Job Search Assistance offered at Evergreen Goodwill's Job Training Center in Bremerton
Offers assistance with resumes, cover letters and job applications.
Assistance with resumes, cover letters and job applications.
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Prejob Guidance
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Career and College Centers offered by Seattle Public Schools No. 1
Offers career planning, job search training and job referral services for all Seattle Public Schools high school students and parents/guardians at several alternative high schools as well as smaller schools.
Integrates career planning, job search training and job referral services through college and career centers at several alternative schools and small schools.
Students receive advice on post-high school options, including:
- Career and technical education
- Preparing cover letters and resumes
- Completing job applications
- College applications/scholarships
- Selecting colleges
A job-listing service is available for employers who would like to hire students.
Employers can contact the Career & College Center Specialist at each high school.
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Prejob Guidance
Career Counseling
LEP Employment Services offered by Refugee Federation Service Center in Kent
Offers employment training and vocational ESL for refugees; serves low-income refugees and immigrants making 80% of the state's median income or below.
Acts as a direct referral from DSHS Community Service Offices for refugees new to the system who need employment services.
Services include pre-employment training, vocational English as a second language (ESL) classes, skills training, job placement and customized employment training in specific fields, such as hotel housekeeping.
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Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
Classroom Training
Vocational English as a Second Language
Job Connections Center offered at Shoreline Community College
Offers career planning and job search assistance to students and other members of the community.
Offers a wide range of services, including job search, job referrals, and career planning.
Provides on-campus employment security staff, work-based learning internships, and employment preparation workshops.
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Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
Femme2STEM offered by YWCA Seattle King Snohomish's Youth Services at Greenbridge Learning Center
Helps young women of color; focusing on Black women and girls, advance in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) career and education opportunities.
Helps young womxn of color; focusing on Black women and girls, advance in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) career and education opportunities.
Meet one-on-one with participants to set goals, check in, and offer any resources they need to get over barriers in their way.
Hosts workshops on career readiness like resume/cover letter help, interview tips, and employment soft skills. Interviews women in STEM to hear their journeys, challenges, and do Q&As. Offers workshops on protective factors like self-care, microaggressions at work, and implicit bias in the workplace.
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Prejob Guidance
Career Exploration
Career Counseling
General Youth Employment Programs
Peer Support Services offered at Peer Kent
Provides peer coaching, support groups, employment support, housing support, and resource connections.
Offers multiple support, education, and socialization groups.
Peer coaches empower people to achieve a solid recovery foundation and achieve life goals. Peer coaches support individuals in recovery from:
- Addiction Issues (chemical/behavioral)
- Mental Health Challenges (short/long term diagnosis, grief & loss)
- Chronic Illness (HIV/Hep C – Newly Dealing/Newly Diagnosed)
Peer coaches are individually matched with people seeking support in their recovery. The matched pair meets for one hour per week for 26 weeks.
Coaches are individuals in recovery who have reached long-term stability.
Peer Employment Connections
Offers weekly peer support groups that support participants to address fears and barriers about returning to work or work through obstacles they are encountering in their job.
Offers vocational assessments, job search tools, resume building, interview preparation, coaching, benefits planning, employment-related clothing and transportation support, and ongoing support for job retention.
Resource Connections
Offers individualized support to identify and access a range of community resources such as housing or medical care.
Participants meet one-to-one with a peer to help make the linkages to essential supports.
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Families/Friends of Individuals With a Drug Use Disorder Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Peer Mental Health Support Services
Prejob Guidance
LGBTQ2+ Support Groups
Employment/Retirement Related Support Groups
General Addictions/Substance Use Disorder Support Groups
Housing Search Assistance
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Life Coaching
Employment Services offered by TRAC Associates in Kent
Offers job readiness workshops, job skills trainings, job placement services and job retention services. Special programs available for low-income adults, people with disabilities, veterans, refugees or DSHS clients.
Matches employers to job seekers by providing employment services.
Services include job readiness workshops, job skills trainings, job placement services and job retention services.
Offers these services through direct referral and coordination of city, county, state and federal programs.
Also offers employer services, including screening of potential applicants, supervisory training and outplacement services.
