Jobs for Life Training provides the ability to connect to and care for root issues of the heart and provide practical building blocks to a healthy character. Through a strategy that combines work readiness training, Biblical principles, and volunteer mentoring, Jobs for Life teaches key workplace essentials to find and keep a job with training topics that include:

 

Attitude, respect for authority, conflict resolution, teamwork, perseverance, effective communication, integrity, excellence, vocational planning, job search techniques, building a resume, interviewing skills, and customer satisfaction.

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Jobs for Life is an interactive, biblical-based curriculum designed as a 15-session course (2.5-hour sessions). Students are encouraged to take ownership of what they learn through:

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• Class instruction and discussion (JFL Instructors)

• Small groups ( JFL small group discussion Leaders)

• One- on One (JFL Champions- Mentors)

• Individual study

• Business and Community Involvement

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In addition to the training, each student has a JFL Champion – a mentor or group of mentors – who provides support during the training and who models in their personal lives the life principles taught. The impact JFL champions have on students is significant, as students: remain in JFL longer, increase their odds of securing a job by 73%, and increase their odds of retaining employment by 56%.

Through this program we hope to:

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• Engage people who are broken and vulnerable at their point of need

• Transform lives beyond temporary handout assistance

• Deliver a valuable service to the local business community

• Provide a life-changing solution to a devastating community problem

• Engage Volunteers in purposeful outreach

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Engage business people in productive community service