JOB SEEKERS
It is important to have a plan if you want to land that dream job. Think of it as taking a journey, with important stops along the way. With the right preparation, ambition, and attitude, you might find yourself in a better job than you had before. Career Coaches are available to assist in resume preparation, career guidance, and specialized job search tailored to local labor market information. The Kentucky Career Center in Owensboro offers many tools to help you on your path to a fulfilling career.
Focus Career
The first step toward a job is your resume. Most employers want to see your resume before they'll even consider you for the job. Your resume is a great way to start planning and collecting the necessary information for a successful job search.
That's why Focus/Career starts by helping you build a complete, detailed resume that includes your skills and experience. If you've already written your resume, you can upload or paste it into Focus/Career. We'll help you improve it!
You can also search and apply for jobs, explore career pathways, and see degrees, certificates, and skills in demand for your area.
Focus Career
Skills 2 Succeed
This grant was provided through Department of Labor funds with the goal of helping those drawing unemployment or those unemployed and needing extra assistance. You aren't alone. Our Career Coaches stand beside you in complete support as you search for your next career.
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Job Search Assistance - Work with a Career Coach for intensive job search assistance. We will build or tweak your resume and cover letter to ensure you secure employment.
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Paid Work Experience - Our Business Service Consultant will work with your Career Coach for job placement. We work directly with the employer and provide them with a monetary incentive to hire you.
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Tuition Assistance - Training assistance is available for up to $5,000 per year, for up to three years, in order to obtain an Associate's Degree or credential in a high-demand sector.
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Employability Workshops - If you need help with resume preparation, interviewing practice, or guidance on managing money then we have short in-person or online workshops that will assist in finding you that perfect career.
Traitify Work Assessment
Traitify is a free modern and simple alternative to traditional personality assessments. Marrying psychology and technology, this two-minute, mobile-friendly personality assessment helps users explore potential career paths. Results are immediately delivered with a detailed breakdown of career personality, as well as smart, personalized career matches.
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Personality data is tied directly to the Department of Labor’s O*Net career database. Users can filter results for best match and minimum education and highlight relevant career details including salary, employment growth, experience level, and even a visual overlapping of a user’s personality to an ideal candidate for that career.
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Users are able to dive into a detailed breakdown of personality types and traits and explore additional details such as complementing and conflicting types, as well as the best work environments for their unique personality.
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning is an award-winning industry leader in online training, with a digital library of over 16,000 courses covering a wide range of technical, business, software and creative topics.
LinkedIn Learning provides courses, Collections and Learning Path recommendations based on career and professional skills interests and needs.
LinkedIn Learning is accessible 24/7 from a desktop or mobile device.
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Courses are offered in multiple languages.
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Users can complete an entire Learning Path or watch individual video courses.
Learn Microsoft Office software.
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Office 365
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Office 2019
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Work 2019
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PowerPoint 2019
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Excel 2019
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Outlook 2019
Enhance Communication Skills.
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Communicate with confidence.
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Understand etiquette in some of the most common written business communications.
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Understand when and how to apply to an email.
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Learn phone communication skills.
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Reduce filler words when speaking.
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Why nonverbal communication matters.
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and much, much, more!
Kentucky Career Portal
The Commonwealth of Kentucky now allows job seekers to search for jobs by location on the Kentucky Career Portal.
Type in your Job Title or Keyword and then the City or Zip Code. Click Search. It's as easy as that!
Thousands of jobs are posted and hundreds are added each day. Click on the job title and go straight to the company's website.
Career Accelerate workshops
Career Accelerate is an evidence-informed job readiness curriculum. Throughout this curriculum, we remain tied to the belief that all learners can succeed in education and career training, regardless of background or experience.
This content allows for a great deal of self-directed learning, through interactive activities and handouts that can be viewed and completed on your own time. Career Coaches will also walk you through the topics and answer any questions along the way.
The following workshops are offered at the Kentucky Career Center in Owensboro and via video platform on a monthly basis:
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Money Management
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Resume and Cover Letters
WIN career readiness
The WIN Career Readiness System is a web-based solution that provides comprehensive career exploration and planning, college readiness courseware, as well as career readiness, foundational academic and employability skills credentials and courseware.
WIN Learning e-learning solutions equip students with the academic and essential soft skills credentials for postsecondary and beyond.
You can access the following courseware for free:
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College Readiness (Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry, Reading, Writing and English)
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Essential Skills (Communicating Effectively, Conveying Professionalism, Promoting Teamwork and Collaboration, Thinking Critically and Solving Problems)
ResCare Academy and computer essentials
The Academy is a FREE tool available 24/7 that offers several online resources to help YOU be your best and successfully get the right job for you. The Academy’s key offerings are as follows:
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Learning resources to enhance your basic skills through a suite of tools offered by Essential Ed including GED/HiSET preparation, basic computer skills, financial literacy courses and workplace readiness video courses
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Thousands of courses, videos, and support documents to help make you more competitive in the job market by enhancing your job readiness and vocational skills across more than 100 industries
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Courseware designed to prepare individuals for globally recognized certifications
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Other resources to support your job search
Be sure to make the best of your job seeking experience by working with your assigned career counselor to maximize the features in The Academy.
ONET Online
The O*NET Program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. Valid data are essential to understanding the rapidly changing nature of work and how it impacts the workforce and U.S. economy.
Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors on almost 1,000 occupations covering the entire U.S. economy. The database, which is available to the public at no cost, is continually updated from input by a broad range of workers in each occupation. Find the average wage of each job in your area, the required education, and the time it takes to learn the skills necessary to become proficient.
The O*NET Program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. Valid data are essential to understanding the rapidly changing nature of work and how it impacts the workforce and U.S. economy.
Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors on almost 1,000 occupations covering the entire U.S. economy. The database, which is available to the public at no cost, is continually updated from input by a broad range of workers in each occupation. Find the average wage of each job in your area, the required education, and the time it takes to learn the skills necessary to become proficient.
My Next Move For Veterans
My Next Move for Veterans is designed for U.S. veterans who are current job seekers. The interactive tool helps vets learn about their career options.
The site has tasks, skills, salary information, job listings, and more for over 900 different careers. Veterans can find careers through keyword search; by browsing industries that employ different types of workers; or by discovering civilian careers that are similar to their job in the military.
Veterans can also take advantage of the O*NET Interest Profiler, a tool that offers personalized career suggestions based on a person's interests and level of work experience.
Request to meet with a Career Coach at the Kentucky Career Center in Owensboro or in your county. Please complete the form to the right and we will contact you soon. Let us know how we can help.