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Reentry Resource Center - New York

Serving People from Arrest to Reintegration

Finding a Job

Preparing for the Job Search (New York Public Library Connections Guide)

A guide to preparing for your job search as person with a criminal record.

Career One Stop

CareerOneStop.org is a website that enables users to explore career options. Offering information about high-demand, high growth jobs, this website gives the user useful information about what education and training would be required to pursue certain careers. CareerOneStop.org helps the job-seeker by offering a list of hot jobs that can be searched for by state, by degree, or the top 50 in-demand occupations.
While we believe that much of the information maintained on this website will be useful to our members, please keep in mind when utilizing the site that some of the careers recommended may not be accessible to people with criminal records based on statutory barriers facing jobseekers with criminal records.


New York City Employment and Training Coalition Top 100 New York City Workforce Providers

A directory of New York City's top workforce development providers.

The Prime Objective: A Guide to Preparing the Job-Seeking Ex-Offender (NYS Department of Labor)

The Prime Objective is a resource booklet designed to help you as a formerly incarcerated individual with your job search and reintegration into society.

Reentry Law Project: Small Business Toolkit (City Bar Justice Center)
This toolkit published by the City Bar Justice Center is designed to give New Yorkers an overview of legal issues that may come up for persons with criminal convictions who want to start a new business or move forward with a business they already have begun. The toolkit provides explanation of the laws against employment discrimination based on criminal records; provides tips for getting necessary identification documents and applying for certificates of rehabilitation; and sets out steps for planning and starting a business, and for applying for necessary licenses.



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