Tying it All Together

Thursday, May 11, 2017Advancing your professional career

Improving Employment outcomes of job seekers

Agenda

v Announcements

v Outcomes from baseline to quarter #3

v What can we learn from the data?

v Tips for continuous improvement

v Wrapping up

Announcementsv Look for the quarterly survey and gift cards on May 31st.v New!! We reframed the daily survey. Let us know what

you think or if you have any questions about it!v Join a webinar about the daily survey findings on May

18. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/m85su7r

v We are excited that some of you will co-present with us at the APSE conference in Portland OR, this June.

v A new daily survey experimental study will be launched this June. If interested, get the details by completing this short form https://tinyurl.com/jxm2g5n

v The daily survey is set to end on May 31st.

We will miss you!

Outcomes from baseline to quarter #3

v 81% increase in the number of individuals with IDD employed (Baseline N= 437, final estimated tally N=792)

v 170% increase in the number of individuals with other disabilities employed (Baseline N= 85, final estimated tally N=229)

v An average reduction of nearly 2.5 months from start of job search to date of hire (Baseline average= 5.6 months, final estimated average=2.98 months)

v An average of $0.60 more per hour in individual wages (Baseline average = $8.79/hr., final estimated average=$9.39/hr.)

v An average of 0.31 more work hours per week (Baseline average = 18.76/hrs., final estimated average=19.08/hrs.)

What are you counting?

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NOTemployment

Administrative

Supportafterhire

Othersupportbef.hire

Findingjobs

GettingtoknowaJS

Growing the blue zone

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NOTemployment

Administrative

Supportafterhire

Othersupportbef.hire

Findingjobs

GettingtoknowaJS

Extending the benefits beyond the surveyv Spend more time with

job seekersv Learn more about local

businessesv Look for tasks, not jobsv Be creative, and open

your mindv Draw upon the networks

of job seekers and families

v Share what you learned with others

Input and feedback on daily survey

Input and feedback on daily survey

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Tips: Growing the “blue zone”v Dedicate job development time in your schedule. Protect it!

Stick to it!• Get difficult/stressful tasks done early in the day (calling

employers…)• Minimize “putting out fires”• Use travel time efficiently

v Increased time spent in the community definitely pays off!v Be proactive and prepared!v Maximize natural supports, fade appropriately, use fading

time productively!v Time management skills and attention can help!https://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_HTE.htm

Time Analysis Tool

Wondering where your time goes?v Track your time for 5 daysv ID each task with a key:1 = Urgent & Essential (Must)2 = Important (Should)3 = Routine (Could delegate)4 = Wasted (Why am I doing this?)

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Resourcesv Brief: Chapman and Rupured (2014) Time Management

http://extension.uga.edu/publications/files/pdf/C%201042_1.PDF

v Tool: Wondering where your time goes? https://tinyurl.com/mghryok

v Brief: Brefi Group Limited (2014) Covey’s Four Quadrants for time management http://www.brefigroup.co.uk/acrobat/quadrnts.pdf

v Video: How to Manage Time With 10 Tips That Work (3 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go5XyuI7DkA

v Video: 4 Quadrants of Time Management (1.5 min)https://tinyurl.com/kmjm7pc

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knye@umn.edu(KellyNye-Lengerman)Melanie.Jordan@umb.eduAlberto.Migliore@umb.eduOliver.Lyons@umb.edu

John.Butterworth@umb.edu

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Thanks so much for your participation!Best of luck to you all!