The "Career Dreamers - Handicraft Program" (SLASH) is a project created by the Organization's Integrated Career Development Service for unemployed individuals and those aspiring to develop a handicraft business. The program includes training in sewing and crocheting skills. Once participants learn a craft, design and create products, and complete training in social media usage and entrepreneurial marketing strategies, they collaboratively plan to sell at markets, attempting to develop their own handicraft business.
Ling is one of the participants in the SLASH. Upon completion, she said, "I successfully unlocked a new skill!" She has always been very interested in handicrafts and even brought her handmade items when she first arrived at the Centre, showing great seriousness and enthusiasm. She often gave her creations to friends and fellow church members.
However, before joining the program, she only knew she enjoyed making crafts and never considered that it could be a source of income. The SLASH gave her the opportunity to try selling at markets, allowing more people to see her handmade products. These experiences were once only thoughts in her mind, and she had no idea how to make them happen. Now, these ideas have become her reality.
"I hope to develop a career in the future that is related to my interests." This is Ling's expectation after completing the SLASH, and it is exactly the goal that the service program hopes to achieve.
"Slasher" is a work model that combines multiple identities, characterised by developing various careers based on personal interests and enriching one's life through multiple sources of income. The five phases of the Career Dreamers - Handicraft Program (SLASH) include: Skills training, Leisure (mental health), Attuning (mindset adjustment), Selling (business experience), and Here goes (practical implementation). We believe that if the younger generations do what they love and are willing to put in the best effort and dedication, their dreams can be achieved.
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