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HARD TIMES! NEW WORKFORCE SKILLS TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES WE FACE! Webinar Series by Larry Robbin

CWA has partnered with Larry Robbin to deliver a webinar series of 5 webinars! The webinar series will take place from October 17, 2023 to March 19, 2024, and you can take any webinar of your choice.

Registration Fee: $59.00/person per webinar

ARE YOU WORKING TO BURNOUT OR WORKING TO WELLNESS?

HOW TO REDUCE STRESS, ANXIETY AND BURNOUT IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS!

OCTOBER 17, 2023

10:30am - 12:30pm PDT

Webinar will be recorded and made available for 30 days after this date.

This is a very difficult time to be in the workforce development field. Stress, anxiety and burnout are proven killers, and they will shorten your life span. The lingering impact of Covid and the high numbers of unemployed people especially those with multiple and severe barriers to employment. In many places there is a lack of jobs especially those that pay a living wage. Our field has seen its funding cut dramatically leading to lower staff pay and less services for job seekers. We are experiencing the highest levels of stress, anxiety and burnout in the history of the workforce development field. You can see this in the high levels of turnover in workforce development. Stress, anxiety and burnout not only impacts our ability to deliver the best services, but it also takes its toll on our mental, physical and emotional health. In addition, it is all too easy for the pressures of work to spill over into our lives outside of work and have a negative impact on our families and friends.

This situation calls for powerful intervention strategies that can help us get on track and work to wellness instead of working to burnout. Generic strategies about how to approach these problems are often not relevant or effective for people in workforce development. You need approaches that are specifically geared toward staff and management that work in workforce development. That is what this webinar is all about.

You will learn the differences between stress, anxiety and burnout and how they develop in workforce organizations. Discover what needs to be done both on the individual and organizational levels to create proactive wellness strategies that work for people in our field. Get ideas about how management and staff can work together to create a healthier workplace that can overcome the challenges we face on a daily and long term basis as people in the workforce development field. This staff and management partnership can provide an ongoing antidote to the ever increasing negative forces that come into our work.

Learn about the best wellness practices used in the private sector and other workforce organizations around the country so you can put them into your work. Find out how to create a personal workforce wellness plan that will help you do your job in a different way so you can do it at the highest levels for the longest time. No matter what your job is and no matter what kind of program you have, if workforce development is a focus of your work this webinar will help you work to wellness and not work to burnout!

Other Webinars

FROM JOB LOSS TO JOB FOUND! HOW TO HELP ADULTS AND YOUTH

WHO HAVE BEEN LAID OFF SURVIVE JOB LOSS AND GET REEMPLOYED IN LESS TIME THAN EVER!

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

10:30am - 12:30pm PDT

Webinar will be recorded and made available for 30 days after this date.

THE SECRETS TO HELPING PEOPLE TURN ONSITE AND VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS INTO JOB OFFERS! THE HIDDEN TRICKS OF THE TRADE TO GIVING INTERVIEWS THAT LEAD TO “YOU GOT THE JOB!”

DECEMBER 12, 2023

10:30am - 12:30pm PDT

Webinar will be recorded and made available for 30 days after this date.

THE CAPTAIN AND COACH APPROACH TO CASE MANAGEMENT!

HOW TO USE MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, SOCIAL SYSTEMS STRATEGIES AND OTHER INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO REINVENT CASE MANAGEMENT

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

10:30am - 12:30pm PDT

Webinar will be recorded and made available for 30 days after this date.

MAKE EMPLOYERS THE CHAMPIONS OF YOUR PROGRAM! USE BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND EMPLOYERS WILL SUPPORT YOU WITH COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS, CAREER PATHWAYS, DONATING TO YOUR PROGRAM, PROVIDING VOLUNTEERS AND CONNECTIONS TO MORE EMPLOYERS AND MUCH MORE!

MARCH 19, 2024

10:30am - 12:30pm PDT

Webinar will be recorded and made available for 30 days after this date.

For any questions about the webinar, please direct them to Xue Lor at xlor@calworkforce.org.

For disabilities accommodations, please email Xue Lor at xlor@calworkforce.org and allow two weeks to process request.

ABOUT THE WEBINAR PRESENTER

These webinars are presented by Larry Robbin, Executive Director of Robbin and Associates. Larry has over forty-five years of workforce development national training experience. He is widely regarded as a national expert in the workforce development field. Larry’s services have been used by the Department of Labor, America’s Job Centers, nonprofits, schools, government agencies, training providers, businesses and many other entities. He has trained more than 100,000 people, presented at over 500 conferences and done more than 300 webinars. Larry has done more training for the California Workforce Association and workforce programs in California than any other presenter.

