Job Corps now enters its fourth decade as the nation's largest residential training program for young women and men. Administered and funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, Job Corps provides young people who have limited financial resources the chance to learn marketable skills so they can get good jobs. Job Corps graduates are hard workers, trained and certified by businesses and labor organizations that provide the training young workers need to succeed. Job Corps graduates know that personal accountability, reliability, a neat appearance and good manners are basic to getting and keeping a job. Job Corps trains the whole person.
Students receive academic education, vocational instructions, social skills training and counseling.
They learn leadership, self-esteem, time and resource management, and how to think creatively and work effectively in a culturally diverse setting. And most important, Job Corps graduates are highly motivated. To succeed in the program, they've worked hard to make changes in their lives. They are now ready to take the next step and get started on their careers. Job Corps pays for itself and more.