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Education
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Experience
in delivery of employment program
- Designed and delivered
MCC's COMPASS program (1998-2009).
Promoted to project management (2006-now).
- Over 10
years experience designing employment programs
administered through accredited institution, achieving
high motivation levels among learners to complete their
program.
- Awarded 7
contracts requiring 8 consecutive weeks of daily group
facilitation in areas of communication skills and
occupational research. Funder specifically asked that
"Marion teach the course".
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Jointly coordinated four 12-week Career Transition
programs over a two year period for Older Workers in
Transition.
- Authored
and jointly implemented a Career Assessment Program for
an academic institution which has been offered once a
month since 1992.
- Formal
training in group leadership and group dynamics at
Douglas College.
Marketing
experience
- Jointly
spearheaded the implementation of a branch office for a
national corporation.
- Jointly
presented at two major career conferences.
- Promoted
MCC employment programs via church visits, portfolios,
and presentations.
- Marketed
programs through interviews on cable television.
- Co-ordinated
two home-based businesses related to the fields of
work/life planning and job search strategies. Customers
were youth, persons stressed with loss of employment
and/or with transition anxiety. Consistently received
9+/10 ratings.
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Counselling
- training and experience
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Employment
issues, career decision making, and labour market
information
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Created a
personal
website
for
career planners, job seekers, and career practitioners.
- Attended BC's Career Development
Conference annually since 1999 to stay current.
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Participated
in four career planning programs, including
R.N.Bolles'
What Color Is Your Parachute?
- Conducted
a 60-hour/week, three-month long, disciplined study in
career planning and job search models.
- Consistently
research new information in the field; continue to build
on personal library of 450+ books.
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Assisted
with five major contract proposals for MCC Employment
Development; resume was included in four;
summarized the labour market information for MCC's COMPASS
proposal.
- Certificate,
BC Labour Market Professional Training.
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Proficiency
in Word processing, internet, and e-mail
- Jointly
co-authored employment-related publication using
Microsoft software.
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Initiated,
designed, and delivered computer-based assessment
classes for MCC's
Passport
Cafe
and
COMPASS
programs.
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Developed a labour market blog and wiki intended for
unemployed shut-in individuals, as well as on-going
post-program support.
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Communication
skills, personality and professionalism
- Enthusiastic.
Diplomatic. Team worker.
- Mentored
by two psychologists, taught how to facilitate the
delivery of communication skills classes.
- Over 10
years experience designing and delivering workshops in
interpersonal communication skills.
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Awarded
contracts from the Counselor Training Institute to
facilitate and instruct future counsellors enrolled in
the Certificate in Communications & Conflict
Resolution program.
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Developed
a Mentor's Guide for employment mentoring
program.
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Awarded
UFV's Leadership and Community Service Award at
Convocation Ceremony.
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Valid
B.C. driver's license
- Consistently
maintain Nissan Sentra
- Excellent
driving record; valid driver's license.
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