Career Development

We are your job source connection

Through our Career Development department, we provide comprehensive job training and skills development to help people find meaningful, lasting work. We understand the challenges of a changing job market and offer support to families as they navigate these changes, aiming to promote self-sufficiency and sustainable employment.

We assist our participants in achieving self-sufficiency and finding meaningful and sustainable employment as they progress through lifestyle changes. We have training services that include interpersonal communication and life-skills development, job-placement and career coaching, and improving vocational and/or academic performance. We provide individual support services for vocational development and apprenticeships, child care, employment placement and referrals, career and job counseling, recruitment services for partner organizations, and a full-service career development center.

Supported Employment Programs provide job seekers the opportunity to gain job experience, develop skills and improve their employability. Learn while you earn with support from a Workforce Development Coordinator, every step of the way.

Supported Employment Programs available

Apprenticeship – combine classroom instruction with on-the-job training to help you develop skills and knowledge for a new career.
Job Placement (SWE) – Earn a paycheck while you receive basic job training. Let us connect you with an employer that will teach you how to fulfill a role at their company. This is a great way to get your foot in the door or provide additional support services and technical training to participants who have limited work experience.

CIRI Tribal Higher Education Scholarship: We have scholarship opportunities aimed at degree-seeking students who are CIRI shareholders or descendants. Scholarships are managed by CITC’s Career Development program.

Training Scholarships & Grants: CITC also offers scholarships and grants to help pay for vocational training or for degree seeking students to meet your academic and career goals. The scholarships provide training and development opportunities for eligible students pursuing higher education for both degree seeking and vocational training students.

Popular fields of interest:

Health care
Business Administration
Retail
Auto Mechanics
Industrial Waste
Commercial Driving
Travel & Tourism
Cosmetology
Oil & Gas
Information Technology
Maritime

Adults can refresh their academic skills and work toward earning a General Education Diploma (GED) or other vocational pursuits.

Once an individual successfully completes Adult Basic Education classes, they are able to enroll into GED preparation services to obtain their GED, which will expand educational and employment opportunities.

Located on the first floor of our Nat’uh Service Center, our Alaska’s People’s Career Center provides access to a network of employment and training opportunities and professional development tools, including computers, fax and scan services, online development training, career assessment, job-search assistance, and employment support.

Career counselors assist individuals in developing professional goals and provide resume support, interview coaching, and connections to job openings and training resources.

We are a full-service Tribal career and employment center and offer support and resources to job seekers at all stages of their career development. Job seekers will partner with CITC’s Workforce Development Coordinators to help guide you in your employment journey. The Workforce Development Coordinator will help you make informed decisions about your education, training and/or career choice, as well as helping you to find a job and progress through your career.

Supportive Services are based on individual need as well as financial situation and available funding; includes services and items needed to prepare you for training and employment such as work or interview clothing, personal hygiene items, tools, equipment, licenses, testing and registration fees, union dues, transportation assistance, referrals,. Other support services may be provided based on need to achieve goals identified in your personal development plan.

Lifeskills and Workplace Competencies workshops are held in both group and individual settings and cover a wide variety of topics to help people better understand their own strengths and enhance their ability to get and keep meaningful employment. Workshops are open to any individual registered with CITC. Contact CD@citci.org or speak with your case manager to learn more and register.

Employment Topics include but are not limited to:

Resume Workshop
Variance Workshop
Interview Workshop
Avoiding Fired on an application
Job Listening Buzzwords
Dress for success
Career Exploration: How much does that job pay?
Brand your story

Life Skills Topics include but are not limited to:

Digital Literacy
Communication
Money Management
Healthy Relationships
Parenting
Nutrition
Rural to Urban: Culture Shock
- Safety-trafficking awareness
- Employment difference
- Obtaining housing
  - Alaska Landlord and Tenant Protections
  - Housing Security Deposits
- How to navigate the bus systems

Alaska Native Hire is an easy-to-use online forum that brings together job seekers and employers. The site allows individuals to create a profile highlighting specific experience, skills, education, and employment history, while employers have the ability to search the database for the specific skills to fill vacant positions.

For job seekers, this is a website where the jobs find you, and for employers, Alaska Native Hire is a powerful tool to help meet your local hire needs.

The Disability Employments Services Program helps Alaska Native/ American Indian participants who live with a disability with obtaining and maintain employment that works within their scope of abilities.

We have multiple grants to assist individuals in pursuing training to increase employment opportunities in various industries that include transportation, construction, automotive, welding, administration, health care, information technology, maritime and more.

For more information or to apply for any training grants and scholarships, contact our Career Development team at CD@citci.org.

Note: Career Development Eligibility must be completed prior to applying for Vocational Training Grants Program.