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WorkForce Navigation offered at Access Pierce
Offers trained navigators who work one-on-one with Pierce County residents who are seeking living wage jobs or college education and are unsure of where to begin.
Offers trained navigators who work one-on-one with Pierce County residents who are seeking living wage jobs or college education and are unsure of where to begin.
Helps residents determine which employment service or education path will best meet their employment goals, and directly connects callers to education and employment organizations.
Also helps WorkForce clients access transportation programs, benefits programs, or other services that help remove barriers to employment or education.
Service is provided until the client has connected with the best employment or education program, and barriers to employment have been removed.
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Prejob Guidance
Career Counseling
Career Awareness
Higher Education Bridge Programs
Higher Education Awareness/Support Programs
Work and Family Life Programs offered at Naval Base Kitsap - Fleet and Family Support Program at Bangor Blue Building
Offers an education program which teaches concepts and principles relevant to a healthy lifestyle. Workshops and classes include employment, financial, relocation, and transition assistance.
Life Skills education programs teach concepts and principles relevant to a healthy lifestyle. Workshops and classes or consultation is available in the following areas. Employment Assistance Program - Employment and Career Workshops, Local and National Employment Information, Individual Career Counseling, Resume Assistance, Federal Employment Application Information Financial Assistance Program - Personal Financial Management Workshops, Individual Financial Counseling Relocation Assistance Program - Relocation Workshops, Welcome Aboard Information, Hospitality Kits and Loaner Items, Individual or Family Consultation, Exceptional Family Member Resources Transition Assistance Program - Career Development Workshops, Preparation for Leaving the Military Support and Counseling - Relationship Workshops, Anger and Stress Management Workshops, Individual and Marital Counseling; Child Counseling Special Interest Program - Courses and Individual and Group support activities
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Military Family Service/Support Centers
Family Resource Centers/Outreach
Vocational Assessment
Military Transition Assistance Programs
Relocation Assistance
Social Services for Military Personnel
Anger Management
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Family Preservation Programs
Career Awareness
Prejob Guidance
Career Change Counseling
Family Life Education
Life Skills Education
Stress Management
Career Counseling
Relationship Workshops
Career Exploration
Parenting Skills Classes
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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Prevocational Training
Career Counseling
Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
Employment & Training offered at WorkSource Area Office in Yakima
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops for youth, adults, dislocated worker, migrant seasonal farmworkers, and veterans.
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops for youth, adults, dislocated worker, migrant seasonal farmworkers, and veterans. A computer laboratory and resource room are available for job searching and career planning activities. Job seekers can access www.worksourceskc.org or www.go2worksource.com for listings of job announcements. Helps people find employment who have lost their jobs through company downsizing or plant closures.
Provides:
- Training programs that include Youth, Adult, Dislocated workers
- Job Corps (GED/High School program, vocational skills training, and social skills training for ages 16 -24)
- Job Search workshops for, resume, interviewing and applications
- WorkFirst (assists parents receiving TANF to gain or improve work place skills to enhance employability and to obtain unsubsidized employment)
- Case management
- Job readiness training
- Career counseling
- Vocational assessment
- Individualized job search assistance
- Job fairs
- Employer connections
- Career development workshops
- Follow-up services
- Computer labs
- Resource library
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
On the Job Training
Business Assistance Centers
Prejob Guidance
State Unemployment Insurance Applications
Professional Skills Development Support
Career Counseling
WIOA Programs
Job Search/Placement
Case/Care Management
Work Experience
Job Banks
Public Access Computers/Tools
Welfare to Work Programs
Veteran Employment Programs
Special Needs Job Development
Job Corps
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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Special Needs Job Development
Career Counseling
Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
Employment and Training Services offered by People For People's Employment Training at WorkSource Goldendale
Provides a wide range of employment and training services for youth, adults, and seniors; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Provides a wide range of employment and training counseling and services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Programs:
- Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET): Training services provide resume writing, interview skills, assistance with starting a career, and job search assistance, BFET provides employment readiness opportunities to Basic Food (SNAP) recipients who are not receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
- Dislocated Worker (WIOA): Services include career transition counseling, tuition assistance, paid business internships, and on the job training. Workers must be laid off due to no fault of their own and eligible for UI (company closure, downsize, skill no longer in demand, etc.). Special funding and programming is available for those who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19.
