Employment Opportunities

Results: 14

• Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers (6)
  ND-1500

  Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers

  ND-1500
  
  One-stop centers that provide an array of employment and training services in a convenient, easily accessible location. Services may include job counseling, testing and assessment; resume preparation assistance, interview training and other prejob guidance services; job matching and referral; unemployment insurance and job registration; labor market and career information; information on financial aid for education and training; and referral for job training, transportation, child care, personal and financial counseling, health care and other human services resources in the community.
• Employee Assistance Programs (1)
  PH-2000

  Employee Assistance Programs

  PH-2000
  
  Programs that contract with employers to offer confidential help to employees, and in some cases their families, whose legal, financial, marital, parent-child, child care, alcoholism, drug abuse, health and/or mental health problems could have a direct impact on their attendance and job performance. EAPs vary in complexity from telephone hotlines that offer referrals for needed services to organizations that offer in-person diagnosis and referral, direct counseling and/or extensive treatment for one or a variety of problems.
• Employment Preparation (18)
  ND-2000

  Employment Preparation

  ND-2000
  
  Programs that provide assistance for people who need information, guidance and/or training in specific job-related skills to make appropriate occupational choices and secure and retain positions that effectively utilize their abilities.
• Employment Transition Counseling (1)
  ND-2050

  Employment Transition Counseling

  ND-2050
  
  Programs that provide information and guidance in a variety of settings for individuals who have experienced voluntary or involuntary changes in their employment status including termination, layoff, demotion, promotion or retirement; or are ready to re-enter the workforce after time away.
• Job Banks (1)
  ND-3500.3500-340

  Job Banks

  ND-3500.3500-340
  
  Programs that maintain lists of current employment opportunities submitted by employers and which are available for review by people who are searching for a position. Included are programs that post job notices on bulletin boards which are available to the public as well as those that maintain computerized or other listings.
• Job Development (1)
  ND-3400

  Job Development

  ND-3400
  
  Programs that seek out and create employment opportunities in various fields for people who need work. Activities may include collecting and distributing information about job opportunities and/or prospective changes in the demand for specific occupations, encouraging potential employers to create jobs, informing employers of available personnel and other comprehensive or targeted efforts to generate new job prospects.
• Job Finding Assistance (13)
  ND-3500

  Job Finding Assistance

  ND-3500
  
  Programs that help people identify and secure paid employment opportunities that match their aptitude, qualifications, experience and interests.
• Job Information (1)
  ND-3500.3500

  Job Information

  ND-3500.3500
  
  Programs that maintain lists of available employment opportunities that people who are searching for a position can access.
• Job Information for Older Adults (1)
  ND-3500.3500 * YB-8000

  Job Information for Older Adults

  ND-3500.3500 * YB-8000
  
  

  Programs that maintain lists of available employment opportunities that people who are searching for a position can access.

  Individuals who are age 50, 55, 60, 62 or 65 or older depending on the minimum age for qualifying as an older adult which varies by program.

• Job Readiness (1)
  ND-2000.6500-360

  Job Readiness

  ND-2000.6500-360
  
  Programs that provide individual or group training for people who want to learn the behaviors and techniques that are required for job retention. The training addresses regular attendance, punctuality, appropriate dress, adapting to supervision, employee rights and responsibilities and other soft skills. Included are job readiness programs for people who are seeking employment and postemployment programs that help people keep their job.
• Job Retraining (1)
  ND-2000.3480

  Job Retraining

  ND-2000.3480
  
  Programs that provide training that is designed to enable employees to perform a job that their previous training has not equipped them for or to adapt to changes in the workplace. Retraining may be needed when new methods or equipment are introduced or when jobs for which employees have trained are phased out. It may also be provided by employers or governments for employees who have been laid off and are no longer able to find employment using the skills they already possess. The need for retraining may arise because of a decline in a particular industry sector or because of rapid technological change.
• Job Search Techniques (1)
  ND-2000.6500-380

  Job Search Techniques

  ND-2000.6500-380
  
  Programs that provide individual or group training for people who want to learn general strategies or specific techniques for looking for work which may include use of newspapers and Internet listings to identify job opportunities, networking strategies utilizing friends and professional acquaintances and use of professional organizations, executive search firms, employment agencies and community organizations that post job vacancies or provide job search/placement services.
• Job Training Formats (9)
  ND-2000.3500

  Job Training Formats

  ND-2000.3500
  
  Programs that offer apprenticeships, training through business practice firms, classroom training, internships, on-the-job training, work experience or other formats for training that prepares people for specific types of employment. The training may feature formal instruction in an institutional classroom setting, hands-on experience at a job site under varying arrangements or a combination of the two as the means by which trainees acquire the skills required to perform the job.
• Supported Employment (8)
  ND-6500.8120

  Supported Employment

  ND-6500.8120
  
  Programs that find paid, meaningful work in a variety of community-based settings for people who have disabilities and which assign a "job coach" to work side-by-side with each client to interface with the employer and other employees, and provide training in basic job skills and work-related behaviors, assistance with specific tasks as needed and whatever other initial or ongoing support is required to ensure that the individual retains competitive employment. Included are individual placement models in which a job coach works on-the-job with a single individual and group models such as enclaves (which are self-contained work units of people needing support) and mobile work crews, in which a group of workers with disabilities receives continuous support and supervision from supported employment personnel. In the enclave model, groups of people with disabilities are trained to work as a team alongside employees in the host business supported by a specially trained on-site supervisor, who may work either for the host company or the placement agency. A variation of the enclave approach is called the "dispersed enclave" and is used in service industries (e.g., restaurants and hotels). Each person works on a separate job, and the group is dispersed throughout the company. In the mobile work crew model, a small team of people with disabilities works as a self-contained business and undertakes contract work such as landscaping and gardening projects. The crew works at various locations in a variety of settings within the community under the supervision of a job coach.