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.
Operates a day center for homeless women and women with children. Offers restrooms, hygiene products, clothing, housing and job search assistance, food, computer and phone access, mail service, benefits enrollment and possible shelter placement.
Operates a day center for homeless women and women with children. The following services are available to clients in a safe environment:
- Hot meals, snacks and food to go
- Restrooms
- Clothing and hygiene items
- Mail service
- Job search assistance
Staff onsite can assist with computer and phone access, benefit enrollment, housing search assistance. Also may provide direct shelter bed placement into Seattle's Union Gospel Mission Women and Children Shelter for eligible women with or without children when available.
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.
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.
Provides a transitional and permanent labor program for formerly incarcerated individuals impacted by the justice system. Acts as a liaison between clients and the business community.
Provides transitional and permanent labor program for individuals that have been impacted by the criminal legal system. Acts as a liaison between clients and the business community.
Program includes:
- Safety training
- Safety equipment/ clothing
- Transportation assistance
Employment opportunities include:
- Construction
- General labor services
- Manufacturing
- Warehouse
- Retail
- Recycling
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.
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.
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.
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
Non-Commercial Community Bulletin Board offered by Craigslist.org
Offers a free online community resource where individuals can help each other out with everyday stuff. Users can post and respond to ads for jobs, housing, household goods, etc.
Offers a free online community resource where users can post, respond to and search for various listings that include:
- Personals
- Discussion forums
- Classifieds for jobs
- Events
- Miscellaneous free items
- Items for sale
- Housing (real estate, rentals)
- Services
Employment Matching Program offered at Northshore Senior Center - Bothell
Places older adult workers with individuals or businesses looking for a trained, reliable workforce.
Places older adult workers with individuals looking for a trained, reliable workforce. Workers have been thoroughly interviewed and had a Washington State Patrol check completed.
Employment and Adult Education offered by Neighborhood House at Birch Creek Career Center
Provides bilingual assistance with job applications, job searches and interviews.
Also offers ESL and citizenship classes as well as employment skills workshops.
Our employment and adult education services connect community members with meaningful employment at livable wages and other opportunities to build critical skills. Employment case managers and economic empowerment coaches help set goals and viable steps to achieve them. We also team up with local community colleges and other partners to connect individuals to vocational training, internship programs, and help with job placement.
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.
Basic Food Employment and Training Program offered by YWCA Seattle King Snohomish
Offers job search assistance, job placement and vocational training assistance for individuals receiving federal food benefits (Basic Food/SNAP). Partners with King County colleges and vocational institutes, BankWork$ and the YWCA's Homeless Employment Program.
Offers job search assistance, job placement and vocational training assistance for individuals receiving federal food benefits (Basic Food/SNAP). Partners with King County colleges and vocational institutes, BankWork$ and the YWCA's Homeless Employment Program.
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.
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.
High School Career Centers offered at Shoreline Public Schools No. 412
Operates career centers for Shoreline Public School students and the public.
Career Centers are located at the Shorewood and Shorecrest high school libraries and are available to students and the public during school hours.
Staffed by two career specialists, the center offers job placement, scholarship and financial aid information, testing materials, career choice materials, and a variety of other materials to assist in post-secondary career plans.
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.
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.
Helps adults with disabilities obtain employment in the community. Employment counselors assist with transportation, personal care, assistive technology, workplace support and long-term career goals.
Supports adults and young adults with disabilities in securing and maintaining competitive employment in the community.
Services provided include a vocational profile, work ability assessment, job development, job placement and on-the-job training.
Employment counselors assist with transportation, personal care, assistive technology, workplace support and long-term career goals.
Serves as an Alternate Provider to DSHS - Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for job search assistance for people with disabilities.
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.