Job Seeker Service Video Selection Guide
America’s Job Bank: The Right Person, for the Right Job, at the Right Time 9 Minutes
The Job Search tool for job seekers and employers alike.
Attitude!
50 minutes with workbook process
Video 19 Minutes
A positive attitude is critical to your own sense of well being as well as your approachability. Attitude affects how you view the world and how others perceive you in truth; it‟s your most priceless possession. Use this self-directed video program to explore what influences your disposition, and then apply its eight attitude adjustment techniques to make lasting, beneficial changes. 8 attitude adjustments: flipside technique, play your winners, simplify/simplify, insulate/insulate. Give to others sharing positives, look better to yourself, accept the physical connection, and clarify your mission. HAS A WORKBOOK
Attitude!
By Toby Malichi 48 Minutes (2) Video on the Malichi Model to Motivation. Primary concept is motivation comes from perseverance and positive attitude
Career Tips For Your Future
13 Minutes
Job: Savy How to be Successful at Work This video shows you how to acquire and maintain work habits that make you a more valuable employee. You‟ll get advice on problem solving, brainstorming, resolving ethical dilemmas, and other day-to-day workplace issues that may affect you and your job. You‟ll understand the importance of these skills and how they can influence your current position and future employment.
Communication: The #1 Job Skill
24 Minutes plus Workbook This video stresses the importance of communicating a positive attitude, teaches how to handle telephone calls, ask questions, listen actively, and deal with criticism and mistakes. Good for any new worker, targeted to the young worker. HAS A WORKBOOK
The Complete Job Application
20 Minutes
An entertaining video that highlights- basics like leave no blanks, bring an erasable pen, leave off anything that could be perceived as negatives; how to deal with the salary question; which questions the law doesn‟t require you to answer; how to handle trick questions, like “Have you ever been arrested?” how to handle previous work and volunteer experience effectively.
Consider a Non-Traditional Job
21 Minutes This video discusses non-traditional jobs for women: reasons to consider a nontraditional job, what the work environment is like, what the benefits are, balancing family and work, and what types of job are available.
Effective Job Search Techniques
Worker Profiling information on the process of Unemployment and attaining reemployment.
Employment Applications and Tests
21 Minutes Shows do‟s and don‟ts for completing applications to increase chances of being “screened in‟ for interviews. Introduces employment tests and how to approach them, how to deal with gaps in employment, and other problem areas.
Everyday Creativity
20 Minutes Excellent video to remind us creativity isn‟t by chance or the luck of the draw, we all have it. This video teaches the viewer how to reach it and use creativity in everyday life.
Finding A Job When Your Past Is Not So Hot
19 Minutes Here is the scenario…you were fired from your last job; you‟re a high school dropout; you didn‟t get alone with your previous boss so you do not have a reference. The good news is that these bas news scenarios are possible to overcome. This video offers tangible steps to help build up positive experience to add to your resume, and encourages positive communication about past challenges as you take action to reshape a new and bright future.
Finding Jobs Without Degrees
7 Minutes Video prepares the Job Seeker on how to prepare a resume with accomplishments and skills that will help you get the interview. Learn some helpful tips on how to sell your skills in an interview to get the job you want. HAS HANDOUTS
First Impressions: The Key to Turning Job Interviews into Job Offers 22 Minutes
This is the new improved version of a very popular video? Main Content Points – How to impress employers, why appearance is so important, how to dress for an interview, how to answer basic interview questions, what your body language says about you, how to open and close a job interview, how to work in with a smile and walk out with a job. FACILITATOR‟S GUIDE
???Get That Job: Choosing A Career
13 Minutes This film will help watchers to: be aware of various sources of information about career opportunities: learn some guidelines for integrating individual interests and good information to make a prudent career choice: and observe several young people making realistic job choices based on the above guidelines.
Interviewing I: Mastering the Job Interview
20 Minutes Reviews five must know questions of interviewing: make a positive impression, communicate your skills, answer problem questions, help the employer know why they should hire you, follow up after the interview; types of interviews; and seven phases of interviewing: before you go, opening moves, interviewing, closing the interview, following up, negotiating, and final decisions.
