DHSed isn’t a job board. This page points you to the training, classes and career help available to people in Desert Hot Springs. Programs change, so confirm the details with each provider.
Not sure where to start?
One free conversation can save you a lot of searching.
- Free help finding work and planning job training: talk through your options and what training might be paid for.
- The Desert Hot Springs library: ask about resume help, computers and printing.
Get your resume and job search going
- Search jobs and build a resume with CalJOBS: the state’s free job board, with a resume builder and job alerts.
- Career counseling and job skills at Goodwill in Indio: career counseling, resume writing and interview workshops.
Finish school or improve your English
- Free adult classes, GED prep and English at College of the Desert, which holds classes at its Desert Hot Springs center.
- High school diploma, GED, English and career classes at Coachella Valley Adult School.
- Career Online High School through the library.
Learn a trade or earn a certificate
- Find an apprenticeship in California: get paid while you learn a skilled trade.
- Electrical apprenticeship: check the next application window.
- Free training for clean-energy careers (I-REN).
- Career certificates through College of the Desert noncredit programs.
- Trade training at the Center for Employment Training in Coachella.
Help for particular situations
- Young adults: Job and training help for Riverside County young adults.
- People with disabilities: Job help for people with disabilities.
- Families with children: CalWORKs cash and job support for families.
Costs that can get in the way
Training is hard to finish without the basics covered.
- Child care: Help paying for child care in Riverside County.
- Getting there: SunLine free and reduced bus fares.
- Getting online: Low-cost internet and free tech help (RivcoConnect).
- Food: CalFresh help buying groceries and Free groceries from FIND Food Bank partners.
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