JOB CORPS Our congratulations goes out to Jacqueline O’Donnell for getting direct hired by Walgreens after eight weeks of work-based learning. Jacqueline studied in our Pinellas County Job Corps Pharmacy Technician program and will soon be promoted to a Pharmacy Technician...
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Whitney M. Young graduate values leadership skills, work ethic
Torran Cox is on his way to a strong career in refractory bricklaying, where just as a journeyman he could make $5,000 a week. He couldn’t have built that future without the foundation Whitney M. Young Job Corps helped him lay. Cox is an apprentice bricklayer entering...
Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center graduate makes history as Miami’s first Black Chief Electrical Inspector
When Richard Way was a teenager, he enrolled at Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center. Thanks to that decision, he made history. “I was 16 years old, and needed a second chance in life,” Way said. “Job Corps helped me with that, and I’m very thankful.” Job Corps not only...
Ring that bell: Ngolo Nundu graduates
Whitney M. Young has sent another student off to a bright future. Ngolo Nundu, a CNA student who earned his high school diploma at Whitney as well, has graduated and started his career. He was starting study on a second trade, however, he decided to ultimately leave...
Talking Leaves Job Corps graduate credits program for career training and life success
Weston Swint is a Tahlequah, OK native, Talking Leaves Job Corps graduate, and a member of the United States Army. Swint did not feel traditional high school education was for him so he left during his junior year and entered the TLJC program. “I graduated with a...
A Dream comes True
Soleil Mutezika is originally from Uganda Africa. In the summer of 2019 Soleil family decided to move to Antioch, Tennessee for better opportunities. She enrolled in Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center on August 26, 2019, seeking her high school diploma and her...