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8 These include resume and application skills, interviewing skills, communicating, problem solving, crisis management, assertiveness, parent training, time management, and positive work and personal habits. b. Provision: Social workers at DSS will be primary providers of positive traits to Work First recipients. If finances allow, the community college can assist. The local JobLink Career Center sometimes provides these services as well, and they can be utilized. ' c. Contributing to meeting of goals: Job Readiness activities can contribute to the meeting of the following goals: . Employment . Job Retention 5. Job Skills Training Directly Related to Employment a. Description: This activity is emphasized for those recipients who are participating in countable work-related activities at least 20 hours a week, and through assessment it is determined that they are not going to meet the earning potential needed to get offpublic assistance, due a lack of job skills. Referrals will be made to training resources for skills training that will not last beyond 3 months. b. Provision: These services will be provided primarily by Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, but also by Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funded programs. c. Contribution to meeting of goals: Job Skills training has an impact on the following goals: . Employment . Meeting Federal Participation Rates . Job Retention . Staying off welfare . Prevention of Welfare Dependency 6. Satisfactory Attendance at Secondary School or In a Course of Study Leading to a Certificate of General Equivalence a. Description: This activity is emphasized for those recipients who are participating in countable work-related activities at least 20 hours a week, and have not completed high school. In today's job market, a high school diploma or OEI)) is needed as a bare minimum to secure ajob that can maintain a household. Also, in today's society it is necessary for the non-English speakiQg segment of the population to enhance their employability through 'Engli~h As A Second Language' (ESL) programs. This is not only important for adults, but also for children in the household, as they must begin preparing a,t an elilrly age for work. b. Provision: This activity will be provided by Rowan -Cabarrus Community College for OED and ESL, and Cabarrus County and Kannapolis City Schools for ESL and/or a high school diploma. c. Contribution to meeting of goals: Secondary school attendance leading to a diploma or OED has an impact on the following goals: 'F-\")