Events
Events are hosted online, at career centers, at SDWP headquarters or at partner locations. Use the filters to narrow event results to best suit your needs. For example, employer events are for businesses and employers, hiring events refer to job fairs and career expos, and job seeker events include trainings, workshops, networking events and more.
A comprehensive course to help set a direction for your career.
- Connecting Interests with Careers (Recommended to take first)
- Online Career Exploration
- San Diego’s Priority Sectors & Priority Jobs
- Essential Skills for Workplace Success
- Job Quality
- Planning Career Pathways (Recommended to take last)
Workshops that teach the “how-to” of getting a job.
A comprehensive course to help set a direction for your career.
- Connecting Interests with Careers (Recommended to take first)
- Online Career Exploration
- San Diego’s Priority Sectors & Priority Jobs
- Essential Skills for Workplace Success
- Job Quality
- Planning Career Pathways (Recommended to take last)
Workshops that teach the “how-to” of getting a job.
Other than our events and workshops, the SDWP career centers are closed the last Thursday of every month. Our Metro and South Bay locations remain open, but you will not be able to access services from the San Diego Workforce Partnership.
Featured
Using Technology for Career Learning (Metro)
This in-person workshop will be tailored to the needs of the participants, and could cover anything from the basics of how to turn on a computer, to setting up an email address. All sessions will show participants how to use the various online learning resources provided by the Workforce Partnership.
Learning Drop-in Hour (Metro)
Drop-in hours are available for you to meet with a Workforce Partnership learning team member to help you find the answers you are looking for. These sessions are flexible to cover what you need.
Virtual Understanding Credit Reports and Scores
Learn four easy steps to establish excellent credit regardless of the current credit situation.
Job Quality—Evaluating Wages, Benefits and Opportunities
This course will explore questions like: What does it mean to have a quality job? How does that differ for each person and how can it change over the course of your life?
In-Person Resume Building (Metro)
Learn how to build professional, attention-grabbing resumes from the employer’s perspective. Apply expert principles to present your value and showcase key skills by using examples of results and accomplishments.
Learning Drop-in Hour (Metro)
Drop-in hours are available for you to meet with a Workforce Partnership learning team member to help you find the answers you are looking for. These sessions are flexible to cover what you need.
Networking Strategies
Learn how to build and extend your network by using informational interviewing and the power of the 2nd connection to continue your job search momentum.
Virtual Cover Letter Building
Explore the steps to create impressive and attention-getting cover letters that employers want to read! Then learn to distinguish yourself by sending a "thank you" letter that will give you a competitive edge in the hiring process.
Connecting Interests with Careers
Engage with materials and participants as you explore your interests and learn to use them to recognize fulfilling career opportunities. Learn the language of the RIASEC framework, which can give you insights into careers you may not know much about.
In-Person Resume Building (El Cajon)
Learn how to build professional, attention-grabbing resumes from the employer’s perspective. Apply expert principles to present your value and showcase key skills by using examples of results and accomplishments.
Learning Drop-in Hour (El Cajon)
Drop-in hours are available for you to meet with a Workforce Partnership learning team member to help you find the answers you are looking for. These sessions are flexible to cover what you need.
In-Person Resume Building (Escondido)
Learn how to build professional, attention-grabbing resumes from the employer’s perspective. Apply expert principles to present your value and showcase key skills by using examples of results and accomplishments.
Learning Drop-in Hour (Escondido)
Drop-in hours are available for you to meet with a Workforce Partnership learning team member to help you find the answers you are looking for. These sessions are flexible to cover what you need.
San Diego Priority Sectors and Priority Jobs
Learn about the thriving sectors and jobs that offer sustainable wages and career growth opportunities.
In-Person Job Interview Preparation (Metro)
Interviews are where preparation and opportunity meet. Gain confidence by knowing how to communicate your value effectively and identify potential gains and pitfalls when answering different types of interview questions.
Learning Drop-in Hour (Metro)
Drop-in hours are available for you to meet with a Workforce Partnership learning team member to help you find the answers you are looking for. These sessions are flexible to cover what you need.
