
Supporting Those
Whose Skills are
No Longer in Demand
Workshop: Supporting Those Whose Skills are No Longer in Demand: Help Your Students/Clients Navigate a Changing Workplace
Overview:
Today’s world of work is changing so fast that it affects peoples’ jobs and resulting job loss in multiple industries. Should displaced workers try to find other employment, they may discover limited prospects with their current skill-set. Career development professionals who support these people must understand the challenges they face. This session will include information and resources to help your students and clients navigate the changing workplace.
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:
Workshop Downloads:
Workshop Handout
Resources for the Unemployed
CCDA Conference Presentation (5/2019)
Job Search Websites
Create a Resume
So How Do You Find and Get Your Dream Job?/Different Types of Counselors
Identifying Potential Survival 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
Power of Expectations in Academics
Coping Strategies for Academics
Clarify Priorities for Academics
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
Generalist vs Specialist
Success
Life-long Learning Options
Understanding Educational Systems
School Research Project
Striving but Not Arriving?
Hungry, Tired, Stressed Affecting Your Grades?
Related Resources
Related Videos:
Technology is replacing jobs. Are you ready? (Slope of the Curve)
FutureWork: The Model of The Future (apprenticeship training) Linotype and letterpress printing – (Once state of the art technology requiring highly skilled trades workers)
Movie Clip: “The Sixth Sense (illustration of a paradigm shift)
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