Jefferson students complete job finding workshop Through (he combined efforts of (he Urban League, Regional Youth Employment Council of the Port­ land Chamber o f Commerce, the C ity o f Portland, and Portland Public Schools, 19 graduating seniors at Jefferson High School have completed an intense job fin­ ding workshop and are ready to go to work. They have completed 1$ a fte r­ school workshops, called Jobs for Jefferson Graduates, as a pilot program of the Portland Urban Network Project. George Rankins o f the Urban League was lead in­ structor, assisted by Joseph Hall of the N.E. Youth Service Center. The ongoing Urban Network Project is joint venture of the Port­ land School District, City of Port­ land, Regional Youth Employment Council, and Urban League to in ­ crease the employability of youth. The job search workshop, one of several network Project activities, will be expanded at Jefferson next year and at other Portland high schools in the future. During the week of June 4th, the workshop particiants will be hosted at several downtown businesses for their final sessions. On June 6th, they will practice interview techniques and learn what em ­ ployers are really looking for. In fo rm atio n for the June 6th session has been gathered from a national research project on em ­ ployer hiring decisions. In this study, conducted at the N ational Center for Research in Vocational Education (N C R V E l at Ohio State University, employers indicated (hat displaying a "bad at­ titu d e " in an interview setting reduced the likelihood that a person would be hired by as much as 90 percent, and that the use of “ inap­ propriate language" in an interview reduced the likelyhood of being hired by as much as 70 percent. Another important finding was that perceived negative behavior in a job interview can severely and negatively affect how the employer evaluates the applicant’s education, training and work experience. Richard Miguel, senior research associate with N C R V E , w ill illustrate these and other findings about employer hiring decisions with videotaped interviews and discussions with the Jefferson graduates on June 6th. After the final workshop session on June 7th, the youth will be ready for employment. Portland em ­ ployers who would like to interview these youth for jobs are asked to contact Tom Nelson or Wendy Osbourn o f the Regional Youth Employment Council, 287-5627. Jobs for Jefferson G raduate* This program is designed to assist youth in career planning, job find­ ing, and overall work m aturity. Successful completion and cer- tific a tio n by the program means that the student is able to: I. Make a realistic career choice based on local labor market needs and personal abilities; 2 Deal effectively with personal problems that could infringe on em­ ployment; 3. Know how to job search, inter­ view, and obtain employment; 4. Successfully m aintain em ­ ployment beyond an em ployer’ s probationary period. A series of 15 workshops are o f­ fered after school at Jefferson High School from 2:30 - 4:30 p .m ., Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs­ day, beginning M ay 1st, for five weeks. The workshops are being conducted as a pilot project for 20 graduating seniors who have in ­ dicated they are ready for im ­ mediate fu ll-tim e employment. Lead instructor is George Rankins from the Urban l.cague. Students who choose to par­ ticipate are asked to attend a ll workshops, arrive on time, use time effectively during the workshops, and acceptably perform job-related competencies. Upon successful com pletion of the workshops, each participant will initiate a job search, which will be supported by job interviews with employers who have agreed to give special consideration to the Jeffer­ son graduates of this program The Urban League, its Northeast Youth Service Center, and the Regional Youth Employment Council will be a resource to students during their job search. Sponsor* of this A ctivity CAPT. HUGH L. MULZAC First Black ship master joins M aritim e Hall of Fame Capt. Hugh L. Mulzac, the first Black to earn a ship master’s license and command a vessel in the modern American merchant marine, has been selected as a 1984 inductee to the National Maritime Hall of lame Established in 1982, the H all of Fame is the only gallery in the nation dedicated to cotnmen- m orating the contributions to America’s maritime heritage by in ­ dividual people and ships. The Hall is located in the American Merchant Marine Museum on the campus of the U.S Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N Y. Mulzac and eight other people and ships were inducted at the Hall o f Fame in a ceremony on May 19th. Born on the small island of Union in the Caribbean in 1886, Mulzac traveled to the U nited States and became a citizen in 1918. He had served as a merchant marine deck officer during World War I. Soon afterw ards, he sat for his ship master's license and earned it with a near perfect score. In 1920, M ulzac was asked to share command o f the old coastal steamer Yarm outh for the newly organized. Black-owned and operated Black Star Line. Though technically not the vessel’s master, he helped command the ship for two coastal trips before the company failed Between 1922 and 1940, Mulzac was forced to work as a cook and steward aboard merchant ships, despite holding a master’s license. No company would give a Black man command o f a ship, or even hire a Black as a deck officer. However, during World War II, Jobs for Jefferson Graduates is an activity of the Portland Urban Network Project, a joint venture of the Portland School District, City of P ortland, Urban League, and Regional Youth Employment Council of the Chamber of C om ­ merce. The Network P ro ject’ s short-range goal is to bring the resources of business, the City, the Urban League and other com ­ munity-based youth services (in ­ cluding publicly-funded youth em­ ployment programs) to bear on the Portland School District's efforts to increase the preparation o f in ­ school youth for future em ­ ployment Pilot activities are planned at Ocklcy Green M iddle School and Jefferson High School to demon­ strate ways to increase the abilities of youth to gel and keep jobs after graduation. This workshop series is one such pilot activity. 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