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 Resource Centers
Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
CareerWork$ Ready offered by YWCA Seattle King Snohomish
Provides a 3-week online job readiness course, combined with one-on-one job placement assistance. Program covers job readiness skills, 30-second commercials, revamping resumes, networking, interviewing, communication skills, online applications, Microsoft Office skills, soft skills and more.
Provides a 3-week online job readiness course, combined with one-on-one job placement assistance. Program covers job readiness skills, 30-second commercials, revamping resumes, networking, interviewing, communication skills, online applications, Microsoft Office skills, soft skills and more.
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Computer Literacy Training Programs
Job Websites
Internet Courses
Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Women's Programs and Workfirst Services offered at Highline College
Advises and supports men and women who are parents and face barriers to education and training, offers a resources center and assists displaced homemakers in joining the work force.
Provides counseling, academic advising, job search assistance, support groups, an evening lecture series, and classes and workshops on a variety of topics, including job search, career choice, self-esteem, assertiveness, and women in transition.
Offers low-cost introductory computer classes and resource referrals, an annual Women's Celebration, a multicultural International Women's Day event each March, and domestic violence awareness each October.
Offers WorkFirst Tuition Assistance Program for low-income working parents with books and tuition for classes that will help them advance in the workplace.
Additionally offers Families that Work, which combines Basic Skills, GED Preparation, and English as a Second Language classes with computer experience, job search preparation and family management support. Additional support services are available to new moms.
Job Connections, an employment opportunities network, is free and open to everyone.
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Academic Counseling
Return to Education Support
Job Search/Placement
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Career Bridge offered at Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
Provides assistance with job readiness, job search, work training and labor market information through workshops, computer resources and case management.
Offers a 5-week program providing assistance with job readiness, job search, work training and labor market information through workshops, computer resources and case management. Program participants may also get assistance with obtaining work-appropriate clothing.
Workshops and case management offer the following services to all students enrolled:
- Mentorship Life Skills & Training
- Earn Certifications (Industrial First Aid/CPR, Flaggers, Food Handler Permit)
- Financial Empowerment
- Resume & Cover Letter Assistance
- Job Connections
- Wrap-Around Services
Job announcements provided are current postings from private industry, city, county and state employers.
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Work Clothing
Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Workforce Development Services offered at Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Provides tuition/books, advising, career and education planning, job search assistance, and resources and referrals. Worker Retraining, WorkFirst, Opportunity Grant and BFET programs available.
Provides tuition/books, advising, career and education planning, job search assistance, and resources and referrals. Worker Retraining, WorkFirst, Opportunity Grant, and BFET programs available.
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Tuition Assistance
Job Search/Placement
Career Awareness
Veterans Program offered by WorkSource at Auburn 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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Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Special Needs Job Development
Career Counseling
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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Job Search/Placement
Specialized Information and Referral
Immigrant Mutual Assistance Associations
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Case/Care Management
Prejob Guidance
Housing Search Assistance
Staffing Solutions offered at Uplift Northwest
Operates a temporary staffing agency that provides jobs to those experiencing homelessness or other barriers to employment. Workers can be hired for one-off or recurring jobs in a wide range of industries.
Temporary staffing agency that provides jobs to those experiencing poverty, homelessness, or other barriers to employment.
Workers can be hired for one-off or recurring jobs in a wide range of industries (landscaping, painting, moving, housekeeping, warehouse, etc. ).
Both commercial and residential customers welcome to hire workers.
Workers are available for the following types of jobs:
- Interior and exterior painting
- Cleaning, including washing windows and cleaning decks or siding
- Landscaping, such as raking leaves, pruning trees and shrubs and building fences
- Home repairs, including installing drywall and other construction-related tasks, demolition and hauling debris
- Janitorial
- Shelter monitoring at tiny home villages
- Graffiti abatement
All workers have gone through screening, or some kind of workplace skills training
Workers are provided bus passes to and from the job
Customer will be invoiced directly by Uplift NW.
Uplift NW workers are protected by L&I insurance.
Services Uplift NW workers CANNOT perform:
- Asbestos removal
- Deep digging, more than 3 feet
- Electrical
- Ladder work above 8 feet, and not above a single story; individual's feet must be within 4 ft. of ground
- Packing articles for a move
- Plumbing
- Roof Work
- Confined spaces
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General Yard Work
Day Labor
Temporary Employment
Job Search/Placement
Airport Jobs offered by Port of Seattle at Office of Port Jobs
Operates the primary recruiting source for Seattle Tacoma International Airport employers and job seekers.
