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Areas Served:
Nanaimo, Victoria, Parksville, Nanoose Bay, Qualicum Beach, Comox, Gabriola Island, & Duncan on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
Amber Scotchburn
Training Consultants © 2008
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(250) 821-8214
NEW TRAINING PROGRAM
Workshops, Seminars & Speaking Opportunities
Amber Scotchburn Training Consultants specializes in delivering tailored training programs to match your requirements, either by adapting an existing program or developing a new one. Let us align your cultural values and learning goals & objectives with your training needs. We can provide the expertise with one or more of the steps involved in the developmental process: consulting, needs assessment, design & development, implementation and evaluation.
Workshops:
- Class dynamics are planned to foster an environment of positive peer support.
- Multiple learning modalities are employed — which could include discussion, drawing, class presentations, peer feedback, interviews, and role-plays—to engage the diverse learning styles of our clients.
- Class interaction is a reflective opportunity for participants to understand their choices, and behaviours which restrain each individual’s inherent potential.
- Emphasis is placed on accepting personal responsibility, and recognizing the daily action steps required, and hard work necessary for meaningful achievement.
One-On-One Coaching
“Balancing on the Tight Rope of Life!"
Amber Scotchburn Training Consultants provides one-on-on coaching for any
participant identified as requiring more than a workshop can provide. All topics below
can be covered!
Résumé Basics
“1st Steps to a New Career”
Need to design a résumé, but are lost as to where to start? Our workshop will
demonstrate how to prepare a basic targeted résumé and will cover questions such as
appropriate length of a résumé, styles, how to get noticed, what sections it should
include, and so forth.
Polish Your Résumé
“Diamond in the Rough”
Want to know what will really makes employers pick your résumé out of the pile of
résumés sitting on their desk? Attend this workshop and we will teach you techniques to
make your résumé stand out in the crowd. Students who attend this workshop must
have attended a Résumé Basics Workshop or have already prepared a good basic
résumé.
Cover Letter Writing
“Put Your Best Foot Forward”
What are employers looking for in a cover letter? Participants will learn how to write an
effective cover letter, how to format a cover letter, and types of cover letters. In learning
how to write a targeted cover letter it will show how you are qualified, why you should be
selected to interview, and how best to market yourself to get your foot in the door!
The Job Interview
“Staying Cool in the Hot Seat!”
Learn to take a positive approach and to avoid traps with the most difficult interview
questions. This workshop will teach common formats of interviews and assist
participants in preparing for them. This workshop will also examine the employer’s
perspective: what she/he is really trying to find out.
Mock Interviews
“Practice Makes Perfect”
Experience this unique mock interview workshop where participants will have the
opportunity to be an interviewee, interviewer and an observer! Giving the participant the
opportunity to experience all three roles will demystify the interview process and
increase their confidence!
Personal & Oral Presentation Skills
“Who You Are Speaks So Loudly: I Can't Hear What You're Saying.”
What does your appearance say about you and the company you want to represent?
Don’t let your physical appearance and personal presentation takes a back seat to
qualifications, knowledge and experience in the job search process. Learn tips for
planning and delivering presentations that work with your strengths and learn how to
manage your fears. This workshop is designed to help participants create a 60 second
commercial and develop at plan for networking their way to a great job.
Developing Your Job Search Strategy
“Searching High & Low”
Where are the jobs? How do I find them? When should I start looking? What can I do
now? All great questions! This workshop emphasizes a comprehensive approach to job
searching, the importance of being focused, where to find jobs, the hidden job market,
and networking.
Developing an Employment Action Plan
“Peace of Mind”
Looking for work can be difficult. You need a plan! This workshop is designed to assist
participants in developing their own plan of action to find employment. The series begin
with understanding the new world of work. Participants will identify barriers and
discover ways to overcome them. Participants will have a chance to look at the skills
they have and those they need to improve upon, as well as exploring areas they may
not have considered. (ie: volunteering, apprenticeships, etc.)
Career Studies
“Working 9 to 5 & Loving It!”
This workshop will assist participants in identifying their motivated skill set and those
areas that are interesting to them. This information can then be used to target positions
that are a “good fit”. Participants will explore the realities and opportunities of modern
workplaces, while refining their employability skills and learning how to manage their
careers. Participants will design an action plan for success which will target appropriate
steps to connecting them to their “good fit” jobs.
Communication in the World of Business
“Something to Write Home About”
This course emphasizes practical writing and communication skills that are needed in
the world of business. Participants will learn to write reports, business letters, memos,
manuals, instructions, and brochures. They will also make oral and visual presentations.
