For more information:
Call 651-454-2732,
or contact one of Lifeworks' Intake and Referral Coordinators:
Metro Area
Jeanne Eglinton
651-365-3781
jeglinton@lifeworks.org
Mankato Area
Kristi Powers
507-625-7522
kpowers@lifeworks.org
Lifeworks Customized Support
Dawn Thorn
651-365-3742
dthorn@lifeworks.org
Or call your county case manager and ask for a referral to Lifeworks.
Lifeworks Career Development
Lifeworks matches individuals to jobs based on their skills and preferences. We work with more than 250 businesses. In 2007, 667 individuals earned more than $4 million in wages for themselves. Our community-based employment services are CARF accredited.
Find a job that matches your skills and interests
We will help you assess your skills, try a variety of jobs, and choose the one that is right for you.
Learn work and social skills
Your Lifeworks job coach will help you learn your job and become comfortable with your coworkers, and will help them get to know you.
Write a resume
We will help you list your work or volunteer experience in a professional resume so that employers can understand your abilities.
Get the on-the-job support you need
Our job coaches help you learn the job and stay on task. They arrange transportation and help with the details of the workday.
Keep learning when you are between jobs
You can learn to use a computer, work on health and fitness, create art and music, and volunteer in the community. You might deliver food for Meals on Wheels, package food for Feed My Starving Children, sing and play with children at preschools, or sort and deliver books for libraries.
