Faces of Workforce
Job center helps former inmate land job one week after release
June 1, 2016
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When Desiman Miller first entered the East Mesa Reentry Facility, he promised himself he’d make the most of his time there. He enrolled in over 25 classes and spent his free time reading books focused on learning new skills and
East County career center helps Marcia obtain a new career
April 6, 2016
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Marcia Knabe had a background in corrections, but wanted to do less physically demanding work. She came to the East County Career Center, an America’ Job Center of California (AJCC) site, determined to continue working but in a less physical
Life sciences internships help first-generation high school grad decide her future
February 23, 2016
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In some ways, Andrea is like many other high school students; she enjoys going to the movies with friends and works at a restaurant in her spare time. In other ways, she is very much unlike many of her peers.
Laid off higher ed VP finds new work thanks to career center
February 4, 2016
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Jonathan King was unemployed when he joined the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Career Center at the downtown library — one in a network of America’s Job Center of California (AJCC) sites — in August 2014. He had been laid
Retail internship changes life of business student
December 11, 2015
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Situated behind another outlet mall next to the fence separating the United States and Mexico, the new San Diego Outlets at the Border (opened October 2014) is not immediately obvious from the main road. Once you find it, however, you
Veteran finds success in the civilian world
November 10, 2015
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In 1999, Andrew S. Colunga retired from the U.S. Marine Corps after 22 years of service. His aviation background landed him a job at Boeing, but when the three-hour commute back and forth to Long Beach became too much, Colunga
Michael Cerdinio finds fulfilling full-time work after C2C internship
October 28, 2015
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Michael Cerdinio was a participant in SDWP’s CONNECT2Careers (C2C) youth employment program. Through C2C he was placed in an internship with Buster Biofuels, a green energy company that creates Green Initiatives for restaurants in San Diego by reclaiming their used
From refugee to refuge: Lian Thang’s story
October 14, 2015
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When the Burmese Army began making life difficult for his and nearby villages, Lian Thang knew he had to flee for his safety. In 2008, when Lian was 14, he left his home in Chin State in western Burma and
Expanded Subsidized Employment program helps mother of two turn family’s life around
October 14, 2015
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Chante Yuban Brookins was working as a preschool teacher when she lost her job. For the next two months, she took on the odd cleaning or babysitting job. For the rest of the following year Chante did not have luck
Former teen mom joins staff at agency that helped her succeed
October 7, 2015
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Ashley Rodriguez could have been a statistic. Using drugs between 13 and 15, she dropped out of school in 10th grade and became a single parent at 16. Instead, two years later she joined Pathways to Success (P2S) — funded