Programs include the following employment services.
Not all services offered at all locations:
Community Jobs Initiative (CJI)
Offers paid (minimum wage) internships to job seekers looking to build skills for employment.
Participants must currently receive TANF cash assistance of DSHS - Community Services Office.
This program is implemented through extensive partnerships among state agencies (including DSHS, Employment Security, and the Board of Community and Technical Colleges).
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Placement Services (DVR).
Provides vocational assessment, internship development, and monitoring and job placement services for adults with disabilities who are referred by DSHS - DVR counselors.
Limited English Pathway Placement Services
Offers job readiness workshops, job placement services, skills trainings, and job retention and county wage progression services as well as English language class referrals for King and Snohomish adults with limited English.
Participants must be at least 18 years old and either a refugee with documentation or currently receive TANF cash assistance from DSHS - Community Services Offices.
This is a program of DSHS and the Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance (ORIA).
Veterans Administration Placement Services Employment and training assessment, job placement and job retention services for service connected disabled veterans referred by the Veterans Administration.
Contact Harriet Klein (206) 443-9999 for more information.
Workers Compensation Services Provides vocational assessment, vocational plan development, and monitoring of vocational training programs for injured workers referred by Washington State Labor and Industries Department, including the Office of Workers Compensation Programs.
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult Services/Dislocated Worker Services.
Provides job readiness workshops, job placement services, vocational training, and job retention services for adults.
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On the Job Training
Job Search/Placement
Business Consulting Services
Prejob Guidance
Veteran Employment Programs
Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs
Downtown Seattle Learning Center offered by WorkSource at Downtown Seattle Affiliate
Offers ESL, Adult Basic Education (ABE), GED and the External Diploma Program (EDP). Teaches computer familiarity, office basics, work readiness skills and other workshops. Services include career and skills assessment.
Offers services and workshops for job seekers.
Services for all job seekers:
- Job postings, a job bank with computers, resume assistance, phones and fax machine, open computer lab
- Resume, cover letter, interview skills and technology workshops
- Job fairs, hiring events, employer panels and industry forums
- Full service Learning Center operated by Renton Technical College offering ESL, Adult Basic Education, GED and the High School 21+ diploma program.
Employment workshops include the following classes:
- Computer Assisted Job Search: Provides tools and assistance to conduct an effective job search. This includes setting up an email account, learning where to apply online, completing an online application, converting a resume to text only, posting a resume online and learning about career exploration tools. Basic computer skills are required.
- Beginning Internet: Teaches how to use the Internet for job search purposes. No computer experience necessary, however Keyboarding and Mouse class highly encouraged as a prerequisite.
- Beginning PC Skills: Computer tutorial to help gain speed and confidence on a computer. Will teach how to manipulate a computer and create a document, as well as how to improve typing speed. All levels are welcome.
- Mock Interview: Teaches valuable interviewing tips and provides the opportunity to practice frequently in a supportive and realistic environment.
- Resume Critique: Provides resume critique and assistance from an employment specialist. Must have an electronic version of your resume, either on a flash drive or within/attached to an email. Must have two job descriptions of jobs you wish to apply to. Limit 8 people per workshop.
- Resume & Cover Letters: Teaches how to write a compelling cover letter and resume. Basic computer skills and/or typing experience preferred.
- Women's Worth & Rights in the Workplace: Provides tips and tools for effectively evaluating your worth and negotiation power. Will also cover local, state and federal labor standards and what to do when your rights at work are violated.
- Interview Skills: Practice responding to typical interview questions and begin the necessary preparation to ace a job interview.
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Job Banks
Prejob Guidance
Adult Basic Education
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Adult High School Diploma Programs
Vocational Assessment
Job Fairs
Career Counseling
English as a Second Language
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Stable Families Program offered at Vine Maple Place
Provides stabilization assistance for single-parent families and pregnant women in imminent danger of becoming homeless. Provides rent assistance, employment services and housing case management.
Provides housing stabilization assistance for single-parent families and pregnant women who are in imminent danger of becoming homeless and who live in Maple Valley and cities within a nine-mile radius.
