Crossroads Career Network:

This online portal has a tremendous amount of tools and resources for job seekers and we are now offering this free of charge!

To sign up, just go out to the web site www.crossroadscareer.org, select "Explorers" on the right hand side, then select "Register Now" on the top right hand side of the page. When you enter the registration process, you will see a drop down menu to select a church ... select The Heights Baptist Church. Among other personal information you will need to enter to register, you will be required to enter a "Career Explorer Membership Key" ... please enter the following for the key: thbcjsm.

That's it! You can now take full advantage of this Christian based online job seeker portal. I trust that you will find it useful and helpful in your search.

Crown Financial Ministries online Career Direct Assessment

The Heights has partnered with Crown Financial Ministries to offer the Career Assessment tool at a significantly reduced rate of only $20!  If you would like to take the career assessment, please send an email to and let us know that you would like to take the assessment.  One of our ministry volunteers will contact you to help schedule the online assessment.  If you would like to know more about the Career Direct Assessment, please visit Crown Financial Ministries at http://www.careerdirectonline.org/learnMore/

CareerDFW.org:

This website (www.careerdfw.org) lists all available resources and tools for your job search, including weekly networking groups for the DFW area.

The Heights Library:

Visit the library at The Heights for books and resources. Find out more, here.

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