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January 7th, 2008:
Teen Q&A on ParentsConnect.Com
How can we encourage our teenager to work harder in school when he's not a great student? Barbara Dwyer answers this question on ParentsConnect.Com. [Click here to read more]

January 7th, 2008:
Teen Q&A on ParentsConnect.Com
How should I handle my teen's frequent text messages to me during school? Barbara Dwyer answers this question on ParentsConnect.Com. [Click here to read more]

January 7th, 2008:
Teen Q&A on ParentsConnect.Com
My son is feeling overwhelmed by the college application process. How can I help him? Barbara Dwyer answers this question on ParentsConnect.Com. [Click here to read more]

June 1st, 2007: Children's Voice Child Welfare League of America Volume 16, No.3
Guiding Teens to the Work World Through Job Coaching
Helping teens transition to the working world. [Click here to read more]

May 1st, 2007: HR Magazine
The Tethered Generation
With access to technology since a young age and a perpetual connection to parents, the millennial generation brings new challenges to the workplace. [Click here to read more]

November 16th, 2006: CNN.com
'Helicopter parents' try to help their kids land jobs
Some parents are writing their college-age kids' resumes. Others are acting as their children's "representatives," hounding college career counselors, showing up at job fairs and sometimes going as far as calling employers to ask why their son or daughter didn't get a job. [Click here to read more]

November 11th, 2006: For Immediate Release
Innovative Program Takes on Generation Y Employment Issues, Changing Education and Employment Paradigms Across the Nation
Creator claims that “coddling” young adults is at the root of the employability problem [Click here to read more]

September 2006: Career World
Get rid of that Gig!
How to exit a job without feeling awkward or burning your bridges. [Click here to read more]

August 28th, 2006: For Immediate Release
Sacramento New Technology High School Chooses The Job Journey Program to Ready Students to Enter the Workforce
Students and educators choose first-of-its-kind transitional skills training program for sophomore class at leading-edge school. [Click here to read more]

June 1st, 2006: For Immediate Release
The Job Journey Program Participant Turns Down Golf Scholarship, Wins Rotary Club Scholarship
Seventeen-year-old Desirae Zine was something of an accidental tourist in a school-to-work transitional skills training class, but she earned her place at the head of the class. [Click here to read more]

May 14th, 2006: Richmond Times-Dispatch
Trying to land 1st job? Market yourself well Teens' dependability, positive attitude makes up for lack of experience
Mike Crescenzo needed a job to help pay for car insurance and gas. But at 17 years old with a resume that included only helping out at his mom's work, he did not feel qualified to go looking for a job [Click here to read more]

March 14th, 2006: Workforce Performance Solutions Magazine
Generation Y Skill Gaps: The Impact on Performance
According to a recent national study conducted by the American Institutes for Research, the next generation of workers is falling short on basic skills. The study found that 20 percent of U.S. college students completing four-year degrees and 30 percent of students earning two-year degrees have only basic quantitative literacy skills. [Click here to read more]

February 26th, 2006: Press Release
California Partnership Academies 18th Annual Convention to Feature –No Soft Skills? No Job!” Workshop by The Job Journey
The Job Journey educational consultants will present an interactive workshop titled "No Soft Skills? No Job!" at the California Department of Education's California Partnership Academies (CPA) 18th Annual Convention February 28 at the San Francisco Hyatt Regency. [Click here to read more]

February 16th, 2006: Press Release
The Job Journey Educators Offer Workshop at CAROCP Convention
Human Resources Executive and Work-Life Coach Barbara Dwyer, International Education Consultant Adair Mathers-Gasparian, and Vice President of Operations and Educational Consultant Erin Dwyer of The Job Journey will co-present an interactive workshop titled "No Soft Skills? No Job!" [Click here to read more]

February 12th, 2006: Forbes.com
Generation Y Members Who Take The Job Journey Are Better Prepared for Work/Life
Human Resources Executive and Work-Life Coach Barbara Dwyer announces The Job Journey, a turnkey classroom and distance-learning program that teaches students soft skills, such as communication, problem solving, leadership, and teamwork, necessary to succeed in job interviews and on the job. [Click here to read more]

January 24th, 2006: Chain Store Age
Multigenerational Retail
In an industry of tremendous turnover, finding good employees is a massive challenge. [Click here to read more]

November 23rd, 2005: Central Valley Business Times
HR expert: Communications disconnect impacting young job seekers
It isn't always lack of preparedness that keeps a young person from landing a job, sometimes it's a matter of communication.[Click here to listen to Barbara's Interview (4.76 MB MP3)] [Click here to read more]

September 9th, 2005: Fairfield Daily Republic News Feature
Wanted: A Job -- Course Gives Teens Techniques to Get Employed
For six months, Kuana Benjamin walked around the mall, filling out applications. She never got a call back... [Click here to read more]

July 21st, 2005: Press Release
The Job Journey Offers Solution to 1.3 Million Unemployed Teen Job Seekers
Kuana Benjamin, a 16-year-old student at Travis Education Center High School in Fairfield, California, has found the perfect solution to her on-going search for a job... [Click here to read more]

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