Interviewing II: Answering Problem Interview Questions
26 Minutes Reviews ten basic questions: why don‟t you tell me about yourself, why don‟t you tell me about your personal situation, why are you looking for this sort of position and why here, what would your former employer/teacher say about you, how does your previous experience relate to the jobs we have here, what sort of pay do you expect to see, what sort of plans do your have for the future, what are your major weakness, major strengths, and why should I hire you? Also reviews three-step process to interviewing.
Interviewing for a State Job
Prepares for interviewing for a state job.
15 Minutes
Job Search for Special Populations
7 minutes This video helps to promote the assets and “can do” attitude of the special needs group. This up-to-date video explores the answers to theses questions and some of the obstacles in finding work in the contemporary employment market while focusing on meeting the needs of the employer. Shows the individual step by step how to create a resumes, create a list of referrals, and how to request accommodations if necessary.
Looking Sharp: Dressing for Success
Cuts off after 2 minutes
18 Minutes
This video takes a look at the basics of dressing for success on the job interview and on the job. Male and female viewers get tips on hoe to; avoid the “little things” that can ruin their appearance at a job interview; dress appropriately for a formal office as well as for a less formal, “blue-collar” job; dress well on the first day of a new job; use creative shopping methods to find good clothes on any budget; develop a style that best presents their personality; use accessories to jazz up their wardrobe; avoid clothing that can create on-the-job safety problems; and care for their clothes
Looking Sharp: Grooming for Success
17 Minutes This video covers the basic principles of good grooming for both men and women. Professionals in various grooming specialties provide tips on how to improve your grooming to create a more professional and appropriate image. They will share time and money saving tips to help you make a good first and last impression on the job. Get professional tips on: do‟s and don‟ts of hair care, nail trimming, and other “extras”; the appropriate use of deodorants, perfumes, and colognes; for women and how to even out imperfection with makeup while creating a natural look; and for men trimming or shaving facial hair.
Lou Hultz: Competition in Ourselves
21 Minutes Older video reviews what is needed for a “winning attitude” from one of the pro-football coaches. Several main concepts believe in the product, being best at what we are capable of doing, get up when knocked down, goal setting; success doesn‟t always come easy, and believe in yourself. Motivational
Putting the Bars Behind You
24 Minutes Video for ex-offenders to learn practical, self directed job search techniques, with emphasis on unique needs of ex-offenders; why traditional job search methods are less effective for ex-offenders; the two most effective job search methods. Special attention is given to the interview and ex-offenders learn how to discuss their incarceration with potential employers, communicate their skills and strengths, and answer tough interview questions. Older video: Information is still valid and usable.
Rebounding from Job Loss
17 Minutes Buyouts, plant closings, and mergers… they all come down to someone losing a job… the kind of loss that affects everyone differently. This important program will help viewers see how losing a job often parallels the trauma experience after death. In both cases, individuals must go through a grieving process that includes working through various stages. We‟ll also learn strategies for finding the positive opportunities in this dramatic change that touches so many people every day.
The Resume I: Their Styles and Use
17 Minutes
Compares and contrasts chronological and skills resumes. Explains the combination resume and tells who is best suited for each type of resume. Shows how to sell your skills and addresses military experience.
The Resume II: JIST Cards, Cover Letters, and Thank-You Notes
14 Minutes How to get the best results from resumes, JIST cards, and cover letters. How to write each for the most effectiveness.
???Same Walk, Different Streets
Light-hearted look at how to get to K-Mart.
30 Minutes (This is Darla‟s Version)
Self-Assessment I: Defining Your Skills
12 Minutes Focuses on the importance of skills. Directs job seekers to use their skills as foundation for career planning. Reviews adaptive, transferable, and job-related skills.
Self-Assessment II: Putting Your Skills To Work
13 Minutes Successful job seekers must be able to identify abilities, strengths, and assts. Shows three key ways to assess skills and introduces „clusters” for career decision-making.
State of Montana Hiring Process Training
72 Minutes This video discusses the hiring process for Montana State jobs. Information is broken down into four segments: the application, supplemental questions, structured interviews and behavioral interviews.
Strive
60 Minutes 60 Minutes takes a look at the program STRIVE a boot camp for the unemployed. Tough, in your face three week intensive approach to what is preventing gaining and maintaining employment.
