For Employment and Career Advancement
LIFE-STEP™ Professional
Career Readiness Track
A free, hands-on, 15-hour workforce readiness program that helps adults build the digital, workplace, communication, financial integrity, and professional skills employers value across industries.
Whether you are looking for your first job, returning to work, changing careers, or preparing for advancement, LIFE-STEP™ Professional helps you strengthen the practical skills and confidence needed to succeed in today’s workplace.
What You Will Learn
Life Skills + Digital Skills = Workforce Success
LIFE-STEP™ Professional combines workplace technology with the human skills needed to communicate, solve problems, adapt to change, and contribute effectively at work.
💻 Workplace Technology
Build confidence using Windows 11, email, online forms, file management, video meetings, and common workplace technology.
📄 Microsoft 365
Practice using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, Outlook, and digital collaboration tools for professional tasks.
🗣 Professional Communication
Strengthen written, verbal, email, meeting, teamwork, conflict-resolution, and customer-service skills.
🎯 Career Preparation
Develop a résumé, professional bio, elevator pitch, job-search strategy, and stronger interview skills.
🤖 AI for Work
Learn how tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini can support writing, research, planning, and problem-solving—while using AI responsibly.
🔐 Cybersecurity
Recognize phishing, scams, unsafe links, weak passwords, and other risks that can affect employees and employers.
💰 Financial Integrity & Stability
Understand paychecks, budgeting, banking, credit, debt, accurate timekeeping, workplace honesty, and financial decision-making.
⏱ Workplace Success
Practice reliability, attendance, initiative, time management, accountability, organization, and professional conduct.
🌱 Adaptability & Self-Leadership
Build resilience, confidence, critical thinking, emotional steadiness, problem-solving, and lifelong learning habits.
Who Should Attend
Designed for adults preparing for their next opportunity.
No matter where you are starting, LIFE-STEP™ Professional provides a supportive environment for building practical workforce skills.
- Job seekers
- Career changers
- Adults returning to the workforce
- Young adults preparing for employment
- People seeking career advancement
- Workers who want stronger technology skills
- Adults preparing for education or occupational training
- Anyone wanting greater confidence in today’s workplace
Program Details
What to expect
Format
LIFE-STEP™ Professional is delivered in person by trained instructors in a supportive, small-group environment.
The 15 hours may be scheduled across several sessions depending on the cohort and host location.
Completion
Participants are expected to attend all required hours and complete program surveys and activities.
Laptop availability and eligibility vary by cohort, location, and funding source. Registration information will clearly explain what applies to each class.
More Than Software
Technology changes. Human capability endures.
Employers need people who can use technology—but they also need people who communicate clearly, show up reliably, solve problems, work with others, and continue learning.
LIFE-STEP™ Professional brings these skills together in one practical course so participants are better prepared to enter, return to, and succeed in the workforce.
Take the Next Step
Prepare for today’s workplace and tomorrow’s opportunities.
View the current schedule or contact Tech 4 All Tennessee to ask about an upcoming LIFE-STEP™ Professional cohort near you.