Workforce Development

MCST provides outreach, marketing and education tools to employers that promote a diverse workforce and increase opportunities for able workers with disabilities.  Business to business partnerships, and partnerships with agencies and educators, create a network of employer support through sharing experiences, mentorship, and tools for success.

Through workforce development, we educate employers within the community as to the most untapped, diversified, and highly marketable Individuals in our state—the qualified individual with disabilities. The connections they make have life changing results, for everyone.

Create Approved Work-Based Learning Experiences

Work-based learning is a broad term that covers a variety of structured career exploration and workplace skill-building experiences students can have on-site at a workplace. The experiences can range from a simple tour to a months-long internship with regular hours and responsibilities.

It’s important to set up work-based learning experiences so that they are approved by the NH Department of Labor to safeguard the school, workplace, and student. Well-structured work-based learning experiences have benefits for all involved. Examples of forms and letters from New Hampshire schools, as well as an overview of child labor laws and a set of sample career objectives, are included as appendices. (download PDF)

Build Partnerships for Career Exploration

Using Job Shadows to Explore the World of Work -Such an experience is called a job shadow. It is a one-time experience, during which one student partners with one host and learns about a job by observing and asking questions while the host carries out normal workday activities.

Large organizations lend themselves to diverse exploration for students.  Examples are residential colleges, assisted-living facilities, hospitals, airports, boarding schools, and large companies that maintain their own facilities and offer their employees such on-site benefits as childcare, wellness programs, and extended dining hours. (download PDF)
 

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“Our partnerships with both PathWays and Opportunity Networks have been based on a shared commitment to success – finding the right person and the right skill set for each position and then training the person as needed. The employees that have come to us through these partnerships have a great attitude, great work ethic, and a can-do attitude that brightens our entire workplace. At the end of the day, it just makes good business sense to have quality employees. Period”.

Jim Umland,
CEO, Johnson Precision

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Johnson Precision is a recipient of New Hampshire’s Employment Leadership Award for recognizing the skills and contributions
that people with disabilities bring to the workforce. By adopting inclusive policies and hiring practices that allow people with disabilities to fairly compete for employment, Johnson Precision is leading the way in diverse workforce development.

New Hampshire thinks beyond the label and is partnering with this national organization promoting the hiring of workers with disabilities.

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TRANSLATE LANGUAGE

At the Monadnock Center for Successful Transitions (MCST), our goal is to share knowledge and build awareness
of opportunities within the workforce for able workers with disabilities.

Website sponsored by the Granite State Employment Project and the Monadnock Center for Successful Transitions,
funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CFDA 93.768).