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Training and Jobs

January 19, 2010

The 4REAL Project is made available

by a generous grants from
  • The JS Bower Foundation
  • The FUND for Santa Barbara
  • Venoco, Inc.
  • PARC Foundation
  • Professional Carpet, Car, Home and Business Services

(4REAL)     (Business Partners)     (Office Skillz)    (Business Skillz)    (Life Skillz)
 

4R.E.A.L. 101 (Real Employment Achievement Learning)
  • La Cuesta High School (November 2007)
  • New Friendship Baptist Church (website)

The 4REAL project is:

A group of four (4) real steps designed (by youth) to lead their peers through an actual employment achievement process of choosing a job and then removing the barriers to getting hired.

  1. Step One - Presentation! How we present ourselves when looking for a job makes a big difference.
  2. Step Two - Details! Students learn about cover letters (what they are, how and when to use them), resumes (key elements) and a full application workshop at the end.
  3. Step Three - Self Marketing! Interviewing skills, dress, body language and the "future question" (Where do you see yourself in five years?). All interviews are held in the classroom so other students can observe.
  4. Step Four - Training! Students learn to train other students. Students learn how to help each other, their friends and family outside of school.

Nearly 60-80 students take part in 4REAL every school year and four are chosen (based on attendance, class participation and recommendations of their teachers) to work for 4REAL over the summer. During the summer these four students help evaluate 4REAL, update and/or redesign our "Employee Manual" and make decisions about how 4REAL should run for the next year. These students will also become the initial student trainers in the coming school year.

Real students doing real jobs and helping other students, youth and their community. Small stipends are available to each program participant. The cost of this project is less than $500 per student per year. We think this is the best step-by-step program to make a real-life connection between what we learn and how to use what we learn. -- The Youth of ySTRIVE.

Business Partners 104
(HELP WANTED)

We are thankful for the support of these local businesses. If you use their services please thank them for their commitment to their community. We continually seek to add more names to the of supporters, please visit our "Doing Your Share" page for more information on how your business can give back to the community and to ySTRIVE.

Our business partners help by giving 4REAL, Office and Business Skillz graduates a real work location for their on-the-job training. ySTRIVE remains the employer for the first two weeks, handles all payroll, workers compensation and liability insurance for the graduate. We will also cover the cost of the first set of uniforms and/or minimal equipment/tools needed to get them started. The business partner agrees to train our graduates in a new job skill for a set amount of weeks.

If you own a business and would like to talk about becoming a partner with us please call us or email us your contact information so we can discuss this project with you.

Office Skillz 102 (Learn while you Earn)

Do you know how to yse a scanner for electronic filing, send faxes, use a copier like a printer, change ink cartridges, toner or drums in printers? Can you use Microsoft Office write a professional business letter, send, forward or carbon copy an email, or create a spreadsheet or a tri fold pamphlet, brochure or Flyer? Can you design a Powerpoint presentation and present it to a group of people? If, no call us. Is it difficult for you to make calls to businesses or people you don't know? Then send a text to (805) 896-6320.

These are office skills that will help you get a job. How else are you going to learn them, if you can't get the training? Learning Office Skillz is essential for your success in the business world whether for a career or just a summer job while you further your educational. We are an equal opportunity employer and experience is not required.

Office Skillz is a project that will train you to work in our office(s) and may even pay you as you learn. So if you don't know how to do any of those things listed above, learn them on the job. Look for a ySTRIVE Job Center position opening near you or come by to get an application. We are located at 912 East Cota Street (Milpas) or call our main office at (805) 576-7627.

Get comprehensive training, including but not limited to Time Management (Franklin-Covey system), banking and finance (Quicken and Quickbooks), Computer literacy (Microsoft - Word, Excel, Access, Publisher and Powerpoint) and more.

Business Skillz 103 "Getting Up to Business"                                                                                         (training 101 or 102 required)
  • PCS - Professional Carpet, Car, Home & Business Services (website)
  • ySTRIVE Printing and Design

Business Skillz 103 is available to graduates of 4REAL and Office Skillz so they can learn enterpreneural skills while running an actual business. Training with ySTRIVE will take you beyond how to work for someone else, we will train you in Business Development, Bookkeeping, Event Planning and Sales. These skills can open doors for you in a whole career or business ownership path. 

Learn to run your own business or one of ours, the essentials of success and sustainability are universal. Learn to identify a need in your community and meet that need. Through small youth-run businesses, mentored by business professionals you will develop a simple business plan, start a small business, learn to manage it, and so much more.

Put what you've learned about economics in school to real-life use. Understanding supply and demand, marketing, goal setting and customer service in real time.

Life Skillz 100  "Real skills for real-life while in the middle"
 
Conflict resolution, public speaking and teamwork are necessary skills when working as a group, in a community, around the world or around the corner. So we will, with the help of adult mentors offer conflict awareness training  to all of our members and staff from the youngest to the adults that we work with.