Strengthening Opportunities for Immigrants Who Have Degrees and Advanced Skills

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If Your Education or Training Isn’t Opening the Door to Opportunities…

Prosperity Ready can help you navigate the job market. The program is a 10-week online course specially designed for internationally educated immigrants with degrees and advanced training who want to restart or advance their career. Taught by experts in human resources, image management, and marketing through live, weekly sessions, it includes proprietary training materials that focus on navigating corporate America.

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During virtual group meetings you'll explore U.S. workplace culture, strengthen resumes, practice interviewing, and learn how to build professional connections. Participants also gain valuable skills in wellness practices, impression management, and negotiating job offers. Throughout the course, there are opportunities to talk to employers actively hiring.

In addition, there is one-to-one personalized coaching available about resume writing, LinkedIn profile development, networking, interviewing, and navigating corporate culture.

Integrating a structured curriculum with our relationship-based approach can help you secure meaningful employment that truly reflects your expertise. Prosperity Ready ensures that job seekers at any stage of their employment journey have access to the tools, guidance, and employer connections they need to pursue meaningful, career-aligned opportunities.

First Prosperity Ready Cohort Began September 11

The date for the next cohort will be announced in early 2026.

Learn More – If you're interested in participating in the future, please fill out this Google Form. We are scheduling 30-minute Zoom meetings to share more details and get to know you better.

It's Not too Late to Volunteer – Daily Work is also seeking volunteers with experience in U.S. corporate culture, executive hiring, or professional networking to support our participants and share their expertise. If you'd like to get involved, we would love to hear from you! Call Kristen Perron at (651) 204-3043.

In 2024, 30% of Daily Work job seekers held college degrees, but we often struggled to provide the specialized guidance they needed, especially around networking and corporate culture. Prosperity Ready's programming fills this long-standing gap, allowing us to be a stronger resource for them.

— Julie Hoff, Daily Work Executive Director

The History of Prosperity Ready

Lisa Perez, founder and former CEO of Prosperity Ready, spent over 25 years as a human resources executive in Fortune 500 organizations. Throughout her career, she witnessed the obstacles and inequities diverse people faced in the workforce. Frustrated by the slow pace of change, she recognized that organizations needed to address the talent gap by building more inclusive workplaces. She decided to make a bigger impact by shifting her focus to serve immigrant communities directly, learning from their lived experiences.

Perez launched Prosperity Ready in 2018 to address the workforce barriers faced by immigrants with degrees and advanced skills, while also partnering with employers to transform the systems that had unintentionally been hindering their success. The name embodies the idea that prosperity is about more than just wealth – it represents well-being, security, health, and the ability to design your own future.

In 2025, Perez passed the reins of Prosperity Ready to Daily Work, knowing her program will continue to expand to meet the changing needs of immigrants in our community.