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styleWORKS
styleWORKS offers free comprehensive grooming services to women who are moving from welfare to work. Our services are provided after our clients have completed a job training program and are at the point of interviewing for employment. Their motto is "a fresh new look for a fresh new start.".
www.styleworks.org/default.htm

Dress for Success
Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization offering services designed to help our clients find a job and remain employed. Each Dress for Success client receives one suit when she has a job interview and can return for a second suit or separates when she finds work.
www.dressforsuccess.org

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Results Plus
http://www.resultsplus.com/

The Way to Eat
http://www.thewaytoeat.com/

The Training Doctor
http://www.trainingdr.com/

Fox & Company, Inc.
http://www.foxandcompany.com/

Job Whiz
http://www.jobwhiz.com/

Book Marketing Works
http://www.bookmarketingworks.com/

Adult Basic Skills Assesment Tests

Adult Basic Learning Examination (ABLE)
psychcorp.com
The Psychological Corporation 800-211-8378
The ABLE measures adult learning, focusing on functional and educational reading and mathematics ability. The test can be administered either individually or in a group. Levels 2 and 3 may be self-administered. An untimed test, it takes approximately 20-35 minutes per subtest. Hand or computer scoreable, the test has two alternate forms.

Adult Measure of Essential Skills (AMES)
steck-vaughn.com
Steck-Vaughn 800-531-5015
The AMES assesses the necessary skills for education, training and workplace programs. It can be hand or machine-scored, has two equivalent forms, an untimed format and authentic test items.

Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE)
ctb.com
CTB McGraw Hill 800-538-9547
The TABE is designed to assess reading, mathematics, language and spelling skills. A Spanish version is available as well as independent tests that assess basic skills in work-related contexts. TABE is available in paper-andpencil and computer-based formats.

Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (WBST)
wonderlic.com
Wonderlic, Inc. 800-323-3742
The Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (WBST¨) measures fundamental, job-related quantitative and verbal skills as defined by the US Department of Labor in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT).

Career Scope
franklinduncan.com
This software program is self-administered and measures an individual’s career aptitude and interest. The test is automatically timed and scored so results are available immediately.

CHOICES
careerware.com
This software combines career interest assessment with career research and exploration. It helps job seeker customers understand the educational requirements for the occupation of their choice.

Employee Reliability Inventory (ERI)
eri.com
The ERI measures an individual’s emotional maturity, conscientiousness, trustworthiness, job commitment and safe job performance. Software and paper and pencil versions are available. The ERI can be administered by anyone.

Self-Directed Search (SDS)
parinc.com
The SDS focuses specifically on the needs of individuals who have or aspire to greater levels of professional responsibility. The SDS helps individuals plan for future professional advances, make successful career transitions and reenter the workforce. The SDS takes about 15-25 minutes to complete and allows for the matching of careers with interest and aptitude.

Strong Interest Inventory and Skills Confidence Inventory
cpp-db.com
The Skills Confidence Inventory measures an individual’s perceived level of confidence in performing skills related to the six General Occupational Themes (GOTs). The Strong measures both interests and perceived skills to assist in the career-planning process.

Government Resource Links

Informational LinksNational Center for Children in Poverty
http://nccp.org

US Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs.html

ETA US DOL official federal One Stop web site
http://usworkforce.org/onestop/

Job Corps official home page
http://www.jobcorps.org/

Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network
http://www.calib.com/peerta/sitemap.cfm

Workforce Invest Act of 1998
http://usworkforce.org/wialaw.txt

The Welfare Information Network (WIN)
ttp://www.welfareinfo.org

National Association of Workforce Boards
http://www.nawb.org

Career TEAM Clients

Capital Workforce Partners (CT)
http://www.capitalworkforce.org/

New Haven Workforce Alliance (CT)
http://www.workforcealliance.biz/

Louisiana Department of Labor
http://www.ldol.state.la.us/

Mathematica Policy Research Inc.
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/

Training and Resources

The Riley Guide
This guide introduces you to the online job search, listing, many online sites and services that are useful for the job search. It does not post jobs nor resumes but instead it will help the client by pointing them to places that do. It is a tremendous online resource for anyone seeking employment or career-related information.
www.rileyguide.com

CareerBuilder articles on job trends and job searching
Do You Live Paycheck-To-Paycheck, Too? Counting down the minutes to payday? You're not alone. Four-in-ten workers (41 percent) say they often or always live paycheck to paycheck, according to CareerBuilder.com's latest survey. At the end of 2006, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported the average weekly earnings of a full-time worker was $682... This is just one of many topics covered!
www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/CareerBytes/Articles.aspx

Free Computer Training
GCF Global Learning® welcomes you.Offering free, beginning computer courses and other learning opportunities world-wide in English and Spanish.
www.gcflearnfree.org

O*NET Career Exploration Tools
A set of self-directed career exploration/ assessment tools to help individuals consider and plan career options, preparation and transitions more effectively. The assessment instruments include: O*NET Interest Profiler, O*NET Work Importance Locator and O*NET Work Importance Profiler and the O*NET Ability Profiler. Match up a group of skills to a number of different occupations and/or find the skills commonly needed for a position title. A great resource for descriptions needed on resumes!
onetcenter.org

TAOnline.com assists with the military
Transition assistance online, is the largest single source of transition assistance information and tools for today's separating military and other clients that are going through some kind of transition. This site will benefit our clients, because alot of our clients are going through some kind of transition, therefore giving them access to employers and advertisers that post job ads, search resumes and advertise directly to military candidates and other candidates that may be in some kind of transition.
www.taonline.com

Job Search Links (National)