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 improvement v Wrapping up
Announcements v Look for the quarterly survey and gift cards on May 31 st . 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 18. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/m85su7r 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 31 st . We will miss you!
Outcomes from baseline to quarter #3 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.)
What are you counting? 14% 14% 14% NOT employment 15% 14% 16% 17% Administrative 27% 28% 29% 30% 29% 28% 27% Support after hire 25% 23% 25% 26% 25% 25% 26% Other support bef. hire 12% 13% 12% 12% 11% 12% 10% Finding jobs 14% 13% 12% 13% 14% 12% 14% 8% 8% 8% Getting to know 7% 7% 6% 6% a JS Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 5
Growing the blue zone 14% 14% 14% NOT employment 15% 14% 16% 17% Administrative 27% 28% 29% 30% 29% 28% 27% Support after hire 25% 23% 25% 26% 25% 25% 26% Other support bef. hire 12% 13% 12% 12% 11% 12% 10% Finding jobs 14% 13% 12% 13% 14% 12% 14% 8% 8% 8% Getting to know 7% 7% 6% 6% a JS Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 6
Extending the benefits beyond the survey 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 of job seekers and families v Share what you learned with others
Input and feedback on daily survey
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Tips: Growing the “blue zone” v Dedicate job development time in your schedule. Protect it! Stick to it! • Get difficult/stressful tasks done early in the day (calling employers…) • Minimize “putting out fires” • Use travel time efficiently 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
Time Analysis Tool Wondering where your time goes? Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday v Track your time for 5 days 8:00 8:30 9:00 v ID each task with a key: 9:30 10:00 1 = Urgent & Essential (Must) 10:30 11:00 2 = Important (Should) 11:30 12:00 3 = Routine (Could delegate) 12:30 1:00 4 = Wasted (Why am I doing this?) 1:30 2:00 2:30 Institute for Community Inclusion / UMass Boston
Resources v 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
Thanks so much for your participation! Best of luck to you all! www.thinkwork.org/Strand2 knye@umn.edu (Kelly Nye-Lengerman) Melanie.Jordan@umb.edu Alberto.Migliore@umb.edu Oliver.Lyons@umb.edu John.Butterworth@umb.edu 13
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