WORKFORCE EDUCATION

http://www.itsessential.ca/itsessential/display_page.asp
"On the Job: ESL and Essential Skills for Work"

http://www.workbase.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=462
"Job Profiles - Literacy in the Workplace"

http://www.valrc.org/publications/buildingbasics/
Building Basic multi-level curriculum for building, landscape, plumbing trades through the Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus/embeddedlearning
"Embedded Learning Portal" - Skills for Life - A variety of work-related basic skills curricula that are embedded in a functional context of job areas in specific industry clusters

http://www.nhlink.net/employme/workhow1.htm
"How to find a job" - Neighborhood Link - The Best Links to Information and Resources for the People of Cleveland, Ohio.

http://www.acinet.org/acinet/videos.asp?id=27,&nodeid=27

Videos from http://www.acinet.org/ - "America's Career Infonet"

http://esl.about.com/od/businessreading/a/present_tips.htm
A business reading site.

http://www.workingforamerica.org/documents/PDF/GTW50704.pdf
Getting to Work

http://www.valrc.org/publications/buildingbasics
Building Basics: ESOL Toolkit for General Construction, Landscaping, Painting, and Plumbing

www.caalusa.org
Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy

TORCHLIGHTS IN ESL: Five Community College Profiles.

PASSING THE TORCH: Strategies for Innovation in Community College ESL

http://slincs.coe.utk.edu/gtelab/find.html
The Workforce Education LAB (Learning Activities Bank) is an interactive resource of work-related basic skills lessons for use by instructors in the workplace or in traditional adult education programs and by adult learners.

http://cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=stories&topicID=1
Stories from workers, with text and audio.

http://www.careervoyages.gov/
A good Workplace Education site with info for finding a job, career planning. Includes videos on various occupations.

http://gudorf.net/bf/workforce.htm
Basic Skills and Workforce Education classroom materials for ABE

https://www.owens.edu/workforce_cs/WorkplaceEducationGuide.pdf

http://literacy.kent.edu/salt_fork/
Workplace Module Development Workshop

www.careeronestop.org/
One Stop Career Centers offer a variety of services for adult students seeking employment.

www.livecareer.com/?ref=22
This site has a free career test that recommends fields of work.

www.myfuture.com/toolbox/workinterest.html
This site has a Work Interest Quiz to help students find the type of job best-suited for themselves. There is also help in resume writing and interviewing.