- Low-Income Adult Services: Provides employment and training services to low-income adults ages 18-72, with a priority to veterans, TANF recipients, those who do not have a HS diploma or GED, and those who are not financially self-sufficient. Services include career exploration, tuition assistance, paid on the job training and internships, emergency support and ongoing counseling through job retention.
- Youth Services: Offers paid job & career training, educational assistance, (GED, HS Diploma, Post-Secondary), certification & credential options, job search assistance, tuition assistance, paid work experience for youth 16-24 yrs of age, and are a WA State ID holder & resident. The goal is to help youth identify a career pathway and gain the skills they need to be successful in that pathway.
- WorkFirst: Provides parents the opportunity to gain job skills and experience through a variety of work readiness programs, such as the Community Jobs (CJ) and Career Jump.
- Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training (QUEST): connects individuals most affected by the pandemic—– women, tribal members, people of color, people with disabilities, even lower-wage workers—to quality training and employment.
Programs offered at each location:
- Goldendale WorkSource: Basic Food Employment and Training, WorkFirst, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth Services, and QUEST.
- Kittitas WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
- Sunnyside WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Youth, DVR Pre employment Transition services-youth , Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET) and WorkFirst.
- Union Gap WorkSource: Dislocated Worker and Low-Income Adult Program. WorkFirst is currently not available at this location.
- WorkSource Columbia Gorge: Basic Food Employment and Training, Dislocated Worker, Low-Income Adult Services, WorkFirst, and Youth Services.
- Stevenson Employment Training: Youth Services, WorkFirst Program, Low-Income Adult Program, Basic Food Employment and Training, and QUEST.
- Toppenish Employment Training: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Basic Food Employment and Training and WorkFirst.
- Yakima People for People: Basic Food Employment and Training, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers services for laid off workers, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
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Job Retraining
Welfare to Work Programs
Career Exploration
Displaced Worker Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement
Career Awareness
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Prejob Guidance
Career Counseling
Employment and Training Services offered by People For People's Employment Training at WorkSource Union Gap
Provides a wide range of employment and training services for youth, adults, and seniors; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Provides a wide range of employment and training counseling and services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Programs:
- Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET): Training services provide resume writing, interview skills, assistance with starting a career, and job search assistance, BFET provides employment readiness opportunities to Basic Food (SNAP) recipients who are not receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
- Dislocated Worker (WIOA): Services include career transition counseling, tuition assistance, paid business internships, and on the job training. Workers must be laid off due to no fault of their own and eligible for UI (company closure, downsize, skill no longer in demand, etc.). Special funding and programming is available for those who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19.
- Low-Income Adult Services: Provides employment and training services to low-income adults ages 18-72, with a priority to veterans, TANF recipients, those who do not have a HS diploma or GED, and those who are not financially self-sufficient. Services include career exploration, tuition assistance, paid on the job training and internships, emergency support and ongoing counseling through job retention.
- Youth Services: Offers paid job & career training, educational assistance, (GED, HS Diploma, Post-Secondary), certification & credential options, job search assistance, tuition assistance, paid work experience for youth 16-24 yrs of age, and are a WA State ID holder & resident. The goal is to help youth identify a career pathway and gain the skills they need to be successful in that pathway.
- WorkFirst: Provides parents the opportunity to gain job skills and experience through a variety of work readiness programs, such as the Community Jobs (CJ) and Career Jump.
- Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training (QUEST): connects individuals most affected by the pandemic—– women, tribal members, people of color, people with disabilities, even lower-wage workers—to quality training and employment.
Programs offered at each location:
- Goldendale WorkSource: Basic Food Employment and Training, WorkFirst, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth Services, and QUEST.
- Kittitas WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
- Sunnyside WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Youth, DVR Pre employment Transition services-youth , Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET) and WorkFirst.
- Union Gap WorkSource: Dislocated Worker and Low-Income Adult Program. WorkFirst is currently not available at this location.
