| Employer: |
Eaton Intermediate School District - Vocational School serving three
counties in Michigan |
| Title: |
Employability Skills Trainer
Bill has been Employability Skills Trainer for three years. He has
a Masters in Human Resources. 20+ years assisting people find employment. |
| Role: |
Helps people who are unemployed and must find jobs, under the Welfare
Reform Act. His office is in a One-Stop Center; his clients are referred
by the Family Independence Agency. |
| O*NET Usage: |
Bill uses the Crawl/Walk/Run approach with his clients, with the
“goal of familiarizing job seekers with the use of O*NET.”
In the Crawl Phase, Bill and the job seeker review test results together,
plug the most recent job into O*NET, and print a summary report and
wage/trend sheet. Bill gets the client talking about a dream occupation.
They find it in O*NET and print its summary report and wage/trend
sheet.
During the Walk Phase, Bill reviews the client’s resume, checks
for standard industry terms and phrases, and compares language with
the occupation summary reports. He shows the job seeker how to use
O*NET and to fill in job titles and tasks. The client uses the printouts
to upgrade their resumes with proper language, structure, and format.
During the Run Phase, Bill edits the resume with the client, making
sure it’s on target. The client makes copies for potential employers
and springs out of the blocks searching for a job.
Next Bill hopes to incorporate everything his clients learn into the
process of making functional rather than chronological resumes, using
O*NET-based templates. Many of his clients have employment gaps and
will benefit from using O*NET language in a functional resume design. |
| Speaking on the
Value of O*NET: |
“Many times O*NET has been helpful in getting my clients new,
different jobs. Several gas station workers have landed positions
as administrative clerks and accounting clerks. When I help them realize
that they actually do have skills, that are transferable and attractive
in other occupations, they quickly learn to use the O*NET language
to move to the next level in their careers! People come in here saying
that the only skill they have is operating a cash register. They soon
see that they have many skills and need only to learn how to articulate
them properly.” |
| Currently Reading: |
Direct From Dell: Strategies That Revolutionized an Industry,
Michael Dell’s story (with Catherine Fredman). |
| Favorite Sport or Hobby: |
Bill enjoys competing in triathlons and duathlons, when he's not
riding his Harley! |
