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Don’t Wait: Now is the Time to Advance Your Career

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Not working? You are not alone: more than 26 million Americans have applied for unemployment over the past five weeks. Don’t wait; now is the time to assess your skills and learn new ones.

First, you can assess your skills and determine what you want to learn. A new tool from Emsi called SkillsMatch can help you do just that.

Through this no-cost-to-you tool, you can:

  • Catalog the skills you already have.
  • Identify new skills you want to learn.
  • Discover free courses that will support your goals.

In addition to the courses identified by SkillsMatch, Goodwill has a breadth of resources available to help you skill up for better jobs today or in the future. If you’re ready to start the job search now, head over to Indeed to build your online résumé, easily apply to jobs and get found by employers.

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