Employment Advocates
If you suffer from any act of unfair or constructive dismissal, work disputes, unpaid wages, sexual harassment, redundancies, and disciplinary hearings in your workplace, employment advocates can help you.
Employment advocates will represent you and stand up for your rights to employers who are treating you unfairly. There are many laws which can protect the employees against unfair treatment by employers. There are processes to seek compensation on the employee's behalf. These can be best handled by employment advocates.
By taking on employment advocates, you are now free to focus in supporting yourself and your family while employment advocates will handle stressful issues that arise in an employee-employer relationship.
Employment advocates also do other works aside from legal issues confronting an employee-employer relationship. Employment advocates provide employment-related services to the job seeker, employer and to community organizations.
Job seeker
A job seeker who needs a placement can seek the services of employment advocates who match qualified job applicants to appropriate positions in the community. In the process of looking for job placements, employment advocates identity job opportunities. Access to information technology and professional resource networks increases the number of available employment opportunities.
What else do employment advocates do?
Employment advocates help the job seeker in writing a resume. Employers are more likely to follow up with and interview applicants who have a thorough application and professional resume. Employment advocates also tutor the job applicant on answering specific questions during interviews. In this manner, job seekers gain the confidence necessary to speak with employers professionally. The work of employment advocates don't stop here. Employment advocates advise the successful applicant in having a specific employment action plan to maintain his employment.
Employer
An employer also needs the services of employment advocates. In so doing, employers will have better access to qualified applicants with diverse backgrounds, skills and talents to offer. With the services offered by employment advocates, an employer can reduce time and financial resources spent on recruiting and advertising new staff.
Employment advocates also provide employers solutions to meeting human resource needs and provide solutions to reduce turnover rates with thoughtfully matched employees for specific business needs. Employment advocates also provide consistent support and consultation regarding employee training and performance. Further, employers can avail of education regarding workplace accommodations and diversity.
Community organizations
Community partners and social service organizations can also benefit from approaching employment advocates. With services offered by employment advocates, organizations can access volunteers and/or interns who would like to serve the community while gaining valuable work and life experience.
