King County Jobs Initiative - Resources

• Employment and Training Services
• Support Services for Job Seekers
• Services for Employers
• Workforce Demographics

Employment and Training Services

• Employment Security Department, Washington State
• King County Apprenticeship Program
• The King County Work Training Program offers education and job training for low-income, academically at-risk youth, primarily high school dropouts and teen parents who live in King County outside the City of Seattle.
• King County Dislocated Workers Program
• Seattle Jobs Initiative
• Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County
• S.T.E.P.: Searching for Training and Employment Programs. An on-line guide for job seekers and employers to hundreds of resources for career planning, job search assistance, job skills training, apprenticeships, and self-employment in King and Snohomish Counties.
• STEP links to other Employment and Training Resources
• Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County
• WorkSource Washington

Support Services for Job Seekers

• Department of Social and Health Services, Washington State
• Child Care Resources
• Community Resources On-Line (Crisis Clinic)
• Metro Transit
• United Way of King County
• Washington WorkFirst
• Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition

Services for Employers

• Workforce Development Council

Workforce Demographics

• Unemployment Information Research and Statistics
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Washington Labor Market Information
• Workforce Explorer Washington