Resources
2010 Ways to Be an Employment Ambassador
- Ask about jobs when visiting businesses
- Carry “Ambassador” cards and story templates
- Call on seasonal employers for jobs
- Frequent the establishments of participating employers; let them know!
- Leave info about 2010 with employers
- Spread the news of 2010 to community groups you belong to
- Send in a success story
- Remember special event jobs or months, such as sweet potato month
- Post 2010 news on blogs
- Include info about what job coaches do on business cards
- Tell people in your neighborhood about 2010
- Let employers know how to get motivated, reliable, trained workers
- Ask employers to share a story a success story
- Tell people to visit philaonthejob.org
- Refer an employer to a CIE provider
- Add link to www.philaonthejob.org to your website
- Include success stories & supports in your organization’s newsletter
- Talk to friends and family about the importance of employment for all
- Ask young children, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” regardless of their age or life situation
- Ask people who aren’t working what they would love to do and make $$$ to do
- Patronize stores and businesses that hire people with disabilities
- Tell store managers and owners who hire people with disabilities that you support them, and let others know about them
- Walk with someone around their neighborhood, say hello to local merchants, and look for possibilities
- Connect someone to a peer mentor who can discuss the joys and struggles of working
- Contribute to a ‘Career Advisory Network’ instead of ‘readiness and endless waiting’
- Discover a person’s talents and think about where they might be valued and needed
- Help someone to network in personal and community circles
- Employment for All – Sing it from the rooftops!
- Advertise “Situations Wanted”
- Don’t keep employment success stories to yourself!
- Recruit someone to help with ‘Informational Interviews’ to provide a type of networking
- Ask your circle of contacts (community groups, places of worship, recreation groups) to pass on information about jobs or job leads
- Spread the word about Vision for Employment 2010 in your neighborhood
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