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Price 
Location 
Profession 
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Description
$ 1395
Mar 2008
Garland, TX
State Adjuster
Training to be a home insurance adjuster  more... close row
$ 20000
Oct 2007
Scottsdale, AZ
industrial mangement
Pricey week-long management seminar  more... close row
$ 28000
Jan 2008
Pittsburg, PA
Culinary Arts degree, Chef at Resort
Degree in culinary arts  more... close row
$ 525
Feb 2008
Pittsburgh,PA
Software Engineer
Training for specialized software skills  more... close row
$ 8000
May 2007
Mobile, Al
Personal Trainer/ Nutritionist
Training package for personal trainer  more... close row
$ 145
Jan 2008
Howell, MI
sports officiating
Training to become a soccer referee  more... close row
$ 415
Jul 2006
Walnut Creek, CA
Real estate loan processor
Two day loan processor training  more... close row
$ 150
Jun 2007
Chicago, Illinois
Medical transcription
Class to learn medical transcription  more... close row
$ 4804
Apr 2008
Sharon MA
Certified Mobile Electronics Installer
Career training school for certified mobile electronics installer  more... close row
$ 90
Jun 2006
Utica, MI
transcription
Hands on transcription training  more... close row
$ 85
Jan 2007
Clare, MI
nursing aid
Three week nurse's aid training  more... close row
$ 1650
Jul 2006
Salt Lake City, UT
IT Manager
Class for database administrators  more... close row
$ 60
Jun 2006
Orem, UT
Software support technician
Computer programming class for improved job skills  more... close row
$ 300
Mar 2008
Seattle, WA
Drafter
Professional development class for drafting and design  more... close row
$ 960
Nov 2007
Pittsburgh, PA
Corrosion Engineering
Peer review for NACE Certification  more... close row
$ 250
Sep 2009
Hackensack, NJ
legal
All-inclusive package of a resume bank and career training  more... close row
$ 3000
Jan 2009
Los Angeles, CA
Medical Assistant
Career training center helped with medical assistant training  more... close row
$ 60000
May 2008
online
Healthcare management
Financial aid helps offset costs  more... close row
$ 400
Nov 2008
Chicago, IL
Freelance Engineering
A lot to pay for career training, but worth it.  more... close row
$ 323
Jun 2008
richmond, VA
Physical Therapy Aid
Class to become physical therapy aid  more... close row
$ 2300
May 2008
Miami Fl
Floral Designer
Two week floral design training  more... close row
$ 450
Jan 2008
Stanwood, WA
Medical Transcription
Online class to be a medical transcriptionist  more... close row
$ 32000
Jan 2006
FL
Pilot
Full cost of pilot's license  more... close row
$ 1200
Mar 2008
Chicago, IL
Bartending
Bartending as a second career  more... close row
$ 1512
Apr 2008
CARY, NC
Accounting
Helpful online career training  more... close row
$ 300
Jun 2008
Austin,Texas
secretary
14 hours of secretary training  more... close row
$ 335
Oct 2008
Marysville, WA
Drafting
Prep class and certification to advance drafting career  more... close row
$ 25
Aug 2008
Cleveland, Ohio
Business
One month of general career training   more... close row
$ 0
Nov 2007
Denver, CO
Administrative Assistant
Valuable career training  more... close row
$ 0
Apr 2006
Delaware, OH
bookkeeping/accounting/clerical/writing
Free career counseling with food stamp application  more... close row

Description of service

When I lost my job, we lost 2/3 of our income and were in dire straights. We had to apply for food stamps and my parents were helping us to make our mortgage payments. Part of the agreement of being approved for the food stamps was to take career training classes. Both myself and my wife took these classes that were offered for free from the local government office that supplied us with the food stamps. We attended six classes over a two week period at the courthouse classroom. The same instructor taught all six classes. We were trained on specific career goals according to the type of jobs we were looking for. I was looking for a bookkeeping or accounting type job and my wife was looking for a clerical or writing position. The class was both taught as a group exercise where we would be on the computers working and as one on one time to be specific to what your personal career goal was. Each class lasted about two hours.


Review of Service

I have to say that, if possible, I would have paid for this service. I still find it amazing that they offer this service for free (via tax dollars)to people in need of career help. The instructor was very educated on a wide variety of careers and they also had a lot of books and instructional tutorials on the computers to use. I would recommend this type of service to anyone and I really think its great that they MAKE you take these classes in order to get the government help to begin with. It makes you feel like you are earning the help and it really did help me. While they were not able to find me a job on their own (they have local businesses who work with them to place people into jobs), the training did, I feel, help me to get the job I have today.


Tips

Do not be afraid to take a class like this. There were people from all walks of life there, all ages, races, etc. As a 35 year old at the time, I felt sort of dumb being in a classroom again and I was also nervous that I would not do a good job or would not come across as wanting to learn anything because I am shy. This was not the case. If you open your mind up, you will learn a lot and that can only help you in the future.


$ 115000
Jun 2008
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Doctor of Dental Surgery
The $115,000 price tag includes 4 years of in state  more... close row
$ 120
Apr 2009
Los Angeles, CA
Office Technician
Office technician certification and training  more... close row
$ 165
Apr 2009
rochester new york
Administration
Training in Microsoft Excel for administration career  more... close row
$ 1500
Sep 2006
Rochester, NY
Certified Systems Engineer
Inclusive Certified Systems Engineer training  more... close row
$ 1000
Feb 2008
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Engineering
Hard time finding a job, even with a degree  more... close row
$ 250
May 2009
Wichita,ks
Flexographic Print Operator
Training made me more valuable to my company  more... close row
$ 1000
Sep 2007
Cleveland, Ohio
secretary
Career training which was worth the price  more... close row
$ 1658
Aug 2008
Spartanburg, SC
Auto Mechanic
One semester of technical college for auto mechanics  more... close row