Futurelink

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Futurelink

• Management and Union bargained benefit for
  associates

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Futurelink

• Counsel for Adult Experimental Learning (CAEL)
  the contractor for on-site futurelink services
  and VZ Tuition Assistance
• Purpose is for Career Transition Development and
  Educational Development
• Helping associates make career decisions
  transitioning to new careers internally within
  Verizon or out of Verizon, through EISP or
  retirement

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Counsel for Adult Experimental Learning

• At CAEL, the Council for Adult and Experiential
  Learning, we deliver a comprehensive set of
  Career and Educational Advising Services designed
  to link employee learning to company goals,
  developing your workforce knowledge while helping
  to increase productivity, boost morale, and
  improve recruitment and retention efforts.
• CAEL is a non-profit organization committed to
  providing adults with better access to education
  and training, all of which help union members
  lead happy, successful and fulfilling lives.

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CAEL

• How CAEL Career and Education Advising Works
• CAEL works with the company to communicate the
  availability of career and education advising,
  either through group meetings, payroll flyers or
  career fairs.
• Through on-site meetings, one-on-one phone calls
  or via the internet, employees discuss their
  interests and goals with one of nearly 18
  professional CAEL career and education advisors
  located nationwide.
• Advisors then work with employees to develop
  career or educational plans to achieve their
  goals, administer skill or interest assessments,
  and/or assist employees to document their prior
  learning for possible college credit.
• CAEL professional advisors can then conduct
  follow-up meetings as necessary to ensure
  employees stay on track with their outlined
  goals.

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CAEL

• VZ TAP-
• CAEL career and education advising works best
  when paired with an existing company tuition
  assistance or training program by either reducing
  overall costs or increasing participation in the
  program. Tuition assistance funds, such as those
  managed for the company through CAEL's Tuition
  Assistance Management Service (TAMS), can be used
  to pay for career and education advising.

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Futurelink services

• 38 Group and workshops in following topic areas
• Career development internally within Verizon
• Educational development
• Career transition development external outside
  Verizon
• Personal Professional development
• Helping associates make critical career or
  educational decisions- EISP, new career, or which
  college major to pursue

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Career Development Internal

• RAMP workshop, explaining the process and how to
  improve classification code
• Preparation for position required tests
• Futurelink homestudy courses to improve
  classification code job selection and self
  educational development
• Resume preparation for RAMP
• Educational requirements for jobs

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Education Development planning

• Setting Educational goals and action plans
• College credit for life experiences
• CLEP
• Distance learning
• Selecting a college major school
• Study strategies
• Making time for Education
• Changing majors based on career selection

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Career Transition

• Career planning
• Helping Select a new career
• Career Assessments
• Group sessions
• Counseling (40 workshop )
• Resume Writing
• Interviewing Skills
• Networking (96 jobs found)
• Preparation for retirement
• Starting your Own Business

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Personal Professional development

• Emotional Intelligence
• Managing emotions during stressful times
• Future Focus (appreciative inquiry)
• The appreciative inquiry approach offers us all
  the process and potential to positively explore,
  collectively imagine, collaboratively design and
  jointly commit to a path forward
• Preparing for Retirement
• 40 Career planning
• Self Motivation
• Personal Communication

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Individual sessions

• Assist associates with career planning decisions,
  evaluating career assessments
• Advice associates on education major and college
  plans
• Help with preparation of transitioning into new
  careers, internally or externally to Verizon
• Individual personal coaching transiting into
  retirement

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Career assessments

• 1) DiSC Assessment DiSC explores your behavior,
  how you interact with others, and what motivates
  you. Receive a 16 page personalized report that
  will help you learn more about your unique
  strengths and weaknesses. (Two, ½-hr. sessions)
• 2) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Complete the
  popular Myers-Briggs assessment to help you
  understand what your unique personality type says
  about how you communicate, learn, and work.
  Explore how to use this self-knowledge. (1 hour)
• 3) Learning Style Inventory Would you do better
  in a classroom or online? Results of this
  assessment tool can help you determine which
  methods of learning are right for you.
• 4) Self-Directed Search Cant decide what you
  want to be when you grow up? Identify specific
  career titles that might be appropriate for you
  and how you can learn more about them. (1 hr.)
• 5) Strong Interest Inventory Gain knowledge of
  the kinds of professions, activities, and people
  you prefer and explore how to apply this
  knowledge as you plan career goals. (Two, ½-hr.
  sessions)
• 6) Values Assessment Identify what it is you
  value in your career and explore the relationship
  between the values you've expressed and your
  current and future career choices. (½-hr.
  session)
• 7)Interest and MBTI combined assessment
  understanding of career interests and personality
  job matches

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Career Planning

• Whats Next for My Career?
• 17) Accelerated Career Planning This 3½ hour
  session helps you jumpstart your efforts to make
  a change in your career. Using several fun and
  easy assessments, youll create a plan for your
  future based on your values, skills, abilities,
  and interests.
• 18) Career Planning Overview This session
  introduces you to the process of career planning.
  Assess your values and skills and learn about the
  many FutureLink services available to make your
  career plan a reality. (1 hour)
• 19) Creating My Career Plan Think youre ready
  to make a career move? This session guides you
  through the creation of your career action plan,
  making the best use of your time and resources.
  Review the current job market to identify
  employment opportunities that are right for you.
  (1 hour)
• 20) Career Planning for the 40 Crowd Learn to
  gain the confidence and knowledge to pursue a new
  career. Explore a career that is in line with
  your priorities and will better prepare you for
  your retirement. (1 hour)
• Testing At Verizon Explore the role of
  standardized testing within the Verizon job
  selection process. What tests do you need to take
  to apply for certain positions?

