Welcome to issue number 86 of the free newsletter from Robbin and Associates edited by Larry Robbin, Executive Director of Robbin and Associates. This newsletter is read by more than 25,000 people in workforce development, social services, education and other fields.

On my website at http://www.larryrobbin.com you will find over 500 articles from back issues of the newsletter filled with helpful resources, best practices and tools to help you exceed your program goals. Feel free to share this newsletter with your coworkers, boss and program partners. To give us feedback about the newsletter, please send an email to mailto:larry@larryrobbin.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

FREE UPCOMING LARRY ROBBIN MANAGEMENT WEBINAR

Supervising in a Sea of Uncertainty!

How to Help Your Staff Navigate

Challenging Times in Workforce Development!

Staff stress and anxiety are at an all time high in workforce development. This is a new barrier to employment, and it keeps staff from being as effective as possible. Managers need new strategies to help their staff (and themselves) cope with this issue.

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Thursday October 30, 2025 1pm-2:30pm CST 

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Sponsored by National Association of Workforce Development Professionals

Presented by Larry Robbin (http://www.larryrobbin.com).

“WHAT CAN I DO TO GET THIS PERSON

MOTIVATED TO FIND A JOB?”

I am writing a new series of articles for the Advantage newsletter of the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals www.nawdp.org. If you aren’t a member of NAWDP I encourage you to check it out. If you want to talk with their Director of Membership about the benefits of being a NAWDP member, email Alexis Franks at afranks@nawdp.org.

My new series of articles is titled THE BARRIER BUSTER. In each installment I will feature a common barrier to employment that is difficult for workforce development professionals to address. I will provide some practical strategies designed to give you some field tested approaches I have used that helped people overcome that barrier. The first article in the series focuses on the problem of working with people that do not seem to be motivated to make progress toward employment. Click here to see the article.

LARRY ROBBIN MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

AND COACHING SERVICES WILL IMPROVE YOUR OUTCOMES!

I have a limited number of management consulting and coaching slots available in my schedule. Click here to see some of the areas that can be addressed with my consulting and coaching services. These services are highly customized to your needs. Sessions are available on a flexible schedule. To arrange a video chat to explore how these services will help your organization overcome the challenges you face and exceed your goals, send me an email at larry@larryrobbin.com. 

LOOKING FOR RESOURCES TO HELP

JUSTICE IMPACTED JOB SEEKERS GET JOBS?

Check out Career One-Stop for Justice Impacted Job Seekers at https://www.careeronestop.org/JusticeImpacted/default.aspx

FEATURED TRAINING OF THE ISSUE

YOU ARE THE GLUE!

NEW MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING STAFF RETENTION IN WORKFORCE PROGRAMS!

No matter what great plans we have for improving our services and our work with job seekers and employers, if we keep having problems with staff turnover those plans will never live up to our expectations. The retention of staff is one of the most important elements required for success in workforce development, yet most programs struggle to engage and retain their staff, and the problem is getting worse. Find out how to build retention thinking into your hiring process. Discover why the reasons people give for why they are leaving their jobs are most often not the real reasons. Be proactive in what you do to retain employees. Click here for the rest of the description of this idea packed webinar. 

WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES FOR WORK BASED LEARNING?

Click here for the best practices https://www.jff.org/idea/work-based-learning-framework/

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU AND/OR THE JOB SEEKER

ARE STUCK AND CAN’T MAKE PROGRESS?

Click here for the article https://careerwise.ceric.ca/2022/11/21/when-youre-both-stuck-coaching-ideas-for-working-with-clients/?utm_source=CERIC+Subscriptions&utm_campaign=1d2df71e8b-cww_2024_10_1_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1d052da7c8-1d2df71e8b-457830421&mc_cid=1d2df71e8b&mc_eid=2986402614

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM RESOURCE LIST

Click here for the Robbin and Associates Youth Employment Program Resource List.

HOW CAN YOU HELP PEOPLE GET INFORMATION

ABOUT OCCUPATIONAL UPWARD MOBILITY?

Click here for the information https://www.philadelphiafed.org/surveys-and-data/community-development-data/occupational-mobility-explorer-workforce-development-toolkit#resources

THE RISE OF BACKGROUND CHECKS AND

WHAT JUSTICE IMPACTED JOB SEEKERS NEED TO KNOW

https://thenrwc.org/the-rise-of-background-checks-and-what-justice-impacted-job-seekers-need-to-know/ For information about the webinar training I provide for programs serving justice impacted job seekers click here.

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO HELP PEOPLE

TARGET COMPANIES FOR THEIR JOB SEARCH?

One of the biggest mistakes job seekers make is to go after job openings. They should be going after employers. This will help them find jobs in the hidden job market where most of the hiring takes place. This article will show you how to teach people to target companies which is a much more effective strategy than going after job openings. Click here for the article https://careersherpa.net/how-to-find-target-companies-for-your-job-search/

RESOURCES TO HELP VETERANS

Click here for the resources https://www.nvti.org/

DISABILITY AND EMPLOYMENT RESOURCE LIST

Click here for the resource list.

RESOURCE LIST FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OFF

OR ARE FACING LAYOFFS

Click here for the resource list.

TELL YOUR JOB SEEKERS – DO NOT FOLLOW YOUR PASSION!

One of the most common things workforce development professionals tell job seekers is “follow your passion.” In this very insightful video talk by Mike Rowe of the Dirty Jobs television show, he shares his perspectives about why encouraging people to follow their passion is a bad idea. You may or may not agree with him, but I think you should listen to what he has to say. Click here to see the video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVEuPmVAb8o&feature=share

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