Job Placement Describe Four Sources

Job Placement

Describe four sources of occupational, job, and labor market information. Discuss how each of these can be used in the job placement process.

In the age of the internet, for college students, these centers can put job-seeking students in touch with alumni contacts in various fields and provide information about careers where alumni have been successful in the past. They can also provide resume and job-searching tips. In short, these centers are excellent networking opportunities.

Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Handbook also provides online information about different fields, notes if those fields are expanding, what skills and education are needed to be competitive, information about salaries, and subspecialties. Its URL is easily accessed at http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm and can be used for research.

Internet job boards are also useful even though they may not be good sources for jobs, Internet job boards provide descriptions of different profiles for jobs that can be helpful when listing skills on one's resumes and tailoring resumes for specific fields. They can be used for resume-building.

Professional associations are important sources of jobs, information, and contacts and can be used for networking and job information.

Describe and discuss three important factors related to each of the following: Methods of Job Placement, Methods of Job/Career Development, and the Job Club (for someone with a disability)

Clients must be aware that their job search techniques must be varied, and cannot be confined to the Internet. Temporary assignments or internships can be good 'lead-ins' to permanent positions, and cold-calling companies or other places you want to work for even if there are no jobs advertised can be valuable -- focusing on several desirable options is a better strategy than sending out thousands of generic resumes.

Methods of Job/Career Development involve obtaining a certain level of education is necessary in some fields for entering the profession, in all fields cultivating knowledge and contacts through continuing educational efforts at professional associations, conferences and tradeshows is valuable, as is subscribing to professional newsletters and keeping abreast of industry news on the web.

For an individual with a disability, a job club provides a source of varied contacts, emotional support (sometimes in a real-life context, depending on the club), and individuated advice. This is particularly necessary for someone with a disability, who may have additional challenges in his or her search.

List four major components of Job Seeking Skills Training. Discuss why they are significant and how clients can be trained in those areas.

Persistence: Encourage the client to see every experience as valuable, even a bad interview is still practice

Written communication: Know how to communicate briefly and effectively through an online resume, over email, which can be honed with practice

Oral communication: Know how to communicate in interviews and over the phone which can also be honed with practice in mock-interviews

Turn negatives into positives: Even a stay-at-home mother has skills that can be valuable in the workforce

You are discussing hiring people with disabilities with an employer. The employer asks the following questions:

If I hire a person with disabilities or promote the person, how will my company's health-insurance and workers compensation costs be affected?

They should not be unduly affected, given that according to the ADA website, an employer "must provide a reasonable accommodation if a person with a disability needs one in order to apply for a job, perform a job, or enjoy benefits equal" to other employees, but it must not produce an "undue hardship" for the employer (ADA, EEOC, 2004).

Does the ADA require me, as an employer, to provide health insurance to an employee who is disabled?