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work ethic • Make curriculum enhancements to meet the local area’s needs and specialized labor market conditions. • Provide job club/job search activities in conjunction with basic job readiness training. Job club will consist of more advanced interviewing techniques such as role-playing, mock interviews and telephone techniques. Encourage group interaction by sharing job seeking/interviewing experiences. 8. Coach participants in developing job leads using yellow pages, classified ads and other sources of information. 9. Provide individual counseling for participants experiencing trouble obtaining employment focusing on participants’ strengths and weaknesses. 10. Assist the employment coordinator with scheduling interviews. 11. Provide an overview of the following services available to TWP participants:

Child Care Advanced Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

Transportation Earned Income Disregards Work-Related Expenses Participation Stipend Transitional Benefits:

Child Care Case Management Services

Transportation Job Counseling Services 12. Assist, if needed, in the development of AWEP/community service slots based on the skills/experience needed by participants to obtain on-the-job training to improve their employability in the competitive job market. 13. Actively participate in weekly staff meetings with case management and employment coordinators and make individual recommendations for continued job readiness training or assignment to a more suitable/realistic work activity. 14. Refer all incidents of noncompliance to case management for conciliation. 15. Exercise tact, patience and discretion in communicating and dealing with individuals with a variety of ethnic, social or educational backgrounds.

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