Helping Skills

Helper: Tell me more on how the economy is affecting you. (door opener).

Its just reality that everyone would have to live with and adapted to because its been well documented and wildly published that the economy isn't good.

Helper: Mmhmm (minimal encouragers)

But umm, its something that you cant control so, - and if it is going to change and get better it's going to be a long process and will not happen overnight so it not a thing where you could choose to allow it to affect you but at the end of the day when it something you can't control its just something that you are going to have to live with. (

Helper: Yes (minimal encouragers)

Client: So to answer that question how does it affect me? I mean, I can't really think of any particular way but I guess I'm just accepting of thing being the way they are

Helper: So because the economy seems to be this way for so long and u feel that you cannot e do anything to change its state you have become more accepting of it to move on with life. (Paraphrasing)

Client: Yea, I mean I think everybody has too. And that's why people are exploring other opportunities and pursuing other ways and methods of making a living or accumulating income. That's why we have more people trying to start their own business because a lot of people are depending on some company to hire them. They would rather take the chance on their own verses depending on the companies who aren't going to hire too much because they are struggling too.

Helper: Is this the case for you? (open question)

Client: For me I do currently want to work, although I did take 2 years off to finish school.

Helper: Okay, go on. (door opener)

Client: My goal would just be to start working period. I know I may be pretty hard to find a good paying job even with a graduate degree. And at this point it really doesn't matter what job or where because you have to just start somewhere to build yourself up. The big jobs may not come right away so you have to do something in the mean time which is not a bad thing because when you work a lot of jobs you still gain experience , you still gain umm networks, contacts, and you also gain skills. You developed skill that big employers need and would look for.

Helper: Even with a proper education you feel anxious that it may be difficult to find a good jobs with a because of the bad state of the economy. (Reflection of feelings)

Client: That may be true. It is pretty discouraging and it makes it a bit difficult for someone to even start to hunt for a job, especially in my city which I resided because I believe it benifit those who are ready to retire and are full of experience rather than those who are in school or just completed school.

Helper: Can it be that you feel discouraged because you are allowing the unknown, or not knowing whether you will find a good job hinder your initiative in looking