Provides the following services as the family grows to stability:
- Rent assistance
- Housing case management
- Employment services
- Financial budgeting
- Life skills classes
- Child and youth case management
- Counseling
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Case/Care Management
Personal Financial Counseling
Housing Search Assistance
Prejob Guidance
Rent Payment Assistance
Peer Support Services offered at Peer Seattle
Provides peer coaching, support groups, employment support, housing support, and resource connections.
Offers multiple support, education, and socialization groups.
Peer coaches empower people to achieve a solid recovery foundation and achieve life goals. Peer coaches support individuals in recovery from:
- Addiction Issues (chemical/behavioral)
- Mental Health Challenges (short/long term diagnosis, grief & loss)
- Chronic Illness (HIV/Hep C – Newly Dealing/Newly Diagnosed)
Peer coaches are individually matched with people seeking support in their recovery. The matched pair meets for one hour per week for 26 weeks.
Coaches are individuals in recovery who have reached long-term stability.
Peer Employment Connections
Offers weekly peer support groups that support participants to address fears and barriers about returning to work or work through obstacles they are encountering in their job.
Offers vocational assessments, job search tools, resume building, interview preparation, coaching, benefits planning, employment-related clothing and transportation support, and ongoing support for job retention.
Resource Connections
Offers individualized support to identify and access a range of community resources such as housing or medical care.
Participants meet one-to-one with a peer to help make the linkages to essential supports.
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Peer Mental Health Support Services
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
LGBTQ2+ Support Groups
Families/Friends of Individuals With a Drug Use Disorder Support Groups
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
General Addictions/Substance Use Disorder Support Groups
Employment/Retirement Related Support Groups
Housing Search Assistance
Prejob Guidance
Life Coaching
Peer Counseling
Education Services offered at Somali Community Services of Seattle
Provides ESL, basic computer skills and job readiness computer classes.
Provides housing assistance, ESL classes, basic computer skills classes and job readiness computer classes. Limited child care may be available.
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English as a Second Language
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Prejob Guidance
Economic Security for All offered by YWCA Seattle King Snohomish
Provides a full range of career search assistance and vocational training for low-income residents in higher-poverty zip codes.
Provides a full range of career search assistance and vocational training for low-income residents in higher-poverty zip codes, designed to reduce poverty and support residents as they embark on their careers in pursuit of equity, dignity, and self-sufficiency. Also includes a randomized Guaranteed Basic Income pilot program, focused on domestic violence survivors.
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Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
Job Search Resource Centers
Employment Services offered by TRAC Associates in Seattle
Offers job readiness workshops, job skills trainings, job placement services and job retention services. Special programs available for low-income adults, people with disabilities, veterans, refugees or DSHS clients.
Matches employers to job seekers by providing employment services.
Services include job readiness workshops, job skills trainings, job placement services and job retention services.
Offers these services through direct referral and coordination of city, county, state and federal programs.
Also offers employer services, including screening of potential applicants, supervisory training and outplacement services.
Programs include the following employment services.
Not all services offered at all locations:
Community Jobs Initiative (CJI)
Offers paid (minimum wage) internships to job seekers looking to build skills for employment.
Participants must currently receive TANF cash assistance of DSHS - Community Services Office.
This program is implemented through extensive partnerships among state agencies (including DSHS, Employment Security, and the Board of Community and Technical Colleges).
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Placement Services (DVR).
Provides vocational assessment, internship development, and monitoring and job placement services for adults with disabilities who are referred by DSHS - DVR counselors.
Limited English Pathway Placement Services
Offers job readiness workshops, job placement services, skills trainings, and job retention and county wage progression services as well as English language class referrals for King and Snohomish adults with limited English.
Participants must be at least 18 years old and either a refugee with documentation or currently receive TANF cash assistance from DSHS - Community Services Offices.
This is a program of DSHS and the Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance (ORIA).
Veterans Administration Placement Services Employment and training assessment, job placement and job retention services for service connected disabled veterans referred by the Veterans Administration.
Contact Harriet Klein (206) 443-9999 for more information.
Workers Compensation Services Provides vocational assessment, vocational plan development, and monitoring of vocational training programs for injured workers referred by Washington State Labor and Industries Department, including the Office of Workers Compensation Programs.
