What Is the Fresh Start Program?
The Fresh Start Program is a 16-week professional development experience designed to support individuals who are rebuilding, restarting, or repositioning their careers.
Participants gain hands-on experience, professional skills, and structured career preparation through real assignments and guided development.
Who It's For?
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Are re-entering the workforce after a career break or life transition
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Are changing career paths and need structured experience
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Are struggling to gain traction due to limited or unclear experience
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Are recent graduates or young adults needing professional structure
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Are international residents adjusting to U.S. or EU workforce expectations
Who It's For?
Requirements
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Must meet minimum age and legal work eligibility requirements
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Ability to commit to the full 16-week program
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Willingness to participate in assigned projects, coaching, and weekly deliverables
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Ability to meet deadlines and engage in professional communication
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Openness to feedback, learning, and habit-building
Requirements
Targeting & Outreach
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Partnerships with nonprofits, workforce boards, and community organizations
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Outreach through colleges, community programs, and employment networks
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Collaboration with employers open to developing emerging and second-chance talent
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Community-based referral and support networks
Targeting & Outreach
The Fresh Start Umbrella
Re-Entry Career Pathways
This is for individuals with criminal justice involvement who are ready to re-enter the workforce and rebuild their professional identity after incarceration. Learn more.
Professional
Empowerment for
DV Survivors
This is for survivors of domestic violence seeking a new beginning through financial independence, as well as individuals with work-history gaps caused by personal circumstances. Learn more.
Career Training,
Reset &/OR
Renewal
This is for professionals facing long-term unemployment, underemployment, or major career pivots, such as former military personnel, and individuals who want to reskill or upskill for new industries like tech, administration, customer service, etc. Learn more.
Payment Plans
Weekly
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$200 x 16 payments
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Final payment canceled with review = $3,000 (saves $200)
Bi-Weekly
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$400 x 8 payments
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Final payment canceled with review = $2,800 (saves $400)
Monthly
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$800 x 4 payments
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Final payment canceled with review = $2,400 (saves $800)
Full
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Regular: $3,200
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With review discount: $2,400 (saves $800)
Waiting List
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Sponsor funded entry
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Placement lottery
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Referred sponsor
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Waiting list for sponsors
What
You'll Walk
Away With
Remote Work Experience
Hands-on project work inside a real organization — not simulations. This is experience you can speak about clearly, confidently, and honestly in interviews.
Interview Coaching
Structured interview practice focused on clarity, confidence, and real responses — not memorized scripts. You’ll learn how to explain your background, gaps, and growth without second-guessing yourself.
Professional Resume Writing
A resume built around your actual experience, strengths, and direction — not templates or guesswork. We focus on positioning, clarity, and credibility so your resume reflects where you’re going, not just where you’ve been.
Skills Development Practical skill-building through real tasks, collaboration, and accountability — the same skills employers expect on the job. You’re not just learning tools. You’re learning how to work.
Fresh Start is designed to replace guesswork with proof — so employers don’t have to take a chance on you.
Program Timeline (16 Weeks)
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Weeks 1–2: Onboarding & Professional Foundations Orientation, expectations, communication standards, tools training, and department placement.
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Weeks 3–12: Department Experience Hands-on work inside an assigned WRAC department, completing real tasks and deliverables aligned with professional roles.
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Weeks 13–14: Capstone Project Completion of a department-aligned project demonstrating applied skills and professional growth.
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Weeks 15–16: Career Preparation Intensive Resume development based on program experience, interview coaching, mock interview, and next-step career planning.
Participants are placed into a department based on skills, interest, and organizational needs, which may include:
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Human Resources
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Information Technology
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Marketing & Communications
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Operations & Administration
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Customer Service
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Finance Instructional Design
Department placement is determined during onboarding and may vary by cohort.
Fresh Start is a 16-week professional development program. Leadership responsibilities and references are earned through performance and are not guaranteed.