JOB CORPS “We’re not looking for perfect people,” advised San Diego based FBI Special Agent Recruiter Yolanda R. Loya, who recently spoke at the San Diego Job Corps Center. “We’re looking for honest people who make wise choices in their lives, and don’t repeat their mistakes. ...
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Three Generations of Instructors at San Diego Job Corps
“I’ve been teaching at our center since we first opened in 1979,” advised San Diego Job Corps electrical trade instructor Randall Mann. “I think it’s the first time the center has had three generations of instructors from the same trade.” At the beginning of his...
ISEC Incorporated Offers Career Opportunities for San Diego Job Corps Graduates
“We’ve been associated with the San Diego Job Corps Center for the past eight years,” advised Doug Walters, Operations Manager for ISEC Incorporated, located on Carroll Canyon Road in San Diego. The company was founded in 1967 in Colorado as the Intermountain School...
San Diego Interim Mayor Attends San Diego Job Corps Celebration
On September 25, 2013, San Diego Interim Mayor and City Counsel President Todd Gloria helped celebrate the San Diego Job Corps’ celebration of its opening on September 18, 1979. Mr. Gloria was the guest speaker at the San Diego Center’s Community Relations Council...
Law Enforcement Officials Speak at San Diego Job Corps Center
“Our Homeland Security Cadets receive extensive training while enrolled at our center,” advised Denelle Reiners, a Career Transition Specialist at the San Diego Job Corps Center. “They are trained in law enforcement code, inspection, and patrol, which enable them to...
Job Corps Students Graduate From Qualcomm Hire A Youth Program
San Diego Job Corps students Cristina Landeros, Tanya Nuno, and Dominick Di Cataldo graduated from Qualcomm’s Hire A Youth (HAY) Program, marking Job Corps’ third year of participation in the program. The commencement ceremony took place on August 9, 2013 at the...
250 Graduates at San Diego Job Corps’ Summer Graduation
The San Diego Job Corps Center in Imperial Beach, CA recently celebrated the summer commencement ceremony for the center’s newest graduates. Job Corps staff members welcomed the graduates’ families, friends, and supporters to the August 2, 2013 event which was held...
San Diego Job Corps Students Attend Construction Expo
Karen Linehan, Outreach Program Manager for the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD), advised that over 450 people attended last week’s Construction Expo at Construction Tech Academy at Kearny High School in San Diego. The annual event is San Diego’s preeminent...
Job Corps Students’ Employment Opportunities at Pro Comp Suspension
“Pro Comp Suspension has become one of the largest employers of our graduates,” advised San Diego Job Corps Career Transition Services Manager Joe Guiffre. “They’ve hired 13 of our graduates, and currently 21 of our students are engaged in paid Work-Based Learning...
San Diego Job Corps Welcomes New Students
The San Diego Job Corps Center has begun admitting new students to its 27 acre campus in Imperial Beach, California. All 125 Job Centers were ordered to halt admissions from Jan. 28th to June 30th as a cost-savings measure. The U.S. Department of Labor, which...
San Diego Job Corps Contributes to the San Diego Food Bank
In San Diego County, 230,000 school children live in low-income households and receive free or reduced-priced meals at school, according to the San Diego Food Bank. In addition, more than 446,000 people live below the poverty level in the county, which is $10,890 for...
San Diego Job Corps Graduates’ Success at Bill Howe Plumbing
San Diego Job Corps graduates Christian Soto, Shelby Bruce, Louis Zimmerman, and Luis Acosta recently spoke about their careers at Bill Howe Plumbing’s new headquarters in Kearny Mesa. Three completed Job Corps’ Plumbing Career Technical Training program, and one...
San Diego Job Corps Graduate to Intern at Cornell University
San Diego Job Corps graduate David Martinez, who will soon be graduating from Southwestern College, has been selected to attend a 10-week summer internship starting in June with the Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. David...
San Diego Job Corps Student to Compete in National Competition
San Diego Job Corps’ gold medal winning student Edwin Rodriguez will compete in the Skills USA National Contest in Kansas City, Missouri in June. The 24 year old from Chula Vista is enrolled in Job Corps’ Electrical Career Technical Training Program and will be...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Official Visits San Diego Job Corps
Kenneth C. Smith, Assistant Field Office Director for ICE Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) San Diego, spoke with Job Corps’ Homeland Security cadets on March 14, 2013 at the San Diego Center. Smith is responsible for the ICE ERO San Diego's Congressional Affairs,...
San Diego Job Corps Hosts February American Red Cross Blood Drive
“I’m very familiar with the Red Cross as I was a lifeguard for them before entering Job Corps,” advised San Diego Job Corps student Ashley Brown. Brown is enrolled in the center’s Medical Administrative Assistant Career Technical Training program and volunteered at...
San Diego Job Corps Student Interns for City of Imperial Beach
“I attended Job Corps’ Community Relations Council meeting last October and learned about their Work Based Learning Program,” advised Kathleen VonAchen, Administrative Services Director for the City of Imperial Beach, California. “I heard others praise the students...
San Diego Job Corps Student Success Story
“I was working at minimum wage jobs in Riverside, California and didn’t see a future in any of those jobs,” advised 20 year old San Diego Job Corps graduate Travon Scaife. “I looked at Job Corps as a stepping stone in finding a career I could advance in. Enrolling...
San Diego Job Corps Graduate Honored by Bricklayers And Allied Craftworkers Local 4 of Southern California
San Diego Job Corps graduate Clarence Washington recently received his Completion of Apprenticeship at the Bricklayers And Allied Craftworkers Local 4 of Southern California’s office in La Mesa, CA. Washington graduated in 2008 after completing Job Corps’ Bricklaying...
Hutchins Realty in Imperial Beach Hires San Diego Job Corps Graduate
“Jorge is a perfect fit for our company,” advised Pat Hutchins, co-owner of Hutchins Realty in Imperial Beach, CA. “He’s smart, hard-working, able to multi-task, and in only a few months has become an asset to our company.” Mrs. Hutchins’s newest employee is recent...