The Reading Horizons program has helped countless individuals obtain the skills they need to acquire and maintain a job.

Every day, Reading Horizons receives calls from individuals interested in its program in order to help them gain employment in this troubled economy. Every aspect of finding, acquiring, and maintaining a job requires basic reading and writing skills. Most jobs require the applicant to read at or above a 10th-grade reading level. Despite the need for literacy skills in the workplace, it has been reported by the National Institute for Literacy that more than 20% of adults read at or below a 5th-grade level – far below the level needed to earn a living wage (National Institute for Literacy, “Fast Facts on Literacy,” 2001). With the tight job market and suffering economy, there are several reasons why improving literacy skills is so important:

1. The need to increase basic writing and spelling skills to fill out applications and create resumes

2. The need to increase reading ability to read materials associated with a job, most of which are at a high school level

3. The uncertain economy and job market have created a desire and need to improve job skills to maintain employment or to open other opportunities.

4. The need to improve reading rate and efficiency to accomplish tasks in a timely manner for job security

5. The need to improve reading/writing abilities to increase the opportunity for advancement within a company

Reading Horizons can help individuals overcome these difficulties through its research-based reading program. www.readinghorizonsathome.com

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