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For Immediate Release
May 19, 1999
Career Management InternationalÆ (CMI) and the Texas Engineering
Extension System (TEEX) have partnered with funding supplied by
The Texas Workforce Commission to provide program models to
assist welfare recipients who have been out of the workforce for
a number of years to get back to work. Under the plan CMI
provides career transition and job search services to clients and
their families, assessment to help welfare clients gain insight
into their own personalities and preferences and employee
assistance programs which provide support to clients and their
families even after they have become employed. CMI also assists
the sponsoring employers of welfare client to help them match
client strengths with the employer's needs.
TEEX provides clients with time compressed employment preparation including training for non traditional employment roles such as heavy equipment and crane operation and welding. TEEX's "worksite buddies" and job coaches mentor clients and acquaint them with accepted workplace practices. TEEX also provides expanded support services such as dependent care, transportation, and wake-up services to clients as necessary.
Angelika Reiss, a counselor for CMI who is working with the welfare clients in the career transition model says "It is very exciting to see the clients confidence build as they prepare their resumes and get ready to get back into the workplace. One of the clients has already landed a new opportunity and it has been an encouragement to others in the group."
Recruitment of welfare clients by TEEX for the Employee Pipeline Model will take place in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. Comprehensive evaluation of the program, to show how clients' lives have been changed by participating in the project, will serve as a blueprint for further projects. This first model is expected to serve approximately 250 clients.
Career Management InternationalÆ (CMI) is celebrating its 23nd year of business. CMI is a full service counseling and consulting firm which provides outplacement, career alignment, outsourcing of human resources functions and school to work programs as well as training and career development services. CMI is headquartered in Houston, Texas with offices throughout the country. All CMI counselors are licensed and hold Masters or Doctorate degrees in human behavior.
Career Management International, Inc. is a provider of human resource services including outplacement, relocation counseling and facilitation, employee assistance programs, management interventions and team building. CMI recognizes the substantial corporate investment in human capital and delivers effective programs required by businesses to maximize the return on that investment.
Founded in 1976, CMI is headquartered in Houston and has offices throughout the United States. A woman owned company, CMI focuses its creative energy to provide customized solutions to current business problems.
