Technology and Digital Literacy Program offered at Helping Link
Offers a weekly class to teach adult and elder clients the basic applicable computer skills necessary to advance towards job employment and increased language literacy. Includes language support for Vietnamese speakers.
Focused primarily on computers and iPad/iPhone use, this course meets weekly to instruct adult and elder clients on basic technology use in order to help them develop skills necessary for employment and day-to-day needs and opportunities. The course also teaches clients to use technology and social media to maintain communication, navigate around the city and stay connected with their community. Our clients are given new means to assimilate to their new home. This, along with the relationships forged among clients and volunteers, helps build confidence and prevents the isolation common to immigrant communities.
In the iPhone/iPad section, clients learn to optimize its functions, which includes image sharing, translating text, apps downloading (i.e., Zoom, app’s function), map utilizing, storage managing, etc.
The Digital Literacy section includes a bilingual Vietnamese and English computer manual, which provides a comprehensive understanding of the basic computer functions and tips to becoming familiar with the computer programs
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Prejob Guidance
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Apprenticeship Readiness and Retention Center offered by ANEW
Designed to prepare women for success in the skilled trades.
The ARRC Program provides support for eligible ANEW pre-apprenticeship participants and Washington State registered apprentices. Services may include financial assistance for fees, tools, work wear, tuition, and transit, as well as employment navigation and barrier removal. Support is based on household income to help participants succeed in their trades careers.
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Occupation Specific Job Training
Technical/Trade Schools
Prejob Guidance
Trades Rotation Program offered by ANEW
Designed to prepare women for success in the skilled trades.
TRP is designed to prepare woman for success in the skilled trades. Over 12 weeks, participants gain hands-on experience in a variety of construction skills, earn industry-recognized certifications, and connect directly with apprenticeship programs and employers. With ongoing support and career placement services, TRP gives women the tools and confidence to launch into high-demand, living-wage careers in construction.
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Occupation Specific Job Training
Prejob Guidance
Technical/Trade Schools
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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Rent Payment Assistance
Housing Search Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
Prejob Guidance
Case/Care Management
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
Business Assistance Centers
Job Search/Placement
State Unemployment Insurance Applications
Career Counseling
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Prejob Guidance
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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Vocational Assessment
Adult Basic Education
English as a Second Language
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Job Fairs
Adult High School Diploma Programs
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Job Banks
Career Counseling
Prejob Guidance
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Veterans Program offered by WorkSource at North Seattle One-Stop Center
Helps veterans and their spouses find jobs and gives them priority access to WorkSource services, including assistance with job search skills, career counseling and referrals to training and other resources.
Administers the Jobs for Veteran State Grant program, a nationwide program designed to provide assistance to veterans transitioning from one career to another. Provides counseling, resources, employment connections, community partnership advocacy and virtual tools to assist in meeting the veterans’ preferred transitional career goals.
Gives veterans and their spouses priority access to WorkSource services, including the following:
- Job listings, job referrals and hiring events for private sector, city, state and Federal careers
- Job coaching for resume, application perfecting, strategies for success, wage negotiations and interviewing assistance
- Use of computers, photocopiers and phones onsite
- Skill assessments and referrals to training and other resources
In addition, the Disabled Veterans Outreach Program provides intensive case management and employment readiness services to transitioning service members, veterans and qualifying spouses with significant barriers to employment.
Local Veterans Employment Representatives Conduct outreach to employers to promote the recruitment and hiring of veterans; partner with Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Commerce to implement employer campaigns to hire veterans and inform federal contractors on process and requirements for recruitment of veterans.
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Job Search/Placement
Veteran Employment Programs
Special Needs Job Development
Career Counseling
Prejob Guidance
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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Public Access Computers/Tools
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Job Banks
Job Search/Placement
State Unemployment Insurance Applications
Business Assistance Centers
Career Counseling
Prejob Guidance
Employment Support offered at IKRON Greater Seattle in North Seattle
Offers support services to help participants successfully integrate into the community through employment. Includes employment assistance, behavioral health services and care coordination. Focuses on helping those with substantial barriers to employment.
Offers services to help participants successfully integrate into the community through employment. Includes employment services, behavioral health services and care coordination.
Provides vocational evaluations to identify realistic career options and work abilities. Offers job seeking skills training, which prepares clients to apply, interview, and secure a job. Additionally provides job search assistance as well as job retention services once a client has obtained a job.
Behavioral health services include psycho-socio assessments, to identify emotional issues, cognitive skills, barriers, and academic abilities as well as counseling, case management and recovery services.
Care coordinators are available to assist participants with navigating and integrating their health care and social service needs.
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Prevocational Training
Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
Career Counseling
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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Prejob Guidance
Homeless Employment Programs
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Employment Support offered at IKRON Greater Seattle in Bellevue
Offers support services to help participants successfully integrate into the community through employment. Includes employment assistance, behavioral health services and care coordination. Focuses on helping those with substantial barriers to employment.
Offers services to help participants successfully integrate into the community through employment. Includes employment services, behavioral health services and care coordination.
Provides vocational evaluations to identify realistic career options and work abilities. Offers job seeking skills training, which prepares clients to apply, interview, and secure a job. Additionally provides job search assistance as well as job retention services once a client has obtained a job.
Behavioral health services include psycho-socio assessments, to identify emotional issues, cognitive skills, barriers, and academic abilities as well as counseling, case management and recovery services.
Care coordinators are available to assist participants with navigating and integrating their health care and social service needs.
