Philadelphia Job Corps Center students receive 75,000 Employment Opportunities in August

Philadelphia Job Corps, a Management Training Corporation (MTC) center, in conjunction with E-Hired, provided 296 students with over 75,000 open job opportunities matched to their program & credentials.

From August 1, 2018 - August 31, 2018 Philadelphia Job Corps Center students received daily job opportunities matched to their program through the Department of Labor SOC Code system in their email as well as on their smart phones via the E-Hired job mapping application. Of the +/- 75,776 job opportunities provided to Philadelphia Center students in 2017 the statistics by program are approximately:

• Medical Assistant students received a total of 25,392 employment opportunities
• Pharmacy Technician students received 10,496 employment opportunities
• Certified Nursing Assistant students received 10,168 employment opportunities
• Facility Maintenance students received 15,288 employment opportunities
• Culinary students received 8,680 employment opportunities
• Emergency Medical Technician students received 4,264 employment opportunities
• Office Administration / Business Technology students received 496 employment opportunities
• Security/CHHA student received 248 employment opportunities
• Maintenance & Catering student received 248 employment opportunities

Opened in 1988 as one if the nation’s first non-residential centers, the Philadelphia Job Corps Center is located in the former Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot at 2810 S 20th St Bldg. 12 Philadelphia, PA.

The Job Corps program was created during the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 as part of Johnson’s War on Poverty and Great Society initiatives that sought to expand economic and social opportunities for Americans, especially minorities and the poor. Job Corps is one of the oldest social programs in the federal government today. A product of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the Job Corps was first set up by Sargent Shriver, a member of the Kennedy family who ran many of Johnson’s social programs. Shriver modeled the Job Corps on the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s, which provided room, board, and employment to thousands of unemployed people.

The first National Director of the Job Corps program was Dr. S. Stephen Uslan, who was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson and reported directly to Sargent Shriver. The current national director of the Office of Job Corps is Lenita Jacobs-Simmons The Job Corps program is currently authorized under Title I-C of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

Management Training Corporation (MTC) is the nation’s premier leading Job Corps operator. Since 1981, MTC has been teaching and training young people to be prepared for the workforce. This intense and highly-successful training is done through the Department of Labor’s Job Corps program. MTC trained 12,680 students in 2016 in a variety of fields including healthcare, construction, technology, and business.

E-Hired provides career service and student placement support, as well as DOL integrated automated resumes to over 300 campuses and institutions student populations in the United States including; 2 – 4 year public and private colleges & universities, vocational training providers, as well as various state and federal government agencies.

Institutions utilizing E-Hired can see an up to 5% increase in student placement within its first 8 weeks and an up to 22% increase in student placement over a 12-month period.

Institutions wishing to have E-Hired job opportunities provided to their students can contact E-Hired President/CEO Frank Whelan directly at Frank@e-hired.com