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult Services/Dislocated Worker Services.
Provides job readiness workshops, job placement services, vocational training, and job retention services for adults.
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Business Consulting Services
Job Search/Placement
On the Job Training
Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs
Veteran Employment Programs
Prejob Guidance
Employment Services offered by Multi-Service Center in Federal Way
Offers an employment program to help individuals struggling with homelessness and other barriers find employment.
Offers an employment program to help individuals struggling with homelessness and other barriers find employment.
Program offers case management and individualized employment plans, job search basics, career exploration and job readiness training.
Once enrolled, program may also provide additional community resource referrals, including the following:
-Assistance with work related costs (transportation, clothing, housing, training supplies, etc. )
-Job readiness training and skill building (resume, interviewing, job hunting, etc. )
-Job search assistance and employment retention
Support services distribution is contingent on program funding and is not guaranteed.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Homeless Employment Programs
Prejob Guidance
Job Resource Center offered by Seattle Public Library at Central Library
Provides online resources to help Seattle residents find work. Helps them discover interests, explore careers, prepare a resume, find educational opportunities and locate jobs.
Provides online resources to help Seattle residents find work.
Resources help library users:
- Explore occupational interests and match them with career paths
- Investigate thousands of career paths
- Build, save, retrieve and update a professional resume and list of references
- Find educational opportunities
- Find jobs
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Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
Career Exploration
Vocational Assessment
Career Awareness
Employment & Training Services offered by WorkSource in Auburn One-Stop Center
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops. Provides a list of job openings, computerized job matching system, employer services and phone and computer access for filing employment insurance benefits.
Offers a wide variety of services for job seekers, from individual job search assistance to an extensive list of workshops designed to help job search preparedness. Announcements of jobs within the state of Washington can be obtained at any WorkSource Center, Affiliate or online.
Provides computer access to apply for Washington State Unemployment Insurance.
Provides access to community and technical college programs and financial resources for retraining.
Helps people find employment who have lost their jobs through company downsizing or plant closures.
Other services may include the following:
- Case management
- Job readiness training
- Career counseling
- Vocational assessment
- Individualized job search assistance
- Job fairs
- Employer connections
- Career development workshops
- Follow-up services
- Educational scholarships.
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Career Counseling
State Unemployment Insurance Applications
Prejob Guidance
Job Banks
Business Assistance Centers
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Public Access Computers/Tools
Job Search/Placement
Employment & Training Services offered by WorkSource at Rainier Affiliate
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops. Provides a list of job openings, computerized job matching system, employer services and phone and computer access for filing employment insurance benefits.
Offers a wide variety of services for job seekers, from individual job search assistance to an extensive list of workshops designed to help job search preparedness. Announcements of jobs within the state of Washington can be obtained at any WorkSource Center, Affiliate or online.
Provides computer access to apply for Washington State Unemployment Insurance.
Provides access to community and technical college programs and financial resources for retraining.
Helps people find employment who have lost their jobs through company downsizing or plant closures.
Other services may include the following:
- Case management
- Job readiness training
- Career counseling
- Vocational assessment
- Individualized job search assistance
- Job fairs
- Employer connections
- Career development workshops
- Follow-up services
- Educational scholarships.
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Career Counseling
Job Banks
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Job Search/Placement
Business Assistance Centers
State Unemployment Insurance Applications
Prejob Guidance
Public Access Computers/Tools
Eastside Employment Program offered at Suburban King County YWCA's Family Village in Redmond
Provides job search and job training support services to eligible Basic Food (food stamp) recipients.
Provides job search and job training support services to eligible Basic Food (food stamp) recipients.
Assistance includes:
- Job placement
- Vocational training
- College and career planning
- Job readiness training
- Interview assistance
- Clothing assistance
- Connections to regional employers
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Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Employment & Training Services offered by WorkSource at Downtown Seattle Affiliate
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops. Provides a list of job openings, computerized job matching system, employer services and phone and computer access for filing employment insurance benefits.
Offers a wide variety of services for job seekers, from individual job search assistance to an extensive list of workshops designed to help job search preparedness. Announcements of jobs within the state of Washington can be obtained at any WorkSource Center, Affiliate or online.
