Employment

Organizations

Centerforce

• Programs for adults with disabilities
• Ph: (253) 584-1001

Department of Vocational Rehabilitation

For those who need assistance getting a job may need rehabilitation and/or accommodations to work.

• Website
• Ph: (800) 637-5627
• TTY: (253) 593-5942

Goodwill Industries

• Tacoma Job Resource Room
• Ph: (253) 573-6577

L'Arche Tahoma Hope

Provides adults with developmental disabilities sheltered employment. Employment opportunities include working in a greenhouse, on four acres of flower fields or in a large craft room and dried flower shop.

• Ph: (253) 537-7871

Orion Industries

Provides work skills training at a manufacturing site for persons with disabilities in vocational rehabilitation.

• Ph: (253) 661-7805

Pierce County Community Connections - Developmental Disabilities

• Ph: (253)798-4400

Pierce County Human Resources Department Job Line

• Ph: (253) 798-7466

SBA (U.S. Small Business Administration)

• Ph: (206) 553-7310

SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives / Tacoma)

• Ph: (253) 680-7770

City of Tacoma Human Resources Department

• Ph: (253) 591-5400

Tacoma Urban League

• Ph: (253) 383-2006

Tahoma Associates – HMC

• Employment training and supports
• Provides employment opportunities to adults with developmental disabilities
• Ph: (253) 627-7980

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Regional Office

Employment office helps eligible veterans find jobs by providing free job counseling, testing, placement services, and job training.

• Ph: (800) 827-1000

Vadis

Provides training and employment assistance to people with disabilities, both youth and adults
Vadis provides a variety of resources depending on need or disability

• Ph: (253) 863-5173 ext 0

VIEW - Veterans Independent Enterprises of Washington

Vocational Rehabilitation and Transitional Services

• Ph: (253) 922-5650

Washington State Department of Labor And Industries

Apprenticeship combines classroom studies with on-the-job training supervised by a journey-level craft person or trade professional.

• Ph: (509) 886-6500

Washington State Department of Personnel

• Ph: (360) 664-1960

Washington Women's Employment & Education

• Has a job readiness training program
• Participants are asked to come in and do an intake on Wednesdays or Fridays
• This program includes Microsoft Office 2007 training classes in Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook and Access
• The Life Skills are 35 hours long sets and include resume writing, setting work and personal boundaries and mock interviews
• Community jobs and community service programs are available in non-profit programs to gain experience for resume building
• Typing skills must be 25 wpm
• Computers are available for practice
• Ph: (253) 474-9933
• Website

Work Source Pierce

• A division within Employment Security
• Tacoma office: 1305 Tacoma Avenue S
• Lakewood office: 5712 Main Street
• Training benefits, workshop re: Dislocated worker
• Website
• Microsoft eLearning classes offered
• Ph: (253) 593-7300

Other Employment Resources

These resources provide services to all ages.