Employment
Stepping Stones is an employment program that provides job skills training and placement to help you reach your potential as an employee. Gain assistance finding job opportunities based on your current skill level, whether it is in a first-time work experience, part-time employment, or a vocational career path. It is our responsibility to assist you with finding current job openings and networking with employers while offering one-on-one skills training and case management.
Vocational classes on career skills and knowledge are also offered and cover such topics as:
-Career Planning -Interview Skills
-Resume Writing -Job Retention
-Job Search Techniques
A Community Vocational Specialist is also available (on-site) to work with you directly, giving you supportive services, or through the weekly Stepping Stones Classes offered at the resource center on any career needs and placement challenges you are having. Click on Calendar for more information.
Other Employment Opportunities/Resources
Project Return - Upon release from an incarcerated setting, clients participate in the Jobs & Futures Program. Client service counselors assess the specific needs of each client and an offender reentry plan is developed to help them successfully transition from incarceration to self-reliance in the community. In addition to job-training and employment assistance components, this multiphase action program provides referrals to other essential support services, follow-up counseling, mentoring, and direct aid.
The Jobs & Futures Programs is available to any adult who has been incarcerated or is currently incarcerated and planning for their release.
The program helps ex-offenders and their families by providing:
Employment Placement Assistance
Survival Skills Training
Life Skills and Job Readiness Training
Information and Referral to Support Services
On-going Follow-up and Job Counseling
Institutional Job Fairs
Direct Aid (bus passes, emergency food boxes and clothing)
Documentation (ID cards, Social Security cards and birth certificates)
Project Return
1200 Division Street, Suite 200
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Contact the agency at (615) 327-9654 or check out their website: www.projectreturninc.org.
Career Centers are located in Nashville and the surrounding areas. Go to Tennessee Career Center Locations for a list of locations by county.
Job Corps helps students from low income backgrounds or who are considered at-risk. While enrolled with Job Corps, students may work toward completion of a high school diploma or GED and/or complete training for a vocational trade. Job Corps also assists students with job placements. Contact Michael King, Admissions Counselor, Job Corps Admissions at 615-360-7183. Address: 1161 Murfreesboro Pike #429 Nashville TN 37217. Go to Where is Job Corps? for Job Corps locations and click on your state.
Employment Sites:
www.nashville.employmentguide.com
www.nashvillejobslink.com
www.tennesseejobs.com
www.worknashville.com
www.cnm.org
www.snagajob.com
www.careerbuilder.com
www.craigslist.org
www.flipdog.com
www.groovejob.com
www.hotjobs.yahoo.com
www.indeed.com
www.job-search-engine.com
www.jobcentral.com
www.monster.com
www.simplyhired.com
Other Employment Sites:
Employment for Youth 18 and younger, please download this PDF.