DOCUSEST RESUME ED 205 717 TITLE The Career Shopper's Guide: A Development Plan Manual for an Employment Resource and Training Service. INSTITUTION Women's Center of Dallas, Tex. SPONS AGENCY Women's Educational Equity Act Program (ED), Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 80 NOTE 379p. AVAILABLE FROM WEEA Publishing Center, Education DevelopmentCenter, 55 Chapel St., Newton, MA 02160 ($13.00). FURS PRICE MF01/PC16 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Blacks; Career Change: Career Choice; *Career Guidance: Career PlLnning: CommunityResources; Employed Parents: Employed Women; Employers; Employment; Employment Opportunities; Employment QualificatiorA: Family Influence; *Females; *Hispanic Americans: Instructional Materials; Job Applicants: Job Application: *Job Search Methods:Job Skills; Mexican Americans: Minority Groups; Models:Needs Assessment; Outreach Programs: Program Development; Program Implementation: Recruitment; ReentryWorkers; Self Evaluation (Individuals): Teaching Guides; Teaching Methods: Transfer of Training; Underemployment; Unemployment: Values Clarification; *Workshops ABSTRACT This document is a guidebook for counselorsworking with Black and Hispanic Americanwomen, women reentering the workforce, and underemployed/career-changingwomen. The material contains workshop designs, activities, checklists,readings, techniques for recruiting women, and other communityoutreach suggestions. Topics covered included evaluation,developing an employment resource and training service, suggestionsfor conducting a self - directed job search workshop, and the basic model workshopfor employment skill training for the underemployedor career-changing women. Modification workshops are suggested for the minoritycareer seeker, the lob seeker, the re-entry woman, thenontraditional job seeker, faculty, and families of women employmentseekers. Materials provide a step-by-step procedure for conductingthe workshops. Many handouts or forms that can be reproduced and givento participants are included, along with a bibliography. (KC) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best thatcan be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** THE CAREER SHOPPER'S GUIDE A Development Plan Manual for An Employment Resource And Training Service by THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF DALLAS Project Director: Gerri Hair Assistant Project Director: Denyc Perez Project Staff: Susie Deane, Eastfield Coordinator Jan Evans, Counselor Margaret Miller, Secretary Emily Zwald, Counselor v 0(c .` Women's Educational Equity Act Program U.S. Education Department U S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Shirley M. Hufstedler, Secretary EDUCATION 6 WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION Steven A. Minter, Under Secretary THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM F. James Rutherford, Assistant Secretary for THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN- ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS Educational Research and Improvement STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE- SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY Discrimination Prohibited: No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race. color, or national origin, Lc excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to dis- crimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance, or be so treated on the bast:, of sex under most education programs or activities receiving Federal assistance. The activity which is the subject of this report was produced under a grant from the U.S. Education Department, under the auspices of the Women's Educational Equity Act. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Department, and no official endorsement should be inferred. Printed and distributed by WEEA Publishing Center, 1980, at Education Development Center, 55 Chapel Street, 1.1ewton, Massachusetts 02160 Cover design: EDC/S. Wojdyslawski ur) ii This book is dedicated to OURSELVES Because we did it!... And out of love and care for all thewomen Who've been thereand looked for alternatives Who are there nowreveling in change Who will be therepushing the future expectantly and thereby changing their world AND A WORD OF THANKS TO.,. ALL OF THOSE FANTASTIC PEOPLE WHO HELPED... Each and every: Workshop participant Community and civic organizaton Staff member of the Women's Center of Dallas Staff and faculty member of Eastfield College Client Need and Business Survey respondents Each and every: Author who has spoken, written, preachedor published words of encouragement, imight, or benefit in the fields of women's issues, women's rights, and career counseling. Each and every:Employer who believes and acts upon the belief that women CAN do