Able is dedicated to helping people of every age, income and skill level prepare for and find employment in a timely fashion. Able delivers exceptional training and placement at no cost to the job seeker. Able’s employment services for job seekers include:
Career Counseling and Planning Services
- Career exploration workshops designed to enable the evaluation of occupations and related training programs.
- Access to government-funded training programs to assist qualified individuals with additional training to increase employability.
- Assistance in the development of an Individualized Employment Plan to ensure that the job seeker is aware of the various support services available in training and employment.
- Comprehensive and specialized assessments of skills, aptitudes, and abilities to promote job satisfaction
- Daily orientations on workforce center services and job-search skills training delivered in several languages
- Professional individual and group career counseling
- Career transition services
- Specialized career assistance for older workers and other target groups
Resume and Interviewing Workshops
- Resume workshops where job seekers can build their own resumes and receive tips on how to present themselves to employers.
- Individual and group sessions to strengthen and individual’s interview skills
- Job clubs for registered job seekers in a structured and supportive atmosphere that provides opportunities to share experiences and job leads, all the while gaining ongoing peer support.
Basic and Vocational Skills Instruction
- Specialized programs designed to help job seekers build their competency and comfort levels in working with computers
- GED and Basic Skills Training to improve math, reading comprehension and problem solving.
- Basic and vocational English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction.
- Vocational training to help individuals enter, re-enter or advance in the workplace.
Re-Employment Services for Laid-off Workers
- Informational sessions and activities to help job seekers prepare for new employment opportunities.
- Specially designed resume preparation and interviewing skills workshops
- Access to local labor market information on high-wage, high-demand careers
- Access to Education and Training assistance
- Job placement assistance
Full-Service Resource Centers
- Fully-equipped resource centers that offer access to the Internet, telephones and fax machines, and printed and online career search information.
- Career resource libraries that provide access to labor market and census data, and information on high wage and high demand careers
- Staff-assisted computer labs offer access to online job boards for individuals with minimal computer knowledge and/or who have language barriers.
Job Placement Assistance
- Referrals to employment opportunities
- Temporary and permanent job placement
- Retention and follow-up services for individuals placed into employment.
- Targeted hiring events
- Referrals to local community-based organizations and agencies which offer a variety of supportive services.