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  1. Monitoring. Job Club sessions may be held even after finding employment, especially
    with those who have a history of being fired. The aim of the sessions is to offer the
    necessary support so that these persons are able to keep their newly found job (over a
    transition period). It is recommended to monitore the subjects until they acquire self-
    confidence and reach a certain degree of independence and emotional balance, which will
    allow them to reconstruct adaptive behaviour and adjust their reaction to the new
    professional situation.


Facilities offered


Some counselling centres offer participants in the Job Club certain facilities:



  • telephone access;

  • computer and Internet to find a job and send an application;

  • professional journals;

  • fax and photocopier;

  • video recordings (interview, information, and vocational profiles for some
    occupations, etc.);

  • library.


Expected results


At the end of a Job Club programme the participants will be able to:



  • set their aims with regard to career development;

  • know the rights and obligations of an employee, in accordance to the law;

  • know and use job search techniques (identify sources of information, drawing
    up a CV and a letter of intent, preparing for an interview, salary negotiation);

  • identify their own qualities and flaws, with a view to finding the most
    efficient means of development, that is compensation, through adequate
    training programmes;

  • identify real employment opportunities in accordance to their own aptitudes,
    competences and vocational interests;

  • assess the jobs identified (advantages and disadvantages);

  • draw up a plan to obtain a position;

  • create a network of professional contacts;

  • draw up a personal marketing plan;

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