All trainings are designed and customized to suit your specific needs following a free telephone consultation where your training objectives are discussed. Below are examples of some potential topics for both staff and client trainings.
Favorite Staff Training Topics:
Working with formerly incarcerated job seekers
- Do criminal records make you unemployable
- Discussing sensitive topics
- The need or right to ask clients about their convictions
- Limitations associated with various offenses
- What it means to be an individual with a felony in this job market
- What to expect from background checks
- The importance of obtaining a copy of ones rap sheet, and how to do it
- Record cleaning remedies and their realities
Applying for Jobs with a Record
- How to address the conviction on a job application
- How to disclose the conviction in an interview
- Working with resume gaps
- Helping employers overcome their prejudices
- Steps for improving weak resumes
- Addressing unrealistic employment expectations
- The ins and outs of the federal bonding program
- Who qualifies for the WOTC
- Promoting an aggressive job search
Job Retention
- Acknowledging the traps
- Identifying previous patterns
- The ways individuals set themselves up to fail
- The truth about what often makes job retention so difficult for certain populations
“The thing I appreciated most about the Working with Parolees and Formerly Incarcerated Clients training was all the literature that I can refer back to. I definitely feel more confident about motivating this population to job search.” — Rosie C., Employment Training Specialist
“Pam was awesome with her delivery of a subject that is rarely discussed. I appreciate all of the information that I came away with.” —Lebessa V. Career Center Assistant
Favorite Client Training Topics:
The Job Search
- Determining your skill sets for a resume
- Various techniques for improving weak resumes
- Writing cover letters that get attention
- Making contact with employers
- How to find job leads
- Networking without a network
Interview Etiquette and Skills
- How to use each question productively
- Interview etiquette from A to Z
- Interview attire do’s and don’ts
- Disclosing your conviction from start to finish
- Understanding what employers look for when considering someone with a record
Keeping the Job
- What gets us fired
- How to become a valued employee
- Learning the power of attitude adjustment
- Becoming a team player
- Sexual harassment simply put
- Clean and sober employment
- Threats, violence, and intimidation in the workplace
- Conflict management tools
- Effective and responsible communication
Financial Management
- Getting by on a tight budget
- Determining wants from needs
- IDA accounts
- Money orders, check cashing, and banks
“In the ‘Work Readiness’ workshops that Pam Hogan conducted at the Work2future One-Stop in San Jose, she developed a great rapport with our clients, effortlessly teaching them essential and important life skills with tremendous patience and a great sense of humor. She brings a unique sensibility, practicality and a dose of ‘reality’ to her work with ’at-risk’ populations. I highly recommend her workshops for any audience – clients, workforce staff, partners – because I believe that any one can can benefit from her down-to-earth lessons.” —Sabby K., Employment Training Specialist
Whether you’re thinking about on-site training for staff or a client workshop let’s begin a conversation.
415-333-8327
Info@PamHoganProductions.com