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Harold Duke Makes Good Of CROC’s Job Seeking! I looking for a job back in Hi motivation gramming. Htowever^ someone at the Area Fund suggested that Duke check Piedmont Community Col lege. L,Jv3jjg| ^Taking Umtadvice. Duke the 7th Street Detoxifica tion Center. “Enrolling in that coarse worked as a catalyst for me Harold Duke ■ • Carter i^(nrliw to get back put into the job market. It gave me the - impetus to keep going,” remarked Duke. The Jobe Seeking Skills course is offered by the Human Resource Dev elopment Program at CPOC. Although the class , does not find jobs for its students, it does teach stu dents how to And jobs themselves. Other goals of ' New Look For Greeting Cards When you shop for a greeting card you usually look for something special. L’lmage Graphics may have the answer for every person who has searched in vain for an ethnic greet ing card that reflects their persona] style. The Los Angeleebased greeting card company has created a Mack card line to reflect the new image of black Americans. ■ ' . '"-wj.; ’ Within their first year on the market, L’lmage Gra phics has sold over 160,000 cards to fine department stores and gift shops throughout the United States and Canada. They have 60 everyday designs ranging from Thank You, Birth Announcements, Friendship, Congratula tions to Personal Relation ship cards. They also have 10 Christmas designs with some very innovative images, such as, as Santa Claus breakdancing, as well as beautiful, tradi tional images of the Three .. Wise Men and the Nativity Why a black greeting card line? According to black professionals re sponding to a marketing survey for the company,' the features they lock for most in a greeting card are product quality of the art and sentiment. While they would prefer to purchase Mack greeting cards they can't always find the varie ty of images they would like. L’Image Graphics was created to fill this gap lathe market. - “What sets L’lmage Gra phics apart from the com petition? ” asks Wayne Wil son, Executive Director. “When you com Mae quali ty craftsmanship with a wide variety of uniqoe de signs, you’ve got a con sistently strong perform er. The comments we bear repeatedly are bow beau tifl these cards are and that it is about time for a product of this type.” Mr. Wilson, prior to starting this company, was teach ing and counseling educa tionally handicapped min ority children. The major problem he observed among these children was low self-esteem and nega tive self-image. Much of this he attributed to poor representation of minor!tes in the media. One way he felt he could effect a change was by creating a product that reflected black people in a positive light. Greeting cards proved to be the perfect medium because of its per sonalized approach. He wanted to create a product that was arti*ticallv ex citing enough that it would not exclude buyers of other races. The result, 35 per cent crossover sales for L’lmage Graphics cards. L’lmage Graphics is growing with two new lines of greeting cards being offered in 1*85, the L’ Amour Series and the L’Hot Series. The L’Amour Series is a collection of original oil painting of loving couples, by artist Taylor Barnes. With words by W L. Wilson, every - card touches upon different emotional aspects of per tonal relationships The L’Hot Series is a collec tion of contemporary gra phics coupled with short, witty insides . f or more information write to 3233 South La Cienega Avenue. Suite 306. Culver City, California > 90330. Or call 213437-48* l the program include learn ing how to set goals, how to design sad write a resume, how to properly fill out an aDDtication, how to handle an interview and how to sell one’s self to the am- ' ployer. Although Duke didn't land a Job in computer programming, he discov ered that working with people, an area in which he has been involved with for years was more gratifying and rewarding than the lucrative salary he could have earned in high tach -•— oology. “I had basically planned to get into computer pro gramming because of the mooey. but the bulk of my work experience has been in social work. In the past I worked at both Memorial Hospital and the Open House. Getting back into the Add of helping people, I am learning that there are a lot of rewards that money just can't compensate for,” commented Duke. -• rV Aside from the added momentum that the Job Seeking Skills Course gave Duke he also stated that the class helped him develop his resume. ”1 think the program is an excellent one and I have recom mended it to my friends from time to time It doesn’t find the job for you, but it does encourage you not to give up,” con firmed Duke. Duke, before getting bis present position had ap plied for that same job back in the summer of *83, but was turned down. Still persistant, be filled, out a card of interest with the THE PACE for the CASOUNAS LATEST GOSPEL AMJSIC ^—_ “Crosstalk *84 - Live interviews oudience participation Today’” - Contemporary Gospel Musk Feature
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