Quality Career Services

2515 Wabash Ave LL1

St. Paul, MN 55114

651-647-9322 or

1-800-761-9991

FAX: 651-647-0423

TTY: 651-646-7514

Dislocated Worker Program and

Senior Community  Service Employment Program

QCS Services

• Career Counseling, Assessment, and Testing
• Job Seeking Skills Workshops
• Job Leads
• Monday Morning Networking
• Networking Contacts
• Clerical Support
• Funding for Classroom Training
• Adult Skills Enhancement Program
• Computer Lab
• Family Services

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Career Counseling, Assessment, and Testing

Career Counselors are available to help you take stock of your situation and advise you as to possible career goals. We may recommend classroom training as means to achieve your goal. As part of the counseling process we do an assessment of your interests, skills, previous education, and previous employment.

We use the Career Assessment Inventory and the Strong Vocational Interest Inventory to determine your interests. You will receive a written profile of your interests which will be explained to you by a counselor.

We will help you make lists of your top 24 transferable skills, your technical skills, and your personal strengths.

Your career counselor will use all this information to recommend the career goals that make the most sense for your unique situation.

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Job Seeking Skills Workshop

Job Seeking Skills Workshops are held periodically to give you the tools you will need to find a new job. During these workshops we cover:

• How to cope with job loss and transition to a new job
• The labor market: which jobs are the most promising today
• How to identify your skills
• How to write a resume and cover letter
• The most effective answers to job interview questions
• How to make the best impression on an employer

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Job Leads

We currently have over 7,500 employers in our employer database.

We receive job listings from employers in our database on a regular basis. We also make cold calls to other employers in order to expand our job bank.

We maintain a database of our job seekers and the kinds of jobs they are looking for. Every day we compare the job seeker database with our current job listings, looking for a match. When we find a match we let you know right away, either by mail or phone.

We welcome your feedback regarding the jobs we send you. If you want to expand your job search, just let us know which job goals you want to add to the ones we are already looking for on your behalf.

At Quality Career Services we have all our current job listings posted on our bulletin boards. We encourage you to come in and browse through these listings at your convenience.

Monday Morning Networking Meeting

Mondays at 10 AM in Quality Career Services Conference Room

A job search can be a very bewildering, intimidating exerience. Many feelings and emotions come into play -- relief, anger, fear, depression, denial, self-isolation, acceptance, growth. Negative feelings can be turned into positive ones by having a place to go where people understand what you are going through, a place where you have a sense of belonging: that's our Networking Meeting.

In today's job market it is crucial for job seekers to know how to network with employers if they want to be in the right place at the right time for the best jobs. At our Monday Morning Networking Meeting you will engage in activities that will help you make successful and productive Networking Connections.

You will learn valuable tips on:

• How to build your network
• How to expand the number of contacts you can make
• What to say to employers when you talk to them

If you would like to speak to someone on an individual basis about your job search, be sure to let us know. OurJob Developers and Career Counselors are available for individual meetings.

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Networking Contacts

Informational Interviews

An excellent way to begin networking is through informational interviews. The purpose of the informational interview is to get information about a field of work from someone who has firsthand knowledge.

Objectives:

• To gain solid information about an occupation, industry, or employer.
• To learn what an industry or company values in its employees.
• To give a positive impression so that the person will offer to introduce you to others.

How to Get Started

Come to a Monday Morning Meeting and meet our Networking Counselor, Don Sayner. He will schedule an appointment with you to plan your strategy and to give you referrals to important contacts in your field. Quality Career Services has a roster of 90 contacts in 24 industries. Each of them has volunteered to meet with job seekers for informational interviews.

Clerical Support

Quality Career Services has all the clerical services you will need to conduct an effective job search:

• Word processing of your resume and cover letters at your request. We keep these documents on disk in case you want to make revisions later.
• You will also have the use of:
  • Copy machines
  • Telephones
  • Fax machines
  • Computers, including Internet access

These services are all provided free of charge.

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Funding for Classroom Training

50% of our budget at Quality Career Services goes to pay for training costs.

We cover the cost of:

• Tuition
• Books
• Transportation
• Child care
• Tools/Supplies

Training dollars are available to individuals who are not employable because their skills are no longer in demand or their occupation/industry is being phased out.

Quality Career Services has a very successful retraining program. Here are some examples of training that we have paid for:

• Microcomputer Support Specialist
• Computer Graphics Designer
• Heating and Refrigeration Technician
• Printing Press Operator
• CNC Machinist
• Computer Programmer
• Human Resources Assistant

We also pay training costs for short term training programs, such as:

• Computer applications, such as MS Word, Excel, Access, etc.
• CPA Review
• Professional certification, such as Purchasing, Personnel, etc.

We have an extensive library of school catalogs and career information to help you research various schools and training programs.

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Adult Skills Enhancement Program

Our Adult Skills Enhancement Program is designed to provide educational services in a non-threatening, comfortable setting.

Our teacher works with each student on one-to-one basis. Each person goes at their own pace.

These services are offered at our St. Paul One-Stop Center:

• GED preparation
• Brush up on reading, math, spelling, etc.
• English as a Second Language
• Keyboarding
• Computer training
• Our teacher is also available to help anyone who is in classroom training, and feels that he or she needs extra help with a school subject.

More information about computer training appears in the following section.

This service is available from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday.

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Computer Lab

If your interest is learning how to use computers, we want you to know that we tailor the instruction to fit your needs. We are experienced in working with people who have absolutely no prior computer experience, as well as those who do.

• MS Office 2003, XP, and 2007: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Front Page,Office Small Business Tools, Project, Visio
• Desktop Publishing & Web Design: Adobe PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, and   Acrobat. Quark X-Press. Dreamweaver.
• Accounting: QuickBooks Pro. Peachtree Accounting.
• Reports: Crystal Reports.
• Keyboarding: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

Each computer has access to a network printer.

All computers have access to high-speed Internet. We encourage you to use them to look for jobs and to create your resume and cover letters.

The computer lab is open from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Mondays through Fridays.

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Family Services

QCS can refer you to professional Family Service agencies should you find yourself in need of their help.  QCS has Master level counselors to help you through the everyday emotional turmoil that exists when you lose your job.  But if you need more assistance, our counselors will refer you to a professional Family Service agency near your home. We provide referrals for Substance Abuse, Mental Health, Marriage and Family, Foreclosure Prevention, Healthcare and other community resources.

WWW www.qualitycareerservices.org

Funded by the United States Department of Labor. Equal opportunity employer and service provider.

NETWORKING SPEAKER CALENDAR

COMPUTER LAB