Nov 1, 2024
The career fair provides Job Corps students access to Walt Disney World culinary-centered career opportunities
Joe Christensen - Security and Protective Services - Tulsa Job Corps
Joe Christensen
has over 25 years in Law Enforcement and security experience. Mr. Christensen’s professional experience in Law Enforcement has all been served in Oklahoma where he retired as a Master Patrol Officer. Law Enforcement and community policing has been his life. Working with a community to overcome its differences and to find common ground has been his passion.
Sep 16, 2024
The career fair provides Job Corps students access to Walt Disney World culinary-centered career opportunities.
Aug 20, 2024
As Job Corps celebrates its 60th anniversary today, Aug. 20, the program is proud to honor seven new Hall of Fame recipients.
Aug 19, 2024
Students and leadership from Job Corps campuses across the country honor the diamond anniversary at Leadership Summit in Washington, DC.
Aug 14, 2024
On Aug. 20, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Economic Opportunity Act, a centerpiece of his War on Poverty. Along with 10 other major programs, the act established a federal Job Corps program designed to increase the employability of young adults by “providing them with education, vocational training, [and] useful work experience.”
Jun 27, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has marked the final week of September for Job Corps Signing Day ceremonies across the nation to celebrate new students who have enrolled in the free career training program and taken control of their futures.
Feb 27, 2023
Students from the David L. Carrasco Job Corps Center performed exceptionally in the Build-Off Texas High School Welding Series competition, placing on the podium for a second year in a row.
Mar 10, 2023
In honor of Women’s History Month, and in pursuit of expanding workforce opportunities for economically disadvantaged young women, Pittsburgh Job Corps Center held its first Women at Work open house.
Mar 24, 2023
Amid more than 66,000 wildfires that burned nearly 7.6 million acres of land across the country in 2022, students in Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers combined to provide 204,633 total hours of support to federal firefighters.