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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STRIVE-New Haven Graduates Witness Merger of Employment Service Organizations
Against the backdrop of an employability skills workshop graduation, the leaders of STRIVE-New Haven (STRIVE) and Career Resources, Inc. (CRI) signed a merger contract. This merger allows STRIVE to provide its clients access to more employment services through CRI while focusing their resources on programming. CRI is a leading nonprofit providing youth and adults throughout […]
Continue readingWorkKeys, KeyTrain and National Career Readiness Certificate: Shannon Shepherd
Described as bright, intellectual, passionate, and dedicated by her KeyTrain instructor, Shannon Shepherd experienced some twists and turns in her life, but is currently participating in the Liberation’s Families in Recovery program. Shannon set a goal to become a Medical Assistant and took full advantage of WorkKeys and KeyTrain to increase her employ-ability. She exceeded […]
Continue readingSTRIVE: Nalini Madivala
“My name is Nalini Madivala. I was working at People’s Bank in Bridgeport, CT for 18 years. After my job was eliminated in July 2008 I was started collecting unemployment benefits through the labor dept. Until short time I took a break and few months I was not even started looking any jobs. Then when […]
Continue readingSTRIVE: Brian Roccapriore
“I was so tired wandering about looking for the jobs. I saw in the Labor Dept. STRIVE Program flyer on the front desk. When I came home and I called that number and made an appointment to register for the class. The registration day I met Ms.Cynthia. Ms.Cynthia is polite and give me all the […]
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