Job-Seekers

Job-Seekers may include people at life's transition points, who find themselves without work for this first time due to downsizing, young workers just entering the job market for the first time, individuals with disadvantages due to lack of education, work skills or experience, immigrants, people with a disability who need to engage in work to build their self esteem, gain experience and demonstrate their work ethic to employers and individuals re-entering their communities from a corrections facility.  Referred to Hope Network through local partner agencies, Workforce Development Job Seekers are provided individual and group activities designed to help them: gain the soft skills necessary for successful employment, receive personalized skill assessment, employability skills training, resume writing and interview practice, hands-on occupational specific skills training, job placement and retention support services.  


Our Exodus Program assists individuals with an offending history to find employment and become contributing members of our community. 

The Non-Custodial Parent Program provides non-custodial parents the necessary tools for applying and securing paid employment to help them meet their responsibilities as a parent.

Goals in all of our programs include:
  • Attendance and punctuality
  • Developing improved endurance and stamina
  • Working as part of a team
  • Interactions and social communications skills with co-workers
  • Ability to accept supervision
  • Following and recalling directions
The key to employment success is a supportive work environment that encourages and empowers workers. To answer these needs, we continue to explore and build opportunities that deliver:
 
  • Custodial services - cleaning office space daily, our custodial team has a record of proven performance in such settings as the Gerald R. Ford Museum
     
  • Packaging and co-packaging services to our customer base while operating in compliance with ISO and AIB standards. Our rehabilitation services maintain the highest CARF certification standards.
     





3/10/2010
***Open House March 24, 3-6pm***
Hope Network is proud to announce the Grand Opening of its Career Center located at Hope Network’s 36th street campus at 775 36th Street, in Grand Rapids. 

3/7/2010
The Green Clean Institute proudly awards the Gold level certification to the Hope Network Service Corporation, a provider of janitorial services in the state of Michigan. Current work sites for Hope Network Services Corporation include the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, the GR Ford Federal Building and Court House, the Veterans Outpatient Clinic, the FAA Airport Control Tower and Flight Standards District Office, and the Walker Army Reserve Center.

2/22/2010

Linda Zaziski the Sr. Safety Assessment and Development Specialist at Meijer came to Hope Network for a day to train employees from Hope Network Workforce Development and Hope Network Paris how to become effective trainers of the Super SafeMark Certified Front Line Food Safety & Sanitation Curriculum.