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The National Youth Employment Coalition is the leading organization for youth employment programs across the country. This convening, All Youth Working: A Forum on Engagement and Inclusion, will show you the best practices in the field that will take your work with youth to the next level of success! I will be facilitating a conversation…

Employment gaps on a resume are a barrier to employment, but there are things you can do to help minimize their impact. For information on the training that I provide on resume writing for the hard-to-employ, click here. For the article on employment gaps click here.

This is a recording I did of a webinar about improving the job retention of people in reentry. Much of the information applies to other populations as well. The partners that made the webinar possible were the California Workforce Investment Board, the Flintridge Center and the California Labor Federation. For information about the services I…

Are you frustrated by having so many people to serve and not enough time to serve them?  Do you find yourself stressed out by the numbers of people that want your help?  If you want to get some helpful ideas for managing the huge demands on your time click here.

It’s always a challenge finding free, new, interesting and effective handouts to use in our programs. Click here to download some for free!

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By Larry Robbin, Executive Director of Robbin and Associates One out of five Americans is a person with a disability. The majority of these disabilities are not apparent and are referred to as hidden disabilities. Some examples of these disabilities include learning disabilities, HIV/AIDS, cancer, hepatitis, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, trauma disorders and mental health…

By Larry Robbin, Executive Director of Robbin and Associates If you are in job search, you have probably read or heard a lot of things about what to do and say in an interview. What is missing from all that advice is information about how to prepare yourself in the weeks before the job interview.…

By Larry Robbin, Executive Director of Robbin and Associates These days you cannot escape the ads and endless speeches of the politicians running for office. They talk about all kinds of things. But the one thing you do not hear them talking about is workforce development! I follow a lot of local and federal elections…

By Larry Robbin, Executive Director of Robbin and Associates As someone in workforce development, you have probably read a zillion things and received a bazillion pieces of advice about what to tell people so they will ace a job interview. As someone that has been in the employment field for over forty-five years, I have…

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By Larry Robbin, Executive Director of Robbin and Associates The answer is it takes 2,500 people in the workforce development field to screw in a light bulb! Now you are probably asking yourself how can it take 2,500 people in the workforce development field to screw in a light bulb? Here is the answer. First…

By Larry Robbin, Executive Director of Robbin and Associates A mock networking event is a great collaborative project with your program partners. It works best if you can hold it in a space that is not familiar to the program participants. A meeting room at a business or a business association is ideal. You should…

By Larry Robbin, Executive Director of Robbin and Associates People in the workforce development field rightly deserve to feel proud and positive about the impact of our work. At the same time, we should be doing some deep soul searching about what we can do to make our work more effective. There are some hard…

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By Larry Robbin, Executive Director of Robbin and Associates Maria did a lot of volunteer baking for her family, faith based organization, PTA and other community activities.  She loved baking so it was no wonder that when she got laid off from her job and went to an employment program they helped her get training…

By Larry Robbin, Executive Director of Robbin and Associates There are several decisions you need to make as a workforce development professional thinking about your future pathway in the world of work. One factor to consider is what degree of change do you need to make in order to be happier about your career. If…