Newcomer & Refugee Employment Support · Open today

First lawful footing. With less fog.

For teams supporting refugees, asylees, and newcomers through their first year. I draft the intake in their language. I build the plan from chapters seven to ten of the founder's book. I bring five matches by morning. Your team keeps every decision.

The book grounds the plan. The team keeps the calls. Your client's identity stays with your client.
Built on Self-Sufficiency Initiative · ch. 7 through 10
Noura right now
Drafting Amna's plan from approved intake.
23 clients / 14 waiting / 8,247 scanned
Why I open here first

A workspace is only as good as the judgment built into it.

Three things give this route a depth no other AI tool can copy. The book that grounds my plan engine. The years your founder spent inside this work. And a perspective earned, not researched.

01 · The book

A philosophy, not a prompt.

The plan engine applies chapters seven through ten of Self-Sufficiency Initiative. Bridge or trap. Education without drift. Earning path honesty. Margin before wealth. Each plan reads as if a thoughtful practitioner wrote it.

02 · The years inside

Designed by someone in the room.

The founder spent years inside refugee employment programs. Every screen and every refusal in this product comes from a real day. Nothing here was guessed at from market research.

03 · The lived perspective

Built by an immigrant.

Decisions about dignity, voice, language, and trauma come from lived understanding. The product respects what the client carries before it asks anything of them.

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نورا
Portal interview · Dari
آیا می‌توانید کمی در باره‌ کار قبلی خود بگوئید؟
«من ۳ سال در یک خیاطی در کابل کار می‌کردم. می‌توانم از چرخ خیاطی استفاده کنم.»
Phase 01 · Voice or chat intake

I take the intake in their language. I return it in yours.

By voice or by chat, in your client's preferred language. I pace it for someone who has been through hard things. Twenty-five minutes. I return a structured packet your team approves. Your case manager wakes up to facts, not transcripts.

Dari · Pashto · Arabic · Spanish Farsi · Ukrainian · Russian French · Swahili · Somali
Intake packet · Amna
Ready for review
Tailor at family shop · Kabul · about 3 years
Self-reported · dates need verification
Self-reported
Skills: sewing machine, hand stitching, alterations
From client voice · Dari
Self-reported
Service area: Oakland · ZIP 94606
From staff intake
Verified
Schedule: home by 3 PM for childcare
Important constraint
Verified
Phase 02 · The plan

I draft a plan you'd actually defend in front of a funder.

I build only from facts your team has approved. I show reasoning next to every line. I tag each section with the chapter from the book it draws on. Your team edits and signs off. I send nothing on my own.

Bridge or trap · ch. 7 Education door · ch. 8 Earning path · ch. 9 Margin · ch. 10
Plan · Amna · 60-day starter
Drafted by Noura · awaiting Maya R.
Ch. 7–10 logic
Main goal · 60 days Ch. 7
Stabilize income with a bridge role within 30 to 45 days. Then move toward alterations or factory tailoring.
Bridge job targets Ch. 7
Goodwill SF tailoring assistant 3y experience
Alterations counter, three nearby commute fits
Education door Ch. 8
JVS forklift cert, two weeks, optional free for newcomers
Bridge or trap?
Watch: any role with 8-hour shifts breaks the 3 PM childcare window. A commute past 60 minutes likely consumes the schedule. Recommend bridge roles within 30 minutes by transit, weekdays, daytime only.
Work profile · Amna
Body only · personal info added by staff
Foreign credential translation
Original Master tailor, family shop. Kabul.
U.S. work language Apparel pattern maker / sewing machine operator
O*NET 51-6052 · Tailors, Dressmakers, Custom Sewers
Resume body · approved facts only
Garment construction, alterations, hand finishing Approved
Industrial and home sewing machines Approved
Pattern reading, fabric selection, basic tailoring Approved
Three years bench experience, family workshop Self-reported
Phase 03 · Work profile

I make a foreign work history finally legible.

The hardest hour is not typing. It is translation between systems. I map foreign occupations to U.S. employment language using the O*NET taxonomy. I build the resume body from approved facts only. Your team merges the personal info on its own machine before sending.

O*NET occupation map Approved facts only No invented dates
Phase 04 · Job discovery

I give your Tuesday afternoon back.

My own job search engine runs every day for every client. Public web pages, LinkedIn, USAJobs, CareerOneStop. If your team uploads custom lists · county workforce bulletins, your state's workforce system, partner job feeds, your own employer network · I match against those too. Five fits a day, each with the reason it might work. Your team picks which ones reach the client.

Public web search USAJobs · CareerOneStop LinkedIn · Indeed Custom uploads · optional
Today · 5 fits found for Amna
Noura scanned 8,247 listings overnight
Each with reason
Tailoring Assistant · Goodwill SF
Mission District · M–F 9–5
Matches sewing skill 22 min by AC Transit Hours fit childcare Hires bilingual staff
Send
Alterations Counter · Nordstrom Rack
Emeryville · Part-time, mornings
Direct skill match 15 min commute Mornings only · fits
Send
Garment Repair Specialist · Local Tailor Co.
Berkeley · Full-time, daytime
Skill match Limited English friendly Family-owned
Send
Bridal Alterations · The Wedding Salon
Oakland · Full-time, T–Sat
Same skill area 5 min commute Watch · Saturday hours
Review
Production Sewer · Local Manufacturing
Hayward · 6 AM–2 PM
Skill match Daytime hours Watch · 45 min commute
Review
Sources: Public web search USAJobs · CareerOneStop LinkedIn · Indeed County workforce · upload Partner job pages
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صبح بخیر، آمنه
Card · ch. 7 · Language as protection
Today's next step

یک قدم برای فردا

«کدام یک از این کارها را می‌توانید فردا انجام دهید؟»
Layer 05 · Daily Portal

I keep the relationship from disappearing at 60 days.