the job Each and every:Legislator who recognized the need for, who worked for, and who voted for legislation to help women secure their equal rights and equal status under the law; especially those who made possible the funding of the Women's Educational Equity Act Each and every:President of the United States who signed the initial and continued funding for the Women's Educational Equity Act Each and every: Woman who dreamed about, worked for, contributed to, and continues to support the birth and growth of the Women's Center of Dallas Each and every:Person who has some way or somehow contributed to this total process but whom we may have unintentionally failed to mention 5 iv BUT VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF DALLAS Gay Jurgens, Executive Director, 1976-1978 Camelia Jones, Executive Director, 1978 Taunee Besson, Employment Information Service Director Claudia Dixon, EIS Associate Director EASTFIELD COLLEGE Dr. Kathleen M. Kurtz, Assistant Dean of Instruction, Communication Service Programs Dr. Joe M. Tinnin, Director of Counseling WEEA PROGRAM STAFF U.S. Education Depart nent EARLY EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION SERVICE DIRECTORS AND DEVELOPERS Donna Clack Nelda Davis Susie Deane Mary Sue Foster Judy Marshall Helen Schilling WORKSHOP FACILITATORS Donna Clack Bill Johnson Sue Clayton Marlene Joy Alva Clutts Arlene Koeppen Susie Deane Larry Koeppen Claudia Dixon Noreen V. Latham Jan Evans A.J. Melnick Mary Sue Foster Charlotte Stewart J.B. Harvill Sherry Swenson Margaret John D. Wickston THE PRINTER OF DALLAS ZEBRA GRAPHICS Clarita Robertson AND "MACEO" who lugged, carried,washed, protected, and encouraged as a ministry of God's love personified. Every Employment Resource and Training Service needsa Maceo! CONTENTS Preface ix Introduction 1 The Format 2 Demonstrations 2 Target Populations 4 Participant Criteria 5 Recruiting Methods 5 L lcations 6 The Bibliography 6 Community Resources 7 Possible. Resources 8 Evaluation 10 Client Needs Survey 11 Intake/Recruiting Form 13 Pre/Post Instruments 14 Workshop Evaluations 16 Follow-Up 16 Business Needs Survey 17 Additional Resources 18 The Evaluation Consultant 18 Organintjonal Guide and Cost Analysis 37 Developing an Employment Resource and Training Service 37 A Word about Management 51 Equipment and Supply Checklist 54 A Self-Directed Job Search 56 The Process 59 Introduction to the Workshops 63 Workshop Checklist 66 Room Arrangements 67 Registration 68 How to Prepare to Be an Instructor 70 For Instructors Only 75 Stereotypes 82 How to Use the Workshop Guide 83 The Basic Model 85 Employment Skill Training for the Underemployed or Career - Charging Woman 85 I. Orientation 89 II. Decision Making and Goal Setting 97 III. Assessment of Current Employment Status 102 IV. Internal Barriers 104 V. Personal Positive Qualities 119 VI. Achievement/Affiliation Needs 121 VII. External Barriers 129 VIII. Job Satisfiers/Action Plan 133 IX. Skill Identification 146 X. Skill Transfer 150 XI. Educational Information 157 XII. Researching Techniques 164 XIII. Resumes and Related Forms 178 XI V. Interviewing Techniques 188 XV. Negotiation 205 XVI. Closure 213 Modification Workshops Modification1: The Minority Career Seeker 219 Modification2:The Job Seeker 229 Modification3:The Re-Entry Woman 258 Modification4:The Non-Traditional Job Seeker 285 Modification5:The Faculty Workshop 323 Modification6:The Family Workshop 348 Model A 349 Model B 354 Bibliography 357 367 Index 6 viii PREFACE This book is the result of workaccomplished through a grant fromthe Office of Education awarded to the Women's Center of Dallas. It isalso the result of the dedication andconcentraced energies of innumerable women who had a dream. A small group of women met in June of 197i, and the Women'sCenter of Dallas was born. "They"said it would never last, onlyto watch the Center move almost every yeareach time to larger quarters inresponse to increasing needs. Its growthhas been erratic, its criticssevere and its supporters enthusiastic. It has madeits mark in the community. More importantly, it has positively touchedthe lives of thousands ofwomen over these past years. A non-profit organization,the Women's Center of Dallas issupported mainly by volunteer contributionsand a membership group of subscribers. Its staff is made up of a very small core of paid personnelsupplemented by many devoted volunteers.The stated purpose of the Centeris "to change society's expectationsof women through research,education, counseling and communicationand to provide a forum to enablewomen to help themselves and each other."This it obviously does since itserves some 60,000 people a year, either inperson or on the telephone, referring them to other agencies for helpwith financial, legal, employmentor per-