Are you ready to transform your services for job seekers with employment barriers?
 
Optimize Employment Services: A Systems Approach to Integrate Employer Engagement and Job Development to Enhance Employment Outcomes provides a practical, proven method for connecting individuals with employment barriers to employers. This system emphasizes strong employer relationships as essential to successful service delivery, ensuring that job seekers most distant from the labour market have the opportunity to work.
 
Packed with strategies, tools, and insights, this resource empowers professionals to support job seekers in attaining and retaining employment. Inside, you'll learn how to:
Implement the Blended Employment Service Model, integrating the supply (job seekers) and demand (employers) sides of the employment equation and aligning job preparation, placement, and retention.
Master the Employer Engagement/Job Development Model through a four-step process: Reach, Explore, Connect, Follow-Up, to build lasting employer relationships.
Apply the Employer Engagement Implementation and Evaluation Plan to set goals, monitor progress, and refine strategies for job seekers with barriers.
Foster Team Engagement to keep motivation high, even when faced with challenges.
 
Whether used as a program manual or a standalone workbook, this resource offers practical exercises and guidance to integrate employer engagement and job development into your services.
 
Moving beyond the traditional job readiness models focused solely on job seeker preparation, "Optimize Employment Services" emphasizes the vital role of employer engagement and job development to provide access to employment for those most distant from the labour market.