3ARH3
New York, NY
Male, 35
I work for a non-profit that focuses on Workforce Development as a Trainer. I spend the majority of my time facilitating training courses to people looking for work. I design curriculum for the course, activities and exercises and then coach people on a range of topics from resume writing to interview skills to references to utilizing online resources. The focus of the program is to provide opportunities, training and job placement services to underserved and low-income individuals.
Yes, you are correct. I was a teacher. I definitely use many similar skills and the training of being in the classroom with children has many parallels to working with adults around vocation. Clearly there are differences and there has been a lot I've had to learn and continue to learn about the job market and how companies tend to go about their hiring processes.
Fortunately, yes, they do attend voluntarily. There is no mandate for them to be there and they are not receiving anything for there attendance (like public assistance benefits). That certainly makes a big difference, that they choose to be there. They definitely are motivated to work, it's not traffic school.
Our services are offered at no cost to participants. We are funded by a foundation that funds our program and the costs associated with it. Its not pro bono.
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