- WorkSource Columbia Gorge: Basic Food Employment and Training, Dislocated Worker, Low-Income Adult Services, WorkFirst, and Youth Services.
- Stevenson Employment Training: Youth Services, WorkFirst Program, Low-Income Adult Program, Basic Food Employment and Training, and QUEST.
- Toppenish Employment Training: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Basic Food Employment and Training and WorkFirst.
- Yakima People for People: Basic Food Employment and Training, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers services for laid off workers, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
What's Here
WIOA Programs
Displaced Worker Employment Programs
Internship Programs
Career Counseling
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Job Retraining
Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Employment Center offered at WorkSource Pullman Affiliate
Provides a list of job openings, computerized job matching system, employer services and phone and computer access for filing employment insurance benefits. Clients are served on a walk-in and by appointment basis.
Provides a wide range of services for individuals who are looking for employment.
Services include:
- Individualized job search assistance
- Case management
- Job readiness training
- Career counseling
- Vocational Assessment
- Job fairs
- Career development workshops
- Computer skills instruction
Provides weekly orientation classes that provide an overview of the resources and programs available to job seekers. Provides access to community and technical college programs and financial resources for retraining. Matches businesses with qualified applicants to fill open positions. Employers may post job openings online. Other services for employers include help with workplace consultations, recruitment and layoffs and information on business, industry and economic trends.
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Public Access Computers/Tools
Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Career Counseling
State Unemployment Insurance Applications
Job Banks
Business Assistance Centers
Prejob Guidance
Employment, Community Activities and Residential Supports offered at Tahoma Associates
Provides employment opportunities to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Programs include: job training, employment, group supported employment, pre-vocational training and community access.
Provides employment opportunities to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Assisting clients seeking employment and community based activities.
Also includes Group Home and Supported Living residential supports.
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Career Counseling
Supported Employment
Career Awareness
Prejob Guidance
Prevocational Training
Career Exploration
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.
What's Here
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Ex-Offender Employment Programs
Job Banks
Prejob Guidance
Business Assistance Centers
Career Counseling
State Unemployment Insurance Applications
Public Access Computers/Tools
Job Search/Placement
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.
What's Here
Job Banks
Prejob Guidance
Career Counseling
Business Assistance Centers
State Unemployment Insurance Applications
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Job Search/Placement
Public Access Computers/Tools
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.
What's Here
General Addictions/Substance Use Disorder Support Groups
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Life Coaching
LGBTQ2+ Support Groups
Prejob Guidance
Employment/Retirement Related Support Groups
Families/Friends of Individuals With a Drug Use Disorder Support Groups
Peer Mental Health Support Services
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Housing Search Assistance
Adult Employment Services offered by YWCA Seattle King Snohomish's Firwood Circle Office
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.
What's Here
Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
Career Counseling
WIOA Programs
Prevocational Training
Career Exploration
Career Center offered at Pierce College Fort Steilacoom
Provides a self-directed resource center where students and other members of the community can come to explore career options, get support for education and career assessment, receive information on career choices and more.
Provides staff-assisted and a self-directed resource center where students and other members of the community can come to explore career options, get support for education and career assessment, receive information on career choices, receive information on current job openings, and receive assistance in resume and interview preparation.
Helps student gain employment relevant to their career pathway.
What's Here
Career Awareness
Community Colleges
Prejob Guidance
Specialized Information and Referral
Job Information Lines
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.
What's Here
Job Search/Placement
Special Needs Job Development
Prejob Guidance
Career Counseling
Veteran Employment Programs
Career Center offered at Pierce College Puyallup
Provides a self-directed resource center where students and other members of the community can come to explore career options, get support for education and career assessment, receive information on career choices and more.
Provides staff-assisted and a self-directed resource center where students and other members of the community can come to explore career options, get support for education and career assessment, receive information on career choices, receive information on current job openings, and receive assistance in resume and interview preparation.
Helps student gain employment relevant to their career pathway.
What's Here
Prejob Guidance
Community Colleges
Job Information Lines
Specialized Information and Referral
Career Awareness
Employment & Training offered at WorkSource Area Office in Ellensburg
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops for youth, adults, dislocated worker, migrant seasonal farmworkers, and veterans.
