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• Job Training Program: Platform to Employment

  Mar21

  In: Partners By: Metro Career Centers

  ATTENTION:

  San Diego has recently been selected to receive funding from the AARP Foundation, the Walmart Foundation and CITI Community Development for the Platform to Employment program (featured on “60 Minutes” last year).

  Unemployed veterans under 30 and unemployed jobseekers over 50 apply for the job training program NOW (or before March 27, 2013).

  Apply at www.platformtoemployment.com/application.

   

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• Career Fair: Friday, March 22, 2013, 1:00 pm-4:00 pm

  Mar4

  In: By: Metro Career Centers

                                     

  Career Fair

  All Job Seekers are Welcome! No Pre-registration Required!

   

  Friday, March 22, 2013, 1:00 pm-4:00 pm

   

  Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Library

  9005 Aero Drive

  San Diego, CA 92123

  Dress professionally & bring your resume

  See attached flyer

   

   

   

   

   

   

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• Support Our Troops Community Care Day 2012 Fundraiser

  Dec31

  In: By: Metro Career Centers

  On Monday December 3^rd 2012, a total of 150 non perishable food items and over 60 new toys ($400 worth of goods in total) were collected by KRA/San Diego Metro Region Career Center’s for the ‘Support Our Troops’ Community Care Day 2012 Fundraiser. A Casual Friday (Jeans Day) was organized -where everyone who came into work wearing Jeans that day either donated a new toy or $5.00 cash towards purchasing some new toys. This was an extremely successful Fundraising Activity and raised a total of $50.00 that day alone. We also received many generous donations from some of our ...

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• Job Ready & Hired Conference/Employer Networking Event

  Nov30

  In: By: Metro Career Centers

  The Metro Region Career Centers held a Job Ready & Hired Conference for job seekers who are currently in training or completed training to provide them with a set of skills that will help them in transitioning from training to work.

  The Job Ready & Hired Conference presented job readiness workshops designed to provide participants with job searching tools that will help them obtain gainful employment. Some of the workshops presented included: Skills and Accomplishments, Resume Builder, Interviewing Techniques, Social Media and Personal Networking Commercial. As part of the conference, customers also had the opportunity to participate in an Employer Networking Event....

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• King-Chavez Health Center

  Sep24

  In: By: Metro Career Centers

  Inna Lomack and Paula Duarte who represent the Business Services Department with the San Diego Metro Career Centers, partnered with San Ysidro Health Center to assist with recruitment events for the new King-Chavez Health Center.  San Ysidro Health Center had 20 positions at the King-Chavez Health Center located at 590 South Euclid Avenue, San Diego, California. 

  Two recruitment events were held at Imperial Avenue location of the San Diego Metro Career Center with approximately 200 individuals in attendance.  The Business Services Department posted SYHC’s positions into the state’s labor exchange system, CalJOBS, conducted a marketing campaign which consisted of pre-screening ...

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• Helping the Underemployed

  June27

  In: By: Metro Career Centers

  Richard Trepass has a master’s degree in general management from Harvard.  He now works as a security guard in San Diego. How is this possible? 

  In his search for a job he sent out more than 175 applications and went on 20 interviews.  But no job offers.  To make ends meet he has worked as a census taker, a janitor and now as a security guard. He went to the Metro Career Center for help in his job search and spends many of his days off there looking for a job.

  It may not seem fair ...

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• Veteran's Vouchers Still Available for Computer Training

  June15

  In: By: Metro Career Centers

  This is a great opportunity for veterans and their eligible spouses.  The San Diego Metro Career Centers are offering vouchers for no-cost online IT skills training and certification. 

  The program, in partnership with Microsoft, and with assistance from the U.S. Department of Labor, is called Elevate America and it’s designed to help build the technology skills of veterans and improve their chances of securing technology-related jobs.

  Following an assessment of eligibility at the Career Center, veterans and their eligible covered spouses can request a no-cost voucher that will provide them with online training to improve their skills in selected ...

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• May 2012 San Diego Unemployment Rate Holds Steady at 8.8 percent

  June15

  In: By: Metro Career Centers

  The number of county residents looking for work during the month of May held steady at 8.8 percent, the same rate during the month of April. The current unemployment rate, when compared to a year ago, is down one percentage point from the 9.8 percent rate in May of 2011.  

  The areas that showed the most improvement in job growth in San Diego County during the past month were:

  • Trade, transportation and utilities (+3,900 jobs)
  • Healthcare and social assistance (+3,700 jobs)
  • Financial services (+2,500 jobs)
  • Educational services (+1,700 jobs)
  • Professional and business services (+1,400 jobs)

  Business sectors that lost ...

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• Volunteering Helped me Secure a Job!

  June14

  In: By: Metro Career Centers

  For 20 years Kim Phung, who is originally from Vietnam, worked at a Carlsbad company as a statistical administrator.  In May of 2010 the company downsized and she was out of work. As she began her job search, her first stop was to enroll at Metro Career Centers.  She attended the various career center workshops and one of the workshops was on volunteering and how it can lead to a permanent job. 

  After a year of job searching, without any luck, she decided to volunteer at the South Metro Career Center and at the San Diego City Clerk’s office.  ...

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• San Diego Unemployment Rate Drops

  May18

  In: By: Metro Career Centers

  The number of county residents looking for work declined slightly in April.  The San Diego unemployment rate now stands at 8.7 percent, which is the lowest level in three years.  

  The areas that showed the most improvement in job growth include the professional and business services sector, which added 1,400 jobs and the leisure and hospitality industry, which added 1,300 jobs.  The financial services sector also created 1,000 new job openings.

  While the drop in the county unemployment rate is encouraging, the number may have been skewed because more than 12,000 county residents dropped out of the ...

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