JOB CORPS On Friday May 6, 2022, Edison Job Corps welcomed to center new employer partners, Ms. Yendric Villamar, HR Director for Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe, and her colleague, Ms. Brandy Santana, for a campus tour, trade tour of the Building Construction Trade, a meeting...
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Charleston Job Corps Alumni Graduate of the Month
Charleston Job Corps’ Alumni Graduate of the month is Silas Carden. Following high school, in Linden, VA, Silas bounced from job to job in hopes of finding a career. Despite his high school credentials, he soon realized they were not enough to fulfill his dream of a...
Charleston Job Corps Career and Technical Training Completions
Charleston Job Corps is proud of our Career and Technical Training completers for the Month of April 2022. Our community partners are challenged to make Charleston Job Corps a viable option when seeking skilled laborers. Our students have worked hard to acquire the...
Charleston Job Corps Alumni of the Month
Charleston Job Corps Student Alumni of the Month, Jamonte Hunnicutt of Richmond, Virginia, arrived at Charleston Job Corps simply looking for a better life. After high school, Hunnicutt found employment in the food industry and soon felt trapped at a dead end. He...
Charleston Job Corps’ New Wave Network Boosts WIFI
The Charleston Job Corps' Student Enterprise is currently putting its training to the test. Students from the Network Cable Installation trade are applying their skills by adding an outdoor Wifi access point in order to strengthen the wifi signal in the administration...
Job Corps Attends SC Works Career Fair On The Campus Of Denmark Technical College, SC
Bamberg Job Corps Human Resources Director, Latresia Wesley and Admission Counselor, Joseph Taylor shares scholarship and career opportunities with local students and citizens of the community. There were over 30 vendors participated.
Charleston Job Corps Celebrates Student Academic Achievements
Charleston Job Corps celebrates one of our student's academic success, as he completes his High School Diploma through Penn Foster's high school diploma curriculum. Lester Ray Mays, is so glad to have completed part of the objectives he set out to achieve when he...
Charleston Job Corps Students Raising the Bar
Charleston Job Corps students are doing quite well in their academic achievements. Charleston Job Corps has hit the ground running by ensuring our students are academically and trade ready when they complete their trainings. During the month of January, Charleston...
Community Partner: Shelbyville Pharmacy
It’s been a wild two years, and Whitney M. Young is lucky to have excellent partners to help weather the storm. And when a vaccine to protect our students from COVID-19 became available, one community partner has gone above and beyond to help us make sure our students...
Whitney M. Young works the job fair circuit
It’s hard to find workers now, but Whitney M. Young Human Resources is pounding the pavement to make sure our students have the best people available. Michelle Hendrickson, Human Resources Manager for Whitney M. Young, attended a job fair this week at Louisville’s Nia...
Charleston Job Corps assists’ Community Partners
Charleston Job Corps was on hand to work alongside the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades and the Salvation Army, two community partners. On Saturday, December 18th, the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades was on hand to man the collection...
Charleston Job Corps Helps Bring Christmas Cheer to the City of Charleston
On December 9, Charleston Job Corps marched in the City of Charleston's Christmas Parade. With the décor of the Job Corps Bus, the Charleston Job Corps also took part in the Float Contest. The carpentry students contributed to the decorations by sculpting Santa's...
Flint Genesee Job Corps Finalized MOU with Habitat for Humanity
The Flint Genesee Job Corps Center is pleased to announce their partnership with the Genesee County Habitat for Humanity, finalizing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) . The MOU establishes joint processes and procedures that will enable parties to fully integrate...
The Charleston Job Corps center hosts’ Modern Man Day
Charleston Job Corps' Career Services Director, Mrs. Jamela Brown, host's The Modern Man Day. This event consists of several males from the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. speaking to our young men on the topic of “The Modern Man”. The guest speakers were: Bobby...
Jacksonville Job Corps Center Celebrates Partnership with Johnson & Johnson Vision
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Job Corps Center is proud to announce the landmark partnership with Johnson and Johnson Vision. The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was launched Friday, November 5, 2021 highlighting a new program that will provide Advanced Manufacturing...
Cleveland Job Corps Virtual Workforce Council Meeting
On October 21, 2021, Cleveland Job Corps Center Director Cathy Williams welcomed thirty attendees to the virtual semi-annual Center Workforce Council meeting. Representatives from University Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, NEON Health Center, International...
Charleston Job Corps “Girl Talks”
Charleston Job Corps held a "Girls Talk" conversation with our female students to discuss female etiquette on Tuesday, November 16, 2021. Our guest speaker was Dr. Cynthia Wesley, OBGYN. of Charlotte, North Carolina. Wesley is the author of her newly released book...
Charleston Job Corps hosts’ Can Food Drive
Charleston Job Corps Cares for our Community!!! From October 25th to November 10th, Charleston Job Corps held a can food drive and asked employees to donate at least three canned goods. A donation was made to the Salvation Army of Charleston, WV on November 12, 2021....
Thennie Freeman
Meet Thennie Freeman, the Superstar, Potomac Job Corps Grad, who regularly rocks the world with her drive and passion for making a difference. After her time at PJCC, Mrs. Freeman received her Strategies for Leading Change cert. from Harvard University, Masters of...
Charleston Job Corps Annual Mental Health Event
Annual Mental Health Event Suicide Awareness and Prevention Multiple staff members organized and presented the Charleston Job Corps Annual Mental Health Event, which focused on suicide awareness and prevention. A candlelight vigil was held on Saturday, September 25th,...