Motivation

trainings April 2006 – September 2006

Participants

Women on the maternity leave with potential to get employed

Region

strong division of the gender roles, strong gender prejudices

high rate of unemployment caused by lack of working opportunities

Goals

increase potential and abilities to find employment

increase motivation of participants to reeducate themselves and support their effort to find the job

Preliminary concept of the program

increase self-reflection of participants, realization of their potential and strengths attractive for labor market

training of skills - presentation increase of the motivation

Program content

training of the communication and presentation skills

stage fright management self-reflection – strengths,

opportunities for further development

preparation for applying for a job – contacting employee, preparation for a job interview

Proposal for program segments Day 1

part 1 Introduction Symbols part 2 Barriers in the

process of application for a job

part 3 Self-

presentation – verbal aspects

part 4 Self-

presentation – non-verbal aspects

Proposal for program segments Day 2

part 1 Communication

and presentation skills

part 2 Accepting to the

job – simulation, recording on the video

part 3 Accepting to

the job – simulation

part 4 Motivation part

What we expected (our own preconceptions)

hopelessness and helplessness

What we found energetic, vivid woman

Problems

Heterogeneous group : age, education, duration of being

unemployed. Organizational: lacking information about topic

and schedule

Program segments Day 1

part 1 Introduction Symbols part 2 Barriers in the

process of application for a job

part 3 Self-

presentation – verbal aspects

part 4 CV, motivation

letter

Program segments Day 2

part 1 Communication

and presentation skills

part 2 Accepting to the

job – simulation, recording on the video

part 3 Accepting to

the job – simulation

part 4 Action plan

Conclusions

Self – confidence – perceiving my own strengths

Social skills – negotiation, conflict solving

Attitude towards employment

Support of creating work opportunities in the region!