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For young adults in San Diego County, the traditional part-time job is no longer the only entry point to the world of work.

Four years ago, Pamela Olvera visited the South County Career Center and tapped into available funding for training to pursue her passion of cooking. She used the funding for culinary school, and now owns a cafe in Point Loma called the Northside Shack.

Recently, TechHire team members Andrea Villanueva and Penelope Oseguera sat down for an interview with Jaime Falcón, formerly with HoverCam and Adventure Games. Read on for his experience hiring tech talent through TechHire, his outlook on internships and his advice to both employers and job seekers in tech.

On May 2, Class 12 of Kitchens for Good’s Project Launch program started training. Funded through the San Diego Workforce Partnership as a CalFresh Employment and Training program, the 12-week certified culinary apprenticeship program aimed to increase the employment and earning potential of CalFresh recipients.

Growing up Jesus Jhair Gama describes himself as, “that kid who was called upon whenever there was a technical issue at home.” He enjoyed working with technology and was a self-taught repairman. In his early days of repairs, he immersed himself in information, watching videos and reading as much as possible about the mobile phone industry.

This past school year the San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) formed a unique partnership with the Vista Unified School District (VUSD) to provide meaningful experiences for high school students to help prepare them for the world of work in a new CONNECT2Careers program called C2C on Campus.

Have you ever thought it’d be cool to chart your career path, learn about new occupations based on your interests, figure out how to land your dream job or make a career jump? Well, there’s an app for that.

Dimitri Smith is a Business Partnerships Specialist at the San Diego Workforce Partnership. Here he tells a little bit about himself, both personally and professionally.

Today, the San Diego Workforce Partnership announces that funding awarded to Reimagine Retail San Diego has reached a total of $1.35 million since 2016. Through this effort, the organization works with employers to improve job quality, creates pathways to advancement for retail workers and uncovers opportunities to strengthen the region’s retail economy.

We all hear about the “skills gaps.” Gaps exist for many reasons. In the public workforce system, we are working tirelessly to overcome the disparity and to build skills that lead to great futures. On July 19, President Trump signed an executive order “to prioritize and expand workforce development” with the goal of providing the “millions of men and women who have been on the sidelines the chance to find fulfilling work that lifts up them and their families.”