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Employment Services
 Jobs
are the key to change. Our Employment Counselors search
out available jobs and work one-on-one with clients to develop
resumes, hone interview and personal presentation skills,
and find good employment matches.
Our Employment Counselors, also known
as Job Developers, work with local employers, searching
out available jobs, and talking with employers about the
unique challenges and rewards of hiring our clients. Additionally,
they work one-on-one with clients developing resumes, honing
interview skills, and finding good employment matches.
Adult Job Seekers (over
18 years old)
Assisting at-risk, disadvantaged, and formerly gang-involved
clients to find employment is one of the services provided
by Homeboy Industries. We employ four full-time Job Developers
to assist in job placement. Because many of our clients
are not obvious choices for employers, these Job Developers
go out into the community and foster relationships with
local businesses, searching out employers who would be willing
to work with parolees or former gang members, and taking
the time to overcome possible fears and reservations. Additionally,
our Job Developers work with clients to create a successful
resume, maintain a database of job openings and client qualifications
and skills, so as to best match clients with jobs as they
become available.
In
collaboration with the Cathedral of Los Angeles, we offer
a special program for young people called Work is Noble
(WIN).
 Through
a collaboration and support of the Cathedral of Los Angeles,
we offer a special program for young people, called Work
is Noble (WIN). In this program, young people are assigned
to work in a local business in an area in which they have
expressed interest. This has proven to be highly successful
arrangement, as the young men and women are given the opportunity
to work in a field that interests them while developing
concrete skills that will help them continue in the field,
while the businesses are able to have another employee at no extra
cost. This program not only teaches the young men and women
that there are constructive alternatives to life on the
streets, but also gives them real work experience, preferably
in a company that then may hire them after the program.
Further, by placing young people in a work environment,
they are surrounded by adults who are living examples of
a commitment to earning an honest day’s wage, and
who can serve as mentors.
Employers
Our goal remains to find permanent, meaningful employment
for our clients. While many of our clients need job training
before they are ready to be placed out, many others come
to us with concrete skills and are ready to work. Additionally,
once clients have completed training, they are strong candidates
for many positions.
For more information about employing
our clients, please contact Ramon Flores with our Employment
Services at (323)526-1254 ext. 332 or email: ramonf@homeboy-industries.org
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