Second Chances

Original airdate: April 19, 2006

Learning Link - The Workforce learning link is an initiative created with the DLO and Workforce Development and NJN to provided job seekers with instruction in reading, math, communication and job search for lifetime skills. Our segment will explore the stories of 3 people who are using the WLL to get on with their lives. The first is an ex-offender who is using  the WLL program to help him fulfill his goals of being a car technician and ultimately strives to be an auto engineer. Our second person is a woman who was on welfare and now has two jobs working in the healthcare industry and food business. The third person featured is a laid off field engineer who used WLL to get new skills and find a new career in the casino slot machine industry. Along with our three testimonials we will hear from oneof the managers and instructors from WLL.

Freedom to Work - Every person being released from prison has many difficulties transitioning into the workforce. Their criminal background, regardless of what it is, always counts against them when trying to find work. We'll visit a mid-level prison where inmates learn the skills and confidence they need to find jobs on the outside. And with the help of One-Stop Career Centers around the state, ex-offenders can find success and enjoyment in their new careers. We'll meet one ex-con who says he loves his new job in the working world.

Career Minute - Scans Competency: Basic Skills
In this week’s career minute, LISTENING and SPEAKING are two more crucial basic skills. If you can listen carefully, and speak well, you'll make a good impression, and that's a great entree to any career.

Jay’s Rants & Raves - It might be time to start on a extreme “career” makeover. Jay shows you how!

Special In-Studio Guest - Deborah Ellis, Coordinator/Lead Instructor, Greater Paterson OIC