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From YouTube: September 1, 2022 - NOVAworks Job Center Services

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And our job is really to help people who are out of work transition to new opportunities.

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So what that means is, if you are out of a job, because you were laid off or fired or quit, or maybe you're returning to the workforce after years being out of the workforce, we can help you find a new job.

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And also, if you are currently working but want to find a better job, a higher paying job or you know a promotional opportunity, we can help you with that as well.

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Great, I am going to show a quick video about our services.

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Every day we help people just like you navigate career transitions. We are a federally funded program, so all of the services we offer are free. Our expertise is in understanding the local job market, current industry and hiring trends and providing you with the most effective job search strategies to help you get back to work. Let's take a look at how we can help you career advising is one of our most popular services. Sheridan is going to review how we can help you stay focused and build confidence during your job search.

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Hello, my name is sheridan smith and I am one of the career advisors at the nova works job center. My role is to assist customers in developing a job search plan and assisting with job search. Now this could take on many forms, but it may include assisting with career research, updating or rewriting resumes preparing for interviews and staying engaged in the job search process.

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What I really love about my job is the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people understand where their career goals are and their current situation and then design a customized job search plan that fits their needs as.

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You can see our career advisors are available to assist you each step of the way here is a customer talking about their experiences at nova works.

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I have learned a lot about the hiring process in the bay area. Thanks to nova, you helped me get a job faster, nova.

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Works provides coaching and content in the following areas: managing career transitions, career assessment and exploration, resume and linkedin profile development, job search strategies, including how to network interview, preparation, communication skills and how to remain positive and engaged in your job search process and strategies for working in a virtual world.

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Let's take a look at how we work with employers to help you find job leads.

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Hi, I'm michelle tate with the business services team nova's mission is to assist you in getting back to work. We are connecting with employers to bring you events panels and data about what's trending in the local market. Each week we send out job leads called active recruitments. We encourage you to apply so that we can help you make a direct connection with the employer.

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Many people find that they need to update their skills to stay competitive. We have designed a proven career exploration process that will help you choose the right path. If you determine that, you need skill enhancements, we will provide you with information resources and possible funding to access training opportunities for those of you who are veterans. Thank you for serving our country. You have priority access to nova work services. Please contact our front desk for more information while accessing nova works services.

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If you need an accommodation, please let us know so that we can make your experience comfortable and productive.

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Our job seekers have reported that having a job search plan was key to their success in finding employment.

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Let's take a tour of our my plan website and show you how you can begin to create your own job search plan. The job search is broken down into four key parts: focus, resumes and marketing materials, job searching and networking, and interviewing and negotiating.

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The focus section of my plan will provide you with information about organizing your job search, doing self-assessment and how to research, career ideas. The resume and marketing section will provide information on what to include on your resume and job applications and how to customize your marketing materials to have the greatest impact.

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The job search and networking section will provide you with information on how to target and research companies network and use social media to increase your job search visibility.

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The interview section will provide you with information on how to respond to interview questions, understand different interview formats, help you prepare for salary negotiations and provide you with tools to help you stay employed once you land a new job. Our career advisors are looking forward to working with you to create your customized job search plan.

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All right, let's just go back to our deck.

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All right, so what I want to do is just do a quick recap of all the services that we have available.

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Oh anna, we can't hear you I'm sorry about that.

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All right so again, we've got career advising so the career advisors are available every day monday, through friday, from 8 to 5..

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And the career advisors will work with you, one on one, at whatever stage in the job search you're in.

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In addition to the advising we have workshops, we offer actually 24 different job search workshops that will help you again at any stage in the job search. We believe that you know your field, but we understand job search and we want to give you those tools and tips, so you can be successful.

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Great, we also have employer connections. Our job is to help connect job seekers to employers. We have our job board, which is open to the public. Anyone can look at those job leads and apply.

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And we also do employer events where we bring employers in to talk about the jobs they have open. Recently, we had last week seize candy not just being in the store selling the candy, but they've got all their production facilities in the bay area, so they're looking for people to work in all different types of jobs,.

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We also do skill upgrades, so if you find that you need to learn new skills to be more marketable or competitive, we can look at providing training for you. We work with local schools like adult eds community colleges, um and we also have online training options.

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And also we've got that website myplan.novaworks.org, which was shown at the end of the video. This website is open to the public. Anyone can use it. So if you find that you don't want to join nova works, but you still have job search needs, you can use the information on my plan.

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And our goal actually is we want you to join nova, we want you to become a member, so you can take advantage of all of our services, and the best thing to do is just give us a phone call. The number is 408-730-7232.

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And we answer the phone monday through friday, eight to five and we can get. You started um with uh our registration process and then meeting with our advisors.

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And the only criteria for joining nova is that you do need to be 18 and over. And you have to have the legal right to work in the u.s.

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And that's everything we're hoping that you will connect with us, so we can help you with your job search.

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Thank you so much jennifer for your presentation today about everything that nova works can do. um I don't see any questions from any of our attendees today, but if you have any well, I saw your contact. Information was posted there. I think we'll probably broadcast that and hopefully have you return here with us again in the future. Happy.

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Yeah, so that we could reach anyone who might have missed our advertisement of your your attendance today.

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Awesome thanks for having me.

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Muchas gracias.

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Okay, thank you so much take care.