{"id":4187,"date":"2014-05-20T09:31:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T14:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gnof.org\/?p=4187"},"modified":"2014-06-02T14:26:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T19:26:15","slug":"new-orleans-works-trains-people-for-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/gnof\/new-orleans-works-trains-people-for-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Works Trains People For Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/150416276&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_artwork=true\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>New Orleans Works\u00a0(NOW) is a workforce collaborative focused on building partnerships between employers, trainers, educators, and workers to connect low-skilled workers to jobs that provide immediate economic security and also prepare workers for professional growth and a focused career path.<\/p>\n<p>Julia Pierce is a medical assistant at Oschner Baptist Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to send a message to Dr. Dan and see what he recommends with regards to your next step,\u201d Julia tells a patient over the phone.\u00a0 \u201cI see the last thing he ordered was the ultrasound, and you had that done, so let\u2019s see what he recommends you do next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a medical assistant, Pierce spends most of her time on the phone calling patients and refilling their prescriptions, but she also sees a dozen or two patients every day.\u00a0 She checks their blood pressure, temperatures, pulse, weight, height, and other vitals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just going to get your blood pressure and pulse, and we\u2019ll go from there,\u201d she tells a patient. \u201cRelax your arm for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pierce has been a medical assistant at Oschner since November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had very limited medical experience,\u201d says Pierce.\u00a0 \u201cI worked as a dental assistant some years ago, but my job prior to this was in administration with the District Attorneys Office in New Orleans.\u00a0 I had some clerical and professional experience, but it was a dead end job for me.\u00a0 I needed a career. That was a job; this is a career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pierce broke into her career with the help of New Orleans Works, or NOW, a jobs initiative which partners with employers, trainers, and educators.\u00a0 Here\u2019s how it works: NOW identifies unfilled, entry-level jobs, and then trains people with the skills necessary to fill those jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was working the Job1 Program, and my career advisor at the time told me about it.\u00a0 I\u00a0 mean you couldn\u2019t pass it up.\u00a0 I mean it was no costs associated with it. You just got to go with it,\u201d Pierce laughs.\u00a0 \u201cAnd I\u2019m really glad I did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ochsner Health System and Delgado Community College were New Orleans Works\u2019 first partners.\u00a0 At Delgado, Julia Pierce and her 49 cohorts took courses for 16 weeks in things like medical terminology, anatomy, and clerical skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started classes at 8 o\u2019clock,\u201d says Pierce, \u201cand they lasted all day until 3 o\u2019clock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the middle of the program, they started doing clinical residencies at Oschner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d do it every Friday,\u201d recalls Pierce.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019d do three at one particular clinic, and then rotate and do three at another.\u00a0 So we got experience in internal medicine and you got experience at two specialty clinics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program was tailored to Oschner\u2019s way of practicing medicine.\u00a0 Pierce and her fellow graduates were all offered jobs at Oschner clinics.\u00a0 Pierce started her job three days after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>But, this isn\u2019t Pierce\u2019s last career stop.\u00a0 She\u2019s back at Delgado studying nursing, and in January, she hopes to move to the nursing program. Pierce says being trained as a medical assistant gave her a solid foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an excellent career,\u201d says Pierce.\u00a0 \u201cI would love to stay in it.\u00a0 I love my doctor, and I love this clinic.\u00a0 I would love to be forever, but I think I can do more.\u00a0 But it\u2019s going to be hard for me to leave though.\u00a0 I love it here.\u00a0 I love it here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Written by Eve Abrams for the Community IMPACT Series and produced by WWNO in partnership with the Greater New Orleans Foundation.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Orleans Works\u00a0(NOW) is a workforce collaborative focused on building partnerships between employers, trainers, educators, and workers to connect low-skilled workers to jobs that provide immediate economic security and also prepare workers for professional growth and a focused career path. 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