JOB CORPS On December 9, 2011 community members and employers from San Jose and Fresno CA attended the San Jose Job Corps Centers annual “Service to Youth Awards” Luncheon at the Bella Mia Restaurant in downtown San Jose. The San Jose Job Corps Community Advisory Board /...
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San Jose Job Corps Center selects U-Haul of Fresno as our Employer Partner of the Year!
On December 9, 2011 the San Jose Job Corps Center hosted it's annual "Service To Youth Awards" luncheon featuring U-Haul of Fresno as our Employer Partner of the Year. U-Haul has been working with Job Corps for several years. They hire our students and groom them for...
San Jose Job Corps Culinary Arts Steam Thousands of Tamales for CasaQ’s annual Best Darn Tamale Contest
During the months of November and December, the San Jose Job Corps Center's Culinary Arts Class received Tamales from all over the United States and then prepared the them for staff who were preliminary judges to help select the Tamales that would move forward to the...
San Jose Job Corps hosts First Annual National Job Corps Commencement Day
On August 30, 2011, approximately 120 graduates celebrated their accomplishments in the San Jose Job Corps Center’s Quad area during the first Annual National Job Corps Association’s Commencement Day. This was a nationwide event where 124 Job Corps Centers throughout...
San Jose Job Corps Center Co-sponsors “National Night Out” in our East San Jose Neighborhood
San Jose Job Corps Center helped sponsor “National Night Out” in our East San Jose Neighborhood On August 2, 2011, over 50 students and staff of the San Jose Job Corps Center participated in the planning and execution of this year’s National Night Out event at Fleming...
Student Designs, paints mural to enliven Culinary Arts Dining Room at San Jose Job Corps
The walls of the Patio Room, the dining area for the Culinary Arts program at the San Jose Job Corps Center were a blaze’ beige and contributed nothing to fine dining ambience so when new student Chyna Cunningham commented to Chef Evan Branning, Culinary Arts...
Project Manager with Matt Construction inspires San Jose Job Corps Students
Facilities Maintenance, Landscaping and GED students learn first- hand the real opportunities in the construction field. Mr. Paul Hone, a project manager for Matt Construction spoke to students and staff on June 28th, 2011. Mr. Hone just wrapped up work on a...
Milpitas Mayor Commends San Jose Job Corps for Participating in Relay for Life
On June 18, 2011, 38 students and staff of the San Jose Job Corps participated in this important event by spending 24 hours at the Milpitas Sports Center ensuring at least one San Jose Job Corps representative was on the track at all times. Relay For Life is an...
San Jose Job Corps in the News for Hosting visit with Attorney General Eric Holder
Karina Rusk-Reporter SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- San Jose is getting national recognition for its gang prevention efforts. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the South Bay programs are a model for the rest of the country. On Friday, he toured one of the programs...
Job Corps Students Celebrate and Serve Veterans at San Jose Veterans Center
On June 4, 2011 Staff and Students of the San Jose Job Corps Center spent the day in the pouring rain to cook BBQ and serve our local Veterans at the 11th Annual Veterans Appreciation Day event held at the San Jose Veterans Centers. Job Corps Technical Counselor Brian...
San Jose Job Corps Student Job Shadows with staff at Congressman Mike Honda’s District Office.
On June 9th, The Friends of Job Corps Congressional Caucus sponsored San Jose Job Corps Student, Lorena Ruelas as she spent the day interning with staffers at Congressman Mike Honda's district office as part of the first annual "Mentor a Job Corps Student Day."...
San Jose Job Corps Students meet U.S. Attorney General
San Jose Job Corps Students meet with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed. On May 20, 2011, San Jose Job Corps Center hosted a Round Table Meeting and Press Conference for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney for the Northern...
SJJCC Student excels and is awarded Kiwanis Turnaround Scholarship to further her education!
Yi Shen Huang is an immigrant from China who was recently awarded a scholarship to continue her education through the Kiwanis Club of East San Jose. When she heard the news, Yi Shen said: “I never dreamed I would ever graduate from high school. I wasn’t able to...
Job Corps/SIATech Students Gain Legislative Experience
Senator Elaine Alquist has added three SIATech/San Jose Job Corps student interns to her staff this winter. Students Angel Miranda, Holly Vo, and Liliana Ramirez began working with State Senator Alquist at her District Office in San Jose during the middle of...
Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) hosts San Jose Job Corps Students
San Jose Job Corps Center celebrates National Groundhog Job Shadow Day……throughout the month of February. Students had an...
San Jose Job Corps “Hits the Mark”
As published in the San Jose Mercury News Posted: 10/28/2010 05:54:40 PM PDT Job Corps hits mark The San Jose Job Corps and its students have achieved a milestone as part of a new program to encourage more active lifestyles through physical fitness, nutrition and...
San Jose Job Corps graudates as mentors
Former Job Corps Graduates return to San Jose Job Corps as mentors to Students and Panel Speakers at the first annual San Jose Job Corps Young Women’s Conference 2010 Sandra Hernandez completed the advanced clerical training program through the Transportation...
San Jose Job Corps prepares for the “Big One”
Earthquake Preparedness On October 21, 2010 at precisely 10:21 a.m. the students and staff of the San Jose Job Corps Center experienced what could happen if the San Francisco Bay Area were to experience an earthquake of magnitude 7.0, similar to the Loma Prieta quake...
Manpower – Employer Partner of the Year 2010
San Jose Job Corps’ Annual Service To Youth Awards Luncheon San Jose Job Corps’ Community Advisory Board / Industry Council honors Employer Partner of the year Manpower and ten local individuals who mentor and work with youth within our community on Friday, December...
Faces of Job Corps – Anna
Anna Mora At age nineteen, Anna had already experienced what most won’t in a lifetime. As the daughter of immigrants and a new mother herself, Anna’s was thrown into a life of uncertainty and disadvantage. Before coming to Job Corps she was involved in gangs,...