Allen Anderson, the President of DTG-EMP, has been engaged in the job development field since 1980. Allen is an internationally recognized thought leader and speaker on issues related to employment outcomes for people with employment barriers. His focus includes:

• Job Development Marketing Skills and Techniques
• Job Development Model Development (Conceptual/Strategic/Operational)
• Job Development Direct Service Delivery
• Job Development Creative Problem Solving
• Facilitation  & Presentation Skills
• Employment Programming and Organizational Development.

Allen has a Master’s degree in Sociology with a specialization in criminology. He entered the job development field in 1980 to pay for his Master’s education and never left. Since then, he has worked as a Job Developer, Director of Job Placement, Director of Training and Development as well as Vice President and President of training companies. He has consulted since 1990.

Allen has developed 15 training programs for job development professionals, published numerous articles and spoken extensively about the requirements for successful employment outcomes. His ideas have guided the design of government employment programs in the US as well as Canada. Two of the programs on which he consulted and assisted in the design are responsible for placing over 100,000 people a year.

He designed and wrote the Employment Outcomes Professional series of workshops, EOP, EOPII, EOMP, EOMPII, RHD, RHDII, EOF, EOPR, EOP Coaching, and Advanced Marketing Skills for Job Developers. His work is benefiting US State Agencies for people with disabilities, TANF, ex-offenders, disadvantaged youth and seniors. In Canada, his programs are used with new immigrants, people with disabilities, disadvantaged youth, apprenticeship programs, workers compensation programs, education programs and not-for-profit organizations serving a wide range of people with employment barriers.

Allen’s unique philosophy that “nobody needs to be left behind to unemployment” drives all of his program development and consulting advice. He takes a systems approach to link all of the elements impacting successful employment outcomes.

Allen Anderson’s awards include the American Society for Training and Development’s Disabilities Awareness Network Quality Service Award in 1993; and in 2006, the Ontario March of Dimes Vocational Rehabilitation Award.