The popular Mini-Lesson feature of the NAWDP Advantage provides short, concise, skill-building information on workforce development topics that address the 12 CWDP competencies. This handy reference collects the first three years of Mini-Lessons into one publication. Copyright permission is granted to duplicate these lessons for non-profit training of staff. Publication date: January 2002.

Return on Investment: Guidelines to Determine Workforce Development Impact. 2nd Edition

by Dennis K. Benson, Ph.D.

Dr. Benson's unique approach to estimating the economic impact of publicly funded workforce development programs has achieved increasingly widespread interest and adoption. The Second Edition is completely rewritten, updated, expanded and incorporates the practical experiences of implementing this model over the last three years. A completely new chapter in the Second Edition describes in great detail how you can go about designing your own economic impact measures to evaluate unique programs you offer. Examples for you to work through, confronting the real world problems you encounter in using ROI, samples of reporting formats, references and guidelines fill this handbook which contains almost three times more information as the original. You will learn the theory. You will learn the practice. If you are interested in estimating the economic impact of your programs, this is your definitive resource. This model sets the standard.

NAWDP Members $55; Non-Members $80. (Includes shipping & handling.)

Job Developer's Marketing Kit

Developed by NAWDP's job development/marketing professional network

Over 90 pages of practical tips for planning, designing, and producing your own customized marketing materials for targeting, outreach, and recruitment of employers and participants. Reproducible artwork, sample language, dos and don'ts for every project, and samples of actual materials.

NAWDP members: $29.95 ; Non-members: $34.95 (Includes shipping & handling.)

No One Is Unemployable: Creative Solutions for Overcoming Barriers to Employment

by Debra L. Angel and Elisabeth E. Harney

This book picks up where most job search books leave off, providing specific solutions to help you and your candidates to face and overcome common barriers to employment. This resource will teach you proven strategies to apply to any job search barrier, and includes an encyclopedia with sample solutions for 80 of the most common barriers. Named one of the "Top Ten Career Books of the Year" by Joyce Lain Kennedy of the Los Angeles Times

NAWDP members: $27.00; Non-members: $32.00 (includes shipping and handling)

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Learning Objectives

NAWDP's professional development workgroup spent three years identifying functional areas in the profession, and holding practitioner groups in their states to identify skills, knowledge, and abilities in those functions. Task and skill lists were turned into learning objectives usable for training curriculum design or personal career planning, covering ten functional areas: contract management, counseling/case management, fiscal, job development, marketing, MIS, monitoring, supervision/management, program planning/development, and training/instruction.