What We Do
Workforce Support
Do you want to develop new job skills and improve your career?
WORKFORCE WORKSHOPS​
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CARECEN's workforce support program offers 32 workforce development workshops each year for all job seekers. These workshops cover a wide variety of useful topics, such as:
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Resume writing
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Interview techniques
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Workers' legal rights
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Essential workplace English
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PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS
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CARECEN has partnered with the Office for New Americans to offer our Professional Pathways program. This program assists highly-skilled immigrants in obtaining job placement in their fields. Professional Pathways offers individualized job coaching, job upskilling opportunities, and job seeking strategies to job seekers who:
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Reside in New York State
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Have lived in the United States for less than 10 years
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Have a degree, certificate, or professional experience from their country of origin
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Have work authorization in the United States
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Meet Our Job Coach
Leslie Pérez
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Leslie is a native Long Islander of Puerto Rican descent. Much of her experience has been in the non-profit sector, and she is honored to be a part of the great team at CARECEN that contributes so much to the welfare of immigrants. Leslie lives in Holbrook with her husband, three teenage children and three crazy dogs.