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Graduate benefits

At Job Corps, we will make sure you have the tools and resources you need in order to earn from what you learn. Here’s how:

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Job Search Assistance

Work with our center staff to connect with employers.

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Transition Allowance

Receive an allowance after graduation to help with the first few months of housing and living costs and transportation.

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Career Counseling

Meet with our on-site career counselors to search for jobs, prepare for interviews and plan your career next steps.

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Relocation Counseling

Speak with our counselors for tips and advice on moving to a new city for a job.

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Advanced Training Opportunities

Build on your basic career training and keep strengthening your skills in the industry of your choice. Talk to your center staff for more information about an Advanced Training opportunity near you.

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Real stories

Job Corps works. But don’t just take our word for it. Check out a few of our graduate success stories.

Domenica
Domenica
Self-Employed, Owns Store “Thrifty Kids” 
Finance and Business
Chicago native Domenica was feeling lost with no direction and not really sure what she wanted to do with her life. She decided to enroll in Job Corps at the Paul Simon Chicago center not knowing what attending Job Corps would accomplish for her, but knowing it was better than wasting more of her youth feeling “stuck.”
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Thaddaeus
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Information Technology
Growing up in Ogden, Utah, Thaddaeus had always known about the Clearfield Job Corps Center but never understood the impact of the program until he experienced it himself. Before joining Job Corps at the age of 22, Thaddaeus held down a variety of odd jobs: a teacher’s assistant, customer service representative at Home Depot and finally a caretaker for an elderly veteran. It was this caretaker role that spurred his interest in helping people and inspired him to pursue the Advanced Emergency Management training program at Job Corps.
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Cassandra
H-5 Construction
Construction
During Cassandra’s time in the Don Young Alaska Job Corps Construction program, the center began a work-based learning program with H-5, a local construction company that builds everything from apartment complexes to business plazas. Due to their rapid growth in the area, the company soon looked to Job Corps students to help meet their growing demand.
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Success starts here

When it comes time to get a job, our staff will make sure you are connected with local employers. Oconaluftee Job Corps grads have been hired by:

  • BIA Fire
  • Asplundh
  • Coca-Cola Bottling Company
  • Consolidated Met Co
  • MB Haynes Electrical
  • B.H. Graning Landscapes
  • Tsali Care Center
  • BIA Forestry
  • NC Works
  • Harrah’s Cherokee
  • NC Voc Rehab
  • KOA - Cherokee
  • USFS, Southern Research Station
  • National Forests of North Carolina
  • USFS, Uwharrie NF
  • USFS, Nantahala NF
  • USFS, Coweeta Hydrological Lab
  • USFS, Croatan NF