Cohort-Based Workplace Readiness Certification

Get the job.
Keep the job.
Build the credential that makes both possible.

Networking. Project planning. Technology at work. Three certifications built in plain language, with a verified credential at the end. Designed from the ground up for people with disabilities, youth in transition, and anyone ready to take the next step.

3

Certification Tracks

14

Plain-Language Modules

3

Live Sessions per Track

100%

Accessible by Design

Who This Is For

People with Disabilities

Building credentials for competitive, integrated employment.

Entering or returning to the workforce
Looking for credentials employers recognize
Ready to demonstrate real workplace skills

Transition-Age Youth

Moving from school to work with real, transferable skills.

Ages 16-26 preparing for employment
Students in IEP or transition programs
Building a resume before a first job

Career Changers & Gap Returners

Adding verifiable credentials for your next chapter.

Returning to work after a break or health event
Pivoting to a new field or role type
Refreshing skills with current, recognized credentials

VR & Supported Employment Participants

A structured pathway that works alongside your services.

Actively working with a VR counselor
Ticket to Work or supported employment participants
Seeking coursework that aligns with an IPE

Three Certification Tracks

🤝

Networking as a Skillset

You'll leave knowing how to confidently start conversations, build professional relationships, and follow up. Skills hiring managers notice.

5 Modules Certificate + Badge Cohort-Based

$199

per learner

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📋

Project Planning as a Skillset

You'll leave able to break any complex task into a clear plan. It is a skill every employer needs and almost no workplace readiness program teaches.

5 Modules Certificate + Badge Cohort-Based

$199

per learner

Enroll →

💻

Tech & AI at Work

You'll leave able to use email, messaging, documents, virtual meetings, and AI tools with confidence, so technology is never a barrier to your success.

4 Modules Certificate + Badge Cohort-Based

$199

per learner

Enroll →

⭐ Best Value · Most Popular

Skills Lab 3-Pack Bundle

All three certification tracks: networking, project planning, and technology. One complete workplace skills profile.

$597 individually

$499

Save $98

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How It Works

From enrollment to credential in four straightforward steps.

1

Enroll Online

Choose your course or bundle and pay securely via Stripe checkout

2

Get Welcome Email

Cohort dates, LMS login, and what to expect, delivered same day

3

Learn & Connect

Work through modules and join three live cohort sessions

4

Earn Your Credential

Receive your certificate, digital badge, and resume guidance

What Every Learner Gets

Online Modules via YesLMS

Any device, complete within your 2-3 week cohort window

3 Live Virtual Sessions

Orientation, midpoint check-in, completion

Certificate + Digital Badge

Verified credential for resume and LinkedIn

Downloadable Tools & Templates

Resources you keep long after the course ends

Resume + Profile Guidance

Step-by-step help adding your credential to job materials

Plain-Language Instruction

No jargon. Every concept explained clearly.

Three More Certification Tracks: Coming Soon

These tracks are in development. Pre-register at forwardworks.net to be notified when they open.

Coming Soon

💼

Job Search

7 Modules · A Career Search Skillset

Strengths, target jobs, resumes, networking, applying, and interviewing.

Coming Soon

🎯

Risk Management

5 Modules · Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity

Notice risks early, assess priorities, respond with confidence, use a Risk Log.

Coming Soon

✅

Quality at Work

8 Modules · Delivering Work That Meets Standards

Standards, the 7 Quality Tools, QA vs QC, continuous improvement.

What Skills Lab Graduates Say

★★★★★

"The lessons were well structured and easy to follow, and the use of plain language helped me understand project planning from start to finish. In our live virtual group sessions, the instructors did an excellent job reinforcing the curriculum — I could ask questions and reflect on the material as a class."

Stephanie Paladino

Skills Lab Graduate

★★★★★

"The Project Planning certification pathway clearly showed how each component builds practical, real-world skills. The most valuable part was putting key terms into my own words — it helped me understand beyond simple memorization. I'm excited to apply what I learned!"

Dallas Silva-Dunn

Skills Lab Graduate

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