JOB CORPS Shaney Campbell, a Charleston Job Corps student, currently studying Facilities Maintenance, decided to test her skill sets. Shaney Campbell began using her training within her mother’s home, she painted several rooms, repaired shelving, refinished furniture, and other...
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Muhlenberg Job Corps Recreation Department Changes Focus
Muhlenberg Job Corps recreation staff, like all staff, has had to adapt its programs to engage students from a distance because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pre-coronavirus, recreation staff's normal job duties included tasks such as creating extracurricular activities,...
NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS GRAD NOW WORKS at CSL PLASMA
Silverio Martinez, who completed the Patient Care Technician (PCT) career technical training program at North Texas Job Corps in February 2020 is now employed at CSL Plasma in Dallas, TX as a phlebotomist. Martinez earned certifications in phlebotomy, and as an EKG...
Career Transition Class Virtually Supports Students with Employer Outreach
Lina Hollman is a motivational coach, speaker and instructor for the Job Corps program. Ms. Hollman has an ability to reach her students. The CTS team and BCL are working together with the class to ensure virtual job fairs are taking place, career coaches and...
Charleston Job Corps Alumni Success
James David Jackson, a 2018 healthcare graduate of Charleston Job Corps, is now working as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) on a neuroscience medical-surgical unit at the Charleston Area Medication Center. Jackson completed the Practical Nursing program at the Garnet...
We Miss You and WE CARE, from Wind River Job Corps
Students are sending the staff at Wind River Job Corps BIG notes of thanks, after nearly every current (off-campus and on-campus) attendee received their lovingly assembled Care Package. It's really the thought that counts! And WRJC sent LOTS of well wishes. Each...
Edison Job Corps Student Success Story
Edison Job Corps Trainee Breanna Jones successfully completed the Certified Nursing trade and is currently employed by Trinitas Regional Medical Center. She credits the residential staff for developing her social skills and providing assistance with public speaking...
NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS GRADUATE NOW IN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
William Martin graduated from the North Texas Job Corps on March 18, 2020, was hired by the Rock Solid Masonry Co. in Louisville, KY making $15 per hour. Martin is in the Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers Local 4 - Indiana and Kentucky Bricklaying apprenticeship...
Wind River Reaches out to Wyoming Mining Industries for Jobs
If you've used anything glass today, you likely came in contact with Trona. If you took an antacid you ingested it. If you passed a water treatment plant, you saw a common place for its use. Trona is the mineral that results in soda ash, which has many everyday uses...
Charleston Job Corps sends care package to students
The Charleston Job Corps is sending ‘Care Packages’ to students who have 100% participation in distance learning. The Career Services Department of Charleston Job Corps Center has teamed up with the Training Department in an effort to support our students. We...
Wind River Develops Data-based Strategy for Placement Partnerships
INTO THE WEEDS: The Wind River Job Corps, in an effort to effectively guide job placement partnership initiatives, dug deep into data provided by Wyoming and Colorado economic and workforce development agencies. The data analysis represents a first step in the plan...
Wind River Job Corps Offers Video Trade Tours
With students off-campus for distance learning, our career prep coaches were concerned about providing new students a tour of our trades. Maybe photos in a powerpoint would do the trick, but how do you provide the flavor and personality of each trade, how do you make...
Wind River Job Corps Launches Creative Community Outreach
"How many Zooms did You do this week?" has become a common question amid CV-19 concerns, and the go-to channel for community meetings. Early on in the pandemic, digital meetings were welcomed. Three months, and multiple layers of community involvement later, local...
Placement Partnership Presentation offered to Wyoming
“Every out-of-state job corps graduate, every Wyoming student, offers the State of Wyoming an opportunity to broaden and deepen its talent pool. And in so doing, bolster economic development efforts.” This was the message Cathleen Cline, Business & Community...
Wind River Job Corps ranks in U.S. Top 3 for Outreach
The National Job Corps Association grades centers for their community and legislative outreach efforts on a quarterly basis based on points compiled for work completed. Each center must reach a minimum number of points to meet “gold” status. MTC (WRJC's management...
Charleston Job Corps Center Counselor makes face masks to help medical personnel, veterans, and community
Charleston Job Corps Center Counselor, Wendy Malmberg makes face masks by using her sewing talent to help medical personnel, veterans, and the community."Making face masks started as a way to protect my family and my co-workers and a challenge to myself to see I could...
Charleston Job Corps Distance Learning for Students began May 11, 2019”
Charleston Job Corps began distance learning for our students in lieu of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of earlier this week, we have 116 students participating in an attempt to progress in their studies. Our goal is to obtain 100% participation of our active students...
CNA completor shares her feelings in a letter
Dear Ms. Lawrence....I am working full time at Academy Manor in Andover, Massachusetts. I have been working really hard and a lot of hours during this COVID-19 crisis. We have not had anyone in our building with it so far and we are taking every precaution. I am...
Wind River Students Receive Regular Retention Reads
Since CV Spring Break broke out, Wind River Job Corps students have been receiving daily e-news to help them keep up with WRJC status, cope with the big changes, and find a little humor. With new retention resources available from USJC, students now find those new...
CNA completor continuing medical education
At the age of only 17, Kiana Estrada completed her CNA trade in December, 2019 at Shriver Job Corps in Devens, Massachusetts. Thereafter she enrolled and was accepted to the ACT program attending a local community college. Her hopes were to continue education in the medical field and was granted her wish by being accepted to Bay Path University for the fall semester in the Health Science Program. This University is a highly-selective, private all-women’s college.