Educators and Workforce Development Professionals Work4Women offers strategies and tools to help educators and workforce development professionals, who work on behalf of women and girls, train for, enter and advance in high-wage nontraditional employment. If you are a case manager, teacher, career counselor, employment trainer or support service provider, Work4Women can help you: Introduce Women and Girls to High-wage Nontraditional Occupations Career Options Train Women and Girls for High-wage Nontraditional Occupations Place Women and Girls in High-wage Nontraditional Occupations Support Women's and Girls' Entrance, Retention and Advancement in High-wage Nontraditional Occupations and Training Programs Find Other Resources Available at Work4Women 1. Introduce Women and Girls to High-wage Nontraditional Occupations Career Options These sections provide career information on high-wage nontraditional occupations (NTOs) designed to help women and girls explore high-wage career options that lead to economic self-sufficiency and independence. Visit: Definition of NTOs (Nontraditional Occupations) to understand what are NTOs Benefits and Challenges to learn about the numerous ways women and girls can benefit from NTOs Myths and Facts to learn the realities about women working in NTOs Statistics and Research to review the latest statistics about women and nontraditional work and to learn how to find data to support your efforts to increase women's and girls' access to these career options Occupational Overviews to review profiles of highlighted nontraditional occupations which include a list of typical tasks, training and career advancement paths, earning potential, examples of women working in the field, related employers, unions, books and more Cool Careers for Girls to find career exploration web sites, games, forums, books, and profiles of working women designed especially for girls and young women: Cool Jobs for Girls—overview Cool Jobs for Girls—find careers that match your interests Cool Jobs for Girls—online communities and forums Cool Jobs for Girls—books, magazines, videos, multimedia Cool Jobs for Girls—profiles of women working in cool jobs Presenting NTO Career Options to learn strategies to interest women and girls in high-wage nontraditional careers-including finding and working with role models Assessment Tools to learn how to effectively use common and alternative tools that assess women's employment aptitude and interests so that they can find high-wage nontraditional careers that match their skills and interests Resource Clearinghouse to find books, videos, web sites and other resources that can help you and your participants learn more about NTOs Internet Guide to learn how to help your participants use the Internet to obtain and retain high-wage careers and how to get online for free Multimedia Gallery to find photographs, graphic art, and videos of women working in high-wage nontraditional occupations and interactive games to incorporate in career exploration activities and materials Events Calendar to find upcoming career exploration and professional development workshops, conferences and other events and list your event on Work4Women Virtual Communities to join an electronic mailing list for workforce development professionals to exchange best practices on increasing women's and girls' access to and retention in high-wage careers Return to top 2. Train Women and Girls for High-wage Nontraditional Occupations These sections provide information to help place women and girls in employment training programs for high-wage nontraditional occupations. Visit: Introduction to Training and Apprenticeships to learn about the types of training options for nontraditional employment including Apprenticeships Database of Nontraditional Employment Training Programs to locate training programs for your participants, to network with other trainers and to list your training program on Work4Women Occupational Overviews to review the training path and to link to national training programs for highlighted high-wage jobs Resource Clearinghouse to find and list books, videos, web sites and other resources that can help you train women and girls for high-wage careers Events Calendar to find upcoming training workshops, conferences and other events and list your event on Work4Women Multimedia Gallery to find photographs, graphic art and videos of women working in high-wage nontraditional occupations and instructional games to incorporate in your training presentations and materials Return to top 3. Place Women and Girls in High-wage Nontraditional Occupations These sections provide information to help you place women in high-wage jobs that are considered nontraditional for women. Visit: Occupational Overviews to review highlighted high-wage jobs, their typical tasks, sample career and training paths, earning potential, and more Assessment Tools to learn how to effectively use common and alternative tools that assess women's employment aptitude and interests so that they can find high-wage nontraditional careers that match their skills and interests Finding a High-Wage Job to learn how to how to help women and girls locate high-wage employment including how to: identify jobs that match your interest and skills find high-wage NTO jobs using the Internet prepare a resume interview for an NTO job succeed once on the job Support Services to learn the common barriers that women face when entering NTOs and the national organizations that can refer you to local resources that address these barriers Resource Clearinghouse to find and list books, videos, web sites and other resources that can help women and girls find and enter high-wage nontraditional careers Events Calendar to find upcoming job fairs and other events and to list your event on Work4Women Return to top 4. Support Women's and Girls' Entrance, Retention and Advancement in High-wage Nontraditional Occupations and Training Programs These sections provide information, tools and links to support services and networks that can help your participants enter, remain and advance their new NTO job or training program. Visit: Support Services to learn the common barriers that women entering NTOs and the national organizations that can refer you to local resources that address these barriers Support Groups to connect your participants with other women entering or working in NTOs, list a support group and start a support group Role Models to locate women working in NTOs and to learn how to work with them to provide information and support to other women and girls considering or entering male-dominated fields Virtual Community to connect via electronic mailing list with other workforce development professionals who work on behalf of women and girls, to connect your participants with other women training for and working in NTOs and to receive a free newsletter Speak Up! Speak Out! to link to online forums designed for young women to discuss career development and the challenges of taking male-dominated classes Database of Nontraditional Employment Training Programs to locate training programs for your participants, to connect with other employment trainers, and to list your training program on Work4Women Resource Clearinghouse to find and list books, videos, web sites and other resources that can help you remain in high-wage male-dominated careers Events Calendar to find upcoming training workshops, conferences and other events and to list your event on Work4Women Return to top 5. Find Other Resources Available at Work4Women About Work4Women to learn more about Work4Women and related projects to increase the women's and girls' integration in high-wage nontraditional careers that offer self-sufficiency wages Contact Us to share comments, ask questions and submit information to list on www.Work4Women.org Virtual Communities to join an electronic mailing list for workforce development professionals to exchange best practices on increasing women's and girls' access to and retention in high-wage careers Events Calendar to find upcoming related workshops, conferences and other events Internet Guide to learn how to harness the power of the Internet to recruit, train and retain women workers and members and how to get online for free Return to top     | Home | Contact | Search/Sitemap | User Guides | Events | Internet Guide | Email Lists | Copyright © 1998, Wider Opportunities for Women, All Rights Reserved.