Career Book 5: 16 Career-readiness Strategies for Parents of New Job Finders With Special Needs

Author Jim Hasse's answer: Develop a "good answer" as a reply to questions about your job finder's ability to do a job - something short and sweet that comes off naturally during job interviews.

Book 5 in this Career Readiness series is a detailed "prep book" for young job finders with special needs who are entering the competitive job market for the first time.

It offers a comprehensive blueprint for empowering job seekers, parents and counselors who seek to complete the final step in a long journey toward gaining meaningful employment. It is based on National Career Development Guidelines (NCDG). In this book, you will discover:

• How to prepare your job finder for a job interview that focuses on qualifications instead of disability
• 10 ways your job finder can show self-confidence in dealing with a prospective employer
• 6 ways to harness disability's competitive edge for your job finder's benefit
• How to build a personal brand that helps your job finder land the right job
• How to negotiate effectively for salary and benefits
• How to evaluate a prospective employer's workplace inclusion initiatives

Author Jim Hasse, who has life-long athetoid cerebral palsy, shares the wisdom he gained as a practicing, certified Global Career Development Facilitator for six years and as a 33-year corporate executive, 10 years of which were at the vice president level for a Fortune 500 organization.

Hasse says, "My disabilities, while they have made life tougher for me to live, have also, within certain contexts, become an aggregate advantage for me in gaining meaningful employment in integrated settings. My disability has given me an edge in developing my career. Career Book 5 shows what worked for me as a job finder."

Let this unique and informative resource guide you on your journey, as you constructively mentor your job finder along the road to career success.

Check out this entire five-book series to help your young person navigate the various stages of development along the way to fulfill his or her vocational dreams.