Arlington Employment Center

Visit our Job Board!

We help residents develop the skills needed to secure and maintain long-term employment. We also help employers connect to a diverse talent pool.  Our services are free to all.

Don't know where to start?  Call (703) 228-1400.

Our Services

Additional Community Resources

Career Concourse

Find careers that best fit your background. Explore job requirements, earnings, and opportunities.

Earn Your Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential

The CDA Program, offered by the Arlington County's Employment Center, is a one-year course providing essential training for a career in early childhood education. Its goal is to equip participants with the skills, knowledge, and credentials needed to obtain the CDA license and promote self-sufficiency.

Continuing Education

NOVA Workforce offers in-demand, accelerated training options for new and current professionals. Learn more!

English Classes for Adults

The Arlington Education and Employment Program integrates language, U.S. culture, digital literacy, community involvement, and workforce preparation into all course instruction.

Immigrant and Refugee Services

Catholic Charities offers a combination of legal immigration consultation and representation, English-language instruction, and other adult education and workforce development training programs.

Skill-Up City of Alexandria and Arlington County

5,500+ career readiness trainings, occupational skills trainings, career and pathways trainings.

Unemployment Insurance Information

To apply for unemployment insurance benefits, please visit the Virginia Employment Commission's website or call 866-832-2363.

Ticket to Work

The Ticket-to-Work is a free and voluntary program that provides beneficiaries with an array of services to assist them in successfully entering into and remaining part of the workforce.

Veterans Services

The Arlington Employment Center offers priority service for Veterans and eligible spouses who need career transition assistance.

Vocational Rehabilitation

The Consumer Vocational Rehabilitation program helps people with disabilities get ready for, find, and keep a job.

Webinars & Workshops

The Arlington Employment Center offers free webinars and workshops to help you with your job search.

Arlington Employment Center and Arlington’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act services are Equal Opportunity Programs. It is against the law for a recipient of Federal financial assistance to discriminate on the following bases: against any individual in the United States, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, sex stereotyping, transgender status, and gender identity), national origin (including limited English proficiency), age, disability, or political affiliation or belief, or, against any beneficiary of, applicant to, or participant in programs financially assisted under Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, on the basis of the individual’s citizenship status or participation in any WIOA Title I–financially assisted program or activity.  If you feel that you have been discriminate against, please contact the Local EO Officer, David Remick, at 2100 Washington Blvd, 1st Fl, Arlington, VA 22204, or 703-228-1412, Relay 711, or dremick@arlingtonva.us.

Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact us at (703) 228-1400. VA Relay 711.