Workshop for employment, 22 June.
'Applying for a job' clip art.
Are you an unemployed older person trying to get back into work?
We are planning a series of workshops – starting Monday 22 June – for older people (50+) who are either
- Currently unemployed, and actively looking (or at least hoping) for work or training opportunities.
- In employment, but worried about your prospects in the near future.
The workshops will focus on using IT (including email, World Wide Web, and word-processing) to search for and apply for jobs — but they will not be IT training sessions. The primary aim will be simply to help you do the things you need to do, so that your opportunities will be as good as anyone else who has more advanced IT skills.
We think the workshops will be especially suitable for people who are applying for jobs that do not require IT skills – ie: IT is not part of the job description. If you are like that, you just need to find vacancies, and then apply for them. Beyond that, there should be no IT obstacle, except perhaps replying to emails that your prospective employer might send you.
It will all be about practical help — we will help you do the job search you already know you want to do, fill in the online application form you have already found, make sure that you have a working email address for employers to respond to.
If you need to improve your IT skills because you are looking for work that involves computers, you will be welcome, of course. We hope we can find a solution for you too.
The workshops will be held at The Lawns, but will not be part of the general Hackney Silver Surfers program.
The first (pilot) workshop will take place on Monday 22 June, 10.30 am - 1.30 pm (but we should be able to do some preliminary work before then).
If you are interested in joining this group, please contact Rick Crust …
- Age Concern Hackney, 52 The Lawns, Matthias Road, London N16 8QD.
- Phone: 020 7254 2183 .
- Email: hss@lawns.org.uk .
