All West Michigan Works! Service Centers will be closed on Wednesday, Dec. 24 and Thursday, Dec. 25 for Christmas. Explore our website to find resources during the closure.
Have you ever considered what your personal brand is? Are you struggling to find a way to get ahead of the tightening competition? In this workshop, we will discuss the purpose of branding and identifying what your personal brand is as a professional. We will teach you how to communicate and leverage your skills in the modern-day job market to land the job you deserve!
Job searching in today’s world should be an intentional practice that aligns with you and your goals. This VIRTUAL workshop will explore how to build your personalized job search plan and offers a toolkit of resources to assist you.
This employability skills series focuses on helping job seekers and employees identify and build the skills most needed across all levels and areas of today’s workforce. We have done the research and developed these interactive workshops to assist individuals in becoming more confident in these key areas: Communication, Teamwork, Self-Management, Decisiveness, and Problem-Solving. This workshop series will help explain how and why you are WorkREADY, whether it is for a new job or a promotion.
Effective workplace communication involves conveying, receiving, and interpreting information to achieve goals and foster collaboration. In this workshop, you will explore strategies for improving interpersonal interactions, active listening, clear messaging, and conflict resolution, equipping you with practical tools to enhance your relationships both personally and professionally.
Teamwork in the workplace is the coordinated effort of individuals working together to achieve shared goals effectively and efficiently. In this workshop, you will learn some skills and strategies needed to foster effective teamwork and contribute to the success of your teams.
Create a good first impression with an effective cover letter! Learn layout and format guidelines as well as content suggestions. Participants will be provided with templates and resources to write …
Problem-solving is a process that includes identifying a problem, analyzing available information, generating possible solutions, and ultimately implementing the best solution to resolve the issue. In this workshop, you will explore what it means to think critically about complex situations, learn ways to analyze issues from multiple perspectives, and use innovation to drive problem-solving.
A beginner’s financial literacy workshop that introduces key money management concepts such as budgeting, saving, debt management, and credit scores. Want to manage your money better and reduce financial stress? …
A beginner’s financial literacy workshop that introduces key money management concepts such as budgeting, saving, debt management, and credit scores. Want to manage your money better and reduce financial stress? …
This workshop will focus on action-oriented goal setting and will offer strategies to help you set and reach your goals, including an in-depth look at the SMART goal setting technique. Common barriers to goal setting and ways to combat procrastination will also be discussed.
This workshop will focus on action-oriented goal setting and will offer strategies to help you set and reach your goals, including an in-depth look at the SMART goal setting technique. Common barriers to goal setting and ways to combat procrastination will also be discussed.
