TRC Today, Volume 19, Number 5, May 1996 Page: Inside Front Cover
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Job
Clubs
- An idea come full circle
uane Pitts, a new counselor in the Brownsville Field Office,
came up with the idea of starting a job club in January. Since
its inception, the job club has been gathering momentum in a
snowball effect.
The job club is a team effort of RSTs and counselors in the field
office where counselors take turns conducting the weekly meetings. The
meetings will soon increase to two days a week with hopes for going to
daily meetings. "If I can work on the job club a couple of hours a
month and serve my clients, I actually maximize my time," says Pitts.
"It's a lot better than an hour or two a day with 20 clients and, this
way, I don't hire out those placement services."
Part support group, part classroom structure, the weekly agenda for
the club is client driven and constantly changing. One week a resume
or application workshop is offered. The next, a newspaper journalist
comes to help clients write work wanted adds (which were published
for free.) Each week, a mobile learning lab stocked with computers
pulls up and offers, among other things, job specific skills development.
Staff from the Texas Employment Commission occasionally come to
speak about the local labor market. Clients share their experiences in
looking for employment and get feedback from others.
Employer visits to the club meetings have also become very popular.
Clients find out from employers what they want in an employee. And,
it gives TRC an opportunity to establish relationships with businesses
who are open to working with clients.
Pitts says that the job club also serves another important purpose.
It points out those who need individualized counseling relative to
employment. "We've given training, we've taught them how to write a
resume and how to interview, so when this doesn't work, we know it
comes down to helping them overcome some other last personal
hurdles," says Pitts.
"A lot of the people we work with have heard for so long that they
can't do it and slowly they lose their ability to shine, to be aggressive
when it comes to getting a job. We help them gain their confidence
back."1. Si
Fourth and Long
TRC Board Member Kent Waldrep calls his new book, Fourth
And Long, a chronicle of his "adventure through the Medical
Twilight Zone." But it's more than that. Fourth and Long
offers hope and encouragement to those learning to deal with a disabil-
ity. And for those without a disability, it's an interesting story and a
good way to spend a couple of hours.
On Oct. 26, 1974, Waldrep, a TCU running back, landed head-first
on artificial turf. The fall resulted in quadriplegia. Since that time,
Waldrep has shown he is a true fighter - not only in learning to cope
with his disability - but in refusing to accept conventional medical
theory that any paralysis after six months is permanent and he is con-
tinuing a search for its cure.
Recently, Waldrep was at Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Austin for
a book-signing. In a well-attended gathering, he gave candid answers to
questions asked and insight
into why he wrote the book,
co-authored with Mary
Malone.
"The impossible just
takes a little longer," says
Waldrep. "They told me I
would never have children
but here I am the father of
two sons. They told me y :s1
there is no cure for paralysis,
but recent progress tells me
there is and I refuse to give
up hope."
Kent Waldrep signing his bookAbove: Client Christina Zinns at a L()lJIIpcr in the literacy lab. Top right:
Counselor Victor Sabala helping clients with telephone skills and filling out
applications.j
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4900 N. Lamar Blvd.
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