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The most well-known project at the Eberly Center for Women, it has a longstanding reputation for excellence in the provision of services to women of Northwest Ohio.
Project Succeed: A Women's Success Series
FREE 10 Week Sessions:
Mondays, Sept 21 - Nov 23, 2009
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Project Succeed has been developed to enrich women’s lives through supporting personal growth and career development. This Free 9 week educational series will help build on women’s strengths and previous knowledge by providing tools and knowledge for today’s new economy. Our program’s inviting, safe, supportive, and educational environment offers women an opportunity to discover their potential and enable them to see that they can build a future for themselves and their children. Our goal is economic self-sufficiency. This program is designed to cover current topics and issues affecting women today.
Who Should Attend:
Women experiencing a life transition, such as a divorce, separation, disability or death of a spouse, or single parents.
Any women looking to increase skills and knowledge about pursuing higher education or career change and/or advancement.
Women looking for tools to achieve economic self-sufficiency
Program Outline:
Week 1: Introduction to program and Resources for Women
Week 2: Stress Management, Self-Esteem and Identifying Supports
Week 3: Relationships and Communication in the Workplace
Week 4: Financial Planning Basics: Budgeting in an unstable economy and Understanding your credit score
Week 5: Computers and the Internet: Making the most of internet resources and developing your resume
Week 6: Career development and job search in times of economic struggle
Week 7: Career Paths and College Programs: Identifying your path to a new career in changing economy
Week 8: Return to learning: A guide to college admissions
Week 9: Return to learning: A guide to scholarships and certificate presentation
Week 10: Conclusion of series and certificate presentation
Note: Program agenda is flexible based on group needs.
Women will get at the end of the 10 week series:
· A notebook of tools and resources to use as a personal reference guide
· Presentations on a variety of topics by knowledgeable speakers
· Testing and Counseling Support to assist women in identifying personal, academic and career goals
· A completed viable resume to begin using immediately for job seekers
· A book scholarship for those who qualify
· A certificate of completion for the series
The Women in Transition:Project Succeed Groups and Classes are offered to encourage and support women toward equity in education, economic, and community life.
Rebuild your life...start today!
This program enables individuals who have been dependent on a spouse for financial support to become financially self sufficient.
This program helps all women - women graduating from college, women returning to college, women whose financial lives have changed, women whose children have grown and gone, single women with children, women seeking to fulfill their highest potential.
Call The Center for Women at 419.530.8570 to register for the groups.
Featured below are women who participated in our Women in Transition:Project Succeed Program and are successful in reaching the goals they established while in our groups.
Women in Transition: Project Succeed Success Profile