From Goodwill Industries International:
Build Career Onramps for People Who Want to Work:
Fund Transitional Jobs Opportunities
What Are Transitional Jobs?
When you’re repairing your credit, you can turn to a credit counselor. When you need to build or rebuild your work history, where do you turn? What do you do if you can’t get a job right after graduation? How can you escape homelessness or drug or alcohol dependency and become a contributing citizen? In troubled times, access to the right employment opportunities can prepare you for career success.
Most of us know the job search experience. The bills don’t go away — student loans, rent, and just the costs of living – they all add up. What if you had the chance to prosper through employment opportunities that paid your bills AND helped you develop the skills and experience?
Creating a nationwide transitional job programs could to do just that.
Who Wins with Transitional Jobs?
Anyone who wants a good career but doesn't have the skills or experience to obtain full-time employment can benefit from a transitional job opportunity. Recent college graduates, people who are long-term unemployed, at-risk youth, homeless veterans and individuals with criminal backgrounds can all benefit from transitional jobs to launch their careers and become strong, contributing members of their communities.
Goodwill's Idea for Opportunity
Goodwill Industries International encourages legislation and federal funding for short-term paid employment opportunities that combine skill development and supportive services to help steer individuals quickly into the labor market. Transitional jobs provide career onramps that nurture individuals who need the opportunity to develop their talents and become tax-paying citizens.
As the country’s leading nonprofit provider of job training and employment placement services, the network of Goodwills in communities across the U.S. would play a vital role in making this concept a reality for people who need it most. We can’t do it alone. Local businesses are needed to hire individuals who complete their training and obtain work experience in their transitional jobs. Public services, including transportation, childcare, health care and family services, are needed during transitional and full-time employment, while workers and their families build their resources and establish their economic foundation.
Everyone needs an opportunity to work, learn and thrive. Let’s build onramps to career success. Let’s fund transitional jobs.
