Library Services offered at Pierce County Library DuPont
Offers a broad range of print, online and audiovisual material that reflects the great diversity of interests and opinions in Pierce County communities. Provides free 24/7 access to online services. Also offers story times for young children.
Offers several services to Pierce County residents, including:
- Computers, laptops, wifi connection
- Printing, scanning, faxing, copying
- Books, audiobooks, DVDs, music, magazines
- Reservable meeting rooms and study rooms
- One-on-one appointments with a librarian (AskUs)
- Free access to various databases, market research tools, language learning tools, LinkedIn Learning, and other subscription services
- Basic computer and tech help
- Basic literacy, including digital, financial, cultural, more
- Job search help and tools
- STEAM programs and education resources
- Access to partner programs & services (varies)
- Early childhood education programming
- Reference & research help.
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
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.
Foundational Community Supports Employment offered by Wellpoint
Provides Medicaid recipients with behavioral or physical health issues, non-tangible person-centered supportive services to connect to and maintain employment.
Provides Medicaid recipients with behavioral or physical health issues non-tangible person-centered supportive services to connect to and maintain employment. Supports can include:
- Assessing for the right job fit
- Interview coaching
- Establishing helpful routines
- Coordination with employer for on-going supports
Job Search and Referral offered at Somali Community Services of Seattle
Provides job search and referrals through one-on-one assistance. Helps clients search using the internet and make phone calls. Provides job readiness classes that teach resume typing, interview skills, internet searching, etc.
Provides job search and referral assistance through one-on-one assistance. Helps clients search using the Internet and make phone calls. Provides job readiness classes that teach resume typing, interview skills, internet searching, etc.
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.
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.
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.
Training and Employment Assistance offered at WorkSource - Clallam
Provides a list of job openings, computerized job matching system, employer services and phone and computer access for filing employment insurance benefits.
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops. A computer laboratory and resource room are available for job searching and career planning activities. Announcement of jobs within the state of Washington can be obtained at any WorkSource Center, Affiliate or online. Job seekers can access the websites for listings. Helps people find employment who have lost their jobs through company downsizing or plant closures.
Provides:
- Veterans Services
- Case management
- Job readiness training
- Career counseling
- Vocational assessment
- Individualized job search assistance
- Job fairs
- Employer connections
- Strategies for Success workshops
- Career development workshops
- Follow-up services
- Educational scholarships
- Computer labs
- Resource library
Provides computer and telephone access to apply for Washington State Employment Security - Unemployment Insurance. Customers may call the TeleCenter or access esd.wa.gov to apply for unemployment insurance. Provides weekly orientation classes that provide an overview of the resources and programs available to job seekers at WorkSource. 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. Provides for on-site recruitment.
Library Services offered at Pierce County Library Steilacoom
Offers a broad range of print, online and audiovisual material that reflects the great diversity of interests and opinions in Pierce County communities. Provides free 24/7 access to online services.
Offers several services to Pierce County residents, including:
- Computers, laptops, wifi connection
- Printing, scanning, faxing, copying
- Books, audiobooks, DVDs, music, magazines
- Reservable meeting rooms and study rooms
- One-on-one appointments with a librarian (AskUs)
- Free access to various databases, market research tools, language learning tools, LinkedIn Learning, and other subscription services
- Basic computer and tech help
- Basic literacy, including digital, financial, cultural, more
- Job search help and tools
- STEAM programs and education resources
- Access to partner programs & services (varies)
- Early childhood education programming
- Reference & research help.
Helps employ and empower women out of poverty in the Tri-Cities area through the Thursday Production Day training program.
Helps employ and empower women out of poverty. After completing four consecutive Thursday Production Days, women are eligible to apply for the position in out program. Employees enter a four-phase program to learn work and life skills in preparation to enter the workforce to earn sustainable wages.
