Your Career Center: Working Wednesdays, One-on-One Coaching, and the Career Corner

Office of Workforce Development & Career Services

Sep 15

2 min read

Updated: Sep 15

Most people know the Urban League runs job programs. Fewer know there is a team you can simply reach out to with a question about your career. That is the Career Center, and this month is a good time to get to know it.

What the Career Center is

The Career Center is the Office of Workforce Development's front door to the community. It is where a job seeker gets a resume rebuilt, a returning citizen gets reentry employment support, a career changer gets coached through a pivot, and a young professional finds out which certification is worth the time. It is open to job seekers across Greater Philadelphia.

Working Wednesdays

The heart of the Career Center is Working Wednesday, the department's biweekly programming built around the things that actually move a job search:

Career coaching and workforce navigation
Resume development and interview preparation
Employer spotlights and live hiring opportunities
Reentry employment support
Connections to community resources and wraparound services

This fall's series launches on Tuesday, September 29, with "What's NExT For Your Career?", an evening for young professionals to socialize and strategize with the Workforce team, hosted with NExT Philadelphia at the Urban League offices on JFK Boulevard from 5:30 to 8:30 PM. Food will be served. Registration is on Eventbrite through the Career Corner. Come meet the team, then keep coming back on Working Wednesdays.

The Career Corner

You do not have to wait for a Wednesday. This month the department launched The Career Corner, the official Urban League workforce opportunity bulletin, for a list of more than 3,500 subscribers. Each issue leads with the opportunities closing soonest and links to around 70 live listings: job openings from employers like the City of Philadelphia, PECO, Cigna, and the School District of Philadelphia, plus training cohorts, apprenticeship programs, hiring events, and financial empowerment resources.

Subscribe to the Career Corner here, or email the Career Center and ask to be added.