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Bluebag Media
County adds new
program to help the unemployed
GREENVILLE – There is a reason Darke County has low unemployment…
actually several reasons. Darke County Commissioner Mike Stegall
recently called local unemployment at a little under 4 percent. One of
the reasons is the county’s ‘Taking Charge of Your Life’ Program taught
by Lorie Simpson.
Another is Sherry Pearson’s role in teaching Interview Skills, Career
Counseling and now a new program called ‘Getting There… A Curriculum
for People Moving into Employment.’
More simply stated, the program is typically referred to as Job
Readiness. It is part of the offerings of Darke County Job & Family
Services.
“Before, they sat down and watched a video. How effective can that be?”
Pearson asked. “Now we have a class. It meets every Monday from 9 to 2,
called Getting There…” It’s a new program implemented the first of
August; with its first ‘student’ on Aug. 17. Three weeks later, Pearson
has worked with four individuals. One got her job almost immediately
after completion, two others are still in the 4-week program and one
has just started.
“We ask them what they like to do, what is important to them, what they
are good at,” she said. “We talk about what is important in a job and
the resources available in our (job) center.” She also works with them
on barriers to employment… “You have child care and transportation...
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