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When I started this newsletter years ago, I had no idea that it would now be read by over 25,000 people in workforce development! I want to thank you for your support and positive comments that have kept me going. This is a very rough time to do workforce development, but our work has never been more important. You have such a profound impact on people and businesses. Please take care of yourself so you can continue to do this work. You can make the work a little easier by learning more about workforce development resources and best practices. One way to do this is by going to my website and scrolling through over 500 articles in the back issues of the newsletter. On the website you can also download free employment counseling handouts you can use with your job seekers. To see the articles and handouts and other resources, go to http://www.LarryRobbin.com. If you want to email me so we can have a phone date to explore how my webinars can improve the outcomes of your program, please click here. Hope you enjoy this issue!

This revealing article looks at some of the reasons for the disconnect between the record number of jobs available and the challenges people face in getting hired. This is important food for thought for you and the job seekers you work with.

This research study about what hiring managers do with resumes that don’t include vaccination status may surprise you. You and your job seekers need to see how vaccination status can have an impact on the hiring process. 

For a list of webinars that will be very helpful to America’s Job Centers and many other types of workforce programs, click here.

This information brief highlights seven different models used in workforce programs to serve people who are homeless. For information about my webinar From the Streets to the Workplace! How to Help People Who are Homeless Get Jobs! Click here.

This report is filled with helpful information about programs, policies and best practices for improving access to workforce services for immigrants.

This report highlights a number of strategies that show how labor unions can play an important role in helping justice involved individuals succeed in getting good jobs. The report mentions a number of programs that are successfully opening the door to skilled trades careers for people in reentry.

This thought provoking article shifts the conversation about trauma from being about trauma informed care to being about healing centered engagement. This new perspective gets at more of the underlying issues that generate trauma. Click here for the article.

For information on my webinar, Trauma! The Most Powerful Hidden Barrier to Employment! Your Role in Helping People Heal and Make Employment Progress! Click here

Youth workforce program internships took a big hit when programs went to virtual services. This toolkit will help you learn some new strategies to improve the virtual internship experience. To see a list of some of the webinars that I offer for youth workforce programs, click here. To see the toolkit, click here.

Apprenticeships are a win win for employers and job seekers, but they can be challenging to market to businesses. This collection of over thirty resources will help you be more effective in marketing apprenticeships to businesses. Click here for the resources.

For information on my webinar, Are You Talking Like Businesses Think? How to Get the Private Sector to Use Your Services! This webinar will help you improve the outcomes of any services that you offer businesses such as hiring, on-the-job-training, supported work, work experience, internships and other employer services. Click here for the description.

This is part three of a great collection of essays, books and other resources about the relationship of career development and social justice. There are links to the first two parts of this series in the article. Click here to see the resources.