RISE - Pennsylvania Women Work

RISE—Refugee and Immigrant Services for Employment

Translating global education and experience into local opportunities

Are you an immigrant, a refugee or an asylee?
Do you need help finding a job, or continuing your career here in the United States?

Pennsylvania Women Work has helped over 55,000 people find better work. We offer FREE, individualized career services for immigrants, including new citizens, regardless of how long you have been in the country.

RISE (Refugee and Immigrant Services for Employment) can help you transfer your experience, education, and job credentials and find better jobs in your desired field of employment. We also help job seekers adapt to the culture of the American workplace. The result: Job seekers gain access to a better career path, a higher level of employment, and better pay.

If you are:

Legally authorized to continue your career in the United States
Able to speak and write English well enough to be ready for a job
Trained in a professional skill, or hold a certification or a university degree

If you want:

Introductions to local employers, recruiters and other professionals within your desired field of employment
Access to free services that can help you resolve obstacles like transportation and childcare
Help transferring your educational and work-related credentials to the American workplace

Our RISE program provides:

Free, individualized career services
Help creating a professional resume
Help transferring professional and educational credentials
Cultural advice for the American workplace
Access to our large online database of learning resources: templates for resumes and cover letters, training modules on how to have a successful job interview, and much more!

These and other services are open to everyone. To learn more, call us today!

More information

To learn more about our free career services, contact Senior Program Manager
Sandra Marsh-McClain at
(412) 742-4364 or
smmcclain@pawomenwork.org.

Or, visit us at:
Pennsylvania Women Work
Centre City Tower
650 Smithfield Street, Suite 520, Pittsburgh PA 15222

RISE is supported in part by Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation, Inc.

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