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Job Corps offers solutions to some of the biggest challenges
businesses face. It's a great opportunity for companies to boost the
bottom line and hire entry-level employees with up to two years of
training in a specific industry. Following are just a few of many
benefits to working with Job Corps and hiring graduates:
- With a ready pool of pre-screened, trained and motivated entry-level workers,
hiring Job Corps students helps companies lower recruiting costs.
- Employers can lower training and overhead costs by hiring entry-level
employees who already have extensive training in a particular industry.
- Trained in more than 100 career programs, Job Corps graduates are entering
today's workforce with hands-on practical and certified skills in high-growth
industries such as health care, information technology, automotive, and
construction.
- With today's changing skills and demands, centers can work with businesses
to develop a training curriculum customized to a specific company's needs.
- By hiring a Job Corps graduate, companies may be eligible for federal tax
credits of up to $2,400 per employee.
- Businesses can increase visibility with publicity on Job Corps' Web sites,
articles and photos in nationally circulated newsletters, and signage on Job
Corps campuses.
- Employers can guard against current and future labor shortages by working
with Job Corps to create pipelines of qualified, work-ready employees, reducing
the cost of recruitment and training in the long-term.
How can I help bring Job Corps to Fremont County?
Please Contact the Riverton and Lander Chamber of Commerce to see how you can help bring JOB CORPS to
Fremont County.
Riverton Chamber of Commerce
213 West Main Street Suite C
Riverton, WY 82501
307-856-4801
Lander Chamber of Commerce
160 North 1st Street
Lander, WY 82520
307-332-3892
Find out more about JOB CORPS
JOB CORPS FACT SHEET
WHAT IS JOB CORPS?
Job Corps is the nation’s largest residential education and vocational training program for
economically disadvantaged youth. There are 122 centers in 48 states, the District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico. It is a time-tested program, touching the lives of more than 60,000 young people every year.
Since its inception in 1964, Job Corps has guided nearly 2 million young people away from lives filled with
poverty and unemployment, crime and welfare and steered them toward brighter futures filled with self-confidence,
independence, and productive employment.
Job Corps succeeds in a way few other programs -- public or private -- do. It is a full-time, year-round
primarily residential program that offers comprehensive vocational training, education and supportive
services, including supervised dormitory housing, meals, medical care, and counseling. The program
provides occupational exploration; employment and social skills training; and competency based
vocational and basic education. Occupational trades offered include automotive mechanics and repair,
business clerical, computer occupations, construction, culinary arts, health occupations, and retail trades.
After students leave the program, Job Corps provides placement assistance for jobs, further education
and the military, as well as transitional service and follow-up support.
Much of the program’s success lies in its strict discipline and behavioral standards important for
achieving success in life. Job Corps maintains a Zero Tolerance Policy for violence and drugs. Penalties
for violations may be severe, including expulsion from the program.
Approximately 85% of students are residential; the remaining students commute to their centers daily.
Students can be enrolled in Job Corps for up to two years. Enrollment in Job Corps is voluntary and
programs are designed to allow students to progress at their own pace.
WHO IS SERVED?
To be eligible for Job Corps, participants must be 16 through 24 years of age; be economically
disadvantaged; be high school dropouts or in need of additional education or vocational training; not be
on probation or parole; and be free of serious medical or behavioral problems. The typical Job Corps
student is an 18-year old high-school dropout who reads at the seventh grade level, belongs to a minority
group and has never held a full-time job. Approximately 70% of Job Corps enrollees are members of
minority groups; 75% are high school dropouts, and more than 30% are from families on public
assistance.
HOW DOES THE PROGRAM OPERATE?
The Job Corps program operates through a partnership of government, labor and the private sector.
Major corporations -- such as Career Systems Development Corporation, Management and Training
Corporation, MINACT, and Res-Care – operate 94 Job Corps centers under contracts with the U.S.
Department of Labor.
Twenty-eight centers, known as civilian conservation centers, are located on federal lands and are
operated by the Departments of Agriculture and Interior. Labor unions and trade associations conduct
vocational training at many Job Corps centers. Support contractors, utilizing a national network of
volunteers, provide assistance to former students in locating suitable housing and other short-term
support.
WHAT ARE THE RESULTS?
The Job Corps program is one of the documented successes. Eighty-seven percent of Job Corps
graduates are placed in jobs, enroll in full-time education, or enlist in the military.
Approximately sixteen percent of all new Job Corps students leave the program within the first 60
days of enrollment. This dropout rate reflects, in part, students who find they cannot adjust to an
institutional setting or the disciplined environment, or who have personal family needs which require them
to return home.
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