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Low Literacy Resources for Career Advisors - alis
If you offer career planning help to adults with low literacy or English language skills, these resources can help.
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Low Literacy Resources for Career Advisors

If you offer career planning help to adults with low literacy or English language skills, these resources can help.

Career Planning

Our Easy Reading Career Planning Series helps adults reading at a Grade 2 to 3 level with creating a shortlist of jobs to explore.

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Easy Reading Work and You - Book 1: Make Some Job Choices

Step 1: Make some job choices. This easy-to-read workbook will show how your interests and needs will lead you to the right job in Work and You Book 2.
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Easy Reading Work and You - Book 2: Decide on a Job

Step 2: Decide on the right job. Make sure the job options you chose in Work and You Book 1 will fit your life. Learn how to research these jobs, compare them and choose the right one for you.

Work Topics

Get your clients prepared to enter and excel in the workforce with these easy-to-read publications on searching for work and managing life in the workplace. 

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Easy Reading Training for Work
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Job Profiles

These job profiles list the tasks, work environments, and earnings for a variety of jobs suited to adults with low literacy skills.
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Easy Reading Job Profiles

Twenty-three occupational profiles are available in easy-to-read English. Each profile includes personal stories, an online dictionary and information on wages, requirements and working conditions.
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Job Profiles Listed by Occupational Group

Profiles are grouped into 8 occupational clusters developed for the Easy Reading Job Profiles. Use the profiles to help your clients find related occupations.
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Easy Reading Job Profiles: Help for Career Advisors

Support low-literacy clients as they plan their careers. This guide offers tips on using Easy Reading Job Profiles as well as reference charts and information on occupational clusters.
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