Abstract
The purpose of this project was to develop a power point presentation designed to provide 21th century pre employment job search instructions to veterans with disabilities at the Sacramento Veterans Resource Center (SVRC). Pre employment job search training is provided to veterans with disabilities at SVRC in the Winning the Employment Game Workshop (WEG). The Winning the Employment Game (WEG) Manual has been the primary resource for the pre employment job skills training material used at SVRC. The WEG Manual was written in 1992 and was last edited in 2006. The pre employment job search instructions included in this project is designed to supplement the WEG Manual by providing internet friendly vocational rehabilitation instruction specifically relevant to veterans with disabilities in the Sacramento, California Metropolitan area. iv Source of Data Data for this Project was obtained through professional journals, library resources, EBSCOhost, ERIC Data bases and a variety of other internet resources. The data includes: peer reviewed journal articles, textbooks, information from relevan websites, manuals, workbooks, and power point presentations that provided information on agencies that provide vocational rehabilitation services to veterans with disabilities and instruction on pre employment job search skills activities. Conclusion Reached A power point presentation providing pre employment job search instructions to veterans with disabilities was developed. The power point presentation includes lessons on perspectives of Happenstance Career Counseling, life skills important to career development, introduction on the use of the internet in career development, vocational assessment, vocational exploration, traditional and 21st century job search methods, labor market information, transferable skills analysis and interview techniques. In addition, the presentation includes instruction on writing effective resumes, cover letters, applications and thank you notes. The presentation also includes an assorted array of information specifically relevant to job seekers who are veterans with disabilities.