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Sarah
Ladd Bennett, CDF, Director
Second Start
17 Knight Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 228-1341 ext. 4222
TOLL FREE (866) 313-7837
FAX (603) 228-3852
sbennett@second-start.org
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does your Future hold? Let us help you figure it out!

Working Futures is a career assessment and job readiness program
available only by referral from the New Hampshire Employment
Program.
Choosing the job that is right for you and your family can
be difficult.
Working Futures can help you make a good career decision for
now and for later.
At the end of the program, you will:
Know
Yourself
- Know
how your reading and math skills are and how you learn best
- Know
what kinds of jobs you are interested in
- Know
your career values including what is most important to you
in a job
- Know
what skills you already have to offer an employer including
transferable skills, adaptive skills and technical skills
- Know
what skills will lead to job burnout for you
- Know
your aptitudes including what you are good at, what you
have the potential to learn easily and where your weaknessess
are so you can improve them.
- Know
your personality traits including your strongest personal
characteristics and how to use those in your job search
Explore
Careers
- Explore
Careers that match your interests, values, skills, abilities
and personality
- Determine
possible stop-gap jobs that will get you to work immediately
and off TANF
- Develop
your long-term career goals which will help you to be economically
self-sufficient in the future
- Creat
a plan that leads you from your stop-gap job to your long-term
career goal
- Research
local companies that are hiring for your stop-gap job and
your long-term career
- Get
to Work Faster!
Market
Yourself
- Customize
general job search techniques that show the connection between
who you are, what you can do and what the employer needs
- Use
your knowledge about yourself to create a powerful resume
and cover letter
- Develop
a 30-second commercial about yourself that can be used for
networking
- Write
a script for cold-calling that will set you apart from all
the other job searchers
- Complete
a sample job application that reflects the information that
an employer is looking for
- Practice
interviewing questions on a daily basis so that job interviews
aren't so stressful- you'll know wahwt to say and how to
say it
Join Us Today!
For more Information, contact any of the following offices.....
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