Free training
was available to assist jobseekers on the following
topics:
Using America’s Career
Kit
This is a one-hour introduction on how to use the Internet
to enhance customer job search. The course will outline on-line resources
available through America’s Career Kit. The course will address services
through America’s Job Bank, America’s Learning Exchange and
America’s Service Locator.
Successful Job Searching (Basic
Job Readiness)
This is a one-hour workshop designed to expose
customers to basic job readiness skills. The course will outline basic resume
preparation, completion of applications, basic job search techniques, and
interview preparation and follow up.
Occupational Trends in the Mid
Atlantic Region
This one-hour workshop is designed to share with
both current and transitional customers, current and projected job growth
throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. The course will detail trends by industry
and will review skill sets required for emerging industries.
New Job, New Employer, New
Skills
This one-hour course is designed to address appropriate
and inappropriate workplace behaviors. The first part of the session will
discuss the individual motivation that each individual must have when looking
for a job, plus some tips for before and during the interview. The second half
hour of the course will deal with the importance of changing and adapting to
the new company for whom they will be working.
Changing Careers
This one-hour overview is designed to provide the transitional worker (or
would be transitional worker) information on how to prepare for a change in
jobs or careers. Items to be addressed include: financial considerations,
skills training, childcare, transportation, as well as a variety of other
issues that are faced by individuals changing careers.
How to Start a Business
Sponsored by the Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor,
this workshop will answer questions about how to write a business plan, where
to go for funding, how to find mentors through the SCORE program, as well as
how to find information on set-asides for government contracts for small
businesses. Experts include representatives from the Department of Labor’s
Office of Small Business Programs and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Women’s Bureau staff will be available for technical assistance after the
workshop.
Introduction to
Computers
Sponsored by the Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department
of Labor, this workshop guarantees a friendly atmosphere for those who want to
move ahead in today’s job market through computer technology. Just ask Bob
Tuch, from Green Thumb Experience Works!, how to start the learning process.
Women’s Bureau staff will be available to answer questions at the
completion of the workshop.
The Office of
Personnel Management and these additional Department of Labor Resources were
available all day during the Job Fair:
America's Career Kit
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Employment of People with
Disabilities
Jobs
Corps
National Call Center
Occupational Health and Safety
Administration (OSHA)
Occupational Information Network
(O*NET)
Veterans Employment and
Training Service (VETS)
Women's
Bureau
For additional information, call
1-866-4-USA-DOL, TTY: 1-877-889-5627.
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