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops for youth, adults, dislocated worker, migrant seasonal farmworkers, and veterans. A computer laboratory and resource room are available for job searching and career planning activities. Job seekers can access www.worksourceskc.org or www.go2worksource.com for listings of job announcements. Helps people find employment who have lost their jobs through company downsizing or plant closures.
Provides:
- Training programs that include Youth, Adult, Dislocated workers
- Job Corps (GED/High School program, vocational skills training, and social skills training for ages 16 -24)
- Job Search workshops for, resume, interviewing and applications
- WorkFirst (assists parents receiving TANF to gain or improve work place skills to enhance employability and to obtain unsubsidized employment)
- Case management
- Job readiness training
- Career counseling
- Vocational assessment
- Individualized job search assistance
- Job fairs
- Employer connections
- Career development workshops
- Follow-up services
- Computer labs
- Resource library
What's Here
Career Counseling
Prejob Guidance
Welfare to Work Programs
Public Access Computers/Tools
Professional Skills Development Support
Work Experience
Job Corps
Special Needs Job Development
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Business Assistance Centers
WIOA Programs
On the Job Training
Job Search/Placement
Job Banks
Veteran Employment Programs
Work and Family Life Programs offered at Naval Base Kitsap - Fleet and Family Support Program at Bangor Gold Building
Offers an education program which teaches concepts and principles relevant to a healthy lifestyle. Workshops and classes include employment, financial, relocation, and transition assistance.
Life Skills education programs teach concepts and principles relevant to a healthy lifestyle. Workshops and classes or consultation is available in the following areas. Employment Assistance Program - Employment and Career Workshops, Local and National Employment Information, Individual Career Counseling, Resume Assistance, Federal Employment Application Information Financial Assistance Program - Personal Financial Management Workshops, Individual Financial Counseling Relocation Assistance Program - Relocation Workshops, Welcome Aboard Information, Hospitality Kits and Loaner Items, Individual or Family Consultation, Exceptional Family Member Resources Transition Assistance Program - Career Development Workshops, Preparation for Leaving the Military Support and Counseling - Relationship Workshops, Anger and Stress Management Workshops, Individual and Marital Counseling; Child Counseling Special Interest Program - Courses and Individual and Group support activities
What's Here
Career Change Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
Career Exploration
Vocational Assessment
Military Family Service/Support Centers
Family Life Education
Relationship Workshops
Home Rental Listings
Social Services for Military Personnel
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Family Resource Centers/Outreach
Career Awareness
Military Transition Assistance Programs
Life Skills Education
Career Counseling
Prejob Guidance
Anger Management
Housing Search Assistance
Stress Management
Employment & Training offered at WorkSource Area Office in Stevenson
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops for youth, adults, dislocated worker, migrant seasonal farmworkers, and veterans.
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops for youth, adults, dislocated worker, migrant seasonal farmworkers, and veterans. A computer laboratory and resource room are available for job searching and career planning activities. Job seekers can access www.worksourceskc.org or www.go2worksource.com for listings of job announcements. Helps people find employment who have lost their jobs through company downsizing or plant closures.
Provides:
- Training programs that include Youth, Adult, Dislocated workers
- Job Corps (GED/High School program, vocational skills training, and social skills training for ages 16 -24)
- Job Search workshops for, resume, interviewing and applications
- WorkFirst (assists parents receiving TANF to gain or improve work place skills to enhance employability and to obtain unsubsidized employment)
- Case management
- Job readiness training
- Career counseling
- Vocational assessment
- Individualized job search assistance
- Job fairs
- Employer connections
- Career development workshops
- Follow-up services
- Computer labs
- Resource library
What's Here
Welfare to Work Programs
Special Needs Job Development
Career Counseling
Job Search/Placement
Work Experience
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Veteran Employment Programs
Job Banks
On the Job Training
Job Corps
Prejob Guidance
Public Access Computers/Tools
Case/Care Management
Business Assistance Centers
WIOA Programs
Professional Skills Development Support
Peer Support Services offered at Peer Spokane
Provides peer coaching, support groups, employment support, supportive housing services, and resource connections to the greater Spokane community.
