new daily survey experimental study will be launched
this June. If interested, get the details by completing this short form https://tinyurl.com/jxm2g5n
v The daily survey is set to end on May 31st.
v 81% increase in the number of individuals with IDD employed
(Baseline N= 437, final estimated tally N=792)
v 170% increase in the number of individuals with other
disabilities employed (Baseline N= 85, final estimated tally N=229)
v An average reduction of nearly 2.5 months from start of job
search to date of hire (Baseline average= 5.6 months, final estimated average=2.98 months)
v An average of $0.60 more per hour in individual wages
(Baseline average = $8.79/hr., final estimated average=$9.39/hr.)
v An average of 0.31 more work hours per week (Baseline
average = 18.76/hrs., final estimated average=19.08/hrs.)
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NOT employment Administrative Support after hire Other support
Finding jobs Getting to know a JS
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NOT employment Administrative Support after hire Other support
Finding jobs Getting to know a JS
v Spend more time with
job seekers
v Learn more about local
businesses
v Look for tasks, not jobs v Be creative, and open
your mind
v Draw upon the networks
families
v Share what you learned
with others
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v Dedicate job development time in your schedule. Protect it!
Stick to it!
employers…)
v Increased time spent in the community definitely pays off! v Be proactive and prepared! v Maximize natural supports, fade appropriately, use fading
time productively!
v Time management skills and attention can help!
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_HTE.htm
v Track your time for 5 days v ID each task with a key:
1 = Urgent & Essential (Must) 2 = Important (Should) 3 = Routine (Could delegate) 4 = Wasted (Why am I doing this?)
Institute for Community Inclusion / UMass Boston Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30v Brief: Chapman and Rupured (2014) Time Management
http://extension.uga.edu/publications/files/pdf/C%201042_1.P DF
v Tool: Wondering where your time goes?
https://tinyurl.com/mghryok
v Brief: Brefi Group Limited (2014) Covey’s Four Quadrants for
time management http://www.brefigroup.co.uk/acrobat/quadrnts.pdf
v Video: How to Manage Time With 10 Tips That Work (3 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go5XyuI7DkA
v Video: 4 Quadrants of Time Management (1.5 min)
https://tinyurl.com/kmjm7pc
knye@umn.edu (Kelly Nye-Lengerman) Melanie.Jordan@umb.edu Alberto.Migliore@umb.edu Oliver.Lyons@umb.edu John.Butterworth@umb.edu
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