Lifetrack in St. Paul

Employment Services

Together, we expand educational horizons and open doors to meaningful career opportunities. Lifetrack works with people with disabilities, immigrants and refugees, and people experiencing poverty to launch and develop careers.

Minnesota has some of the highest disparities in unemployment and poverty rates in the nation. Through career exploration, training, placement, and coaching, Lifetrack helps reduce these disparities. We help people develop the skills and knowledge to overcome barriers, find meaningful work, and move from poverty to self-sufficiency. 

Nationally, job placement and retention rates for Lifetrack programs rank in the top 15% as compared to other community-based employment service agencies, as determined by the National Benchmarking Project. 

Lifetrack’s Employment Services model relies on five key elements that include providing: mentoring supports to build resiliency and confidence, financial skill development, interval job retention supports, motivational interviewing and work-life balance supports.  All of these elements are interwoven into the services provided in these programs, which include:

• Job Training:  Development of hard skills and acquisition of relevant credentials needed for success in high-demand, good-paying careers.  We work closely with area employers to ensure our participants are prepared to meet their needs.
•  Employment Services:  Development of soft skills such as job searching, interviewing, resume-building and related activities needed for finding jobs, as well as one-on-one post-employment supports needed for retaining jobs. 
•  Educational Advancement: Linkage to continuing education programs for High School Diplomas/GED, ESL, and other academic supports
•  Financial Literacy Education:  Group and one-on-one instruction in working with the building blocks of financial security – setting up bank accounts, getting good credit, building savings and working toward financial goals.