For years, the Peer Support Network has been meeting regularly for coffee. It’s a chance for members to catch up, talk through their challenges, and exchange ideas about how to find support for their continued recovery. They also got together for fun activities, like scavenger...
Now it’s easier than ever to promote your job skills to potential employers — with digital badges on AlaskaNativeHire.com....
Sober events like a concert held on January 28 help individuals in recovery find a no-pressure social outlet...
“One phone call made my dream come true.” Charity Jasper has always wanted to open her own coffee shop. With CITC’s Barista Apprenticeship Program, she’s several steps closer to realizing her dream. Charity Jasper makes a latte at the Coho Cup Cafe. Charity is now a...
Laid off from her job, with no clear vision of what she wanted next, Payge Panamarioff found inspiration — and connection to her culture — at CITC “I honestly didn’t have a plan straight out of high school,” said Payge Panamarioff. “Just going straight into the...
"I should just kill you." Those were the words that followed Jamie as she left her home. She had taken her children to stay with her sister many times before, in an effort to give her husband space to cool off. But something was different this...
CITC and the Department of Corrections collaborate on a project that identifies gaps in services for pregnant women in the prison system Sue Clum (right) was one of five formerly incarcerated women who participated in an advisory group to inform a new planning report on the...
Do you have a big job interview coming up? Fewer and fewer job-seekers are actually showing up at an office, dressed to impressed, armed with a resume, for an in-person interview. Thanks to our changing world, virtual interviews are the new normal. Put your best foot...
How can a paper cup and a spatula help you dazzle potential employers at your next interview? Alaska’s People has the answer – along with other tips and tricks to land the job you want. Workforce Development Coordinator Nathan Starbard (left) prepares a job-seeker for a...
Apprenticeship and Internship Manager Tiara McDougal meets with Apprentice Tayler Higgins. It’s a well-trod path: You graduate high school. You go to college. Maybe you get an internship. And then you find a job and start your career. But it doesn’t have to be that way, pointed...