Considering a career change or starting college? Out of work? Facing a layoff?

You may be elibible for Worker Retraining or Financial Aid.

For more information call 360.442.2311.

Train for a New Career

You may also qualify for special financial aid to train for a new career at LCC. More than 20 high-demand training programs are available to you.

Eligibility involves a variety of factors, but you may qualify if you are:

• Drawing unemployment benefits
• Facing lay-off, or unemployed and have exhausted your benefits
• Self-employed (but have become unemployed because of natural disaster or general economic conditions in your community)
• A displaced homemaker

Our Career and Employment Center staff can help you evaluate your skills and potential; choose a training program; and refine your job search strategy and resume and interview skills. We're located in the LCC Admissions Center. campus map

If you qualify, financial aid is available. Funding varies by individual circumstances, but you may receive help with tuition, books, living expenses; even childcare and transportation. We can help Oregon residents too!

LCC's Worker Retraining staff stand by you all the way, to help you understand the available programs and when to take each step, what paperwork to file, and how to coordinate financial aid, degree progress and unemployment benefits and requirements.

For more information contact the LCC Worker Retraining Coordinator at 360.442.2330.

The Internet is a great way to explore careers, training, employment forecasts, wage data, job descriptions and more.

See which occupations are hot (and not) with the
In-Demand List. From here, you can also research various occupations, vocational and community college programs, wages for any particular occupation, etc.  The site also gives current forecast projections as to whether the focused occupation may be in demand in the future.

Some other great sites:
Occupation Explorer
Eligible Training Providers