Provides computer access to apply for Washington State Unemployment Insurance.
Provides access to community and technical college programs and financial resources for retraining.
Helps people find employment who have lost their jobs through company downsizing or plant closures.
Other services may include the following:
- Case management
- Job readiness training
- Career counseling
- Vocational assessment
- Individualized job search assistance
- Job fairs
- Employer connections
- Career development workshops
- Follow-up services
- Educational scholarships.
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Public Access Computers/Tools
Job Banks
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Business Assistance Centers
Career Counseling
Job Search/Placement
State Unemployment Insurance Applications
Prejob Guidance
Independent Living Skills Training offered by Disability Empowerment Center in Seattle
Provides skills training to help people with disabilities live independently in the community. Services may include household management, attendant care management, using assistive technology and finding and retaining housing & employment.
Provides skills training to empower people to live independently in the community.
Services may include:
- Information and referral
- Independent living skills training
- Peer support
- Finding and retaining housing
- How to apply for Social Security, DSHS or WA Apple Health (Medicaid)/Medicare
- Assistance with employment including help creating a resume, job search assistance and job preparation services.
All work is focused around the individual consumer's personal goals.
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Assistive Technology Information
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Prejob Guidance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Job Search/Placement
Prevocational Training
Commercial Driver License offered by ANEW
Program offers students the opportunity to earn a Class A Commercial Driver’s License at no cost.
The CDL Program the opportunity to earn a Class A Commercial Driver’s License at no cost. Participants receive classroom and actual seat time instruction coupled with ANEW’s support services that help students overcome obstacles to landing and keeping high wage employment.
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Occupation Specific Job Training
Technical/Trade Schools
Prejob Guidance
Financial Coaching offered at PIM Savvy in Bellevue
Provides free, customized financial guidance on budgeting, credit management, banking, financial goal setting, resume writing, job searching, and assistance applying for jobs. Call or visit website for an appointment.
Provides one-on-one financial coaching and mentoring. Services include customized financial guidance on budgeting, credit management, banking, financial goal setting, resume writing, job searching, and assistance applying for jobs.
Services are available in person or virtual.
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Personal Financial Counseling
Prejob Guidance
Credit Counseling
Adult Employment Services offered by YWCA Seattle King Snohomish
Offers comprehensive support for career development and financial stability, including job placement, career counseling, workforce preparation and vocational training. Tailored to meet the needs of low-income adults facing barriers to employment.
Offers comprehensive support for career development and financial stability, including job placement, career counseling, workforce preparation and vocational training. Tailored to meet the needs of low-income adults facing barriers to employment.
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Career Exploration
Career Counseling
WIOA Programs
Prejob Guidance
Prevocational Training
Job Search/Placement
Employment Coaching offered at Cares of Washington
Provides employment, self sufficiency and asset development services to people with disabilities and low income individuals/families. Services are tailored to individual needs of each client and focus on developing economic self-sufficiency.
Provides career coaching, self-sufficiency, financial planning/benefits counseling and asset development services.
Services are tailored to individual needs of each client and focus on developing long-term economic self-sufficiency.
Services include
- Career guidance and planning
- Goal setting
- Skills assessment and job training
- Job placement
- Job coaching
- Help with support services such as work clothing and equipment or licenses
- Developing a personal budget
- Access to credit repair and debt repayment assistance
- Education about tax credits for working families
- Access to community resources
- Assistance with food costs and transportation
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Career Counseling
Prejob Guidance
Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational Assessment
Prevocational Training
Career and Advising Center offered by Green River College at Student Affairs and Success Center
Assists with career and educational planning for current or prospective students.
Works with students to explore career options and develop a plan to achieve academic and professional goals.
Career Planner Services assists students in discovering and clarifying career goals and linking them with educational and training programs.
Offers career assessments, as well as a variety of career-related workshops and individual appointments.
Educational Planning Services provide academic and professional/technical advising.
The educational planning process helps students develop educational plans, interpret program requirements, choose a program of study, and/or plan for transfer to a four-year institution.
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Career Awareness
Prejob Guidance
Career Counseling
Academic Counseling