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Page 1: Resources to Help Minnesota's Working Learnersliteracyactionnetwork.org/sites/default/files/Resources_for... · Resources to Help Minnesota's Working Learners Minnesota’s Working

Resources to Help Minnesota's Working Learners

Minnesota’s Working Learner projects are partially funded in part by the State, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and private foundations. Updated August 2011

Want to assist an adult job seeker to gain skills, enter a training program, or earn work credentials? The online resources and programs listed here can help. Use them to help Working Learners to explore careers, plan training, and search for better jobs. These resources have no fees for job seekers; some have eligibility requirements. Live resources are listed first. Resources in development are listed on page 5.

Resource Description Benefits & Strengths Audiences Contact

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Program aligns Adult Basic Education, workforce development, and postsecondary career and technical education to help job seekers with obtain industry-recognized credentials in a career pathway leading to employment in high-demand occupations.

• Links ABE and/or English as a Second Language (ESL) foundational skill building with postsecondary occupational training (MnSCU)

• Courses lead to employer-recognized, credit-based credentials (certificate, diploma, etc.)

• Emphasis on obtaining occupations with high regional demand

• Working learners aware of stackable credentials

• Adult learners • Dislocated workers • Minnesotans without

postsecondary credentials lacking foundational skills

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Minnesota’s career, education, and job resource. Free website produced in collaboration with several state workforce development and education authorities.

• 500 detailed career descriptions • Minnesota’s high-demand and

high-pay occupations • Compare all MN postsecondary

programs, including WIA-eligible programs and courses

• Latest salary and job information including industry-specific sections

• Job seeker tips and tools

• Adult learners • Dislocated workers • Career changers

“I didn’t know what my job options were. ISEEK helped me to look at my skills, find out about in-demand jobs, and compare Minnesota training programs.”

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Resources to Help Minnesota's Working Learners

Minnesota’s Working Learner projects are partially funded in part by the State, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and private foundations. Updated August 2011

Resource Description Benefits & Strengths Audiences Contact

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Free, real-time online job search coaches and career resource available through public libraries in the seven-county Twin Cities area: St. Paul and Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington County Libraries.

• Live one-on-one coaching in English and Spanish 1pm-11pm daily

• Free access for anyone with metro-area public library card

• Accessible where Internet is connected

• Expert interview and resume assistance, templates and tips

• Resources for job search and career tips

• Job seekers in Twin Cities metro area

• People seeking career advancement in Twin Cities

"The Job Now coach critiqued my resume and helped me to prepare for my interview and I got the job!"

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Links to Job Seekers Guide website which engages low-skilled job seekers in step-by-step career planning process. It helps people to understand and participate in career exploration, goal setting, skills assessment, and job search.

• Straight-forward language written at 6th grade level and below

• Detailed job search tips for all areas, especially health care

• Easy-to-follow worksheets, tips and information for each section

• Content customizable by location or organization

• Print guide and curriculum available for facilitator to lead workshops

• Dislocated workers • Working Adults • Career changers • Low-income job seekers

needing to expand their earning potential and goal-setting skills

“Gateway to Careers and the Job Seekers Guide showed me how to stop thinking about just getting a paycheck and start planning my career. I now know the steps to making realistic career goals.” Je

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Resources to Help Minnesota's Working Learners

Minnesota’s Working Learner projects are partially funded in part by the State, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and private foundations. Updated August 2011

Resource Description Benefits & Strengths Audiences Contact

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nerw

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rg Online learning and resource

management tool. Organized around Learning Plans, which provide the steps to achieving an identified goal. Learning Plans developed with BTOP Grant Program funds.

• Digital Literacy Learning Plans introduce skills for digital world

• Broadband Consumer Education Learning Plans introduce high-speed Internet

• Orientation to Career Pathways Learning Plans introduce career planning

• Dislocated workers • Adult Basic Education students

transitioning to postsecondary education

• Adults preparing for postsecondary medical training programs

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Online tool empowerment of adults needing technology skills for daily living, employment preparation, and/or transition to higher education. Modules are based on skills outlined by the Northstar Digital Literacy Task Force, including: Basic Computer, Internet, E-mail, Windows and Word Processing Skills. Additional modules will be added in the next year.

• Follow job seeker “Olivia” through self-guided, learner-centric modules

• Contextualized around WorkForce Center activities

• Used in ABE instructor-led courses across greater Minnesota

• References career and higher education tools (including MinnesotaWorks.net, CareerOneStop.org and ISEEK.org)

• Dislocated workers • Low-literacy adults • Immigrants and refugees • Residents of greater Minnesota

with little or no computer experience

“I needed a job last year, but for most jobs now, you need to use a computer just to apply! This online course taught me to use a mouse, screen and keyboard -- and how to use the Internet to find a job.”

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Resources to Help Minnesota's Working Learners

Minnesota’s Working Learner projects are partially funded in part by the State, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and private foundations. Updated August 2011

Resource (in Development) Description Benefits & Strengths Audiences Contact

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2011

Online tool and content developed by Minnesota’s Perkins unit and ISEEK to help youth and adults to map their postsecondary and career plans.

• Helps youth and adults choose Career and Technical Education options.

• Shows alternative job training and career advancement timelines for working learners.

• Aligns with WorkForce Center system, MnSCU, and FastTRAC programming.

• Adult learners • Dislocated workers • Career changers “I didn’t know there were so many options for careers. This pathways information showed me how the right training can help me advance in my career.”

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Program developed by the Minnesota State Colleges and University system in partnership with DEED and WorkForce Center Staff, provides an online structure to define goals and plans related to career, education, finance, leadership development, and personal aspects of a customer’s life. Website provides holistic support that empowers job seekers to move forward in life.

• Includes step by step process of the career and education planning

• Written at 9th grade level and below with similar structure to high education version which is used in over 20 MnSCU schools

• Emphasis on helping users connect to resources and social supports

• Gathers the best tools and resources used by professionals

• Includes support tutorials and examples of eFolio (an free electronic portfolio tool)

• Working Adults • Job Seekers • Career changers • Veterans/Service Members

“GPS LifePlan is well organized, detailed but not overwhelming. I would come back. I can learn a lot about myself!” M

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Resources to Help Minnesota's Working Learners

Minnesota’s Working Learner projects are partially funded in part by the State, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and private foundations. Updated August 2011

Resource (in Development) Description Benefits & Strengths Audiences Contact

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New website, developed by Southwest Minnesota Adult Basic Education and ISEEK, presents career planning and work preparation information for low-literacy job seekers and English language learners. Content encourages people to Explore Careers, Set Goals, and Take Action.

• Introduction to career planning concepts and why to set career goals

• Advancement within career pathways

• Transition from GED into post-secondary education and job training

• Content offered in three literacy levels, 3rd-6th grade

• Dislocated workers • Low-skilled job seekers • Immigrants with 3rd grade

reading level or higher

“I knew I wanted to make more money but I didn’t know how to get a better job. MyMnCareers got me thinking about ways I can gain more skills and plan for a better future.”

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New online tool, co-funded and co-developed by Century College and DEED, gives people individualized action steps for job search, re-careering resources, and identifying key training opportunities.

• Easy access, short online questionnaire to create job search plan

• Provides a set of action steps to help the user focus on moving forward using goal setting strategies.

• Provides links to the best tools and resources used by professionals (i.e. ISEEK, MnSCU, GPS LifePlan, etc.)

• Adult learners • Dislocated workers • Career changers • Working Adults

“This really helped me get organized and the action steps help me know where to start on the GPS LifePlan.”

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