Preparing for customised job development

Learn about the crucial role of the Job Developer in customising employment.

This is the first webinar from a two-part webinar series about Job Development in which Milton Tyree (from Marc Gold & Associates) and Imagine More’s Julia Shumaker and Fiona McIntosh discussed the crucial role of the Job Developer in customising employment.

In this first session, Milton, Fiona, and Julia spoke about

Foundation building

  • The essential elements of Customised Employment.
  • How Discovery informs the job development process.
  • The most important information to share with employers.

Finding genuine support

  • Selecting the right individual or agency to undertake employer conversations for you.
  • Encouraging providers to adopt Customised Employment if they haven’t already.

Gathering information and leads

  • Inviting others to help you identify potential workplaces.
  • Who to invite if you don’t have a lot of connections
  • Finding potential employers through trusted connections.
  • How to gather information about industries that you are not familiar with.

Playing time: 1 hour, 52 minutes