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About LSE Life Skills Education was founded in 1979 by three people who were all working with young adults in Boston. One was an English teacher running an employment-training/GED program for high school dropouts; two were counselors and the directors of a community youth office. This core group started writing booklets for the young adults they served because effective and inexpensive materials suited to their clients’ needs were simply not available. The result of their collaboration was the Steps to Success booklet series which included: The Interview, The Application, The Resume, and The Cover Letter.
Soon LSE began serving an adult population as well. One of the first groups served were people going through an unexpected employment transition. It didn’t take long to recognize that adults faced a host of issues not typically associated with the narrow definition of a job search. Adults often face difficult family issues, personal issues, financial instability, high levels of stress, time management, you name it. Pushing them out the door with a hastily written résumé just wasn't getting the job done. LSE responded by comprehensively covering the topics needed to jump start a job search. Our Career Skills series of 45 booklets are in use across the country and our Getting Work/Keeping A Job series of 42 booklets is a direct result of our customers’ feedback on their expanding needs to serve clients with limited skills or are returning to the workforce after an extended absence. From our modest beginning of just four career booklets 30 years ago, we have grown to offer over 200 booklets, covering the wide variety of topics relevant to a lifelong learning population, and we ship more than a million booklets annually. Responding to customer needs, LSE has developed booklets addressing alcohol and drug abuse, health and wellness, family life and parenting, domestic violence, the unique needs of service personnel and their families, and a myriad of issues faced by adults and youth alike. The breadth of LSE publications often makes us a one-stop resource for all the information needs of our customers, no batteries required! (No computer, network, software, or IT department either!) |
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Among
LSE’s first customers were CETA programs who recognized how effectively
our content, reading level, and style reached their young clients. They
found that LSE published concise, informative, and readily applicable
booklets. Typically they were distributed at workshops, used for
staff training, or provided as handouts at information kiosks or during
individual counseling. Regardless of venue, these customers
found there was no substitute for clients having the information they
needed in hand to supplement and reinforce their learning experience.
