JOB CORPS “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...
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San Diego Job Corps Students Win Medals at Skills USA Region 6 Competition
“This was totally unexpected,” advised 23 year old San Diego Job Corps student Joshua Andrus, who won a gold medal on February 2, 2013 at the Skills USA Region 6 Competition in San Bernardino, CA. Andrus is enrolled in Job Corps’ Electrical Career Technical Training...
San Diego Job Corps Hosts Student Art Show
“The title of my work is ‘Who Am I Really?,’” said San Diego Job Corps student Darlene Curtis. “It’s a picture of a person who shows many faces and emotions, while still presenting a smiling face to others.” Curtis, a 2011 graduate of Mar Vista High School, is...
San Diego Job Corps Students Begins Employment at ESET Corporation
After less than a year at San Diego Job Corps, nineteen year old Tia Pruitt will begin working in the San Diego office of ESET Corporation. ESET develops security solutions for home users and corporate customers in the United States and internationally. Pruitt will...
Record Turnout for 11th Annual Christmas Comes to I.B. Celebration
“This was the largest turnout we’ve ever had for Christmas Comes to I.B.,” advised Pat Hutchins, an Imperial Beach Chamber of Commerce Board Member who chaired the annual event on December 8, 2012. “Every segment of our community participated in the event, either...
San Diego Job Corps’ Advanced Career Training Students at Southwestern College
“I was 24 years old and was working as a laborer at minimum wage jobs when my uncle, a Job Corps graduate, told me about the program,” advised San Diego Job Corps student Luis Aguilar. “I enrolled this spring and during the last 7 months I earned my GED and completed...
San Diego Job Corps’ American Red Cross Blood Drives Exceeds 2012 Goal
“We’re both excited and proud of what our students and staff have achieved this year,” advised Melina Williams, San Diego Job Corps’ Social Development Director. “Last year we hosted 4 blood drives and collected 326 units of blood. This year’s goal was to have 6...
San Diego Job Corps, San Diego Housing Commission, and Sherwin-Williams Company Continuing Partnership
San Diego Job Corps, San Diego Housing Commission, and Sherwin-Williams Company Continuing Partnership “I’m looking forward to a career as a painter,” advised San Diego Job Corps student Omar Luera. Luera, from Fresno, CA is enrolled in Job Corps’ Painting Career...
San Diego Job Corps’ Newest Graduate Employees
“We have more than 250 people working on our center,” advised San Diego Job Corps Human Resources Manager David Kopfer, “and we encourage our graduates to apply for positions here. Norma Morado and Vanessa Flores are our newest employees as they both completed the Job...
San Diego Job Corps’ Month-Long Make a Difference Day Activities
Every year, the San Diego Job Corps Center joins millions of Americans for Make A Difference Day, which has become the nation’s largest day of service. Community service is an important part of Job Corps’ training and culture, as students practice the skills they are...
San Diego Job Corps Students Intern at Imperial Beach Chamber of Commerce
“This was a great opportunity to build on my knowledge of an office environment”, advised San Diego Job Corps student Jorge Gomez. Gomez, age 20, recently completed Job Corps’ Office Administration Career Technical Training program and a month long Work-Based Learning...
San Diego Job Corps Continues It’s Gift of Life
“When my instructor asked for volunteers to help with the blood drive, I decided to help,” advised 17 year old San Diego Job Corps student Jessie Quinonez. “I’m afraid of needles so I wasn’t planning on donating blood. As I walked to the drive I saw the picture of...
San Diego Job Corps Supporter Owonda Epiphany
“If I could rewind the clock, I would love to be a student at Job Corps,” stated Owonda Epiphany, San Diego Goodwill Industries’ Job Developer. ”The program offers young people a wonderful opportunity to enhance their lives and achieve their ambitions and goals in...
San Diego Job Corps’ Pharmacy Technician Students Achieving Success
“This is my third class of Pharmacy Technician students at Job Corps, and I’m proud of what they are achieving,” advised San Diego Job Corps’ Pharmacy Technician instructor Apollos Agbuya. On September 28, 2012, thirteen of his students took part in the White Coat...
San Diego Job Corps Graduate Celebrates U. S. Citizenship
“September 19, 2012 was a very happy day for me,” advised San Diego Job Corps staff member (and Job Corps graduate) Peter Lominit. On that day, Peter joined more than 1,000 other new citizens from 89 countries at the naturalization ceremony given by the U.S....
San Diego Job Corps Participates in Library’s “Local Heroes Storytime”
“I have a two year old daughter,” advised San Diego Job Corps student Chelsie Smith, “so I thought it would be fun to read to these young children today.” Two other Job Corps students and Job Corps’ Student Government Association Specialist Marcus Dunlap volunteered...
San Diego Job Corps’ Newest SIATech Graduates
“Our staff is very proud of our graduates,” stated Sally Cohenour, Principal for the School for Integrated Academics and Technologies (SIATech), located at the San Diego Job Corps Center. SIATech, a public charter high school is located at 15 Job Corps Centers in...
San Diego Job Corps Celebrates 2nd Annual National Job Corps Commencement Day
The San Diego Job Corps Center's newest graduates were honored by students, staff, and supporters at the San Diego Center on August 24, 2012. The 310 graduates took part in the semi-annual celebration, joining thousands of graduating Job Corps students on the 2nd...
San Diego Job Corps Students Complete Qualcomm’s Hire-A-Youth Program
Nine San Diego Job Corps Center students and eleven students from Reality Changers in San Diego were honored on August 17, 2012 at the Fourth Annual Hire-A-Youth Commencement Ceremony at Qualcomm’s headquarters in San Diego, CA. The students completed a five week,...
Owner of American Insulation Company, Inc. Praises San Diego Job Corps Employee
Interviewed at her office in Mira Mesa, CA, Lydia Flores, Owner and President of American Insulation Inc. offered praise for newly-hired San Diego Job Corps graduate Chantal Roman. "Since Chantal began working here in April, she has always been on time for work, gets...