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Customized Employment
  • One-Off Career Design Strategies


  • Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC
  • www.griffinhammis.com


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Customized Employment
  • CE is based on an Interest-Based Negotiation between the Job Seeker and the Employer
  • CE is Person-Centered
  • CE is One-Person-At-A–Time
  • CE seeks the Best Possible Employment Conditions
  • CE includes Self Employment
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Customized Employment
  • CE is not Group-Based
  • CE is not Market-Driven
  • CE is not looking for that Dream Job
  • CE is not Vocational Evaluation & Testing
  • CE is not Interest-Inventories
  • CE is not Competitive Employment
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Customized Employment
  • CE is designed for Individuals with High or Complex Support Needs
  • CE seeks to counteract the Brutality of the Competitive Labor Market
  • CE relies on Natural relationships, supports, training
  • CE works best when we live into the answers
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Customized Employment
  • Discovering Personal Genius:
  • A planful approach that reveals life themes;
  • That presents a path of Discovery;
  • That begs Investigation;
  • That creates Options;
  • That breeds Innovation in job development
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Customized Employment
  • Employment Innovations Include:
  • Negotiated Jobs
  • Job Creation
  • Job Carving
  • Resource Ownership
  • Self Employment
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Customized Employment
  • CE Job Development avoids Market-Driven Approaches including Competitive Employment, Job Search, Readiness Training, Employer Initiatives
  • CE relies on Informational Interviews, HOWI, Paid Job Tryouts, Going Where the Dream Makes Sense, Active Employment Councils….
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Customized Employment
  • CE uses Portfolios, Video Resumes, Referrals from Respected-Others, Picture Books
  • CE emphasizes the Contributions, Skills & Interests of the Job Seeker in relation to the Employer’s needs
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Customized Employment
  • CE uses various Funding Mechanisms
  • SSA/PASS
  • VR
  • WIA
  • DD/MH/School
  • Amalgamated Sources
  • Individual Budgets
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Customized Employment
  • We use the Rule of Three (and we throw out the 1st idea)
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Customized Employment
  • We do more with less, and we do more with more
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Customized Employment
  • Remember, the task is not to find the Dream Job, but rather to find the best possible conditions for employment.