Overcoming the Technology Gap

People with digital knowledge, understanding of their basic labor rights and united in worker-owners cooperatives will force the unjust labor systems to shift into a new way of understanding business.”

Fuerza Laboral, in collaboration with Microsoft TechSpark, will provide free training in digital and computer literacy for Rhode Islanders, to Improve access to and competence with current technology to improve job prospects for the low-income immigrant community.

- Education in computer and digital literacy with a bilingual approach.

 - Familiarity with and confidence in navigating online work-related systems, including the RI Department of Labor and Training's webpage.

 - Methods and tips to get to know one's basic labor and human rights and be civically active in the digital era.

 - How to write a CV and share it digitally with potential employers, how to manage an online job-seeker profile at LinkedIn, and how to conduct web-based job searches.