from Pam Hogan Productions

This four-session reentry training course covers the most essential topics critical to successful reentry to the workplace following release from prison.
Conducive to a self-paced, self-administered setting, a professional trainer addresses the student directly in simple understandable terms, precluding the need for staff facilitation.

To optimize use in classroom settings, a facilitator's guide, course syllabus, worksheets, a pre-test and a post-test are available for purchase from Pam Hogan Productions. (hotlink to http:www.pamhoganproductions.com)

In keeping with reentry best practices criteria, this course imparts the following foundational skills:
• Emotional intelligence
• Interpersonal relationship skills
• Conflict management
• Communicating responsibly
• Money management
• Applying for jobs in the technology age
• Interview discipline
• Job survival skills
Plus, many other topics, including interviews with ex-offenders who have secured and retained employment and are living lawful lives.

Scope and Sequence:
Session 1: Getting the Job
- Applying for jobs in the age of technology.
- Handling the tough question with honesty, diplomacy, and finesse.
- Government incentives for hiring you.
- Interview etiquette: How to dress, demeanor, and selling yourself.
- The five elements an employer is looking for when hiring someone with a criminal record.
The Power of Attitude Adjustment
- Learning impulse control.
- Becoming your own locker room coach.
- Getting realistic about your expectations.
- Temptations and difficulties to expect after release.
Session 2: Keeping the Job
- Avoidable pitfalls on the job.
- Soft skills: How to build rapport with co-workers, rules of customer service, being part of a team.
- Professionalism, conforming to the culture of the organization, displaying tattoos.
Drugs, Drugs, Drugs
- Drugs and jobs don't mix.
- Being clean and sober because you can't afford to be drunk and high is not a recovery program.
- How to create an environment that supports getting and staying clean.
Sexual Harassment
- What you need to know about sexual harassment to stay out of trouble.
- When is a compliment more than a compliment?