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Education Focus

• Learning Taking Classes
• 8) Creating My Education Plan When returning to
  school, there are many factors to consider. Learn
  how to identify the best method to reach your
  education goals.
• 9) Distance Learning Determine whether you have
  the aptitude to succeed with distance learning.
• (1 hour)
• 10) Education Destination Learn how to avoid
  getting lured into taking classes that frustrate
  you and waste your time and money. (One ½
  session.)
• 11). Finding the School That Meets My Needs
  Explore the pros and cons of different education
  options. (1 hour)
• 12) Give Credit Where It's Due (Prior Learning
  Assessment) Learn how to get a college degree by
  evaluate learning that you have achieved through
  work, education, training, and life to determine
  what can be turned into college credit. (One
  2-hr. session or two 1-hr. sessions.)
• 13) Setting My Goals For Learning Learn how to
  set realistic goals for learning and gain the
  ability to identify potential obstacles and find
  out how to overcome them. (1 hour)
• 14) Online Math A New Approach to Success with
  Numbers An Orientation to ALEKS This
  orientation provides information about ALEKS
  NetTutor, an innovative way to strengthen math
  skills.
• 15) CLEP Prep provides participants with the
  tools to attain college credit through completion
  of a CLEP exam in one of 30 or more areas.
• 16) Major Focus- Deciding on the right college
  major prevents you from wasting time and energy
  on courses you do not like and could fail at.
  help deciding on a college major to study.

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Career Transition workshops

• 23) Writing My Resume Resume Writing is designed
  to assist those who already have an understanding
  of the resume writing process. Your advisor will
  review the basic concepts, such as formats, the
  "do's" and "don'ts," and the fine points of
  writing a cover letter. Take Intensive Resume
  Writing, which is offered as a 3 hr. session or
  three 1 hr. sessions if you have never prepared
  a resume, or have very limited knowledge of the
  process. (1 or 3 hours)
• 24) Building My Interviewing Skills Learn to
  prepare for an interview by reviewing different
  interview formats and techniques to handle a
  variety of questions. Practice what you learn and
  receive coaching from your advisor. (1 hour
  session) or ..take the Intensive Interviewing
  workshop if you want more extensive assistance
  and support. (Intensive Interviewing is offered
  as a 3-hr. session or three 1- hr. sessions.)
• 25) Networking to New Opportunities Find out how
  to develop and utilize an effective personal
  network that will help you achieve you find get
  career. Practice Informational Interviewing
  techniques that can help open doors and increase
  your contacts. (1 hour)
• 26) Exploring Technical Careers Using Technical
  Skills to Your Advantage Discover how to
  identify jobs that exist for someone with your
  skills and interests. Receive information about
  job opportunities and how to find them. (2 hours)
• 27) Make time for education Develop strategies
  for finding time for your education.

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Personal Development

• 28) Emotional Intelligence Skill and technical
  know-how are important for any job, but you also
  need to know how to relate to people. This
  session will help you improve your awareness of
  your own EI and ways you can enhance it to
  improve your work and personal relationships.
  (1 hour)
• 29) It's Your Move! (Motivational)Discover the
  basic principles for personal success and begin
  to focus on ways to help you get and stay
  motivated to take charge of your career and life.
  (½-hr session)
• 30) Organizing Your Life Find the time you need
  to get everything done! Improve your ability to
  manage tasks by learning to prioritize goals and
  apply time management skills to every aspect of
  your life. (1 hour)
• 31) Learning to Deal with Change in the
  Workplace Deal with change in a positive way, by
  identifying opportunities for personal and
  professional growth. Learn how change can be
  beneficial to you.
• 32) Can We Talk? (Communications)Join this fun,
  interactive workshop to improve your verbal
  communication, presentation, selling and conflict
  resolution skills.

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Personal development (cont)

• 33) Retirement-Understand what important issues
  you need to plan for when you consider retiring.
• 34) Start your own business Learn what it takes
  to start your own business.
• 35) Tech Talk Improve your customer service
  skills.
• 36) Emotional Intelligence part II Learn how to
  improve your relationships and your attitude
  towards your work and life.
• 37) Future Focus Explore how a positive attitude
  relates to success. Learn how positive thinking
  can help you achieve your career goals.

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37 Ways to Advance Your Career!3 easy steps

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• 1) Find a topic that interests you.
• 2) Contact your FutureLink Face-to-Face Advisor
  Robin B Kelly to schedule a small group session
  at your work site, or an individual session.
•  3) Attend your session and begin your journey!
  Its
• that easy.
•   Call to enroll 301-233-4968 or e-mail
  robinbkelly_at_verizon.net to register for a
  workshop or make an individual advising
  appointment

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Questions?

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