Operates as a central recruiting source for Seattle Tacoma International Airport employers and for job seekers.
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Job Banks
Job Search/Placement
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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Job Search/Placement
Career Awareness
Vocational Assessment
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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Prejob Guidance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Prevocational Training
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Information
Job Search/Placement
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
CURB at Communities Uniting Rainier Beach offered by POCAAN
Promotes self-sufficiency in young adults ages 18-30 through direct access to education, employment, readiness, treatment, mental health care and housing options.
Must reside in Southeast Seattle area.
Empowers participants to aspire to the highest quality of life by helping develop life skills, providing support and connecting clients to direct services.
Assists participants and motivates them to become self-sufficient through direct access to education, employment, readiness, treatment, mental health care and housing stability options.
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Youth Violence Prevention
Job Search/Placement
Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
Case/Care Management
Higher Education Awareness/Support Programs
Life Skills Education
Employment Services offered by TRAC Associates in Tukwila
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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Job Search/Placement
Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs
Prejob Guidance
Veteran Employment Programs
On the Job Training
Business Consulting Services
Employment Services offered by Diocese of Olympia's Refugee Resettlement Office Satellite
Provides job counseling and placement for refugees.
Clients are individually prepared and counseled to work effectively in the workforce through English Improvement classes and Job Readiness training.
The Refugee Employment Project services include the following:
- comprehensive job readiness program
- job placement
- retention services
- workplace skills training
- social services
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Job Search/Placement
Career Counseling
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
Employment Support offered at IKRON Greater Seattle in Redmond
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
Prevocational Training
Job Search/Placement
Career Counseling
Dislocated Worker Programs offered by Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Helps dislocated workers access federal and state job training programs.
Helps workers who have lost jobs, through no fault of their own, to gain access to federal and state programs for retraining and re-employment.
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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
Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Career 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 Counseling
WIOA Programs
Job Search/Placement
Career Exploration
Prejob Guidance
Prevocational Training
Employment & Training Services offered by WorkSource at South 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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State Unemployment Insurance Applications
Prejob Guidance
Career Counseling
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Job Banks
Public Access Computers/Tools
Business Assistance Centers
Job Search/Placement
Direct Care Careers offered by ADvancing States
Facilitate job matching between healthcare facilities and healthcare professionals. Focuses on jobs in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, residential care facilities and long-term acute care hospitals.
Facilitates job matching between healthcare facilities and healthcare professionals.
Allows nursing homes, assisted living facilities, residential care facilities, and long-term acute care hospitals to identify specific staffing needs.
Individuals who are licensed and/or trained for the various roles in these facilities can register their availability and willingness to fill shifts.
An algorithm then matches the workers and the facilities in real time to address staffing shortages.
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Job Banks
Job Search/Placement
Supported Employment offered at Cares of Washington
Provides free individualized job placement assistance to adults with disabilities. Additional services, such as longer term job coaching, community-based employment assessments and job shadowing may be available.
Provides individualized job placement assistance to adults.
Additional services, such as longer term job coaching, community-based employment assessments and job sampling may be contracted under the fee for service program.
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Career Services offered by Lake Washington Institute of Technology's Career Services
Provides job search assistance, including help with resumes, job interview techniques, job posting, and access to Internet resources; some services for general public.
The Career Services office provides career planning and job search assistance to LWTech students and alumni. Whether you are exploring a new career path, trying to decide on the right educational program, looking for a part-time job or internship while you are in school, or graduating and ready to find your dream job, Career Services is here to help. Services include individual support, classroom presentations, workshops, employer events and online resources to LWTech students and graduates.
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Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
Burien Employment and Housing Stability Program offered by YWCA Seattle King Snohomish The Willows
Provides eviction prevention and employment support for Burien residents experiencing housing and economic instability; eviction notice required.
Assists Burien residents experiencing housing and economic instability. Targets those who are at risk of homelessness and/or facing imminent risk of eviction.
Program participants will be required to work with employment services staff to either find a job or increase income.
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Job Search/Placement
Rent Payment Assistance