Job Readiness Resources
Company
Tool
Description
Cost
Phillip Roy
Job Readiness & Training
Listed under “SelfSufficiency” curriculum
Job Readiness, Career
Awareness, Employability,
Job Maintenance taught
with Pre/Post-Tests for
each of 3 levels & for each
lesson, A Lesson Plan for
each Lesson, Teacher's
Guide, Correlation to WIA
Objectives, Certificates
A book related to the
American workplace and
daily life activities. Topics
include: choosing a job,
learning your job, getting
promotions and raises,
budgeting and handling
money, setting up systems
in your life, running a
household, making major
purchases, getting an
education, and
professionalism & values.
$395.00
1-800-255-9085
http://www.philliproy.com
Learnovation, LLC
1-888-577-1190
http://www.learnovation.com
The Family Guide to the
American Workplace
The Immigrants Guide to
the American Workplace
The Teenagers Guide to
the American Workplace
(coming soon)
Learnovation, LLC
http://www.learnovation.com
Learnovation, LLC
http://www.learnovation.com
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Life Skills and Job
Readiness Video Series
Workforce Preparedness
Pamphlet Series
Series of 14 pamphlets
grouped around job skills
and life skills, 7 in each
area. You can purchase the
complete set of pamphlets,
in groups, or individually.
$31.95
Available for
sale soon
All- $10/set
Job skill only
or Life skill
only - $5
Individual set
$7.50 (10)
$35 (50 )
Job Readiness Resources
Company
Tool
Description
Cost
Center for Literacy Studies
Getting There: A
Curriculum for People
Moving into Employment
Curriculum designed for
adults transitioning from
welfare to work. Combines
activities of self-reflection
Career Exploration Tool
self-directed career
exploration/assessment
tools to help workers
consider and plan career
options, preparation, and
transitions
GTE Curriculum is
designed to provide
unemployed or underemployed adults with the
academic and technical
skills needed for
sustainable employment.
Can be utilized as an
individual context based
program for Job Readiness
Economic Success
Clearinghouse connects
you to resources about
effective policies,
programs and financing
strategies that help lowincome and working poor
families
Search for training
providers and resources
Online training/ resources
Download
PDF of
curriculum &
facilitator’s
guide
Varies
http://cls.coe.utk.edu/
http://cls.coe.utk.edu/pdf/getthere.pdf
http://cls.coe.utk.edu/pdf/getfacil.html
Occupational Information Network
US Department of f Labor
Employment &Training
http://www.onetcenter.org/tools.html
George Mason University
GTE Curriculum
Workplace Skills for the
Adult Learner
http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/GMU
The Finance Project
Economic Success Clearinghouse
http://www.financeproject.org/irc/win.asp
Workforce Tools of the Trade
http://www.workforcetools.org/search_PD.asp
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Workforce Development
Download at
web address
listed at left
N/A
N/A
Job Readiness Resources
Company
Tool
http://www.onestopcoach.org/
Employment Center
Skills Center
Life Skills for Vocational
Success
Workshops Inc
(205) 592-9683
http://www.workshopsinc.com/manual/TOC.html
Pennsylvania Department of Education
http://www.pawerc.org/foundationskills
Workforce Education
Resource Center:
Foundation Skills Tools
http://www.khake.com/page3.html
Florida
http://www.floridahumanresources.org/floridaworks
University of Waterloo
519-888-4567, x6055
http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/index2.asp
America’s Career Resource Network
http://www.acrnetwork.org/Default.aspx
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Florida Works!
Career Development EManual
Description
Cost
N/A
Nine units covering life
skills like social skills,
money management,
health, telephone skills etc.
Foundation Skills
Framework is used to build
and plan programs, help
learners set goals, develop
curriculum and provide
instruction.
Many links to workplace
skills, personal skills, life
skills, math skills and study
skills
Career-Building Skills for
Adult Basic Education
$35 1 book
$30/book for
2 or more
N/A
N/A
Download
each module
in PDF
Organized in 6 steps, with
Online emultiple sub-steps, from
manual
assessment through life and Print version
work planning
available
State and Federal
organizations that provide
Varies
information, resources and
training on career and
education. Links and
resources for students,
parents, counselors &
administrators.
Job Readiness Resources
Company
Tool
Description
Cost
Workforce Strategy Center
Publications and Policy
Briefs
Information about best
practices and toolkits for
labor market analysis,
employer engagement, and
program management.
Publications about policy.
Internet resources and sites
related to career
development, a media kit,
and information for
“private practitioners”.
Guide of promising
practices for identifying
and assisting hard-toemploy people to succeed
in the workforce with
information and lessons
Practical guidance for
developing career ladders.
Includes examples and
lessons designed to meet
entry-level workers' needs
to advance to positions
with more responsibility,
skill, and compensation.
A computer program to
help each user examine key
motivators and match
work-related values,
interests, and skills to
educational and career
pathways.
Download
each
publication
in PDF
http://www.workforcestrategy.org
National Career Development Association
http://www.ncda.org
http://www.mdrc.org/inpractice/index.html
In Practice
“Beyond Work First”
Boston Workforce Development Coalition
Building Career Ladders
for Low-Wage Workers: A
"How To" Manual for
Workforce Development
Practitioners and Partners
617-522-6028
http://www.bostonworkforce.org
Valpar International Corporation
Sales Office: 800-633-3321
Fax: 262-797-8488
E-mail: sales@valparint.com
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SIGI 3
N/A
Download in
PDF
$35 per copy
1 year
subscription
is $1,095
(with
technical
support via
800 number)
Job Readiness Resources
Company
Tool
Description
Cost
Fairfield County Job and Family Services
S.T.A.R.S. (Skills,
Training, Attitude &
Readiness for Success)
A program to provide
participants with the skills
needed to help them
choose a career and ready
themselves to enter that
field. Program covers Life
skills, Decision Making,
Budgeting
,Job Search/Resume,
Interviewing, and Job
Retention
guide for employment and
training and service
delivery to more
effectively train, place, and
retain homeless individuals
in gainful employment
Web details
example of
how to
structure
program.
Curriculum
not available
for modules
http://myworknet.com/stars.asp
US Department of Labor - ETA Office of Policy
Development, Evaluation, and Research
Employment and Training
for America's Homeless:
Best Practices Guide
http://wdr.doleta.gov/opr/FULLTEXT/1997_09b.pdf (1997)
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Download
PDF at listed
web address