Youth Job Center can help you get the skills you need to find and keep a job.

Youth Job Center’s Core Services provide career exploration, personalized career advising, skills training, job placement, and follow-up support, helping young people develop a strong foundation for future employment success.

We offer Core Services to young adults ages 16-25, including (but not limited to) those who have experienced significant barriers to employment like homelessness, a criminal record, a lack of childcare resources, and more.

If you’re out of work, this program can teach you the skills you’ll need to find and keep quality employment, with the potential for career growth.

The Core Program consists of the following parts:

• Intake - Connect with YJC staff to communicate your needs, skills, and career interests.

• Workforce Readiness Training (WRT) - Learn how to conduct a job search, build a resume, interview, and more. In our two-week training, you can develop your communication, customer service, and conflict resolution skills. Other topics covered during WRT include goal planning and career development, basic financial skills (like budgeting and how to balance a checkbook), basic computer skills, professionalism, and workplace expectations.

• Career Coaching - Receive friendly one-one-one career advising with a YJC career coach. Career coaches help you explore and choose a career path based on your needs and interests, and they assist you with putting together an actionable plan for pursuing your goals. Career coaches can also connect you with outside resources you might need, like healthcare & childcare resources, educational support, mental health counseling, drug abuse counseling, housing support, legal support (ongoing legal issues and records expungement), and more.

• Job Placement - YJC’s career coaches and employer relations team will help you meet any needs for immediate employment and help you find work in your chosen career industry.

• Retention Support - Your YJC career coach will continue supporting you for up to a year after you find work! This way you can stay connected to useful resources and come up with plans for advancing in your job and career.

Meet the Team