JOB CORPS Twenty two year old Danielle Baldwin, from the Flint Genesee Job Corps, won first place at the NJCA Oratory Competition, held in Washington D.C. Danille, who was once homeless and taking care of her younger brother, shared her lifes story to various government...
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Student at Loring Job Corps recognized as “semi-finalist” in NJCA Oratory Contest.
Congratulations to Kenneth Hilton our SGA President and CISCO student as a “semi-finalist” in the NJCA Oratory Contest! Kenneth is a successful and ambitious student attending Loring Job Corps Center his Job Corp career started in Miami, FL where he completed...
Faces of Job Corps: Monzel A.
Faces of Job Corps Monzel Anderson At 14 Monzel came to the United States from Port-au-Prince Haiti, his mother had recently married a soldier in the US Army. They all moved to Ft. Hood in Killeen then later to Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio. Monzel’s classroom...
Clearfield Job Corps Honors Veterans
Clearfield Job Corps Culinary arts students baked and delivered fresh cookies to the resident Veterans of the George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home to say thanks and spend some time visiting with the residents. Cookies were given out at the weekly Wii Bowling...
Student Success Story: Gerald R. Ford Student’s Inspirational Story Lands Her a Career Start!
Student Success Story: Gerald R. Ford Student’s Inspirational Story Lands Her a Career Start! Rachelle Martin, dropped out of high school her senior year due to being bullied by a group of female students. “I was scared” Rachelle states, “so I just didn’t go back.” ...
Clearfield in the news!
Job Corps gives students a second chance by Tom Busselberg - Davis County Clipper Nov 08, 2010 CLEARFIELD — Many students here are being given a second chance at building successful lives. Cung Thang of Woods Cross is one such example. The Myanmir (Burma) native left...
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How Job Corps has changed my life. (1st Place Entry)
By: Jesus Perez I have been on many journeys in my life, some of which have led to a dead end. When I heard of Job Corps at an Employment Connection Office, I thought I would give it a try. I was in a point in my life where I really needed that push and break free...
How Job Corps has changed my life. (2nd Place Entry)
By: Freddie Hotz The big question everyone keeps asking is, “What has Job Corps done for me?” Honestly, the question that everyone should be asking is what does Job Corps not do for me? I mean seriously, Job Corps feeds us, gives us money for clothes, teaches us a...
How Job Corps has changed my life. (3rd Place Entry)
How Job Corps Has Changed My Life By: Carolyn Adams Before I discovered Job Corps, my life was going downhill. I hated my job and could not survive on the money I made from it. I had flunked out of college because I was too bored to pay attention to anything I thought...
Faces of Job Corps-Esmeralda C.
Esmeralda C. was born in Edinburg, Texas the first of her family born in the United States, she graduated from Edinburg High School in 1997 but the only prospects for employment in South Texas(the Valley having the highest unemployment rate in Texas) were minimum...
Faces of Job Corps-David B.
David came to the Gary Job Corps Center in August 2009 from Houston, Texas. He said that "Iwas doing nothing with my life, living witrh my grandmother, I was in college and dropped out". My grandmother was looking at TV and saw the commerical about the...
Kiwanis Award Winner sees bright future ahead.
Garrett Zollinger came to Clearfield Job Corps from Anacortes, Washington on May 20, 2008 Before enrolling in Job Corps Garrett was working as a night shift grocery stocker, with no other prospects in sight. Garrett initially planned on joining the electrical program;...
Clearfield Student Places in Video Competition
Video by Catherine A. from Clearfield Job Corps
Faces of Job Corps: Jacqueline H.
Jacqueline H. went from being an unemployed single parent to becoming a confident, self-sufficent role model for her child. Jacqueline entered Long Beach Job Corps Center in March 2010 and has accomplished the following: Completed Business Technology Career Technical...
Faces of Job Corps: Isaac R.
Isaac grew up as an only child raised by his father, and went from living in his car to becoming an employed role model for Long Beach Job Corps students, his fellow college students, and community members. Isaac R. enrolled at the Long Beach Job Corps Center and:...
Faces of Job Corps-Kateline
A Face of Job Corps: Kateline, 22- Years old, Manatí, Puerto Rico Kateline enrolled the Off Center Training Program at Arecibo Job Corps Center on August 2008 and she already had HSD from another school. Before Kateline joined Arecibo Job Corps her goals were to be...
Faces of Job Corps: Terry Lee Medicine Crow
Terry Lee Medicine Crow is from McLaughlin, South Dakota and the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. In 1986 he graduated from high school and did not have the financial resources to attend college, so in 1989 he decided to enroll in the Clerical Word Processing vocation...