I keep daily contact in their language. Weekly check-ins. Crisis routes to your staff. After placement, 30, 60, and 90. Each card draws on a principle from the book.

Today's response from Amna
Card: Today's Next Step · Dari
"My English class is on Wednesdays. Tomorrow I will practice the work words from the tailor shop interview."
Evidence created · ESL engagement · Ch. 7 (Language as protection)
What's different here

Refugee employment is not a generic workflow.

Four moves built into this route that no general AI tool gets right.

I treat language as protection.

I run intake, daily cards, and follow-up in your client's preferred language. I pace it for someone who has been through hard things. I return structured English to your staff, both ways.

Ch. 7 · Language and the Bridge Job

I translate the work history.

I map foreign occupation titles to U.S. employment language using the O*NET taxonomy. I never invent a certification. I never inflate a date. The body comes out in language a hiring manager will recognize.

Ch. 8 · Education for a Long Life

I check every bridge for the trap.

I read every plan against the trap signals from chapter 7: long irregular hours, thin margins, weak proof, no language stretch, no next rung. I show the reasoning so your team can defend it.

Ch. 7 · How the Bridge Becomes a Trap

I stay through ninety days.

I keep the Daily Portal running in their language before, during, and after placement. I send 30, 60, and 90-day check-ins. I tag every completed card to the principle it served.

Ch. 7 · Turning Work into Proof
The book

Plan logic from chapters seven to ten.

A bridge job becomes a trap when it carries your body but not your future. The hours stretch. The body gets tired. The week becomes reactive. Language improves only enough to survive the shift. The next move keeps getting postponed because the current job takes all sight, all energy, and all margin.

Self-Sufficiency Initiative · Chapter 7, How the Bridge Becomes a Trap

This is the line of reasoning I apply to every plan. I do not judge a bridge role only by its income. I judge it by what it leaves behind besides this week's pay. Reference. Routine. Language stretch. Proof. A next rung. When those are missing, I flag it. Your team decides what to do.

What I measure with you

The numbers your funder is asking for.

I report these back with your team every thirty days. They become the case study that opens the next door.

01
Hours saved per client
Across intake, work profile, and job search. Reported per case manager, per month.
02
Time to first job-fit
From plan approval to first reasoned match sent. Days replaced by hours.
03
Job sources monitored
Continuous coverage across public feeds, government APIs, partner pages, and weekly uploads.
04
Evidence auto-generated
Per approved action. Tagged to the funder reporting goal and the book chapter that frames it.
05
Daily Portal engagement
At seven and thirty days. Sentiment tracked. Drop-off flagged.
06
Retention completion
At 30, 60, and 90 days post-placement. The number every funder asks for, finally current.
A note from the founder

I have stood on both sides of this work. I have been the immigrant looking for work, three times, in three different places. I have also been the staff member inside employment programs, trying to carry that work for someone else.

I have spent years studying what AI can and cannot do for a real person under real pressure. I built Noura so your team can help many more people, with less weight on each one of you.

It is what I wished my case manager had on her morning. And what I wished I had when I was the one carrying the work.

Sohrab Rasouli Founder · co-author of The Self-Sufficient Immigrant in the Age of AI
Frequently asked

The honest questions.

01
What languages do I speak today?

I speak Dari, Pashto, Arabic, Spanish, Farsi, Ukrainian, Russian, French, Swahili, and Somali at launch. I can add Karen, Tigrinya, and others as the population mix in your pilot demands. I disclose myself as an AI assistant in every conversation, in the same language.

02
Which job sources do I watch?

My own job search engine runs automatically: public web pages, LinkedIn, USAJobs, CareerOneStop, partner pages. If your team uploads its own lists · county workforce bulletins, your state's workforce system, partner job feeds, employer network sheets · I match against those too. Every city, county, and state is different, so I work from what your team gives me. I add other connectors as your pilot needs them. I never auto-apply for a job.

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What about the client's privacy?

I never hold your client's name, phone, address, documents, immigration status, or financial information. Your case manager merges identity at the last mile, on their own machine, before sending any resume or message to the client. Your case manager remains the legal data controller.

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What does a pilot cost, and how does it work?

Pilots open by invitation. Pricing is built around staff seats and active client capacity, with a discounted design-partner rate for the first cohort. We share success measures and pilot scope before any pricing conversation. We open carefully because the work is sensitive.

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Who am I legally responsible to, and what happens to the evidence we build?

Your organization owns the operating profile, the partner directory, and the evidence ledger your team approves. The audit log records every draft, every approval, every change with actor and timestamp. Exports stay in your team's hands. I work inside your perimeter on de-identified content.

Access

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This is the only workspace open today. The founder reviews every request personally and replies within five business days. Approved teams receive a secure invite link by email and start setup the same day.

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