Larry has spent his career focusing on improving the employment outcomes of people with multiple and challenging barriers to employment. He has played a leading role in the design of more than 150 programs and projects that successfully opened the doors to employment opportunities for all types of people that have dealt with both systemic and individual barriers to employment. Larry has worked with all the populations served by the workforce system, and he has done an extensive amount of volunteer work with people overcoming barriers to motivation and employment. His services are used by programs serving people in poverty, youth, dislocated workers, justice involved individuals, veterans, older workers, people with disabilities, welfare recipients, immigrants and refugees, dislocated workers, people who are homeless and many other populations.

Besides his work with workforce programs and job seekers, Larry also has extensive experience working in the private sector with employers. Larry is the fourth generation of private sector business owners on both sides of his family. His training and consulting services have been used by small, medium size and Fortune 500 companies. Larry has designed many very successful partnerships between businesses and workforce programs. One of his specialties is helping businesses improve their hiring processes so he has an inside perspective on how and who employers hire. He uses this information to help workforce programs get better outcomes with employers. Larry is very well respected in the business community and he has been the keynote speaker at conferences sponsored by Apple Computer and Microsoft.

Larry has received over one hundred awards and honors for his professional and volunteer work including proclamations from the California State Legislature and the Mayor of San Francisco and an award from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. His work has received international recognition and in 1971 he was one of the first Americans invited to China to discuss workforce development. 

CWA Seminar

Creating Positive Community Conversations:

Facilitation and Frameworks

Thursday, June 29, 2023

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST

General Admission: $200.00 per person per training

Trainer:

Shawna Wright

Principal, Growing Big Ideas

Creating Positive Community Conversations: Facilitation and Frameworks

Overview:

Are you interested in improving your community’s ability to engage in productive conversations about important issues? Are you looking for ways to improve your ability to facilitate productive conversations among your team, colleagues, partners, or clients?

In today’s complex and rapidly changing world, it is more important than ever to have the skills to navigate challenging conversations and create safer and more inclusive spaces for everyone to participate. This training will provide you with tools, tactics, and strategies you’ll need to facilitate productive discussions and build stronger, more connected communities.

Our expert trainer will guide you through a range of facilitation techniques and frameworks, how to adapt your approach to different situations and groups, and how to create an environment where everyone feels heard and valued.

Whether you are a community leader, educator, activist, or simply interested in improving your communication skills, “Creating Positive Community Conversations: Facilitation and Frameworks” will give you the tools you need to build your skills and make a difference.

Concepts:

• Decentering Yourself in Facilitation
• The Importance of Cultural Fluency
• Frameworks to Reduce Harm

For any questions or concern, please contact Xue Lor at xlor@calworkforce.org.

2nd Annual Move Your Mountains

Leadership Retreat

As you know, the job market landscape has drastically changed in recent years- especially since the pandemic. This has resulted in a significant shift in the types of skills and qualifications that employers are looking for.

To address this challenge, I strongly believe that investing in workforce development is crucial.

Workforce development programs can help your employees with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in the modern job market and can help bridge the gap between the skills that are in demand and the skills that individuals currently possess.

Investing in workforce development is not only beneficial for individuals seeking employment, but it is also beneficial for employers.

By investing in their workforce, employers can help ensure they have the skilled workers they need to remain competitive.

That's why we want to invite you to the Move Your Mountains Leadership Retreat for Workforce Development Professionals.

At this retreat, we will cover the challenges of the rapidly changing job market… and much more.

You will be able to discover the latest trends and best practices that are working right now…

While also gaining clarity of focus as you identify the potential roadblocks that may be holding you back from launching into your next level of personal and professional success.

You will be able to network with other workforce development professionals and come home with proactive strategies that you can apply immediately…

While getting some much-needed R&R at the same time.

That's why you owe it to yourself and your team to Rest. Learn. Grow. Play. Repeat.

October 10 - 12, 2023

Courtyard by Marriott Foothill Ranch Irvine East/Lake Forest

Registration: $1,450.00 per person

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The Workforce Development Board of Ventura County (WDBVC)

is excited to announce two Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to provide employment services in Ventura County through our career centers. The WDBVC operates two career centers and receiving and/or managing WIOA funds previously is not a requirement.

Responses are due Friday, July 21, 2023 by 5 p.m. PST