Workshop:  When Skills are No Longer in Demand:  What Should You Do When You See the Warning Signs?

• Overview:

  The world is in a state of constant change and it affects people’s jobs. Some people may discover at mid-career or pre-retirement age that their careers and/or the skills they have developed over time are no longer in demand. Should they try to find other employment, they will discover limited prospects with their current skill-set. This can be scary, and most adults do not know how to respond. Participants will discover options, resources and activities that can help them navigate this transition in their lives, and make decisions about what to do next.

• Learning Outcomes:

         Participants will:

• Understand that the world is in a constant state of rapid change which affects demand for their skill set

• Identify what emotional responses they are experiencing

• Identify some coping strategies for dealing with emotional reactions

• Recognize helpful responses for keeping jobs during uncertain times

• Define who is most at risk for having challenges transitioning into new employment

• Identify several common options to consider

• Narrow their list of options

• Research appropriate options to consider

• Identify appropriate sources of information for options exploration

• Identify appropriate skilled professionals who can help them with their decision-making process

• Workshop Presenter:

  • Kathleen E. High, M.Ed., CCSP, FCD-I

• Workshop Downloads:

  • Career One-Stop

    • PowerPoint File

    • Workshop Handout

    • Information Flyer

      • Garden Grove

      • Irvine

  • Mt. SAC

    • Faculty Layoff Workshop

    • Unemployment Guide for Part-Time Faculty

• CCDA Conference Presentation (5/2019)

  • Presentation PowerPoint file

  • Resources for the Unemployed

• Related Handouts:

• Job Search Websites

• Create a Resume

• Different Types of Counselors/

• So How Do You Find and Get Your Dream Job?

• Understanding Labor Market Trends

• When Skills are No Longer in Demand

• When Skills are No Longer in Demand — College Professors & Staff

• Unemployed Resources

• Needs of the Unemployed

• Reaching Career Goals

• Networking Savvy

• Volunteer Interests

• Emotional Intelligence

• Locus of Control (personal responsibility)

• Delayed Response

• Discerning Seasons

• Paradigm Shifts

• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

• Needs vs Wants

• Purposeful Living

• Happenstance

• Timeline

• Setting Effective Goals

• Opportunity vs. Security

• Success

• Life-long Learning Options

• Understanding Educational Systems

• School Research Project

• Striving but Not Arriving?

• Hungry, Tired, Stressed Affecting Your Grades?

• Related Resources​

  • Benefits for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

  • American Job Center/One-Stop Center

  • AJC/Career One-stop – Service Locator (Where to find help looking for a job)

  • Career Counselor Search

  • Find Professional Associations

  • Research Labor Market Trends

  • Small Business Association (SBA) – Help starting a for-profit business

  • Center for Non-Profit Management — Help starting a non-profit business

  • Social Security Administration — Retirement planning resource

  • Caregiver Action Network — Resources for caregivers

  • Find a Program at a California Community College

  • The American Displaced Worker

• Related Videos:

  • Technology is replacing jobs. Are you ready? (Slope of the Curve)

  • Did You Know? (Shift Happens)

  • The Sequel: How to Change Your Career without Starting Over

  • How to Improve Your Job Security

  • FutureWork: A Story of Yesterday & Today

  • FutureWork: The Model of The Future (apprenticeship training)Linotype and letterpress printing – (Once state of the art technology requiring highly skilled trades workers)

  • Movie Trailer: “Cast Away” (A life in transition)

  • Movie Clip: “The Sixth Sense (illustration of a paradigm shift)

• Related Links:

  • California Community Colleges — Vision for the Success (Vision for Future)

  • Change Cycle

  • ​Stages of Change Model

  • Life Transitions Articles

  • Grief.com

  • Anticipatory Grief

  • Someone you love is out of work and stuck. Really stuck.

  • Overcoming anger and fear after layoffs

  • Image: Resisting Change
    

• Related Articles:

  • 37 jobs that are quickly disappearing in the US

  • If You’re Over 50, Chances are the Decision to Leave Your Job Won’t be Yours

• Related Books:

  • The Sequel: How to Change Your Career Without Starting Over

  • Transitions

  • On Death and Dying (stages of grief)

  • On Grief and Grieving: Find the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss

  • Luck is No Accident (2nd. Ed.): Making the Most of Happenstance in Your Life and Career
    

• Related Movies/Videos:

  • Up

  • Up in the Air

  • Larry Crowne

  • Castaway

  • Me Before You (Does not adapt well to his transition)

  • Joni Eareckson Tada (True Story – Does adapt well to transition)

  • Reminiscing on the ‘good old days’ – “Grandpa” by The Judds