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Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Career Counseling
Prevocational Training
Independent Living Skills Training offered by Disability Empowerment Center in East King County
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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Prejob Guidance
Assistive Technology Information
Welfare Rights Assistance
Job Search/Placement
Prevocational Training
Independent Living Skills Instruction
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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Prevocational Training
Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational Assessment
Career Counseling
Prejob Guidance
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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Career Counseling
Prejob Guidance
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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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Prejob Guidance
Workfirst Programs offered by YWCA Seattle King Snohomish
Offers both paid and unpaid on-the-job work experience internships for parents making the transition from welfare/TANF dependency to self-sufficiency.
Offers both paid and unpaid on-the-job work experience internships for parents making the transition from welfare/TANF dependency to self-sufficiency. Internships provide a supportive work environment to build job skills, employment references and work history. Includes pre-employment job readiness training, educational support, career navigation assistance and unsubsidized job placement assistance.
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Job Retraining
Temporary Employment
Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Occupation Specific Job Training
First Year and Career Services Center offered at Seattle Central College
Offers career planning resources, including computerized career guidance and college scholarship information.
The First Year and Career Services offer career exploration and advising to Seattle Central students. We can help:
- Explore career opportunities, interests, and academic pathways to get there.
- Provide academic guidance to first year and undecided students on class selection and potential areas of study.
- Develop resume and cover letter writing skills, & prepare for interviews.
- Discuss networking, job search methods, and scholarship resources.
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Career Awareness
Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Vocational Assessment
Employment and Training Services offered at Asian Counseling and Referral Service
Provides vocational ESL classes, job finding and readiness skills, and job counseling for immigrants and refugees. Services meet language and workforce needs of local employers and cultural needs of job seekers.
Offers comprehensive job placement and retention services, including:
- Vocational English As a Second Language (ESL) classes
- 20 hours of job readiness instruction
- Job search assistance
- Short-term skills training opportunities and career counseling
- Case management
- Retention services
Services meet language and workforce needs of local employers and cultural needs of job seekers.
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Prejob Guidance
Vocational English as a Second Language
Job Search/Placement
Classroom Training
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Employment & Training Services offered by WorkSource at North Seattle 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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Job Banks
Career Counseling
State Unemployment Insurance Applications
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Public Access Computers/Tools
Business Assistance Centers
Job Search/Placement
Ex-Offender Employment Programs
Prejob Guidance
Veterans Program offered by WorkSource at Rainier Affiliate
Helps veterans and their spouses find jobs and gives them priority access to WorkSource services, including assistance with job search skills, career counseling and referrals to training and other resources.
Administers the Jobs for Veteran State Grant program, a nationwide program designed to provide assistance to veterans transitioning from one career to another. Provides counseling, resources, employment connections, community partnership advocacy and virtual tools to assist in meeting the veterans’ preferred transitional career goals.
Gives veterans and their spouses priority access to WorkSource services, including the following:
- Job listings, job referrals and hiring events for private sector, city, state and Federal careers
- Job coaching for resume, application perfecting, strategies for success, wage negotiations and interviewing assistance
- Use of computers, photocopiers and phones onsite
- Skill assessments and referrals to training and other resources
In addition, the Disabled Veterans Outreach Program provides intensive case management and employment readiness services to transitioning service members, veterans and qualifying spouses with significant barriers to employment.
Local Veterans Employment Representatives Conduct outreach to employers to promote the recruitment and hiring of veterans; partner with Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Commerce to implement employer campaigns to hire veterans and inform federal contractors on process and requirements for recruitment of veterans.
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Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
Career Counseling
Veteran Employment Programs
Special Needs Job Development
Information Referral and Case Management offered by Horn of Africa Services at Rainier
Helps East African refugees and immigrants access social services through multi-lingual and culturally appropriate information, advocacy and referrals to local resources.
Helps East African refugees access social services through multi-lingual and culturally appropriate information, advocacy and referrals to local resources. Provides individualized case management to clients seeking the most necessary of services.
Services provided include:
- Housing: Assistance with housing applications and shelter referrals including Section 8 & low-income housing applications
- Immigration services: Green Card applications and renewals, travel document applications & citizenship paperwork
- Utilities: Assistance with utility discount application
- Employment: Resume building and employment searches
- Assistance with DSHS benefits and WA Health Plan Finder applications
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Housing Search Assistance
Case/Care Management
Job Search/Placement
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Immigrant Mutual Assistance Associations
Specialized Information and Referral
Prejob Guidance
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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Vocational English as a Second Language
Classroom Training
Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
Employment Services offered by TRAC Associates in Everett
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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Veteran Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement
Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs
Prejob Guidance
On the Job Training
Business Consulting Services
Workforce Development Program offered at CASA Latina
Helps Latino immigrant women achieve economic self-sufficiency. Focuses on participation, network, promotion, training and job referrals.
Helps Latino immigrants achieve economic self-sufficiency by providing job training for domestic work including yardwork, green house cleaning, moving and more. Focuses on participation, network, promotion, training and job referrals.
Program held in Spanish.
Participants also take a health & safety workshop to learn how to:
- Avoid workplace injuries
- Properly use personal protection equipment
- Identify and reduce danger in the workplace
This workshop is offered two times per month.
The health & safety workshop is required for those wanting to be hired through CASA Latina's day labor and employment services.
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Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Day Program offered by New Horizons Ministries
Operates a drop-in center for youth experiencing homelessness ages 25 and younger. Provides food, clothing, laundry, showers and hygiene supplies as well as mail, phone and message services. Operates as a youth cooling center during weather advisories.
Operates a drop-in center for young adults experiencing homelessness. Provides food, clothing, laundry, ADA-accessible showers and hygiene supplies as well as mail, phone services and computer usage. We provide some programming such as but not limited to, art programming, employment & education support, and access to Case Management.
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General Clothing Provision
Temporary Mailing Address
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Identification Card Fee Payment Assistance
Homeless Drop In Centers
Drop In Centers
Public Showers/Baths
Telephone Facilities
Prejob Guidance
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Laundry Facilities