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 Downloads:

  • 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?