Sean Gilligan Email & Phone Number

• Manage a caseload of 65 – 75 families who are receiving public assistance through Minnesota’s Family Investment Program, nationally know as TANF, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families• Provide employment support/coaching services to improve job placement success, address barriers, and create greater client confidence when pursuing their career • Coordinate/connect participants with critical resources to address housing, transportation, and childcare crises• Carefully adhere to strict state and federal program guidelines/requirements ensuring compliance and exceptional outcome performance while maintaining a participant-focused approach• Created and executed 2-part resume workshop to establish a solid job search foundation for all participants and address an important need per constructive/collaborative conversations with other counselors• Practice compassion and understanding to support all participant ambitions and create effective, realistic change

• Serve participants in Re-entry, Workforce Innovations for Natives, and Minnesota Family Investment Programs while maintaining thorough knowledge of each program’s requirements for enrollment and data collection• Carefully track all client interactions and outcomes to determine practice efficiency and make necessary changes• Work one-on-one with every participant through the entire job search leading to quality, high-wage placements• Maintain awareness of local markets and build organization partnerships to connect clients with opportunities that best match their goals, ambitions, and family needs• Practice compassion and understanding to meet clients where they’re at and create effective, realistic change

• Provide a variety of employment support services including resume enhancement, cover letter training, and interview preparation• Assess client need and connect them with appropriate job placement or education team-member• Conduct regular phone and email outreach to improve client base and encourage the use of our services• Track monthly contact numbers and clearly case note all client interactions

Chicago

• Fostered a safe, positive learning environment for a diverse range of underserved, at-risk peoples• Taught an intensive 4-month, 18 hour-a-week course of 5 -25 adult immigrants and refugees• Advocated, recruited, and developed curriculum for a new citizenship class to better serve client need• Consistently posted above-average pre- to post-test gains using the BESTPlus testing program

• Created and executed lesson plans on poetic craft and tradition to engage students in their own writing practice• Lead a 3-hour student-driven workshop discussion about their classmates’ poems once-a-week• Provided stimulating feedback and critique on student’s creative work as well as on assigned essays

Sheboygan, Wisconsin Area

• Assisted Associate Professor with a 101 class aimed at improving the reading skills of incoming Freshman with below-average test scores• Administered, graded, and reviewed daily vocabulary tests with a class of 20 – 30 students• Made myself available for extra 1-on-1 tutoring opportunities as needed by struggling students

Masters Of Fine Arts, Creative Writing

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature/Letters

Outstanding Student of Writing (2014)