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Job Corps News
Events, Stories, & Announcements
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Published: September 25, 2018
Job Corps Outreach Events Held Oct. 3-4, 2018
On Oct. 3 and 4, Job Corps is hosting outreach events for applicants, influencers, and workforce center staff across the country to share information on the benefits and enrollment criteria for the Job Corps program. We hope you can join us!… Read more
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Published: September 4, 2018
Charles Armstrong
Charles Armstrong is the executive chef at Catch 54, a high-quality seafood restaurant considered one of the best waterfront restaurants in Delaware. Getting the job was no accident for Charles. His years of hard work and training gave him the… Read more
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Published: September 4, 2018
Dago Pates
Officer Dago Pates is in line to become one of Kyle, Texas’ next police detectives. But had it not been for Job Corps, he may still be digging ditches for the county. The 2006 graduate of Gary Job Corps Center is currently the Juvenile and Sex… Read more
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Published: March 5, 2018
Raja Arsian
Raja Arsian enrolled at Potomac Job Corps Center in Sept. 2013, only a year after immigrating to the United States. A native of Pakistan, Raja was working a series of customer service jobs, unhappy with his hours and unsatisfied with his career path… Read more
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Published: October 26, 2017
Matthew Parker
Matthew Parker moved a number of times in his life, but the most important move was for Job Corps. Matthew spent most of his childhood in Sitka, Alaska, where he first developed an interest in computers. He was able to pursue this interest in high… Read more
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Published: October 18, 2017
Lydia Mata
Lydia Mata discovered Job Corps in 1995 while driving by a billboard in Fresno, Calif. The single, teenage mother had, as she puts it, “limited options for finding a job and no means of paying for school.” Knowing she had a responsibility to her son… Read more
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Published: May 19, 2017
Judge Sergio A. Gutierrez
Job Corps' motto is "Success Lasts a Lifetime" and nowhere is this more evident than in the story of Idaho Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sergio Gutierrez, who received his GED and studied carpentry at the Wolf Creek Job Corps Center in the early… Read more
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Published: May 19, 2017
Monique Williams Jordan
With a pinch of passion, a sprinkle of creativity and a generous amount of determination, "Chef Moe," Monique Williams, has turned her culinary aspirations into a recipe for success. Her journey began as a culinary arts student at Woodstock… Read more
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Published: May 19, 2017
Troy Carter
Like many Job Corps graduates, Troy Carter began his life in a low-income neighborhood with nothing but a dream of music industry success and a drive to make it happen. After struggling to balance his education with a budding music career, Carter… Read more
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Published: June 23, 2011
Land stewardship training by Job Corps lauded by US Forest Service Agency Job Corps Centers graduated over 4,000 students nationwide
JUN 21 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The new green curriculum of the Forest Service’s Job Corps will expand employment opportunities for its graduates, help revitalize local economies in rural communities and enhance the mission of the agency, U.S. Forest… Read more