(PCM+)Work Ready Ponca City

Removing Roadblocks to Employment

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Work Ready Ponca City, a division of Work Ready Oklahoma, is a free career readiness program. In Ponca City, Work Ready is facilitated through Pioneer Technology as their host agency. There are currently 22 Work Ready sites across the state. The program began in 2017, with Ponca City’s location opening in 2024. Work Ready Director Dondi Rowe is a wealth of knowledge about the good she and her staff are doing in our community.

Work Ready is geared toward helping individuals 18 and older who are looking for work and ready to invest in themselves. The Work Ready curriculum has been broken down into a free, week-long workshop to teach participants a variety of soft skills. The help Work Ready offers could be for the student who is looking for first-time employment, the stay-at-home parent looking to get back into the workforce or the employee who’s been somewhere for a long time and is looking to make a career change but doesn’t know where to start. If participants need or want further help after the initial workshop, the staff is prepared to continue working with them. Curriculum is available for a second week-long workshop to help further skills and offer more individual attention. Week two is a bonus week that builds on week one skills for those who really want to take themselves to the next level.