JOB CORPS 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...
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Cleveland Job Corps Student Miquel Beckham Determined to Succeed
“Job Corps helped me develop my leadership skills,” said eighteen-year-old Miquel Beckham. “It made me realize I needed to start taking the initiative.” The Cleveland native was just a minor when he arrived at the Cleveland Job Corps Center on September 16, 2019. “I...
Where are the Whitney Young Job Corps Graduates?
Whitney Young Job Corps alumni are all over the country working in very promising and successful careers. As for former student, LaTasha King, she credits the Whitney Young Job Corps Center for her successes gearing her in the direction of endless opportunities....
From “Nothing to Everything” in less than 2 years
Andrew Bruketta is leaving the Alaska Job Corps for a job. And it isn’t just any old job. It is a highly skilled position, with excellent benefits, leave and expected to pay well over 60,000 a year. Andrew says frankly that Job Corps is whatever you make it. “Just...
Alaska Job Corps Students Serve The Homeless
It looked like a ski lodge at first, with people sitting on chairs and benches and wearing their parkas and hats. Nearly two feet of fresh snow surrounded the building. But missing from the ski lodge portrait was the fancy gear and bright colors. In fact some of the...
93.5% of Alaska Job Corps Graduates Placed in Careers
It’s a never-ending success story at the Alaska Job Corps. In the last few months six graduates found employment in the health care industry. A few are now employed at other senior facilities as certified nursing assistants. Several are at Providence and Primrose...
Potomac Job Corps Partners with Hydroviv
On Friday, December 2, 2016 Eric Roy, Phd., CEO of Hydroviv Water Filtration Company visited the Plumbing Trade. Having met Mr. Roy at the Convention Center during the DC ECON Development Showcase, and giving him an overview of the job corps program, he desired to...
Potomac Job Corps Center hosts a “Male Empowerment Session”
Potomac Job Corps Center's Y2Y and SGA hosted a "Male Empowerment Session" on Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Community partners Rickie Proctor and Ian Herron with the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management spoke to our male population in regard to the...
Tongue Point as Partners for Peace
Over 450 students and 130 staff participated in this powerful Youth 2 Youth: Partners 4 Peace campaign.