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The Interactive Employability (Soft) Skills Training Program for Career and Personal Growth

Great for:

• Workforce Development
• Welfare to Work
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Secondary Special Education
• School to Work
• Correctional Education

ES-TIP^TM (Employability Skills Training and Implementation Program) is a software-based learning system that helps build self-esteem, work ethics and workplace success for consumers with little to no work experience and/or minimal academic skills. Originally developed by the Florida Department of Education, ES-TIP addresses the skills and knowledge necessary for an effective job search while promoting positive strategies and attitudes essential for job retention and career advancement.

ES-TIP for the Consumer

The ES-TIP Curriculum
The ES-TIP multimedia curriculum combines highly interactive computer driven activities with compelling workplace video scenarios. This engaging instructional format facilitates preparation for real world challenges and can also be exploited during facilitator-led group activities. The curriculum is available for speakers of both English and Spanish.

Course One: How to Get a Job

Lesson One: Choosing a Career
Consumers learn why it’s important to choose a career that fits them, and then are coached through the steps of assessing their own aptitudes, interests, work preferences and values. After this "self assessment," students are shown where and how to look for a new career.

Lesson Two: The Job Search
Trainees learn proven job seeking techniques, organization and planning skills, and tips for communicating with prospective employers. A role playing activity allows the student to apply his/her job search skills by helping a job seeker uncover job leads.

Lesson Three: Applying for a Job
Including guidelines for professional preparation and application steps, appearance and the importance of keeping a good attitude. In the activity at the end of the lesson, students maneuver an actor through the steps of applying for a job.

Lesson Four: The Interview
This lesson shows the models the behaviors necessary to prepare for an interview and teaches appropriate behavior during the interview. In the role play, students interview for a customer service job; if the proper answers are given, he/she gets the job.

Course Two: How to be a Good Employee

Lesson Five: Good Work Habits
Trainees are taught good work habits, including reliability, self-motivation, organization and the importance of being punctual. At the end of the lesson, students test their ability to spot a new employee’s mistakes on the job.

Lesson Six: Getting Along
This lesson demonstrates the principles of working cooperatively with others, respecting diversity, avoiding gossip and expressing ideas in a helpful, positive manner. During the role play, students practice their communication skills.

Course Three: How to Get Ahead

Lesson Seven: Getting Ahead
Students are taught to develop career goals, an action plan to reach those goals, and to take positive steps toward accomplishing these goals. People who are unemployed, underemployed or recently laid off will find this lesson especially useful.

Lesson Eight: Money Matters
Money Matters teaches basic financial planning strategies. This lesson is especially useful for people faced with managing money for the first time or who have demonstrated an inability to manage money.

ES-TIP:

• Is efficient...It’s a non-consumable product...available all day, every day.
• Provides a safe environment...Nonjudgmental answer format provides consumer confidence.
• Sends a consistent message...Every consumer gets the same information delivered the same way.
• Demonstrates that learning can be fun...It is a rich multimedia experience that combines video and interactive lessons in a game-like setting.

The ES-TIP Management System and Implementation Resources

The goal of ES-TIP is to make your job easier by producing quality results through a definable, repeatable, predictable and measurable process. The ES-TIP training administration system offers complete tracking capabilities, pre- and post-tests from a bank of randomly generated questions, course games and quizzes, certificates of completion, and customization capabilities.

The ES-TIP program also includes Administration and Implementation guides that offer support and training in the mentoring and counseling process.

System Specifications:

Operating System: Processor: Memory (RAM): CD-ROM: Video (RAM): Audio: Display Resolution: Color Depth:

Windows® 95 minimum; Windows® 98 or higher recommended 90 MHz Pentium minimum; 166 MHz Pentium or higher recommended 16 MB minimum; 32 MB or higher recommended 4X minimum; 12X or higher recommended 24 MB minimum; 44 MB or higher recommended Sound Blaster or compatible sound card 640 x 480 minimum 16 K minimum; 16 K or higher recommended