Stages Toward Employment Pathways (STEP)

• Engage with mentor
• Building rapport with mentor
• Explore how to get the best from the program
• Explore current networks e.g: social and professional
• Explore what your dream job is
• Interviews with people who will support you on this journey ( Family and friends / School Techers)

When you complete stage 1 you will have:

• Met your mentor and started your Discovery journal

• Explore skills and analyse these for job profiling
• Explore strengths
• Determine barriers to work / choice of career
• Expectations around work life balance
• Skill development

When you complete stage 2 you will have:

• Explored your current skillset and that required for your choosen career
• Strategies and techniques to develop your skills for the workplace

• Informational interviews to gain knowledge of various job roles
• Work experience opportunities
• Vocational profiling
• Discovery visits to find out more about job roles of interest
• Preparing your resume
• Education and training information
• Introduction to online safety
• Overview of work health and safety
• Look at different types of employment available
• Explore volunteering opportunities

When you complete stage 3 you will have:

• Oversight of a range of job roles
• Have a resume
• Be prepared for interviews
• Development of skills/knowledge required for the work place

• Learn to dress for success
• Planning how to get to and from work
• Preparing for conversations at work
• Assertive communication
• Development of Active Listening skills
• Following instructions
• Explore what work ethic means
• Knowing when to ask for help
• Time management skill development
• Advice on email etiquette

When you complete stage 4 you will have:

• A tool kit with strategies to use in the workplace and in preparation for commencing in a job role
• Feel ready for engagement in employment
• A Discovery Report based on the information gathered