Next Steps: Life After AmeriCorps Workshop Materials

The following PowerPoint slide show was presented by Resource Center staff at the California GOSERV Conference in Los Angeles, August 2004. The material is based on the publication, Next Steps: Life After AmeriCorps, written by Nedra Klee Hartzell, Ph.D., for the Corporation for National and Community Service.

Next Steps: Preparing Your Members for Life...After AmeriCorps
PowerPoint presentation (363 KB)

Click here to download the pdf version of Next Steps: Life After AmeriCorps, or download an order form for a FREE hard copy version of the workbook.

Some useful articles from The Resource Connection (Summer 1997).

Considering Post-Service Issues During a Year of AmeriCorps Service
A calendar of activities recommended by the author of Next Steps

Using Next Steps and Other Tools to Prepare Members for Life After AmeriCorps
Two AmeriCorps programs describe how they use Next Steps

Using Community and Interview Techniques to Explore Life's Options

Some effective practices about life after AmeriCorps

Closing service and opening new doors

Exploring life's options with informational interviews

Finding a job after AmeriCorps service

Transitioning from AmeriCorps to education or employment

Programs funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service can borrow the following resources from the Resource Center lending library.

Where Do You Want to Go? Career Transitions Toolkit for National Service Participants

UCEP Job Development Guide

Finding Your Future; Special Interview Challenges: Minorities, Women and People with Disabilities

Career Choices: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults

Career-Life Planning Workbook

Member Career Development: AmeriCorps Training Workshop

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