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Provides support to help individuals reach their employment goals. support can help discover interests and talents, assists in job searching, assists in developing skills needed to work, how to keep jobs, assists with career advancement, provides assistance in obtaining driver's licenses, and how to advocate for oneself.

Services: - Medical exams - Psychological evaluations - Work evaluations as needed to determine eligibility for DRS services. - Hearing aids, prosthesis, and rehabilitation technology as needed for employment. - On-the-job training - Job coaching - Post-secondary training - Other types of training needed to reach a vocational goal. - Planning and employment services such as counseling and guidance, job placement, and small business set up. - Other services such as interpreters, vehicle adaptations, and etc as needed by the individual.

Provides employment and training services including: - Assistance with obtaining a GED or high school diploma - Career planning - Dislocated workers job assistance - Job search assistance - Job training opportunities - Minnesota Youth Program (MYP): Helps young people explore careers, create a career plan, and build job readiness skills - Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP): Offers job training through community service work. Services include creating an employment plan, job placement, job search support, skills assessment, and hands-on work experience. - On-the-job training opportunities - Skills assessment - Tuition assistance for training in a new career

Career exploration competencies that may be transferred to post-secondary technical schools, entry-level job skills, and learning skills. High school students attend courses within their home school and SouthWest Metro Educational Cooperative programming for 1 or 2 hours daily. - Adult Career and Technical Education provides customized training for businesses and schools, Spanish and English workplace language classes, workplace literacy, vocational evaluation program ?- Youth Career and Technical Education provides preparation in agriculture occupations, automotive technology, CISCO Network Academy, construction trades, cosmetology, criminal justice program, graphic design and print, health care careers, photography, Project Lead the Way/Intro to Engineering Design, work experience, Youth Apprenticeship, and YouthBuild Program

Provides a paid employment program serving up to 40 individuals. Participants receive training in job skills, life skills, and community integration skills. Employment and training opportunities are compensated either hourly or by piece rate. Also offers community-integrated leisure and recreational activities to support social engagement and community participation.

Provides one-on-one coaching to assess a range of career experiences, skills, and aptitudes. This service includes career assessments with professional interpretation, individual job-search coaching sessions, resume and cover letter critique, and goal-setting sessions to create an individual action plan.

Service which helps individuals explore career paths and choose employment based on their preferences, strengths, abilities, and needs.

Provide individual competitive employment services. Services include: - Benefits planning - Career planning - Follow-up support services - Job coaching - Job development services - Job follow-up services - Job placement - Job-seeking skills training - Multi-lingual and multi-cultural support - PASS and IRWE planning - Person-centered planning - Resume and cover letter development - Supported employment - Vocational assessments: Evaluations are conducted to line with the person's interests and strengths. Assist individuals in identifying job goals and developing career paths. The evaluation helps an individual determine if the work in that particular field is a good fit.

An orderly and organized program lasting two to eight weeks using work for the purpose of determining the following employability factors: - Social Development - Grooming and Hygiene - Work Personality - Work Habits - Physical Tolerance - Performance Rate

Provide individual competitive employment services. Services include: - Benefits planning - Career planning - Follow-up support services - Job coaching - Job development services - Job follow-up services - Job placement - Job-seeking skills training - Multi-lingual and multi-cultural support - PASS and IRWE planning - Person-centered planning - Resume and cover letter development - Supported employment - Vocational assessments: Evaluations are conducted to line with the person's interests and strengths. Assist individuals in identifying job goals and developing career paths. The evaluation helps an individual determine if the work in that particular field is a good fit.

Helps refugees and immigrants prepare for and obtain employment to support themselves and their families. Services include: - Client support, such as bus tickets, work clothes, and limited financial assistance for training - Job development - Job placement - Job coaching - Job clubs - Pre-employment assessment and planning, including English ability evaluation, work history review, employability planning, and referrals to additional support services as needed

Provide individual competitive employment services. Services include: - Benefits planning - Career planning - Follow-up support services - Job coaching - Job development services - Job follow-up services - Job placement - Job-seeking skills training - Multi-lingual and multi-cultural support - PASS and IRWE planning - Person-centered planning - Resume and cover letter development - Supported employment - Vocational assessments: Evaluations are conducted to line with the person's interests and strengths. Assist individuals in identifying job goals and developing career paths. The evaluation helps an individual determine if the work in that particular field is a good fit.