Career Skills Indeed Workshops: Resume Readiness & Interview Skills offered at Goodwill
Partnering with Indeed to help people find their next job. Offers Indeed workshops four times a month and hosts a Goodwill Indeed web landing page https://partner.indeed.com/goodwill. See details for full program.
Partnering with Indeed to help people find their next job! Goodwill Indeed web landing page https://partner.indeed.com/goodwill
Join Goodwill's interactive and valuable skills training workshop, pre-register at www.Goodwillwa.as.me
Goodwill's Resume Basic Workshop is hosted on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday monthly @ 10:00am and covers:
- Basic fundamentals of a resume
- Different Resume styles
- Formatting of a Resume
- Easy ways to keep your Resume competitive and updated
- Resources on Indeed including free Resume review with Indeed experts
Goodwill's Resume Advanced Workshop is hosted weekly on Wednesdays @ 11:00am and covers:
- Writing your resume & cover letter
- Formatting in Word
- Easy ways to keep your resume competitive and updated
- Resources on Indeed including free resume review with Indeed experts
Goodwill's Interview Skills Workshop is hosted on the 4th Wednesday monthly @ 1:00pm and covers:
- The different types of interview styles
- Common interview questions
- What to do before, during and after an interview
- Interview practice
- Resources on Indeed including free resume review with Indeed expert
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
Provides education and job training to young adults.
Offers supportive services around prejob guidance, career counseling, and financial literacy. Also offers a monthly calendar with onsite and offsite services including job training programs.
Adult Services offered at Pierce County Human Services - Developmental Disabilities
Responsible for the administration of Employment and Community Access services for adults with developmental disabilities.
Responsible for the administration of Employment and Community Access services for adults with developmental disabilities.
Through partnerships with Employment Service Vendors, participants are supported in achieving community employment that offers competitive wages, an integrated work environment, and the opportunity for independence on the job.
Support Services are individualized to meet each person's need on the job that are consistent with the participant's interest, skills, and employment goals.
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.
Youth Education & Employment Training offered at OIC of Washington
Offers a youth education and employment and training program for youth 16-24 years of age.
Offers a youth education and employment & training program for youth 16-24 years of age. Assists low-income, out-of-school youth in improving academic performance, high school or GED completion, and career exploration.
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
Resource Center offered at Sky Valley Integrated Service Center
A community hub where individuals and parents with children can attend programs and workshops, access community resources, connect with others, and receive information and referrals.
A community hub where individuals and parents with children can attend programs and workshops, access community resources, connect with others, and receive information and referrals. Services vary by location but may include use of the phone, use of the fax, access to applications for subsidized apartments, and use of the computer work stations. Clients are not able to use the resource center as a mailing address.
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.
Library Services offered at Pierce County Library Sumner
Offers a broad range of print, online and audiovisual material that reflects the great diversity of interests and opinions in Pierce County communities. Provides free 24/7 access to online services.
Offers several services to Pierce County residents, including:
- Computers, laptops, wifi connection
- Printing, scanning, faxing, copying
- Books, audiobooks, DVDs, music, magazines
- Reservable meeting rooms and study rooms
- One-on-one appointments with a librarian (AskUs)
- Free access to various databases, market research tools, language learning tools, LinkedIn Learning, and other subscription services
- Basic computer and tech help
- Basic literacy, including digital, financial, cultural, more
- Job search help and tools
- STEAM programs and education resources
- Access to partner programs & services (varies)
- Early childhood education programming
- Reference & research help.
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.
Homeless Employment Project offered by YWCA Seattle King Snohomish
Provides job search & job placement assistance for people who are experiencing homelessness or who are unstably housed.
Provides job search & job placement assistance for people who are experiencing homelessness or who are unstably housed. Program includes a full range of individualized employment and support services needed to achieve self-sufficiency and stable housing.
Village Training Division offered at Village Community Services
Individualized and group training in life and job readiness skills.
Individualized and group training in life and job readiness skills adapted to people with a range of physical, intellectual, and/or mental health challenges.