Youth

PT Job & Career Exploration Sites

America’s Career InfoNet: This is a resource for making informed career decisions. COOL FEATURE: Download video clips about careers, industries, industry groups, abilities, and more.

The Career Key: This is a free service to help you with career choices, career changes, and career planning, job search, and choosing a college major or training program. COOL FEATURE: A free professional career test to measure your skills, abilities, values, interests, and personality. Identify promising jobs and get accurate information about them.

New York State CareerZone: This is a free, career exploration and planning system designed especially for New York State students. COOL FEATURES: Offers assessment tools a password-protected portfolio and detailed job requirements for hundreds of careers.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook: This describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.

Read About.com’s Job Search for Teens article. Topics covered include labor laws and working papers, finding a job, and useful links for finding your first part-time job.

Search for a job at SnagAJob.com It lists more than 50,000 part-time and hourly jobs in all industries across the country, or visit About.com’s list of Teen Job Sites.

Dutchess Youth Career Works, Dutchess County’s Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Program, is run by Family Services Inc.  This year-round program offers services to youth who are not currently in school that are between 17 and 21 years of age.  The purpose of the WIA youth program is to help eligible youth achieve employment success.

Dutchess Youth Career Works counselors will assist youth to either enter post secondary education, training or employment.  Each youth will be partnered up with a case manager who is knowledgable and able to assist youth in accessing housing, child care or transportation as well as services offered by local agencies. The case manager will be there throughout the:

  • Stages of the individual employment plan
  • Completion of a GED
  • Career exploration process including resume writing and interview preparation
  • Individual Training Account for enrollment in a technical college/university for post-secondary education in high demand career areas
  • Completion of Financial Aid forms
  • Networking and introduction of employers and community resources
  • Process of obtaining supportive services from local agencies

There is no cost to participate in the Dutchess Youth Career Works program. The program is offered free to eligible participants.

Dutchess Youth Career Works’ main office is located at the Family Partnership Center in Poughkeepsie at 29 North Hamilton St.

Poughkeepsie office
(845) 452-1110 ext 3130		 Beacon Office
(845) 838-0574 ext 201

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