Offers services to out-of-school and at risk youth. Provides high school dropout recovery, and attainment of recognized postsecondary credentials. These services include: ?- Career counseling ????- English as a Second Language classes - GED - Goal setting - Help with resumes, applications, and interviews - High school diploma - Job and life skills - Job placement - Paid work experience - Post high school education assistance - Reading and math skills - Referrals to other agencies - Tests to find interests and skills

Services include, but are not limited to: ?- Assistance with resumes, job applications, and interview preparations ?- Budgeting assistance ?- Career counseling and exploration ?- Employment and job search workshops ??- Goal setting ?- Introduction to listings of regional job openings ?- Job placement assistance ??- On-the-job training opportunities ?- Paid work experience programs with local employers ?- Post-high school education assistance - Referrals to other service agencies that may be of assistance ?- Skill training in reading, math, job, and life skills ?- Supportive services such as transportation, childcare, housing, etc. may be available if eligible for one of the programs. ?- Tests and assessments to find interest levels and skills

Assists with competitive job placement and retention, with services typically provided on a weekly basis with client needs and preferences taken into consideration

Helps women and men who have been the primary caretaker at home and lost their primary income, suddenly needed to provide for their family. Helps participants find worthwhile employment and livable wage jobs to support their families. Services include personal assessments, individual counseling, education and training, job search and placement support, networking and support, and other short-term assistance.

Assists with competitive job placement and retention, with services typically provided on a weekly basis with client needs and preferences taken into consideration

- Once ODC trainees and employees are ready for employment, individualized job seeking/job retention skills are taught - The ODC placement staff works closely with each person during the placement process so that exploring job resources, writing resumes, and job interviewing become lifelong skills - Two-week evaluations within private companies can be used - This allows an employer to critique the participant's performance without obligation to hire and provides the individual useful appraisal information -ODC staff provide consultation and follow-up services for those moving into community employment to assure a smooth transition

Provide individual competitive employment services. Services include: - Benefits planning - Career planning - Follow-up support services - Job coaching - Job development services - Job follow-up services - Job placement - Job-seeking skills training - Multi-lingual and multi-cultural support - PASS and IRWE planning - Person-centered planning - Resume and cover letter development - Supported employment - Vocational assessments: Evaluations are conducted to line with the person's interests and strengths. Assist individuals in identifying job goals and developing career paths. The evaluation helps an individual determine if the work in that particular field is a good fit.

Provide individual competitive employment services. Services include: - Benefits planning - Career planning - Follow-up support services - Job coaching - Job development services - Job follow-up services - Job placement - Job-seeking skills training - Multi-lingual and multi-cultural support - PASS and IRWE planning - Person-centered planning - Resume and cover letter development - Supported employment - Vocational assessments: Evaluations are conducted to line with the person's interests and strengths. Assist individuals in identifying job goals and developing career paths. The evaluation helps an individual determine if the work in that particular field is a good fit.

Assessment of skills to identify potentials, aptitudes, and career goals to determine employment needs for people with disabilities. Avivo works further with those assessed to find and keep employment they love. An employment counselor will work with the client on a training or employment plan designed to meet life and work goals.

Services for persons who are unemployed, welfare recipients, dislocated workers, older workers, and youth are located in neighborhood centers. Services include: - Interview training, job search techniques, resume preparation assistance - Job development - Job information, including job banks, job fairs, and job lines - Layoff preparation - MFIP employment services for eligible recipients - Other support services - Prevocational training - School to career programs - Skills training through apprenticeships, classroom training, internships, and on-the-job training - Vocational assessment and counseling, career change counseling, career awareness - WIA program

- Day training and habilitation - Employment transitioning training - Extended employment for people with disabilities - Job placement services - Mental health vocational programs - Supervised community living residential services - Senior services - School-to-work transition - Transportation services - Vocational assessment - Work, training, and professional contact opportunities

- Day training and habilitation - Employment transitioning training - Extended employment for people with disabilities - Job placement services - Mental health vocational programs - Supervised community living residential services - Senior services - School-to-work transition - Transportation services - Vocational assessment - Work, training, and professional contact opportunities

Program provides the skills and support people with disabilities or barriers to employment need to succeed in the workplace and match them up with the right job. Situational Assessment - a short-term work experience designed to help individuals explore their vocational aptitudes and determine the types of support services that will be needed in the workplace. - Centered-based employment - Paid work at the main facility. Offers various jobs including donation processing, janitorial services, stocking, retail sales, office work, and shipping. Works with individuals in identifying a job within the facility that is well-matched to their skills and interests - Community based employment - Provides paid work in the community to individuals that need ongoing support to maintain their employment. These jobs are often on crews and may include janitorial, lawn-work, and snow removal - Supported employment - Provides employment with local community employers. Workers who are hired for community jobs continue to receive training and support from Goodwill Vocational Services team members, and are paid by the hiring company. Area employers may include Super One Foods, Olive Garden, Bernick's Pepsi, Minnesota Power, Grandma's Restaurant, TJ Maxx, Aerostich, Sain. Lukes, Duluth Grill, and WalMart.