The Refugees and Immigrants Career Services

The Career Development Center helps refugees and immigrants adapt to the U.S. workforce through a variety of culturally-sensitive career services including:

Job Assessment and Counseling

Refugee and Immigrant employment specialists will help asses your job skills, English language proficiency and past work experience, as well as talk with you about how they translate into the U.S. workforce. For those with limited English, referrals to English as a Second Language classes are available.

Culturally-Sensitive Job Readiness Workshops

Culturally-sensitive workshops introduce and prepare refugee and immigrant clients for working in the U.S. These workshops help them understand the American culture and workforce by demonstrating workforce manners and employee interaction. Additionally, resumes and interview skills are developed for specific job openings.

Job Search Assistance

Refugee and Immigrant employment specialists help clients locate job openings, appropriate to their skills, experience and interests.

Additional Immigration Support and Services

As part of a larger agency, The Refugee and Immigrant Development Organization, the CDC has access to a number of additional immigrant services, including:

Consultation and Legal Services including, but not limited to:

Adjustment of status

Visa extension

Tax credit workshops

Citizenship Services including, but not limited to:

Application Review and Filing

Citizenship Classes

Interview Practice

Representation at naturalization interview

The Welcome Center for Refugees, Immigrants & Internationals

Information and Referral Services

connect to any additional information and services you may need, including English as a Second Language Instruction, information about government programs, business advice, financial services, housing and healthcare

FOR EMPLOYERS

CDC helps businesses attract, retain, develop and manage their most important resource - their employees.

CDC's professional staff counsels employers on such issues as finding, hiring, developing, and retaining good employees and planning and implementing successful workforce realignments or reductions.

CDC counselors work with employees at all levels, from entry to upper management, at the workplace or in CDC offices. Programs are designed to meet each company's specific needs, budget, and timetable. CDC works with both individuals and groups. Services may involve one-time consultations, complete career management, or outplacement programs.

Specific services for employers include:

Group and Individual Career Management Counseling

CDC professionals assess careers and skills to promote individual and team performance and professional advancement.

Services include one-on-one assessment and counseling, performance development, goal setting and review, professional coaching and team-building workshops.

Outplacement Services

Outplacement programs help management terminate employees with consistency, fairness, and compassion. Terminated employees are offered career counseling services to help them make the transition to another position more quickly and successfully. In addition, group/individual counseling increases morale and productivity of employees who stay with the company

Recruiting Services

CDC professionals help companies find candidates with the right qualifications, experience, and personal characteristics to fill open positions. CDC professionals can act as recruiters, bringing companies only the top contenders for a position. They also counsel employers who choose to do their own hiring on the fine points of recruitment, including training in efficient methods of interviewing, checking backgrounds and checking references.

Relocation Assistance

Companies who provide families with relocation assistance, not only increase the chances that a relocation offer will be accepted, they also achieve a more positive corporate image, both internally and in the business community.

And, needless to say, employee productivity is increased when an individual is confident that his/her family is receiving professional attention to aid the transition.

The Career Development Center offers comprehensive Relocation Assistance Services to ease the burdens experienced by all family members. From connecting families to reseources to help them choose a neighborhood or school to guiding "trailing" spouses/partners in their job search. The CDC provides specialized programs tailored to the needs of each family. The CDC also has immigrant employment specialists on staff to assist immigrants with a relocation.

Comprehensive Career Assistance Program

CDC will perform a customized combination of the following services for individuals who have a variety of career assistance needs. And these services are offered remotely or on-site.

Job Search - CDC will provide comprehensive job search services, including skills assessment and/or aptitude testing, local job market research, identification of professional contacts, and training in resume development and interviewing.

Counseling - CDC will provide supportive counseling to facilitate the transition to the new community. We also will provide referrals to community services and other information tailored to the specific needs of the candidate and the spouse/partner.

On-site Services - CDC will provide all case management services, including initial needs assessment (this can be done remotely), periodic evaluations and final reports. All direct services will be provided by career development professionals in the destination city, upon referral by the CDC.