Welcome to Avivo’s Office Support Pathway! This class completes a career pathway in office support focused on employment readiness. Using a holistic framework designed to strengthen students’ computer and digital literacy, this class will offer hands-on practice with common computer applications and online platforms. Students will also develop experience adapting verbal and written communication across different career contexts and transferring prior skills and learning through collaboration, self-reflection, and problem-solving. Technical and communicative skills and competency development will also be integrated into explicit employment-readiness activities, including resume development, networking, practice reverse career fair tabling, and mock interviews with employers.
In order to participate in this course, potential students must meet eligibility requirements:
- Have a valid government-issued photo ID and social security card (without restrictions)
- Income must be at 200% of the federal poverty level or lower (we can help determine this)
- Math and reading assessment scores of 7th grade or above
- Committed to finding full-time employment, with the help of a career counselor, following training completion
- Program consists of one course over an 8 week period
- Please contact Brett Sietsma at brett.sietsma@avivomn.org or 612-752-8200
Participants who successfully complete the Office Support Specialist Training Program will receive a Certificate of Completion for the training program. Participants will also have the opportunity to receive the Benchmark Portal Certification in Customer Service. Graduates will be equipped to look for employment in an office support environment (i.e., administrative assistant, receptionist, data entry, file clerk, etc.).
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Provided the participant meets the income eligibility criteria and they provide acceptable ID documentation, there will be no cost to the participant for the training program or for career counseling.