Resources for Your Career Journey

Launch your new career with our handy tools and resources

Job Searches

Specialized job banks to locate the right job

Contact an ABLE recruiter to sign up for your free, easy access to job banks covering the jobs you want.

Tips, tools from a national industry coach

Free job seeker training webinars

Your questions answered by professional staffing experts

Access to free job search resources

Tutorials, Licensing, and Certification

ABLE Associates is committed to helping job seekers upgrade their skills for their career advancement.

ABLE maintains an inventory of selected tutorials, refreshers, and self-testing, many of which can be accessed remotely.  We also provide assessments for applicants who must meet the requirements for certain job openings.  Best of all, all of our online assessments are free!

Contact an ABLE recruiter to learn about certification requirements in selected industries, or to help you brush up skills or demonstrate your expertise in a variety of administrative, mechanical, and technical subjects.

MAP Certification

ABLE Associates is currently taking steps to help our Residential Support candidates to become MAP Certified. If you are someone who has previously had your MAP Certification, which has been expired for over a year or have never been certified, we are diligently researching how to certify you. Thank you for your interest in the residential supporter roles and be assured whether or not you are MAP certified you are eligible to apply.

Transportation

Transportation alternatives to get you to the right home port

Public buses: Find current bus schedules for Fall River, New Bedford, Wareham, Taunton, Attleboro, Woonsocket, and Providence

• Fall River http://www.srtabus.com/routes-schedules
• New Bedford http://www.srtabus.com/routes-schedules
• Wareham http://www.gatra.org/index.php/routes/onsetwareham-link/
• Taunton http://www.gatra.org/index.php/routes/taunton/
• Attleboro http://www.gatra.org/index.php/routes/
• Woonsocket http://www.ripta.com/
• Providence http://www.ripta.com/

In Rhode Island subsidized transportation to work may be available as follows:

• Participants in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program/RI Works can receive monthly bus passes to pursue employment opportunities

Massachusetts offers a comprehensive list of public and private transportation providers, based on your town, at MASSRideMatch.

Additional private transportation includes Uber and Lyft.

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