JOB CORPS 6.29.16 The Gadsden Job Corps Center hosted its semiannual Workforce Council Meeting on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. The attendees included city officials, community leaders, owners of local businesses, WBL employers, and state-based organizations, etc. Mr. Harold...
Archive for "Faces of Job Corps"
Alaska Job Corps students show that public service isn’t always a Flashy Selfie; sometimes you just have to put your boots on.
Alaska Job Corps students were doing public service, after the training day, for an elder with a goat farm. The students learned from the elder, helped with the goats and helped fix the fences. Public service isn’t always a flashy public effort. Sometimes it is just...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Success Story
On February 1,2016 Kyle Martell, from Clearfield, Pennsylvania arrived at the Muhlenberg Job Corps Center with a passion to turn his life around. At first, Kyle wasn't confident that he would make it in the Job Corps program and wanted to leave right after he arrived...
Springdale Job Corps Graduate Keeps Career Moving…at Job Corps
Michael T. Smith came to Job Corps in October of 2011. He had been working as a supervisor at a bagel shop in Redmond, Washington. Not sure of his next step in life, his grandmother suggested he take a look at Job Corps. He entered in to the Culinary Arts program at...
ProStart Culinary Competition – AT Students Welcome the team to RI
The Exeter Job Corps Academy Advanced Culinary Arts students and their Chef Mark Bennison joined RI Hospitality President/CEO Dale Venturini, Ms.. Heather Singleton, Chief Operating Officer of RIHA & Bahjat Shariff, CEO of Howley Bread Group and RI Hospitality...
PIVOT Student Demonstrates Healthy, Affordable Options
PIVOT students learn about health food options from a fellow student!
Maque McMullen: Job Corps Volunteer
Maque McMullen knows her way around a kitchen. Like many people, the Joliet Job Corps Center student likes to cook. She makes a mean pot roast, and spaghetti is a specialty. She also likes the other parts of the process – the prep work and cleaning up. And she’s done...
San Jose Job Corp’s Workforce Relations Council member DoubleTree by Hilton, invites the Culinary Arts class for breakfast and hotel careers tour.
San Jose Job Corp’s Workforce Relations Council member DoubleTree by Hilton, invited the Culinary Arts class for a complimentary breakfast, and hotel careers tour. Job Corps students and staff ate and networked with the Hotel Manager, Executive Chef, Human Resource...
ATTERBURY STUDENT MARGARET MAPLES – A CNA PORTRAIT OF SUCCESS
Margaret Maples serves as an excellent example of how diligence, coupled with a good work ethic, can prove to be the keys to unlock a successful future. Miss Maples came to our campus from her home town of Terre Haute, Indiana. Margaret chose AJCCs Certified Nursing...
ATTERBURY CENTER INDUSTRY COUNCIL – CULINARY STEALS THE SHOW
Atterbury held a Center Industry Council meeting with a select few of our Union Pre-Apprenticeship trades to discuss ways to enhance the current program, the training provided, and our goals for the coming Program Year. In attendance were Atterbury Center Director,...
INDYPENDENCE CPP CAREER PATH ROAD TRIP
IndyPendence students in CPP, (Career Preparation Period), took an off-center field trip to Ivy Tech Community College and to the local Work One office in downtown Indy to look at their options in Higher Education and to learn about the job placement services that...
Alaska Job Corps Serves at Regional Economic Development Forum
The Alaska Job Corps Culinary Arts Class and Chef Williams prepared and served the luncheon at the June 27th Economic Development Workshop, hosted by Mat Su Borough Manager John Moosey. In addition to the State Economist, there were movers and shakers from all cities,...
Gregory Stephens II to Exeter Advanced Training
Gregory Stephens II enrolled at Glenmont Job Corps on August 11, 2015 and completed the Culinary Arts trade. Gregory, throughout his enrollment had been an exceptional and positive student who was always willing to assist in any capacity across the center. He also...
Fun in the Sun at Glenmont Job Corps Center
It’s finally summer and there was much fun to be had at the GJCC Recreation Center the past two weekends. Mr. Pailley, Recreation Supervisor, worked closely with Ms. Watts, Peer Leadership Coordinator and GJCC Student Government Association to plan outdoor events for...
Kittrell Welcomes New Enrollees to the Program on June 22, 2016.
Kittrell rolls out the red carpet to welcome new enrollees to the program on June 22, 2016.
Ashley Nichole Resto Recieves her Certificate of Completion
My name is Ashley Nichole Resto & I’m 18 years old. I came to Kittrell Job Corps Center to become a better person, employee, and daughter. I chose Culinary Arts as my trade, because I have pretty much grown up in my aunt’s kitchen cooking and baking all kinds of...
Career Preparation Period (CPP) Reconized Completers
On June 17, 2016, Kittrell Job Corps Center recognized students who have completed Career Preparation Period (CPP). Students shared their Personal Career Development Plan by presenting a PowerPoint presentation that identified their 30- 60- 90-day goals and...
San Jose Job Corps’ SPARTANS competing in the 12th Annual World Games-Basketball Tournament
San Jose Job Corps along with several other local schools and community centers were invited to participate in the 12th Annual World Games Tournament hosted by Hilltoppers Academy School. Since February of this year, Coaches Jeremy Ramos (Guidance Counselors) &...
Father’s Day Luncheon
The Social Development Department sponsored “Mini Me,” a Father’s Day luncheon June 13 in the Jag Café. As part of the program, members of the Joliet Unity Movement attended the event and shared their stories of what it was like to become a father at a young age. The...
New Students this Week at Treasure Island Job Corps
New Students this Week at Treasure Island Job Corps! Every week new students come to our center with aspirations to learn a trade, earn a diploma, make new friends, whatever the case may be Treasure Island Job Corps Center welcomes you Marcus Binion, Justin Gilreath,...