A Leader's Guide to Real Jobs, Real Stories
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Real Jobs, Real Stories helps teens identify and strengthen the skills they need to succeed in the workplace. Each of the seven workshop sessions centers on a true story by a teen about a job-related experience. In leading teens through this program, you will help them learn: — The importance of making a good first impression, and how to do it — The strengths teens bring to the workplace and how to emphasize those strengths — How to present themselves in person and on paper to increase the likelihood that they will get jobs and succeed at them Real Jobs, Real Stories also includes stories and activities on three job-related topics: money, health, and college. By doing the activities in those sections, teens will learn: — How to manage the money they earn — How to handle stress on the job — How further training, including college, can make teens more employable and increase their earning power The leader's guide includes helpful suggestions for running groups with teens, including icebreakers, teambuilding activities, and guidelines for handling sensitive topics. Note: This Guide is to be used with Real Jobs, Real Stories, an anthology of 33 true stories by teens. [Item #YD-RJ] See the Table of Contents for this title (PDF). See a sample lesson from this Leader's Guide (PDF). Read a review of Real Jobs, Real Stories in Youth Today (PDF). Learn more about the Real Jobs program. Our Real Jobs curriculum was piloted with 1,500 young people in NYC’s 2009 Summer Youth Employment Program. The goal: improve their work readiness. Read the independent evaluation. (PDF). — 80% of the participants reported that as a result of Real Jobs they know how they should (and should not) act on the job. — 73% reported that Real Jobs helped strengthened their understanding of the link between education and career success. — 75% of the participants voluntarily read additional stories, even though they reported doing little or no other summer reading.

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