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Blog Post: Head, Heart, Hands: A Strategy for Employer Conversations
Author(s): Higher
Date: June 11, 2017
Topic(s): Employment
Subtopic(s): Career Advancement, Job Development
Date: June 11, 2017
Topic(s): Employment
Subtopic(s): Career Advancement, Job Development
This blog post was written by Higher Employment Services Technical Assistance and is included as an archived post on the Switchboard blog. When I was a rookie job developer just starting out I came up with a little strategy that I would use when approaching employers. I called it Head, Heart, Hands, and it represented …
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Blog Post: 5 Mapping Strategies for Employer Outreach
Author(s): Higher
Date: March 9, 2017
Topic(s): Employment, Monitoring and Evaluation
Date: March 9, 2017
Topic(s): Employment, Monitoring and Evaluation
This blog post was written by Higher Employment Services Technical Assistance and is included as an archived post on the Switchboard blog. Aside from language, literacy, and cultural adjustment issues, transportation is one of the most significant barriers to employment that our clients face. While not always possible, finding employment that is easily accessible by foot, …
Blog Post: 7 Tips if You’re New to Job Development
Author(s): Higher
Date: January 22, 2017
Topic(s): Employment
Subtopic(s): Job Development
Date: January 22, 2017
Topic(s): Employment
Subtopic(s): Job Development
This blog post was written by Higher Employment Services Technical Assistance and is included as an archived post on the Switchboard blog. If you’re new to refugee job development, welcome to what is sure to be one of the most challenging and rewarding chapters of your career! Maybe you’re fresh out of college or perhaps …
Blog Post: Unaccompanied Children: Factors in Successful Integration
Author(s): Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services (BRYCS)
Date: August 1, 2016
Topic(s): Case Management, Child, Youth, and Family Services, Cultural Awareness
Subtopic(s): Child and Youth Wellbeing
Date: August 1, 2016
Topic(s): Case Management, Child, Youth, and Family Services, Cultural Awareness
Subtopic(s): Child and Youth Wellbeing
This blog post was written by Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services (BRYCS) and is included as an archived post on the Switchboard blog. Introduction Unaccompanied children (UC) who have been migrating from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala to the United States for years, were largely unnoticed by the general population until this phenomenon captured our …
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Blog Post: Overcoming the Financial Challenge of Higher Education
Author(s): Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services (BRYCS)
Date: May 1, 2016
Topic(s): Adult Education, Child, Youth, and Family Services, Financial Capabilities
Subtopic(s): Child and Youth Education, Higher Education
Date: May 1, 2016
Topic(s): Adult Education, Child, Youth, and Family Services, Financial Capabilities
Subtopic(s): Child and Youth Education, Higher Education
This blog post was written by Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services (BRYCS) and is included as an archived post on the Switchboard blog. Are you one of the 3.8 million college-aged immigrants in the U.S.? Although a college education that may not have been available in your home country is now a possibility, you …
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