Virtual Understanding Credit Reports and Scores
Learn four easy steps to establish excellent credit regardless of the current credit situation.
Virtual Resume Building
Learn how to build professional, attention-grabbing resumes from the employer’s perspective. Apply expert principles to present your value and showcase key skills by using examples of results and accomplishments.
Essential Skills for Workplace Success
Learn what the employer-driven essential skills are, practice them and get introduced to a tool to keep them front of mind.
In-Person Job Interview Preparation (El Cajon)
Interviews are where preparation and opportunity meet. Gain confidence by knowing how to communicate your value effectively and identify potential gains and pitfalls when answering different types of interview questions.
Learning Drop-in Hour (El Cajon)
Drop-in hours are available for you to meet with a Workforce Partnership learning team member to help you find the answers you are looking for. These sessions are flexible to cover what you need.
Learning Drop-in Hour (Oceanside)
Drop-in hours are available for you to meet with a Workforce Partnership learning team member to help you find the answers you are looking for. These sessions are flexible to cover what you need.
Virtual: Preparing for Job Interviews
Interviews are where preparation and opportunity meet. Gain confidence by knowing how to communicate your value effectively and identify potential gains and pitfalls when answering different types of interview questions.
In-Person Cover Letter Building (Metro)
Explore the steps to create impressive and attention-getting cover letters that employers want to read! Then learn to distinguish yourself by sending a "thank you" letter that will give you a competitive edge in the hiring process.
Learning Drop-in Hour (Metro)
Drop-in hours are available for you to meet with a Workforce Partnership learning team member to help you find the answers you are looking for. These sessions are flexible to cover what you need.
Virtual Dangers of Credit and Debt
Learn some of the most effective ways to eliminate debt if you ever find yourself in debt.
UC San Diego Extended Studies and Google Career Certificates Info Session
Join us for a short presentation and Q&A about the UC San Diego Extended Studies & Google Career Certificates program.
Online Career Exploration
Explore online tools like Career Coach that can help you learn more about careers you may be interested in—including those you may have never heard of before.
Job Quality—Evaluating Wages, Benefits and Opportunities
This course will explore questions like: What does it mean to have a quality job? How does that differ for each person and how can it change over the course of your life?
Connecting Interests with Careers
Engage with materials and participants as you explore your interests and learn to use them to recognize fulfilling career opportunities. Learn the language of the RIASEC framework, which can give you insights into careers you may not know much about.
In-Person Resume Building (Escondido)
Learn how to build professional, attention-grabbing resumes from the employer’s perspective. Apply expert principles to present your value and showcase key skills by using examples of results and accomplishments.
In-Person Resume Building (Escondido)
Learn how to build professional, attention-grabbing resumes from the employer’s perspective. Apply expert principles to present your value and showcase key skills by using examples of results and accomplishments.
Oceanside Public Library Job Fair
Join us at our free, multi-industry career fair hosted by the San Diego Workforce Partnership and Oceanside Public Library on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.
Learning Drop-in Hour (Escondido)
Drop-in hours are available for you to meet with a Workforce Partnership learning team member to help you find the answers you are looking for. These sessions are flexible to cover what you need.
Planning Career Pathways
What's your next step? This course will help you pull together all of the career exploration you've done so far to set a career goal and make a plan to reach it. This is the sixth session in the six-course
Essential Skills for Workplace Success
Learn what the employer-driven essential skills are, practice them and get introduced to a tool to keep them front of mind.
UC San Diego Extended Studies and Google Career Certificates Info Session
Join us for a short presentation and Q&A about the UC San Diego Extended Studies & Google Career Certificates program.
In-Person Resume Building (El Cajon)
Learn how to build professional, attention-grabbing resumes from the employer’s perspective. Apply expert principles to present your value and showcase key skills by using examples of results and accomplishments.
Learning Drop-in Hour (El Cajon)
Drop-in hours are available for you to meet with a Workforce Partnership learning team member to help you find the answers you are looking for. These sessions are flexible to cover what you need.