Career Resources wishes to thank Bank of America Charitable Foundation for a generous $10,000 contribution to the New Haven STRIVE program.
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Career Resources, Inc. Celebrates the Season with a Community Dinner
All are invited to join Career Resources for a hearty Holiday meal in the spirit of the season, co-sponsored by the WorkPlace and the CT Department of Labor. Prepared by Bullard-Havens Technical High School students, the holiday meal will feature all the traditional favorites. The festivities will take place Thursday December 20 at the CTWorks […]
Continue readingBank of America Donates to Career Resources, Inc. to help the Long Term Unemployed
Bank of America’s Charitable Foundation provided Career Resources, Inc. (CRI) with a $7,500 grant to support their programs helping the long term unemployed learn new skills and rejoin the workforce in high-demand fields. The generous grant will support a collaborative project with CRI and the Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology (ConnCAT), to assist the […]
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Bridgeport Guardians Donate to Career Resources, Inc.’s Annual Toy Drive
On November 29, Lieutenant Lonnie Blackwell, President of the Bridgeport Guardians delivered a $1000 check to Scott Wilderman, Executive Director of Career Resources, Inc. (CRI). The donation will be used for CRI’s 13th Annual Toy Drive to benefit their clients throughout Fairfield County. The generous donation will be combined with contributions and collections from CRI […]
Continue readingCareer Resources, Inc. Awarded $822,000 from STRIVE National to Serve Juvenile Offenders in Bridgeport and Hartford!
Career Resources, Inc. (CRI) has been awarded a 26-month, $822,000 grant by STRIVE National to expand our services to formerly incarcerated youth through a new Department of Labor initiative called STRIVE for the Future. The grant enables CRI to serve 80 youth, 14 years and older from high-poverty, high-crime communities in Hartford and Bridgeport who […]
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CTWorks serves Thanksgiving Lunch to the region’s unemployed
Thanksgiving came early this year as CTWorks launched the holiday season with a free holiday meal for their clients. On Tuesday November 20, the lobby of the CTWorks Career Center at 2 Lafayette Square in Bridgeport was filled with hungry Jobseekers and CTWorks Clients from around the region eager to enjoy the food prepared by […]
Continue readingAdult Education: Matthew Lozada
Matthew Lozada is a 22 year-old resident at the Renaissance House in Bridgeport, CT. He has been participating in the GED program and making significant gains in reading, arithmetic and writing, and receiving awards for participation and effort. Matthew is now giving back to the community, speaking to youth group members and college students about […]
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Maturity Works: Delores Harp
Delores Harp has extensive child care experience, helping raise her 10 brothers and sisters and four children of her own. After completing her GED, Delores learned about MaturityWorks, though she had doubts about starting college at 56. It was a serious commitment, 10 months of studying 2 days a week at Housatonic Community College and […]
Continue readingDress for Success/EMS: Gina Colon
18-year-old Gina Colon is in the Career Resources Emergency Medical Services program. Her goals are to become a register nurse and a paramedic. In a few months, Gina received her books, passed her CPR training, created her resume and cover letter and was part of a class trip to Hartford for a victim and first […]
Continue readingDigital Literacy: Yvette Adolphe
Through the Digital Literacy workshops, Yvette Adolphe brushed up on her computer skills and earned a Microsoft Digital Literacy Certificate. With this certificate she found a job!She also went on to obtain a National Career Readiness Certificate and obtained WIA funding to take a course in Bookkeeping Certification. Thanks to the Career Resources computer workshops, […]
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