Today I had the privilege of visiting one of the Workforce Solutions offices to introduce Income Now, an initiative of The Way Home, to our career office staff. Income Now is a joint project between Workforce Solutions, the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston / Harris County, and 100+ housing, services and employment partner agencies to help people experiencing homelessness find jobs. This is another way that Workforce Solutions demonstrates their dedication to providing quality service to anyone needing assistance with employment, while being sensitive to areas that may provide a challenge to getting employment or keeping a job.
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Posts Tagged 'Job Skills'
Income Now
Published April 4, 2016 Employment ClosedTags: Career advice, Coalition for the Homeless, Employment, Gulf Coast, Homeless Houston, homelessness, Houston jobs, Income Now, job seekers, Job Skills, Stress, Unemployment, Workforce Solutions
Developing a Job Search Plan
Published February 27, 2015 Employment ClosedTags: Career advice, evaluation, Gulf Coast, Houston jobs, How to find a job, identify skills, job hunting, Job Search Map, Job Search Plan, job seekers, Job Skills, Preparation, preparing, Rebranding Your Skills, skills, Workforce Solutions
Hello, friends!
This week, we’ve discussed the importance of evaluating skills, touched on the different types of skills people have, identified the skills YOU have, and laid down a foundation of how to express your skills to potential employers; it’s time to pull all that together and form a job search plan. Continue reading ‘Developing a Job Search Plan’
Your Specific Skills
Published February 25, 2015 Employment ClosedTags: accomplishments, evaluating your skills, evaluation, Gulf Coast, Houston jobs, Job Search, Job Skills, Resume, Workforce Solutions, your skills
So far we’ve discussed why it’s important to evaluate your skills, and we have briefly identified the different types of skills that people have.
Today we’ll begin the process of identifying YOUR specific skills. We’re going to use the skills we have to help direct our job search. Continue reading ‘Your Specific Skills’
Skill Types
Published February 24, 2015 Employment ClosedTags: blog series, Career advice, determine, Gulf Coast, Houston jobs, How to find a job, job hunting, job seekers, Job Skills, Job-specific, Rebranding Your Skills, self-management, skills, transferable, Types of skills, Workforce Solutions
This is day two of a week-long series on Skills Evaluation. Yesterday we defined what it means to evaluate your skills and how that can be a beneficial tool in our overall job search plan. Before we begin actually identifying what skills we have, let’s first define what different types of skills are important to a job search plan. Continue reading ‘Skill Types’
Skills Evaluation
Published February 23, 2015 Employment ClosedTags: blog series, Career advice, career path, career planning, directing your job search, evaluating your skills, evaluation, Gulf Coast, Houston jobs, How to find a job, Job Skills, Preparation, Rebranding Your Skills, skills, Workforce Solutions
Skills – The ability to do something well, which may be a result of your knowledge, practice or aptitude (a natural ability to do something well).
Whether you’re at the beginning of a bright career future, or in the middle of a job, an important part of deciding the next step in your career path is being able to evaluate the skills you have or have learned along the way. Instead of accidentally falling into a career path, having a clear understanding of your skills will actually help direct you on a path of your choosing. Continue reading ‘Skills Evaluation’
Resume Series: Part 5 – Education
Published January 16, 2015 Employment ClosedTags: Career advice, education, Employment, getting people to work, Gulf Coast, Hire Event, Houston jobs, How to find a job, Job Fair, job hunting, Job Search, job seekers, Job Skills, Overqualified, Preparation, Rebranding Your Skills, Resume, Unemployment, Workforce Solutions
This is the final post in a week long blog series that provides tips on how to develop each section of your resume. Previously, the focus has been on the heading, objective, summary, and work history. Today will focus on education. This series is to help prepare for the kick-off of our “Getting People to Work” series. As part of this project we will focus our efforts to bring together community resources, provide workshops in our offices and in our communities and plan hiring events in targeted geographic locations. We hope that you find this series helpful and that you will join us at one or more of our events!
– In-Office Workshops
– Community-Based Workshops
– Hiring Events
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Resolutions (Revisited)
Published December 29, 2014 Employment 1 CommentTags: Career advice, Goals, Gulf Coast, Houston jobs, job hunting, job seekers, Job Skills, Networking Summary, new year, Preparation, resolutions, strategy, Unemployment, Workforce Solutions
The New Year is a time when people look back and assess or “recap” their past experiences. We look at accomplishments and our lifestyle, but we also look at our past/current employment status.
In the past, I have lived through periods of end-of-year and New Year’s unemployment. During that stage of unemployment, I was filled with unnecessary anxiety and fear. Trying to achieve all of my goals simultaneously was overwhelming, and as a result I approached everything incorrectly! If I knew then what I know now, my New Year resolutions would have been much more strategic. Let me explain.
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