Youth unemployment is at a record high, especially for urban and minority teenagers, and we know this impacts their lifetime earnings and prospects. Yet at the same time, AT&T and other businesses are struggling to find workers who have the mindset, habits, and skills to help us succeed. Click here for the full article.
Looking for more JAG workers!
Like many Connecticut employers, Neysha Flores, above, a vendor services supervisor with National Waste Associates of Glastonbury, is continually looking for workers who are smart, willing and able to learn, and who have the good work habits to fit in and help her company.
In JAG, Neysha found a great worker, and she would like to find more.
“Rossana came to us without any business experience, but she impressed us from the first interview, and she has gone on to learn many different elements of our business,” Neysha said, of Rossana Bustamonte, a Manchester High School JAG student she hired six months ago.
“When she interviewed with us she was well-spoken and outgoing and made a very good impression. She’s doing a really good job, handling everything from cold-calling new vendors to dealing with emergency situations and different types of contracts.
“She is a good fit for us,” Neysha continued. “I would definitely hire another JAG student in the future.”
Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) is a state-based national non-profit organization dedicated to preventing dropouts among young people who are most at-risk. In more than three decades of operation, JAG has delivered consistent, compelling results – helping nearly a million young people stay in school through graduation, pursue post-secondary education and secure quality entry-level jobs leading to career advancement opportunities.
Feb
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Rossana Bustamante, a senior at Manchester High, works with classmates to define the qualities and action that make a leader. JAG is working with students at MHS and five other schools to help define their career interests and develop a plan for postsecondary education and workplace success. Rosanna’s interests include social work and psychology and she’s working with her JAG Specialist, Justine Meyer, to explore educational options. JAG began at MHS this January.
Feb
2
Jobs for America’s Graduates, Connecticut is pleased to launch the Spring 2015 semester, serving six schools in four towns.
JAG Specialists have started classes at East Hartford High School, New Britain High School and the NBHS Satellite Career Academy, New Horizons and Hillhouse High in New Haven, and Manchester High School.
Each Specialist will serve between 25-45 students with a one-credit JAG curriculum, offering professional skills development, as well as career counseling and help developing a plan for post-secondary education. Each school will also take part in a student-led Career Association.
JAG’s new Specialists took part in a three-day course with JAG’s national trainer, Jean McLaurine, and they have been spending time in their schools, getting to know staff and students before starting classes. Partners from schools and the community also took part in the JAG training.
Standing, from left, are Courtney Sak, who will be located at New Horizons, and Dean Cornelio, who will be at Hillhouse High; Justine Meyer, who will be at Manchester High, and Ron Cannada, who is at the NBHS Satellite Career Academy. Seated at left is Patty Damiani of East Hartford High and Lauren Hebert of New Britain High School. JAG’s classes at the NBHSSCA began in November.
Welcome everyone!
Dec
4
Today’s New Britain Herald has a story about the launch of the Jobs for America’s Graduates JAG program at the New Britain High School Satellite Career Academy.
The story quotes junior Alex Lopez:
“It has taught me communication skills, how to act in the workplace, how to dress and how to talk when going for a job interview,” the 16-year-old junior said Wednesday. “There are a lot of kids out there that do not know the proper way to get a job and, by coming here, we learn how to get that job.”
JAG CT will also begin programs this January at Manchester High, New Britain High, and Hillhouse High in New Haven.
Click here for the full story.
