Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center: Career Transition Readiness

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Career Transition Readiness

To assist students in preparing for separation and long term job attachment, the center offers a comprehensive Career Transition Readiness Program. This program has four classes: Credentials and Forms, Job Searching, Self Marketing and Succeeding and Surviving.

Credentials and Forms

Resume workshop
Job applications and use of pocket resume
Creating a career portfolio
Cover letters and thank you letters
One-stop resources and locations
What your Training Achievement Record means to an employer
Overview of the transition panel and transition readiness process

Succeeding and Surviving

Financial goals
Credit
Banking and Saving
Living independently
Understanding paychecks-salary versus hourly
Completing a W-4
Worker rights and responsibilities
Tenant rights and responsibilities
Medical insurance

Self-Marketing

Verbal communications
Non-verbal communications
Interviewing skills
Mock, videotaped interviews

Job Searching

Fool Proof Ways to Find a Job Video
Conducting an internet job search
Traditional and non-traditional job search resources
Customizing the job search process

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All photos provided by courtesy of Job Corps center operators under contract to the US Department of Labor.