Successful Work Habits for the Beginner
16 Minutes This video shares the top ten work habits that contribute to a successful work history. Being on time, dressing appropriately, having a good attitude, following direction and more are presented in the concrete of concrete examples.
Transitions- Choices for Mid-Career Changes
27 Minutes (2) Video reviews the emotional process of losing a job or changing later in life. It addresses the resources in the community and approaches to moving on. Older Video: Dramatization Information still valid
The Ultimate Job Search - #1 Starting the Job Search
24 Minutes Focuses on the self-assessment steps each job seeker can take to identify their work preferences, skills and career goals. Gathering and organizing basic educational/training and work-related records into a career catalog is highlighted. Also addresses the inevitable stress people experience when looking for a job. HAS A WORKBOOK
The Ultimate Job Search - #2 Effective Job Search Techniques
25 Minutes Explores the various methods available in conduction a successful job search, including the importance of the job seeker‟s network of personal and professional contacts. It also details different sources for finding jobs, and how to use those sources mot effectively. Researching companies, completing job applications and employment tests are also covered. HAS A WORKBOOK
The Ultimate Job Search - #3 Writing Resumes and Cover Letters
33 Minutes Emphasizes the important role both play in effective job searches. The major resume formats – chronological, functional, combination and targeted – are highlighted. The advantages and disadvantages of each format are covered to help the job seeker determine the best one for them. The step-by-step process of composing a resume and its accompanying cover letter is also detailed. HAS A WORKBOOK
The Ultimate Job Search - #4 Interviewing with Confidence
28 Minutes Delves into getting ready for an interview, the interview itself and some recommendations for spot-interview strategies. Different kinds of interviews a job seeker may experience are explained. The program takes the viewer through several interview situations, demonstrating the dos and don‟ts of skillful interviewing. Also provides guidance on assessing job offers. Needs supplemental information on Behavioral Interviews. Need to supplement dress code information from the 1990‟s. HAS A WORKBOOK
???The Ultimate Job Search - #5 Job Search Tips for People With Disabilities 18 Minutes
Addresses several key issues and considerations unique to the job seeker with a disability. The goal of every job seeker is to demonstrate to the prospective employer that they are the right person for the job and most often the job interview is the best opportunity to sell oneself. Among the topics covered are interviewing preparation, accommodations, misconceptions and successful interviewing techniques. HAS A WORKBOOK
Why Should I Hire You?
18 Minutes Helps viewers practice and prepare for the interview process. More importantly, it helps viewers understand what employers look for in the people they hire. This knowledge will help them review their backgrounds and be prepared to give examples of how they can do the job.
Why Work? Motivating Unemployed People
48 Minutes A professional guide to helping unemployed on public assistance. Information is from the early 1980‟s. Focus is on language to reframe ideas and assist in the process of rethinking their personal situations.
Are You Better Off Working: Motivating the Unemployed 15 Minutes
Focused section of the 48 minute video on title topic.
Why Work? Six Reasons You Are Better Off Employed
12 Minutes Focused section of the 48 minute video on the title topic.
Work Habits for the Beginner
Accompanying Worksheet Top 10 Work Habits
16 Minutes
Reviews the top 10 work habits and their rewards: be on time, dress appropriately, get along with others, have a good attitude, follow directions & listen, be dependable & trustworthy, take the job seriously, keep busy on the job, be able to take criticism, and professional demeanor.
???Working 9 To 5
12 Minutes This video puts you on the road to successful employment. You‟ll learn ways to boost your self-confidence, how to interact with supervisors and coworkers, and things you can do to make the workday a more productive and enjoyable experience. You‟ll also learn
about the different types of skills you can offer an employer and how to use them to your advantage.
Would I Work with Me? Teens in the Work World
19 minutes Older video set in the 80‟s. Designed to help teenage employees understand the responsibilities of work. Will make teens more aware of what employers expect of them. Five key topics are covered: training, communication, punctuality and scheduling, boredom, and customer service
You’ve Got the Job…Now What?
13 Minutes This video explains the importance of the employee/employer relationship and how it can benefit both worker and supervisor. You‟ll learn how dependability, appearance, attitude, and even personal hygiene can affect your chances of job success. You‟ll also learn seven basic skills that employers look for in new employees and how your lifestyle plays a vital role in your career.