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Job Start 101 - Preparing College Students for Employment
Excellent interactive training to prepare college students for employement. Training was designed and developed by the Business Roundtable and HR Policy Association. They asked hundreds of employers what college students are missing in the world of work. Training consists of a series of video modules with questions and feedback. -
16 Career Clusters Jeopardy Game
Career Clusters provide a way for schools to organize instruction and student experiences around sixteen broad categories that encompass virtually all occupations from entry through professional levels. Click here to take a survey to identify your number one career cluster. Click here to visit the States' Career Clusters Website. -
Get A Life Game - Exploring Careers & Income
"Get A Life" game provides a fun way to explore careers and the income that you can expect from them. -
Skills to Pay the Bills - DOL Soft Skills Videos
Great Department of Labor website with tons of short videos on soft skills for employment and what it takes to succeed.Also available on YouTube -
Sparking the Future Curriculum - Exploring Postsecondary Options
Sparking the Future curriculum was designed for students who are the first in their family to attend college. These lessons supplement Navigation 101 by providing extra help for students in grades 7–12. Students follow a guided tour through postsecondary options, helping them explore college and career options.
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Team Building Activities for High School Students
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/team-building-activities-for-high-school-students.htmlGames or activities are a great way of building a rock solid team. -
Workforce Training Resources - Multiple Links
This site is loaded with links to other sites
- Career Planning Resources like Career Bridge, Nav 101, WA Employment & Economic Info, Financial Aid & Career Trees- Training providers listing, Skills Centers Listing, Colleges and Universities, and worker retraining programs- Workforce Development Councils Listing -
Washington Resiliency Project - Community Resources Links
Community Resources page provides links to a variety of programs and online resources that offer services, instructions, and information.
Subjects include services, finance, employment, health care, childcare, housing, seniors, pensions, food, vets and transportation. -
Career Assessment Sites and Resources
Contains resources, handouts and activities about interest and goal assessments. The worksheets will help individuals organize information about career planning. -
Free U.S. Dept of Education Publications
The ED Pubs web site is intended to help you identify and order U.S. Department of Education products. All publications are provided at no cost to the general public by the U.S. Department of Education.ED Pubs offers more than 6,000 titles. Items include:
- Brochures
- CD–ROMs
- Grant applications
- Newsletters
- Posters
- Research reports
- Videotapes
- Financial aid products
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Seattle Jobs Initiative
Seattle Jobs Initiative createsopportunities for people to support themselves and their families throughliving-wage careers. Offer low-income individuals training that leads tocollege credentials in growing local industry sectors. They creatively alignsupport services – intensive college navigation, housing, childcare andtransportation – to provide participants the best opportunity to complete theircareer pathways and to secure and retain well-paying jobs. Objective is to helpindividuals who live below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level to acquirethe skills they need to advance out of poverty, while simultaneously meetingthe needs of local employers for a skilled workforce.
