Get Hired Now! Transitions
Single Moms from Welfare to Work
In addition to my work with clients, I have a contract with
the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women and their
TeamWorks program. TeamWorks is a program that assists women,
mostly single mothers, transitioning from welfare to work.
In my role as Success Skills Consultant, I introduced the
Get Hired Now program as part of the program’s Life
Skills curriculum. We kicked off the first class with a telephone
presentation by C.J. to a group of about 12 TeamWorks clients.
The outcome of the program was excellent. Three previous
classes had no clients obtain jobs as a result of the program’s
internship. The first class to use Get Hired Now had two clients
find their own internship sites and one client obtained a
full time position. The client who received the full time
position has since closed her welfare case and is self-sufficient.
While the program was not necessarily designed to be used
in this setting, the flexibility in the Get Hired Now system
allowed it to be customized to work in this environment, with
a disadvantaged population.
After using the Get Hired Now program with several classes
at TeamWorks, we have at least three clients obtain employment
following completion of the program. I have since changed
roles at TeamWorks to a Case Manager to work more one on one
with clients, but Get Hired Now is still a part of the program
and each client who participates in class gets a copy of the
book.
David Stocum
Great Lives Coaching
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