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Workforce Foundations · always free
A practical restart
for work, learning,
and what comes next.
The Life Starter helps unemployed, underemployed, returning, and career-changing adults build the skills and evidence to take a useful next step.
Recommended for ages 16–24 and open to other learners, too. The courses are educational, always free, and available without a job, school, or location requirement.
A useful place to begin
Whether work is the goal—or the next bridge.
You might be between jobs, working fewer hours than you want, returning after time away, changing careers, preparing for training, or trying to make your first work system feel less overwhelming.
Pick one lane, complete the short checks, and leave with something you can use: a plan, a practice file, a question script, or a verified opportunity shortlist.
Choose your starting laneLearn the part
Learn the part
that moves you forward.
Every course starts at zero, uses current public guidance, and ends with a concrete deliverable. You can take one course or work through the full set.
01 · Employability
Show up ready for the work.
Practice the everyday communication, reliability, feedback, and problem-solving habits that help people start strong and keep growing.
New · Work track51 / 60
Video + guided practiceWorkforce foundation 01
Work Ready: Communication and Professionalism
Practice the everyday communication, teamwork, reliability, and problem-solving habits that help a person start strong without pretending one style fits every workplace.
Workplace communicationTeamworkReliability
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New · Work track52 / 60
Video + guided practiceWorkforce foundation 02
Keep the Job: Your First 90 Days
Turn a new job or placement into a manageable first 90 days with clear expectations, early wins, feedback, safety awareness, and a growth plan.
OnboardingPrioritizationFeedback
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02 · Digital literacy
Work confidently online.
Build the baseline digital fluency needed for email, files, shared documents, online forms, meetings, and safer information handling.
New · Digital track53 / 60
Video + guided practiceWorkforce foundation 03
Digital Basics for Work and School
Build the baseline computer, browser, email, file, form, and troubleshooting skills that many work and learning systems quietly assume.
Computer basicsBrowser fluencyEmail
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New · Digital track54 / 60
Video + guided practiceWorkforce foundation 04
Work Online: Email, Documents, Calendars, and Meetings
Practice a product-neutral collaboration stack for email threads, shared documents, calendars, video meetings, handoffs, permissions, and accessibility.
Email threadsShared documentsCalendars
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New · Digital track55 / 60
Video + guided practiceWorkforce foundation 05
Search, Verify, and Submit Information Online
Find trustworthy job and training information, preserve sources and deadlines, complete online submissions, and protect your privacy while doing it.
Search strategySource evaluationApplication workflow
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03 · Academic prep
Get ready to keep learning.
Strengthen reading, writing, study, practical math, and data habits without pretending a short course is a placement test or credential.
New · Work track56 / 60
Video + guided practiceWorkforce foundation 06
Read, Write, and Study for Work and Training
Strengthen the reading, note-taking, source-based writing, study, tutoring, and testing habits that support work and further learning.
Strategic readingNote-takingClear writing
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New · Work track57 / 60
Video + guided practiceWorkforce foundation 07
Practical Math and Data for Work and Training
Use estimation, percentages, ratios, wages, schedules, measurements, charts, and formulas to make everyday work and training decisions.
EstimationRates and percentagesSchedules
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04 · Pathway navigation
Find a path that leads somewhere.
Compare training, public workforce support, apprenticeships, and work-based learning with current information and a backup plan.
New · Work track58 / 60
Video + guided practiceWorkforce foundation 08
Find Training That Leads Somewhere
Verify a specific training provider before you commit time or money: compare adult education, certificates, licenses, college, apprenticeships, and short-term programs by outcome, evidence, time, cost, and support.
Training researchOutcome verificationProgram comparison
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New · Work track59 / 60
Video + guided practiceWorkforce foundation 09
Use the Workforce System: Job Centers and Support
Learn how American Job Centers and public workforce partners may help with job search, training, assessment, and practical support—then build a local contact plan.
Resource navigationIntake preparationSupport mapping
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New · Work track60 / 60
Video + guided practiceWorkforce foundation 10
Registered Apprenticeships and Work-Based Learning
Compare apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, internships, and other work-based learning, then search, verify, and apply with care.
Opportunity searchSponsor verificationApplication planning
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Use it honestlyPractice can open a door.
Practice can open a door.
It cannot guarantee the room.
Accredited coursework, a placement test, legal or financial advice, a job-placement service, or a promise of public benefits.
Rules, program availability, pay, eligibility, deadlines, and outcomes change. Use the linked official source and a qualified local contact before acting.
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