Alumni Services
Your connection to Goodskills Career Builder doesn't end with graduation. It continues for three years!
Stay in Touch With Your Career Coach
Your career coach serves as a central point of contact to help you achieve your career goals, they can:
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Help you problem-solve challenges at work
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Connect you with the community resources you need to be successful at work
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Help address barriers that make work life challenging
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Can inform you of upcoming onsite monthly job fairs at our locations in Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Jamestown
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Can connect you with volunteer opportunities to help you stay in touch with fellow participants, share your work experiences and build new skills
Take the Surveys
Our team will help identify and evaluate ongoing career needs. Questionnaires will be emailed to you at 3, 6, and 12 months after you complete your four weeks of training. Your answers will help ensure that we are doing our job in preparing you for the career of your dreams and helping you succeed at work. Your input will be instrumental in helping us continuously improve Goodskills Career Builder for you and future participants and build programs that will be beneficial to you and other alumni.
Be an Ambassador
Do you know someone who is interested in jumpstarting a higher-paying career in Advanced Manufacturing or Tech? Help us spread the word about Goodskills Career Builder by joining our growing number of Ambassadors. Refer an individual to the program. If they enroll and graduate, and we will reward you! Just make sure anyone you refer tells us they heard about Goodskills Career Builder through you!
Stay Connected
LinkedIN: Stay connected with the Goodskills Career Builder team and your fellow participants on LinkedIn for career information and networking opportunities. www.linkedin.com/groups/12742983/
Facebook: Follow Goodwill of Western New York on Facebook for news and updates about Goodskills Career Builder, participants, and alumni.
www.facebook.com/GoodwillWNY/
Web: Use our website to stay up to date on Goodskills Career Builder and the ways we are together making an impact together in Western New York.
www.goodwillwny.org/workforce
Tell Your Story
We like to celebrate our alumni on social media and other platforms to give our audiences real-life examples of the many ways Goodskills Career Builder graduates are putting their training to use and making an impact for their employer and the community. If you have a story that you would like to share with us, click the button below or reach out to your career coach. We are eager to hear it!