• Unknown source, said " The things I learned from the event were to always follow my dreams, and believe that a woman has a leading role in life"
• Valencia Mole said " I learned that anyone can be employed or start a business if they have passion"
• S Williams said " It was a good event and it taught me to work harder, never give up and believe in myself"
• Khaleda said " You can always turn your hobby into skills and start your own business"
• Marva Holder said "It was an excellent event and very well presented, I also enjoyed the group activities.  I also learned that networking is important to promote your business"
• Abbas from Joshiv said " I thought it was a really good event for lots of people who want to get into employment and start their own business"
• Minal Solanki said "the event was very encouraging and all the speakers boosted my confidence more and to take my fear out and to motivate me to pursue my career in beauty as always dreamed of.  Very satisfactory event and would like to attend next event"
• Mrs Admani  said " I found this event very enlightening and encouraging"
• Mrs Nina Dey said" I like to attend more of this kind of workshop meeting, excellent"
• Johnny from Shemaiah Grafix said "Excellent, plan more organised events like this"
• Sunday Anyaene  said " I think the organisation and the speakers performed very well to my understanding and am very happy to come to this place today"
• Dorrele Morgan from National Bliss said " This event was very well organised"
• Salem Wynter said " A great event"

CASE STUDIES

Registration date: 29th June 2007
Location: West Hendon, Barnet
Job outcome date: 17th September 2007
Type of Employment: Customer Service Officer
Employer: HSBC PLC
Time unemployed: 1 Year

Previous Work experience:
Restaurant in Uganda, Cashier
College in Uganda, Teacher

Work interests
Eppy was working in Uganda before she came to the UK at a college teaching student's accounts and finance, she also has graduated in this area, so would like to pursue a career in this particular department.  

Current employment
Eppy is currently unemployed seeking for opportunities in finance and accounts.  

Source of registration
Prodiverse held an open day in West Hendon where Eppy was approached and was interested in what we had to offer.  She came in and met with Parveen who completed the registration by the end of the day.  

Views on POEM/ProDiverse
Eppy thoroughly enjoyed Employment skills training and found it very useful and informative.  The support she gained from the personal advisor and trainer was extremely useful, the staff were always very friendly and helpful which encouraged her in finding a job.  Her personal advisor often spent time together job searching on the internet, using this system Eppy found employment with HSBC Bank.  

Initially Eppy's thoughts were that she may not get work in her specific chosen area as she did not have the relevant UK specific experience in this area, but the personal advisor assured her that her educational and career background and her level of English was excellent which made her suitable for a number of the vacancies advertised. With some encouragement and her increased confidence based on the individual one to one support and training on interview techniques, assistance with her CV she received from the ProDiverse staff Ms. Izere secured sustainable employment with HSBC PLC!!!.  

Registration date: 10th December 2007
Location: Redbridge
Job outcome date: 3rd January 2008
Type of Employment Secured (Position): Law Administrator
Time unemployed: 6 months

Previous Work experience:
June 2007 Aina Khan Partnership worked with Family Law as Work Experience, her duties included filling divorce petition and affidavits.
March - May 2007 Camden Council, as civil litigation and prosecutions Para legal. Her duties were to assist the solicitors with legal administrative duties.

Work interests
Shaheen is a postgraduate in Family Law and Practice. She would like to work as a Para legal Assistant.

Current employment
Shaheen currently works at CAFCASS, at the Ilford High Street as Law Administrator. This is may not be her ideal job but because she feels it will be a boost to her confidence she has gone in for it.

Source of registration
Ms. Bux was engaged at the Ilford Library and registered onto the project at our Redbridge centre. She met up with ProDiverse personal adviser Manjari Gohill, who explained the benefits of the project to her. Shaheen wanted a boost in confidence and help with her CV. She came in the next week to undertake  a one on one job search and apply some finishing touches to her CV.

Views on POEM/ProDiverse
She thinks that the services provided were good and that she did feel reformatting her CV helped her to get more perspective as to why her job search efforts were not turning into interviews.

She found the people working with the project were friendly and ready and willing to help at any point in time. She found when she interacted with the staff she got a different perspective on why she was failing to secure employment. She was provided with interview skills techniques and was able to pass her interview and secure a job.

She was so impressed with the project that she has encouraged her mother to become a part of this project.

Registered: 21 Feb 2008
Location: Edmonton
Employed: 24 Feb 2008
Position: Sales Representative
Unemployed: 4-6 months

Previous Work Experience:
Fitness instructor - Fitness First
Sales Representative - Varied

Work Interests:
Pierre wanted to get out of the fitness oriented field of work, but was not sure where exactly he fit; in the world of work. We had an in depth conversation about which jobs he would be most suited for and had settled on customer service / front of house / sales. This would be a field where his professional personal presentation and voice could be of significant advantage.

Current Employment:
Pierre currently works at Space kitchens as a Sales Representative in Southgate but is still interested in acquiring that special position where even more contact with the public is needed.

Source of Registration:
Pierre met one of our outreach personnel in Edmonton and was directed to our Edmonton Centre for registration. Pierre was quite experienced in the world of work and was referred for CV assistance with our job brokerage coordinator as his CV needed only minor adjustments.

Client Views on Project assistance:
Pierre was surprised how minor changes could dramatically alter how his CV represents him. Because he was already quite proactive in seeking work he was excited at the increased possibility of getting interviews out of the many applications he had made - now armed with a new CV and better job focus for vacancies that fit his skills experience and demeanor. He was soon able to secure a job as a sales representative.

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