Not just a list! For those individuals in need or those caring for loved ones. Learn where to find resource assistance,how to qualify, and best ways to make them work for you.

This topic is broken down into mini workshops covering the financial, medical, and residential issues facing our aging parents and how to assist and guide them through the maze of information and options available in planning and decision making for the future. Most of the topics listed are ½ hour workshops. Two of these workshops can be combined for a 1 hour session. However, each topic is worthy of a full hour presentation, allowing more time for audience interaction and questions. Also, these topics are suitable to be presented in a series.

Learn common characteristics of spouses, adult children and siblings involved in caregiving and how this relates to common caregiving challenges. Information to help overcome obstacles in family caregiving discussed.

Identify signs of caregiver stress and burnout; common emotions and coping strategies discussed.

Develop tips/techniques for providing home care for loved ones.

Discuss circumstances which can provoke difficult behaviors, and learn techniques for coping with these behaviors.

Learn about consumer rights, tips for getting high quality care in various settings.

Information on long-term care, financial realities, and legal tools for planning.

This program is for families transitioning a loved one from the community to the nursing home setting. Discusses choosing a facility, strategies for managing care, and resident’s rights.

Why does TRUST! matter? Leading with character ethics is not just a matter of style or personal preference; it is good business. The outcome of leading with high character and high competency is order and TRUST, the essential pillars upon which relationships and organizational performance rest.

Why is it that when you lose your job everyone around you knows exactly what you should do to find another one and isn’t afraid to share that information with you whether you want to hear it or not? This presentation will provide insight into how the loss of a job impacts a person and explains that the loved ones of the newly unemployed might have unrealistic expectations that at the time seem hurtful. This experiences with family members after a job loss.

Many of us find ourselves simultaneously taking on the care-taking role for both our children and our aging parents these days. this can be both rewarding and stressful at the same time. Just keeping up with the day to day schedules of your children is a hard enough task, but now you add in additional doctor’s appointments, failing health, long-term care issues and complex financial situations and it is time to get some practical advice with a little humor thrown in for good measure! This presentation is perfect for those of us that find ourselves in this situation and are looking for a little help along our journey. Time is provided for members of the audience to share their experiences.

According to a recent SHRM survey, the average daily time an unemployed person spends on their job search is 41 minutes! Several factors affect this but the primary solution is to be in accountable relationships with other people.According to the US Department of Labor, there are over 10,000 job clubs and career ministries throughout the US. In 2014, the government completed a study of their effectiveness and impact on the long term unemployed. This session will share those findings and provide local solutions specific to every stage of the unemployment life cycle regardless of career background or direction.

O*Net is the nations primary source of occupational information. Central to the project is the O*Net database, containing information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors. Successful job seekers learn how to expand career options by integrating transferable skills and job functions to the O*Net system. If you’re looking to improve your job search with an enhanced focus of career options available that reflect your background, this session will provide that for you.

Job loss is a jolt to our emotions and has subtle and obvious affect on the unemployed and their loved ones. Learning about this crisis experience will help those affected know what to grab hold of and prepare for the inevitable ups and downs of the rollercoaster experience. Participants will learn the crisis cycle, assess their own stressors and learn about resources to alleviate habits that compound the crisis event.

Employers want to spend money to find talent as much as job seekers want to invest in their job search, which is as little as possible. But when traditional methods fail to produce the value necessary for both parties, how does the job seeker determine when, what for and how much to spend? This session will examine good, poor and effective options job seekers can consider when the time comes to invest their own money in their career or job search.

There are three types of people, the unemployed, underemployed and unfulfilled. This interactive session will unpack the common symptoms associated with a household responding to “less than ideal” working conditions and consider healthy alternatives to enhancing family life.This session will relate to parents with “at home post college” adult children, the under-employed and full time unfulfilled who seek greater meaning in their next assignment.

Participants will discuss the “what happened” affect of downsizing and learn adjustment strategies to successfully prepare when the next offer arrives. If you find yourself having repeated gaps of employment, this session may be for you!

The concept behind 2Y2R is that there are three main issues facing us as Boomers: Health, Wealth, and Staying Productive / Career / Work. Jim facilitates the discussion to provide ideas on options available at any stage of life. Experts on health and wealth are invited (from COPEC speakers) to provide invaluable advice in those related areas. Most of us prefer or need to be gainfully employed, so staying productive is the main theme of the workshop. Issues related to age discrimination in the job search are presented as well as strategies for being successful in your career at any age. Whether it is becoming a volunteer, starting your own business, part-time work, or full-time endeavors,this workshop explores your choices in an interactive format.

Jim will share proven techniques, tools and secrets that have helped many job seekers navigate successfully through their search. Topics addressed include how to be strategic, branding yourself (from the brief networking intro to the full-blown elevator pitch), following up appropriately, and developing a powerful approach in resumes and social media profiles. Jim will also expose myths about the job search and share valuable nuggets to network more effectively. The workshop is interactive to give you the opportunity to get the answers you want, to network and to share what you have learned about the job search.

The concept of the main job search tool, the resume, is evolving quickly. What makes for a modern, competitive resume? Using current resume writer techniques, Jim reviews what works (and what does not), and shares one of his top job search secrets to getting past the application stage of the job search process and scoring interviews. In addition, Jim will discuss the one of the main dilemmas facing job seekers: how to tailor the LinkedIn Profile for best and maximum exposure. Most of us are not good writers, so Jim offers suggestions and resources for getting your tools up to the level of the competition, or better! Your specific questions will also be addressed, as possible, in a group/workshop setting.