Career Advice and Guidance


Employment Specialist


Independent Sub-Contractor

 

Specialist provision for people facing barriers to employment.

 

Which direction to take: specialist employment training or direct work/employment entry?

Which direction to take?

 

Support

  • Career advice and guidance for people who face barriers to employment including health issues, injury and disability
  • Initial employment assessment identifying educational, occupational information and work history
  • Provide sustainable career options with sustainable full time employment
  • Recognising transferable skills
  • Discussing significant background information that may affect employment opportunities, i.e. the effect of disability on working life.
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    Empower the Client

  • Holland’s Self Directed Search (SDS) is based on extensive research about how people choose their careers
  • Recognising personality type, realistic, investigative, social, enterprising, conservative or artistic
  • Provide an Interpretive Report including career matches for the client
  • Provide information to explore suitable sustainable career options and sustainable full time employment
  • Summarise the information to ensure responsibility for decision making rests with the client
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    The World of Work

  • Jobsearch Strategy Plan—know the local labour market

  • Is your Curriculum Vitae working for you?

  • The interview: know the questions you could be asked

  • Realistic goals: are they specific, measureable, achievable, realistic and time bound. (SMART)?

  • Actively looking for vacancies that could be suitable for your clients

  • Outcome Objective is sustainable employment.

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    Linda Robson - Her Professional Background

    Making a Difference

    Linda Robson has worked with people facing barriers to employment since
    1993 as a specialist employment consultant. Her contracts with the
    Department of Work and Pensions and the European Social Fund included, Job Club, Work Preparation and the Spirit of Success.

     

    The Spirit of Success programme helps clients to identify skill levels by using practical assessment tools.

     

    The Spirit of Success was designed by Linda to motivate and encourage
    clients to identify skill levels by the use of practical assessment.

    Moving to New Zealand in 2005, Linda has worked as an Employment Consultant for Workbridge in the Wellington area and In-Work New Zealand in the Wellington Region.
    Linda established L R Training in February 2010 as an Employment Specialist for people with a disability and other barriers to employment.

    Qualifications:
    Diploma in Career Guidance - New Zealand 2010-2012
    NZCER - Registered as a user of tests A,B, SDS
    British Psychological Society Registered Tester
    NCFE Diploma in Performance Coaching
    The International NLP Trainers Association
    City & Guilds Assessor
    Oxford & Cambridge Adult Education Trainer basic skills
    CDANZ and ASENZ member

     

    Contact LR Training & Development
     

    P O Box 25262
    Panama Street
    Wellington 6146

    Phone: 04 479 5778
    Mobile: 021 720048

    linda@lrtraining.co.nz 
    www.lrtraining.co.nz