You’ll be asked to consider a lot of things when trying to select the training or education program that will form the foundation of your career—cost, time, requirements, commitments and more are what you should consider when choosing a specific program. But the most basic thing, whether you’re going to be trained for the right career type, can be harder to know. So how do you know which is the best option?
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It’s never too late to take a self assessment and personality test. They offer questions about our likes, dislikes and needs. The answers can help us rediscover what we want to be as adults.
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Brian Miller persevered through a difficult, challenging youth and turned his life around with hard work and help from Goodwill.
If you’ve ever wanted to live like royalty, here’s your chance: Channel your inner King Midas when you turn your Goodwill finds to gold! Here’s what a few bloggers are doing with their gilded Goodwill find.
Personal experiences help shape people into the future advocates for change. Read how people are sharing their stories to be the change they want to see in the world.
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Maybe you’ve seen the ads on TV, or while you’re out and about: Financial consulting, investment services, portfolio management, etc. It can sound impossible even to a person with a relatively comfortable middle-class income! Those services, though, can extend to anybody, as can the practices of smart money management and building a more secure financial future. Here are a few simple things that you can do.
Neuroscience research indicates that being excluded from a group triggers activity in the same regions of the brain associated with physical pain. What’s more is that even people who consider ourselves as champions of diversity and inclusion also exclude. We readily justify. Our justifications sound reasonable. Yet, when we look closely, these justifications reveal unconscious biases that come from a lifetime of conditioning.
Most application questions are pretty straightforward, but there are a few boxes where your answers might make the difference between your application moving forward or getting tossed out. Below are some tips for how to navigate the trickier application sections.
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Bandanas are a classic summertime accessory and since they’re most often red, white, or blue, they really steal the show around the 4th of July. This very versatile adornment frequently makes its way onto thrift store shelves, so why not stock up now that summer is in full swing? Here are a few ideas for spicing up a summertime look with bandanas…
Goodwill spends "Tech Week" celebrating the successes from the Careers in Technology program and working to find innovative ways to bridge the skills gap in IT with the first Goodwill CareerTECH IT Incubator.
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