DAVIS, Calif., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Kuana Benjamin, a 16-year-old
student at Travis Education Center High School in Fairfield, Calif., held up
her Job Journey graduation certificate for all the parents' night audience to
see as she announced, "Before this Job Journey program, I thought looking for
a job meant wandering around the mall picking up applications. I filled out
job applications for four or five months without any call backs. After
completing The Job Journey program, I got a job offer before I even left the
first interview." See http://www.TheJobJourney.com.
"The Job Journey represents a way for our students to begin planning those
next steps that are often very frightening" said the school's principal, Stacy
L. Burke. "At the conclusion of The Job Journey workshop, interviews were
conducted in class by local business personnel professionals who were invited
for the occasion. Kuana was just one of the 54 out of 60 in-class interviews
that ended with either the employers interested in making job offers to our
students or wanting to schedule a second interview. That's a 90% success
rate!"
The Job Journey has released an at-home version that focuses on how to
present yourself in a job interview, answer tough interview questions, create
a professional resume, establish short term and long term goals, the
importance of networking, how to identify your top five qualities and a wide
variety of other techniques essential to instilling confidence and
accountability in today's youth.
The success of the Job Journey program is being praised by educators and
community leaders and has been taught in high schools in California for over
six years by the company's Chief Executive Officer and creator of the program,
Barbara Dwyer. "1.3 million teens nationwide are searching for summer jobs.
By introducing an at-home version of our program, we are giving young adults
the opportunity to learn exactly what it takes to get a job in today's
competitive marketplace. The instructional DVDs allow them to experience the
transformation that I have seen in so many young people from mainstream high
school students to at-risk youths," said Dwyer.
Dr. Darrel Taylor, the Superintendent of Schools in Solano County,
California calls the program "a very impressive program -- one that I think
every student should be involved in."
With summer job programs being cut by the government and federal subsidies
being slashed due to budget constraints, teenagers are having a harder time
finding jobs. The Job Journey, LLC is offering a solution that will help
improve a teen's chances of getting a job. The release of this home-study
program comes at exactly the right time for young people looking for
employment.
For more information, go to http://www.TheJobJourney.com.
SOURCE The Job Journey LLC
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Related links:
http://www.TheJobJourney.com
CONTACT:
Eileen Simms, +1-310-312-9570,
esimms@infotainmentmedia.com, for The Job Journey LLC
NOTE TO EDITORS: Barbara Dwyer is available for interviews, DVD
available for review or demo and coverage invited.
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