Essential Skills Workshop Calendar

Expand your skills with free workshops from WorkSource. These virtual trainings cover a wide range of work and job search related topics. Visit WorkSourceWA.com to sign up!

4/3/23 Monday Managing Change and Your Attitude – Career Edge Module 9-11:30 am

Recognize the power of a positive attitude and firm affirmations, overcome limiting beliefs and negative thoughts and understand how commitment to change influences your future.

Program Integration – Career Edge 12-1 pm

Introduction to Career Edge and how to build your account. Learn how to access new workshops and trainings as well as resources available to increase your job search skills and career search. Gain the advantage in the employment field to come out on top!

4/5/23 Wednesday Dealing with Bullying in the Workplace 9-11:30 am

Build a respectful workplace by gaining strategies to handle a bully or harassment at work. Steps to healing from past encounters included.

Career Edge Modules: Getting to Know Yourself, Managing Change & Your Attitude

4/7/23 Friday Top Skills for Quality Jobs 9-11:30 am

Based on the World Economic Forum’s Job Forecast Report for 2022. There are many soft skills that employers want in their candidates. Learn what the top 5 are for this year.

4/10/23 Monday Learning to Learn and Stress Relief Strategies – Career Edge Module 9-11:30 am

Understand what learning is and how to apply how you perceive and understand information, identify and analyze your own learning style. Understand how emotional intelligence can assist in a long and successful career, evaluate and understand how anxiety and stress can be managed to enhance your performance.

Program Integration – Career Edge 12-1 pm

4/12/23 Wednesday Decoding the Job Posting 9-11:30 am

Understanding what a job description means and the right keywords to use can be overwhelming and frustrating. If you want to know what the employer is really saying, this workshop will help you understand what the role entails and how you can show you are the right candidate!

Career Edge Modules: Best Job Search Strategies

4/14/23 Friday Effective Teamwork 9-11:30 am

Wish everyone would work well together? Update your teamwork skills with new insights on how to be your best. You’ll learn your role in a team and strategies use it to defuse conflict.

Career Edge Modules: Working in Teams, Interpersonal Communication Skills

4/17/23 Monday DEI/Cultural Diversity-Career Edge Module 9-11:30 am

Describe how cultural differences directly affect communication as well as discuss the ways in which gender stereotypes define traditional roles. Analyze how conflict arises by ineffective communication and improve communication by modifying modes of expression.

Program Integration – Career Edge 12-1 pm

Apprenticeship Skilled Trades Workshop 2-4 pm

Day1 – Career Exploration: Learn how to find the right trade for you, prepare for an aptitude test and submit a great application!

Career Edge Modules: Industry Exploration

4/18/23 Tuesday Apprenticeship Skilled Trades Workshop 2-4 pm

Day 2 – Soft Skills and Resume: Learn what the trades are looking for in work ethic and character and how to use them in your resume and interview.

Career Edge Modules: Professional Branding Resume & Cover Letter

4/19/23 Wednesday Coping with Stress during the Job Search 9-11:30 am

No matter your job search scenario, you can overcome job search anxiety and find your path to success by using strategies from this workshop.

Career Edge Modules: Learning to Learn & Stress Relief Strategies

Apprenticeship Skilled Trades Workshop 2-4 pm

Day 3 – Cover Letter and Interview Questions: how to answer interview questions, prepare your portfolio and make a great impression to the apprenticeship selection committee!

Career Edge Modules: Answering Difficult Questions, Professional Branding Resume & Cover Letter, Preparing for the Interview, The Interview Process

4/21/23 Friday Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace 9-11:30 am

Emotional intelligence is highly sought after as the “must have” skill in the workforce. Learn why it’s important to regulate your own emotions and its impact on your work environment. Discover strategies that will improve your emotional intelligence by identifying triggers and confronting false beliefs.

Career Edge Modules: Emotional Intelligence, Critical Thinking, DEI/Cultural Intelligence

4/24/23 Monday Critical Thinking – Career Edge Module 9-11:30 am

Learn strategies to utilize when challenged to think about what you need to do in certain situations and how to reach your goals. Promoting critical thinking and problem solving can assist you in your daily lives and career paths. See how this plays an important part in helping to set goals, understanding your motivations and helping understand what matters most to you.

Program Integration – Career Edge 12-1 pm

4/26/23 Wednesday Achieving Work/Life Balance 9-11:30 am

Our new normal is juggling all things from one place – home. Learn how to organize your day to create a harmonious balance and achieve more without the additional stress.

Career Edge Modules: Planning Your Future

4/28/23 Friday Essentials of Effective Feedback 9-11:30 am

If the thought of feedback unsettles you, then you want to be at this workshop. Learn how to be effective in giving feedback and how the way you receive feedback can propel your career or hold you back.

Career Edge Modules: Interpersonal Communication Skills