This teaching module was carefully assembled to teach essential job search skills to students with special needs.
The package includes:
- 20 copies of Job Smarts
- 1 copy of Job Smarts Instructor's Manual
- 1 copy of Good First Impressions DVD
- 1 pkg (25 copies) of Job Search Knowledge Scale
Job Smarts: 12 Steps to Job Success
All essential job search and job retention topics are covered, and the material is presented in a simplified and visual way.
- Text is written at a fifth-grade reading level.
- For instructional settings that include more advanced students, optional worksheets are included for both basic and advanced students.
- Most activities can be completed in 15 to 30 minutes.
Job Smarts Instructor's Manual
The curriculum has one chapter for each of the 12 steps. Save hundreds of hours preparing for classes.
- Objectives and overview notes help the teacher prepare for each unit.
- Review the rules of the worksite, the previous unit, the objective for the day, and "power words."
- Several activities include suggested comments for the teacher to introduce and conduct the activity.
- Case Studies give examples of situations in typical jobs.
Good First Impressions DVD
Most employers form an impression of a job seeker in the first few seconds of the interview. If that impression is negative, few job seekers are able to change the employer's mind.
Armed with the guidance in this DVD, job seekers won't have to worry about recovering from a bad first impression. They'll know just what it takes to make a great impression right from the get-go.
This DVD teaches viewers about the importance of appearance, confidence, maturity, emotional stability, and enthusiasm, and reveals how to improve upon these areas before an interview. The video also covers interview taboos, such as being late, answering cell phones, and revealing tattoos. Group interviews, bad interviewers, and phone interviews will also be covered.
The program offers scenarios of interviews in action and includes the insights of job search experts and employers. Convenient pause points let instructors stop the program for discussion.
Job Search Knowledge Scale
Self-scoring, self-interpreting, assesses job search knowledge in five areas—all in one eight-panel folder, no other components needed.
- Test takers respond to 60 true/false statements.
- A simple self-scoring grid provides an immediate graphic picture of relative strengths and weaknesses in the five areas.
- The inside panels include a four-panel chart with information about the five job search areas, including proven tips and additional information sources.
- Use as a pre- and post-test.
