NORTH AMERICA
Our first North American WORK 4 A LIVING center was started in Wichita, Kansas, followed by a second center in Carson, California last year.
We help young professionals who are looking for a career to find work, develop skills, perform job searches, start businesses, and connect with employers. Our facilitators are experienced, empathetic professionals who have helped thousands of job seekers attain the resources and develop the skill sets needed to get a job, keep a job, and get promoted.
We also partner with others in the community such as churches, relief groups, development groups and state agencies, to provide our services to the marginalized: human-trafficking victims, foster kids and returning citizens, to mention a few. We collaborate with like-minded organizations to address adaptive challenges that people face, in order to give them the best opportunities.
In addition, WORK 4 A LIVING partners with employers to develop their labor force. With an emphasis on excellence, financial literacy, work ethic and character, we increase employee retention.
WORK 4 A LIVING is a game changer.
W4AL tackles the deep causes behind the issues of poor work ethic, entitled attitudes, apathy towards excellence, lack of common courtesy, and even personal life skills such as poor financial management. Focusing on worldviews and habits that shape us in turn develop the person as a whole, not just their work-place responsibilities.
JOB SEEKERS
When you choose WORK 4 A LIVING, you will be immersed into a dynamic set of customized workshops that will address whatever career challenges you are facing, connect you to resources across the community and introduce you to new opportunities.
Our facilitators will guide you:
- To assess your strengths & areas of growth
- Identify ambitions & challenges
- How to find the right opportunity
- Get your foot in the door
- Continually grow in your career
- Create and achieve financial benchmarks through planning and understanding the financial system (including predatory lending, getting out of debt, banking, etc.)
- How to work in such a way to get promoted
- Thinking like an owner
- Professionalism best practices
- How to become so valuable your employer won’t want to lose you!
The thing I took away most of the program, was the difference between what I THOUGHT made for a good employee; and created value for myself within a company… and what employers are ACTUALLY seeking when trying to find a valuable team member.
OUR MISSION FOR NON-PROFITS
As a faith-based organization, WORK 4 A LIVING is innovating the non-profit world through creative partnerships with business, education, manufacturing, church, and more!
What we offer Non-profits
Over 12 business days, 4 hours a day we cover the following:
- Workplace habits
- Colleague engagement
- Management style
- Financial literacy training
- Resume development
- Character training
- Job-readiness preparation
- Interviewing best practices training
- Communication (verbal & non) role-playing
- Professionalism workshop
- Work ethic workshops
- Ethics training
- Goals
- Strengths & weaknesses assessments
- Core motivations
EMPLOYERS HIRING
We are a recruitment agency with on-board staffing solutions
Click on the link below to learn more about our solution for employers who are looking for excellent and motivated employees.
I have had the pleasure of opening a Work 4 A Living center in Wichita, Kansas. It is incredible! We have seen a murderer, business owner, sex offender, the homeless, rapper, new age, and country folk come through our center since October and are gainfully employed, reconciliation between an intern and his previous employer, and so much more.
This program – when done right – draws out true identity and empowers people to occupy places that give them influence to bring change to their homes, workplace, and community at large. The employers I work with love it because it saves them thousands and opens their culture to be filled with people who embody excellence in the workplace. It is a fantastic partnership. – Austin Smith
NORTH AMERICA CENTERS
International Director: Ena Richards
Email: ena@work4aliving.org
| Country | Area | Person | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Atlanta, Georgia | Ena Richards | +1 678 628 1017 | ena@work4aliving.org |
| USA | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Diane Menno | +1 267 342 2128 | diane@work4aliving.org |
| USA | Portland, Oregon | Mark Dunbar | +1 503 278 7304 | mark@work4aliving.org |