Employability Skills Connection
“More than a Fighting Chance”
The skills you need to enter, stay and advance on the job! The employability skills
connection is a series for job seekers to gather insightful information on how to get,
keep and advance on the job. Employers are looking for employees who have the
necessary skills and qualifications for the job as well as the right attitudes and
behaviours. Based on the Employability Skills Profile, topics include communication,
problem solving, decision-making, adaptability, self-esteem, goal setting, leadership and
team work. Understanding and applying these skills will help job seekers make the
connection to success.
The Missing Link - Conducting Information Meetings
"It's Not Just What You Know But Who You Know."
In order to know where the work is today, you need to know how to network. This
workshop will take you through the steps from creating your networking list, to scripting
your approach, to building your personal network of contacts.
Leadership and Peer Support
“Lean on Me”
This course prepares and motivates participants to provide leadership and assistance to
others in their communities. Participants will develop skills in communication,
interpersonal relations, coaching, leadership, teamwork, and conflict management, and
apply them in roles such as tutoring, mentoring, and community involvement.
Participants will also learn the value and complexity of social diversity, while acquiring
an appreciation of the importance of contributing to their communities and helping
others throughout their lives.
Understanding Your Learning Style and Maximizing your Strengths
“Should a Leopard Change His Spot?”
Participants discover the most effective methods and strategies for their particular
learning style to understand their learning preferences. How would they learn to use a
computer or a new software package? Those with a 'visual' preference might follow
diagrams in a manual or watch someone else use it; a 'kinesthetic' preference would try
this and that until it works; and those with an 'auditory' preference might listen to a tape.
This workshop will empower you with insights to supercharge the student within you.
Life Skills
“How to Kick Life’s Butt...Whatever It Takes!”
This course improves participants’ life skills, preparing them to make successful
transitions to work, training and/or education and become independent, lifelong learners
in all areas of their life. Participants will become aware of subconscious patterns of self sabotage
developed as a result of the perspectives and behaviors learned from their
environments. This course will increase students’ confidence, motivation, and ability to
be a productive community member. Participants become increasingly accountable for
their perspectives, choices and behaviors. Choices of skill sets that could be touched
upon are communication, conflict resolution, solution focused problem solving, anger
management, relationships: gender, family, community, substance use & abuse, team
building, attitude, networking, time management, self-esteem, quality listening, and
decision making.
Designing Your Future
“Sewing Life’s Parachute!”
This course explores strategies to help participants become more independent in their
daily lives while increasing their personal management skills. This course prepares
participants to make successful transitions to work, education and/or training while living
on their own. Participants will learn how to make practical decisions about where to live
and how to create functional and pleasing living environments. They will also learn skills
used in researching to investigate living accommodations and housing and how to make
informed choices with respect to clothing purchases, finance, food and nutrition,
housing, and transportation.
Managing Personal Resources
“How to Ensure You Don’t Live from Hand to Mouth”
This course prepares students for living independently and working successfully with
others. Students will learn to manage their personal resources (including talent, money,
and time), to develop interpersonal skills, and to understand economic influences on
workplace issues, in order to make wise and responsible personal and occupational
choices. The course emphasizes the achievement of expectations through practical
experiences and introduces students to skills used in researching and investigating
resource management.
Professional Portfolio
“A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”
There are many steps in conducting a successful work search. In today's competitive
job market, you need every edge to make yourself stand out from the crowd. Creating a
portfolio is one of the ways that you can really distinguish yourself from other job
applicants. The idea of using a portfolio to promote yourself to potential employers is
fairly new for most of us, although it's an idea that people in creative fields (such as
photographers, graphic designers, and actors) have used for many years. Most people
go into a job interview and just describe what they have done or can do. If you have a
portfolio under your arm, all you have to do is open it up and show the tangible evidence
of your skills and achievements. It will motivate employers to consider hiring you over
someone who has nothing to show for their skills and achievements. Our workshop will
show you how to start assembling a professional portfolio and how to use it in interview
to show potential employers what you can do.
Cooperative Education
“Uniting the Concrete Jungle!”
Cooperative education involves a partnership between education and business,
industry, agriculture, labour, or community organizations that includes participants,
agencies, and placement supervisors (trainer). Joint planning by these individuals
ensures that students are provided with a systematic introduction to career exploration,
experiential learning, and career planning. Participants are assisted in making career
decisions as well as in developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are essential
in today’s work force. Further, participants will learn how to develop and achieve
personal goals in education, training and/or work, and in contributing to their
communities. Cooperative education courses include a classroom component,
comprising of pre-placement and integration activities, and a work placement
component in the community. Placements should provide students with challenging
opportunities to apply and extend their knowledge, and refine their work related skills,
and to demonstrate achievement that reflect current workplace practices and standards.
During this time participants are given career tips, integrated as valuable members of
the work team, and are encouraged to realize their potential to help the communities in
which they live. Facilitators make visits to the work sites to ensure that participants and
organizers are acting accountably and receiving the information and treatment they
have been promised. The pride of accomplishment can be translated into the next
environment.