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.
What's Here
Life Coaching
Prejob Guidance
Housing Search Assistance
LGBTQ2+ Support Groups
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Peer Mental Health Support Services
Peer Counseling
General Addictions/Substance Use Disorder Support Groups
Families/Friends of Individuals With an Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Employment/Retirement Related Support Groups
Adult Employment Services offered by YWCA Seattle King Snohomish's Greenbridge Learning Center
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.
What's Here
Prejob Guidance
WIOA Programs
Career Exploration
Career Counseling
Job Search/Placement
Prevocational Training
Career Assessments, Counseling, and Interview Prep offered at Western Washington University's Career Services Center
Provides career assistance to Western Washington University students and alumni as well as members of the local community.
The goal of the center is to provide career assistance to Western Washington University students and alumni as well as members of the local community. The Center also seeks to develop and maintain positive relationships with employers in the University's service area.
What's Here
Prejob Guidance
Career Counseling
Employment and Training Services offered by People For People's Employment Training at WorkSource Kittitas
Provides a wide range of employment and training services for youth, adults, and seniors; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Provides a wide range of employment and training counseling and services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Programs:
- Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET): Training services provide resume writing, interview skills, assistance with starting a career, and job search assistance, BFET provides employment readiness opportunities to Basic Food (SNAP) recipients who are not receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
- Dislocated Worker (WIOA): Services include career transition counseling, tuition assistance, paid business internships, and on the job training. Workers must be laid off due to no fault of their own and eligible for UI (company closure, downsize, skill no longer in demand, etc.). Special funding and programming is available for those who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19.
- Low-Income Adult Services: Provides employment and training services to low-income adults ages 18-72, with a priority to veterans, TANF recipients, those who do not have a HS diploma or GED, and those who are not financially self-sufficient. Services include career exploration, tuition assistance, paid on the job training and internships, emergency support and ongoing counseling through job retention.
- Youth Services: Offers paid job & career training, educational assistance, (GED, HS Diploma, Post-Secondary), certification & credential options, job search assistance, tuition assistance, paid work experience for youth 16-24 yrs of age, and are a WA State ID holder & resident. The goal is to help youth identify a career pathway and gain the skills they need to be successful in that pathway.
- WorkFirst: Provides parents the opportunity to gain job skills and experience through a variety of work readiness programs, such as the Community Jobs (CJ) and Career Jump.
- Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training (QUEST): connects individuals most affected by the pandemic—– women, tribal members, people of color, people with disabilities, even lower-wage workers—to quality training and employment.
Programs offered at each location:
- Goldendale WorkSource: Basic Food Employment and Training, WorkFirst, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth Services, and QUEST.
- Kittitas WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
- Sunnyside WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Youth, DVR Pre employment Transition services-youth , Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET) and WorkFirst.
- Union Gap WorkSource: Dislocated Worker and Low-Income Adult Program. WorkFirst is currently not available at this location.
- WorkSource Columbia Gorge: Basic Food Employment and Training, Dislocated Worker, Low-Income Adult Services, WorkFirst, and Youth Services.
- Stevenson Employment Training: Youth Services, WorkFirst Program, Low-Income Adult Program, Basic Food Employment and Training, and QUEST.
- Toppenish Employment Training: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Basic Food Employment and Training and WorkFirst.
- Yakima People for People: Basic Food Employment and Training, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers services for laid off workers, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
What's Here
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Prejob Guidance
Displaced Worker Employment Programs
Welfare to Work Programs
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Work Experience
Job Search/Placement
Career Counseling
Job Retraining
Internship Programs
WIOA Programs
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.
What's Here
Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
State Unemployment Insurance Applications
Public Access Computers/Tools
Career Counseling
Prejob Guidance
Job Banks
Business Assistance Centers
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.
What's Here
Adult High School Diploma Programs
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Vocational Assessment
Adult Basic Education
Career Counseling
Job Banks
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Prejob Guidance
English as a Second Language
Job Fairs
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers