Despite getting snowed out last week, the dedicated staff at Career Resources made the holidays bright for hundreds of families throughout the state with donations of toys for our customers’ families. Thanks to generous donations from Toys for Tots and other partners, toys were distributed from  CRI offices in Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, Stamford and […]

We love it when successful graduates come back to let us know how they are doing. Barbara Urbanski, center, stopped by the Hartford STRIVE office today to let us know how much she is enjoying her job at Hebrew Health Care. She took part in a collaboration between Career Resources’ STRIVE, the Connecticut Women’s Education […]

Due to snow, the holiday dinner planned for today at the American Job Center, formerly known as the CTWorks One Stop Career Center at 350 Fairfield Ave. in Bridgeport, has been cancelled. Any customers who had planned to pick up a toy for their families today can still do so, and anyone who can’t make […]

Career Resources Inc. (CRI) continues its tradition this year of raising funds and collecting donations to provide toys for the holidays to our customers’ children and families. Today we were pleased to get a generous donation of $500 from the Bridgeport Guardians. Pictured from left are Rosa Correa, CRI’s Director of Strategic Relations; Guardians Vice […]

Thanks to the Rotary Club of Bridgeport Foundation for its generous donation of $500 to Career Resources Inc. to provide backpacks and school supplies for children whose parents participate in our programs! Thanks to the donation, children of  participants in both the Fathers for Life and Jobs First Employment Services (JFES) programs received backpacks, as well as gift […]

The region’s largest Community Career Fair will celebrate its 18th anniversary in 2014 with a new venue and more options than ever for employers and jobseekers. Sponsored by Career Resources Inc. (CRI), in conjunction with the State of Connecticut Department of Labor, The WorkPlace, Housatonic Community College and the Webster Bank Arena, the event will take […]

Career Resources Inc. (CRI)  served up its annual Thanksgiving Dinner Tuesday, offering a full holiday meal and all the trimmings to nearly 150 jobseekers and residents at the CTWorks Center. Congressman Jim Himes and Mayor Bill Finch joined staff from CRI and partners The WorkPlace Inc. and the Connecticut Department of Labor to set up […]

LaQuita Harris of Career Resources’ ReEntry Works Program got a great mention in yesterday’s New Haven Register. Harris and other CRI programs brought 20 clients to an “Open Interview” at a new Little Ceasar’s. The event drew 600 applicants for 45 jobs. In the Register:      Career Resources Inc., a Bridgeport-based nonprofit, teamed up […]

BRIDGEPORT: Career Resources, Inc. is pleased to announce a new branch office offering WIA Portfolio Building Workshops. CTWorks @ the Gary Crooks Memorial Center will open September 12 at 301 Bostwick Avenue, Bridgeport. Regular hours will be Thursdays, 9 am – noon. CTWorks@Gary Crooks will offer Computer lab time for KeyTrain Lessons. Please register in advance at […]