Employment Center Now Has Typing Software!

If you feel that you need to improve your typing ability for work, to find work, to write a résumé, or to improve your efficiency with the computer then you should drop into the Employment Center and use our new typing software.

The Employment Center now offers do-it-yourself typing tutorial software on our computers so you can improve your typing skills!  The typing software that we offer is called “Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing® 17” and can help you improve your typing skills in the following ways:
  • Exercise your typing fingers with more than 188 practice lessons and 91 custom lessons.
  • Enjoy 10 entertaining arcade-style games that make practicing fun.
  • Improve your keyboarding speed and accuracy and watch as your typing efficiency and performance increase.

To use the typing tutorials please drop in to the Employment Center during its open hours: Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM.  You must be HIV+ to use the Employment Center.  For more information, please contact Paul Suazo, Employment Program Coordinator, at 303-837-1501 extension 475.

Employment Program Is Now Offering Career Guidance Assessments!

The Employment Program at the Colorado AIDS Project will now be administering the COPSystem, Comprehensive Career Guide, to any and all HIV+ people who are interested in learning more about the kind of work they might be good at or should consider pursuing.

The COPSystem is made up of three parts.  Each of these parts assesses different areas important in planning a career.  The first part, COPS, measures your interests.  The second part, CAPS, measures your abilities in 8 different fields.  Finally, the third part, COPES, measures your vocational values.  The information from all three parts is combined to show you any career areas, or clusters, that you might want to consider when thinking about a career.

The COPSystem can be a valuable tool in planning your career!  You must be HIV+ to access this service.  To learn more or to schedule a time to take the assessments, please contact Paul Suazo, Employment Program Coordinator, at 303-837-1501 extension 475.

New Life Skills Workshops

The Employment Program is excited to announce the beginning of a Life Skills Workshop Series!  Each workshop will meet from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM and will include free lunch! 

This workshop series will focus on the skills that many people need in order to find, maintain, or continue employment.  The series will consist of 8 weekly workshops.  A different topic will be covered during each weekly workshop.  The following is a list of the 8 weekly topics:
  1. Application and Résumé Writing
  2. Interviewing Skills
  3. Communication (and Telephone) Skills
  4. Time Management
  5. Money Management (Budgeting and Protecting Your Money)
  6. Stress Management (in the workplace)
  7. Anger Management (in the workplace)
  8. Conflict Resolution (in the workplace)

Remember that these workshops will be on Fridays and continue each week for the following 8 weeks.  The series will be offered 4 times per year, once each quarter.  All of the topics will focus on the skills and information needed to participate in the world of work.  You must be HIV+ to participate in the workshops.

We will provide a free lunch since the classes will be during the lunch hour (11:30 AM to 1:00 PM.) Also, incentives will be given to those participants who complete a certain number of the workshops!

For more information or to register for these classes, please contact Paul Suazo, Employment Program Coordinator, at 303-837-1501 extension 475.

For more information on Colorado AIDS Project's Employment Program, contact Paul Suazo at 303.837.0166 or click here to send an email.

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