One of the five most in-demand skills in 2025 will be emotional intelligence, according to a recent Forbes article. Emotional intelligence. The ability to handle and manage your own emotions, as well as understand and effectively deal with the emotions […]
Category Archives: Skills Training
Career catalyst: Adecco employment agency offers free Aspire Academy training program to help temp workers improve their skills
Working for a temporary employment agency may be an excellent way for those in reentry to reenter the workforce. Many agencies are eager and open to hiring those who have been previously incarcerated. And a few, including Adecco, have programs […]
Accenture provides free online courses in its Skills to Succeed Academy
Accenture, a Fortune Global 500 company that specializes in information technology, offers an online training program known as the Skills to Succeed Academy. Its free online courses can help you build the skills and confidence you’ll need to develop a […]
Learn nonviolent communication in a free online course
Developing good communication skills can be a challenge for many people. And it can be even more challenging for those who have been incarcerated and who may not have the past role models and resources that many others rely on. […]
How to build confidence and improve your job search and your life
Confidence is a powerful state of mind that can help you succeed in your job search and beyond. True confidence means having enough faith in yourself and being able to accomplish what you set out to do most of the […]
Effective communication skills can be key to job search success
Soft skills are important skills to have. And none is more important than communication skills In fact, according to ZipRecruiter’s Job Market Recruit Outlook for Grads report, good communication was the top soft skill wanted by employers who listed openings […]
Learn how to be more charismatic from Richard Reid, aka Mr. Charisma
While you may not think of yourself as being charismatic, charisma is a quality that can be developed. And it can be helpful as you search for employment, re-establish relationships after incarceration and live your life.
Learn how to develop soft skills – they can help you get and keep a job
Many people think that the hard skills they’ve developed are what will bring them success on the job. Recent studies, however, suggest that it’s the soft – or people – skills, that may be the key to success. And it […]
Former inmate Alicia Brown develops empowerment program to help those in reentry succeed
Alicia Brown, a former Indiana inmate, is using our book Jails to Jobs: Seven Steps to Becoming Employed as part of an empowerment workshop she’s created to help those in prison succeed when released. She developed her seminar series F.A.N.S […]
Highlighting soft skills can be key to getting a job
Soft skills – the personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with others – may be just as important to performing and keeping a job as the technical or job performance related skills for which people are […]