Beyond Traditional Job Development W/ Cassette: The Art of Creating Opportunity

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Since the first time we read this book over 10 years ago we were inspired and challenged to finally be able to think in non-traditional ways to help people with mental and physical handicaps become employed! Traditional methods don't work for the people we support, we know that. Finally we have a guide to point us in the non traditional direction. It has changed the way we do our jobs and we have been very successful at helping people with huge challenges or barriers to employment, become employed. This book by Denise Bissonnette is actually written into our company policy manual as a basic job requirement for all staff, right along with a drivers license and a first aid certificate. We feel it is at least as important as these things. Thank you Denise, your book continues to inspire those of us actually working the front lines to help people become employed! Chris Arnold, Director - The Provincial Networking Group Inc. British Columbia, Canada

Bissonnette's book and cassettes are a resource that I use frequently in my role as job developer. Although she targets job-hunters with disabilities, Bissonnette's "employment proposal" can be used by any job-seekers - adults, students, dislocated workers, and career-changers. These approaches are solid, easily implemented, effective, and empowering for my customers; lots of information, ideas, inspiration, and simple, effective strategies to help customers to actually create their jobs by learning how to discover opportunities for employment by analyzing their skills and employers' needs.

Bissonnette has a dynamic way of presenting job development that challenges the reader to think outside the box. The format, including layout, is logical and readable which makes it easy to grasp the concepts. Information presented in this text is not just the traditional scope of job development, but ventures into the creation of job opportunities. Bissonnette accomplishes this by describing the important components and then giving, in some cases, step-by-step instructions on how to plan and execute the development of these opportunities. The utility of this book goes beyond most "how to" books and is useful for a variety of audiences - from job development professionals to individuals seeking help in creating their own jobs. I've used this book in a course I teach within a master's program in rehabilitation counseling. Several students have made favorable comments about this book -- Beyond Traditional Job Development : The Art of Creating Opportunity.