The document outlines job readiness workshops aimed at enhancing self-esteem, employability skills, and job search techniques for individuals entering the workforce. It highlights various available resources, including training courses from the ResCare Academy and comprehensive services offered at Resource Workforce Centers, designed to assist job seekers with career planning and obtaining employment. Additionally, it details the Workforce Investment Act program, which provides personalized assistance and potential tuition support for training in high-demand industries.

1. Job Readiness Workshops provides
emphases on building self-esteem,
employability skills, job search
referrals, labor market information,
completing an accurate application,
career exploration, resume
preparation, interview questions,
follow up, mock interview, and job
success skills.
The Job Readiness Workshops are
designed to prepare individuals to
become more familiar with the
changing workforce, and teaches the
skills needed to make you stand out
from other job seekers.
 Basic Computer
 Career Exploration & Mastering the
Application
 Communication & Teambuilding
 Interviewing (Part 1 ) Planning for
Success
 Interviewing (Part 2 ) Practicing &
Perfecting Skills
 Introduction to Job Search
 Marketing Yourself & Keys to
Networking
 Online Computer Skills
 Preparing for Success
 Resume & Cover Letter
Resource
Job Readiness
Certificate
Resource Workforce Centers: offer a wide
variety of services to customers including
Testing, Assessment and Assistance Program
Services.
These services are designed to assist
customers in finding and attaining fulfilling and
sustaining employment .
www.ResourceVA.com
Henrico
121 Cedar Fork Road
Richmond, VA 23223
( 804 ) 952-6116
( 804 ) 226-2114 fax
Richmond
203 East Cary Street
Richmond, VA 23219
( 804 ) 344-8060
( 804 ) 344-5487 fax
ResCare Academy: is a free web based online
learning tool that offers over 1, 500 skill training
courses for professional and personal development
WIA customers.
This training and assessment tool was designed
specifically to enable jobseekers to fulfill their
potential. Courses are available 24 hours a day,
7 days a week.
Courses range from Computer Sciences, Foreign
Languages, Microsoft Office to Health Care and
touch on most high demand industries in this
region.
Chesterfield
7333 Whitepine Road
Richmond, VA 23237
( 804 ) 271-8510
( 804 ) 835-6516 fax

2. Core Services (WIA Enrollment is NOT required ):
Resource Workforce Centers are open to the public
and offer many employment services without any
restrictions based on employment or income level.
These services include but are not limited to:
 Information on Community Resources &
Programs
 Internet, Printers, Copies, and Fax Machines
 Job Readiness Workshops
 Labor Market Information (Wage Ranges &
Employment Potential )
 Resume Writing Assistance
 Self Guided ResCare Academy Access
 Self-Service Assessments (Interest
Inventories, Skill Assessments, etc. )
 Unemployment Insurance Claim Filing
 VEC Job Search Registration
Intensive Services (WIA Enrollment IS required) :
Resource Workforce Centers offer intensive services
to customers who are unable to obtain full-time,
unsubsidized employment through core services and
meet the eligibility requirements that will be detailed
during orientation.
These services include but are not limited to:
 Career Connect (Job Club ) & Placement
Assistance
Workforce Investment Act (WIA ) Program:
provides Individualized Services intended to
help Job Seekers return to the Workforce by
utilizing general, individual, and if determined
eligible, for training service.
WIA provides one-on-one assistance for job
seekers with resumes, interviewing, job search,
and career planning. Workers who are either
unemployed or working in low-wage jobs may
be eligible for supportive service while seeking
employment, interviewing, or attending training.
The primary focus of training is to obtain a
certificate or degree of value to the labor
market, leading to a job in high demand
occupations and emerging industries. As
funding allows, participants may be eligible to
receive tuition assistance which may include
instructional costs, books, materials, and fees
( such as application costs, registration, and
laboratory fees. )
 Career Counseling & Case Management
 Comprehensi ve & Speci al i zed
Assessments of Skill Levels
 Development of Individual Employment
Plan (IEP )
 Facilitated ResCare Academy Access
 Individual Employment
 Short-Term Prevocational Service
 Vantage Work Readiness Workshops
Training Services (WIA Enrollment IS
required ):
Resource Workforce Centers offer training
services to customers who are unable to obtain
full-time unsubsidized employment through
intensive services and are in need of additional
skills to obtain and/or retain employment that
allows for self-sufficiency.
These training services include, but are not
limited to:
 Occupational Skills Training (ITA )
 On-the-job Training (OJT )
 Paid Work Experience
 Skills Upgrade and/or Retraining (ITA )
 Volunteer Experience
RESOURCE WORKFORCE CENTERS