Build Skills Build Confidence Build Your Career Program

Build Skills. Build Confidence. Build Your Career

Program Overview A practical, tuition-free, program tailored to meet the needs of job seekers and career builders as well as provide specific skills that employers are looking for in their current and future employees.

History of Work. Ready. NH • Created in 2011 through a series of round table discussions with business leaders across the state • Originally at four NH Community Colleges • Funded through NHES by the NH Job Training Fund • Now at all NH Community Colleges and ONLINE

Work. Ready. NH Participant Eligibility • Must be 16 or older • Resident of NH • Pre-assessment score of 25% or higher for Reading Workplace Documents

Modules and Competencies * Showcasing your Skills * Employer Expectations * Conflict Resolution * Building Better Teams * Business Ethics * Workplace Sensitivity * Effective Communication * Critical Thinking

Course Structure • Competency based with rubric • Learn and apply essential skills • Group business project • • Guest speakers Mock interviews with evaluation tool and feedback

New Online Course • • Three weeks 10 - 15 hours of virtual class time • 10 hours independent work

Earn Two Certificates • Work. Ready. NH Certificate Issued by the Community College System of NH • National Career Readiness Certificate Issued by ACT

National Career Readiness Certificate Covers three essential workplace skills: * Applied Mathematics * Reading Workplace Documents * Graphic Literacy Work. Keys Curriculum * Initial pre-testing * Online tutorials Work. Keys * Work. Keys Exam * Earn NCRC

National Career Readiness Certificate

Benefits to Participants • Increased Confidence • Apply Newly Acquired Skills in Simulated Workplace Environment • Learn Skills to Not Only Gain Employment, but Maintain Employment • Skills to Help You Move Up in Your Career • Network and Connections

Online Schedule Date Time Jan 4 - Jan 15 Morning March 22 - April 8 Morning Jan 19 - March 9 Evening March 29 - May 18 Evening Jan 25 - Feb 11 Morning April 12 - April 29 Morning Feb 1 - Feb 18 Morning April 26 - May 13 Morning Feb 9 - March 30 Afternoon May 10 - May 27 Morning Feb 22 -March 11 Morning May 11 - June 29 Evening Feb 23 - April 6 Evening May 24 - June 10 Morning March 1 - March 18 Morning June 14 - June 30 Morning

Work. Ready. NH Locations • Online- Access is unlimited • Great Bay Community College- Portsmouth and Rochester • Manchester Community College – Manchester • River Valley Community College – Claremont, Keene and Lebanon • White Mountains Community College – Berlin • Lakes Region Community College – Laconia • NHTI – Concord’s Community College – Concord • NH Works – Nashua

Contact CCSNH. EDU/WORKREADYNH Dawn Hamdi-GBCC dhamdi@ccsnh. edu Debbie Beauregard-NHTI/LRCC dbeauregard@ccsnh. edu Pam Shore-MCC/NCC PShore@ccsnh. edu Martha Mott-RVCC mmott@ccsnh. edu Loula Kalampalikis-Workforce Development Administrator 603 -230 -3534 AKalampalikis@ccsnh. edu

Build Skills. Build Confidence. Build Your Career