1. Employer Based Training Tips for Training Specialists & Project Directors
How Your Participants Can Take Ownership of the Employer Based Training Program
LaTasha Johnson-Saulsberry ~ Training Specialist: Youngstown Office
Educate Your Participants
 Explain and discuss what the Employer Based Training Program is and how it works
 Show your participants the benefits for them as well as the potential employer
 Discuss the EBT program as a “Topic” at one of your Quarterly Meetings or Monthly Trainings
Have a Good Supply
 Make sure to have a good supply of EBT materials (these materials can be customized to each
individual office by our marketing department)
 EBT Fact Sheet & Brochures (can be found on our website):
http://www.matureservices.org/ets/docs/ebt/ebt_faq.pdf
 Other items to distribute: pamphlets, flyers, your business cards and EBT postcards
Make it Fun - Start with Job Club
 As part of the “Networking” assignment for the Youngstown’s office Job Club, participants are
given a set amount of EBT materials to distribute to employers, the person who distributes the
most, wins a prize at the end of Job Club
 Participants collect employer business cards, information and material, the person who collects
the most also wins a prize
Put Your Job Search Cooperative Group to Work
 Use Job Search Logs to market the program
 Members in JSC can market the program by cold calling empolyers
 Use our very own Call Center to help with marketing campaigns
Make it Easy on the Potential Employer
 Have a list of qualified applicants ready with resumes (your caseload)
 Meet with the employer and participant in-person
 Help the potential employer come up with job descriptions (as needed)
 Negotiate better wages/salaries and hours for participants
 Never offer the full 12 weeks of training up-front, for longer training periods offer around 6-8
weeks (these tend to work better than the full 12 weeks)
 The EBT contract should be completed and filled out so all the employer has to do is sign
 Have open, weekly communications with the employer as well as the participant
Other EBT Tips and Best Practices
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