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Student Success at Pittsburgh

Office Administration completer, Tohquet D. , is currently working two jobs!  He is a Customer Service Associate at KMART and an Overnight Stock Clerk at UPS. Electrician Helper graduate, Jovan C.,  is an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 56...

Pittsburgh Instructors Earn Accolades

The Annual IUOE (International Union of Operating Engineers) Health and Safety Conference was held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Skip Cashdollar, operating engineer and instructor at PJCC,  accepted the Department of Labor "Silver" award on Joe Dixon's behalf for 2 years in...

Faces of Job Corps: Carolton A.

Carlton A. was a graduate of the Netsy/Cisco shop. When he was assigned to Nicole Wehler, Career Advisor, he was working as a PC Technician at Staples in Waterworks for less than $8.00 an hour. She  tried to impress upon him how bright, ambitious, and professional he...

Pittsburgh to Host Academic Olympics 2010

Students from the Pittsburgh Job Corps Center will compete for the Philadelphia District Championship at the East Coast Academic and Career Olympics Competition, Thursday, August 26, 2010.  This year the competition is hosted by PJCC and will be held at  noon at the...

Pittsburgh Culinary Arts Excels

The Pittsburgh Iron Chef team recently  took second place overall in the Iron Chef, "Eat Right, Cook Light" competition.  15 teams from Philadelphia Region II were in Atlantic City, NJ judged by the Skinny Chef, Robert Irvine, and working chefs from the Philadelphia...