Online Job Readiness & Skills Resources
Growing & Learning In-Demand Skills
Explore. Train. Advance towards Your Path to Employment.
We know that there's nothing like the personal engagement and individualized training Operation ABLE's staff and programs offer, and in fact that’s what sets us apart from others. We also realize that during these unprecedented times, daily routines are anything but normal. So, to address and accommodate your new, albeit temporary "normal", we have compiled a list of on-demand resources and information centric content for you to access 24/7.
These resources are intended to augment what you’re doing with the Operation ABLE staff and heighten the skills you need to better position you on the Path to Employment. #StaySafe #StayHome
CAREER ASSIST
Career One Stop
CareerOneStop is the flagship career, training, and job search website for the U.S. Department of Labor. The website serves job seekers, businesses, students, and career advisors with a variety of free online tools, information and resources.
Learn more: https://www.careeronestop.org/
My Next Move (O*NET)
My Next Move is an interactive tool for job seekers and students to learn more about their career options. The site has tasks, skills, salary information, and more for over 900 different careers.
Learn more: https://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip
MySkills MyFuture
The Department of Labor's mySkills myFuture is designed to be a comprehensive resource for Americans looking for work. The site combines job listings from around the country with postings about training programs related to your desired profession. mySkills myFuture can help you find new career options to explore.
Learn more: https://www.myskillsmyfuture.org/
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Skills to Succeed Academy
Accenture's Skills to Succeed Academy is a free, highly interactive online training program. It helps learners build the skills and confidence they need to make smart career choices and find and succeed in employment.
Learn more: https://s2sacademy.org/
Get your Learner Code here: https://s2sacademy.ph/no-access-code/
Applied Digital Skills (Google for Education)
Instructional videos teach students to collaborate using digital skills. Blended Learning. Lesson Plans. Digital Literacy. Job Ready Skills. G Suite Skills. Courses: Sheets, Docs, Slides, Sites, Maps, Scripts, Search.
Learn more: https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/en/digital-training
COMPUTER AND DIGITAL SKILLS
Advance your career with fundamental computer skills needed for today’s job market.
GCFLearnFree.org
From G Suite, Microsoft Office and email, to reading, math, and more, GCFLearnFree.org offers more than 200 topics on more than 7,000 lessons with more than 1,000 videos, and more than 50 interactives and games – all completely free to you!
Learn more: https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/
Google Workspace
The Google Workspace Learning Center provides 10- to 15-minute micro-learning modules to equip you to use Google’s Workspace (Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive).
Learn more: https://support.google.com/a/users#topic=9797903
Microsoft Digital Literacy
Microsoft Digital Literacy is for anyone with basic reading skills who wants to learn the fundamentals of using digital technologies. Digital skills can play a powerful role in helping people connect, learn, engage with their community, and create more promising futures. This course is used worldwide by individuals, nonprofits, schools and government.
Learn more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/digitalliteracy/home
RESOURCES DEVELOPED FOR 50+
AARP Learn@50+
Your source for interactive workshops, online learning, in-person events, and life skills for people over 50. Topics include job search skills, family caregiving and how to use technology to help improve your life.
Learn more: https://learn.aarp.org/online-events
CORE SKILLS
GCFLearnFree.org, Goodwill Community Foundation
Whether you want to learn new words, practice your reading skills, or expand your knowledge of fractions, decimals, percents, and algebra, our interactive lessons can help.
Learn more: https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/subjects/core-skills/
INTERNET & SOFTWARE RESOURCES
Internet
3/12/2020 | COMCAST: Comcast Announces Comprehensive COVID-19 Response to Help Keep Americans Connected to the Internet: ‘We will make it even easier for low-income families who live in a Comcast service area to sign up by offering new customers 60 days of complimentary Internet Essentials service, which is normally available to all qualified low-income households for $9.95/month.’
Learn more: https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/internet-essentials-low-income-broadband-coronavirus-pandemic
Microsoft Office is now Microsoft 365.
4/2/2020 | MICROSOFT: In March, Microsoft announced that Office 365 is becoming Microsoft 365, a new service that adds more features to the office software.
Learn more: https://products.office.com/en-us/compare-all-microsoft-office-products?&activetab=tab%3aprimaryr1