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Job Training and Career Services Southern California

CAREERS
CHANGE
LIVES

With job readiness skills, career training, and placement support, anything is possible.

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Our Mission

Building better lives, one job at a time, by empowering individuals
to achieve dignity and economic independence through sustainable employment.

Our Impact

Last year, tens of thousands of people turned to JVS for help. With your support, we directly assisted over 30,000 clients, with thousands of additional individuals accessing our job training and career services.

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Explore our Programs and Services

No Cost Career Training

JVSWorks career training programs prepare individuals for a career in the growing banking, healthcare and apartment maintenance industries, offering carrier pathways, competitive wages employee benefits and professional networking.

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Veteran Services

We assist all military Veterans with a special focus on women veterans and post-9/11 veterans by providing professional career coaching, assessments to identify transferable skills, training in high growth career sectors, plus job search skills and job placement assistance.

For Job Seekers

Our skilled and dedicated team is here to help you in your job search. Whether you are currently unemployed, working part-time, looking for training or certification opportunities, transitioning to a new career or re-entering the workforce, we have resources to assist you.

Jewish Community Programs

The Ezra Network is an initiative of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles in partnership with JVS SoCal, offering individualized job search skill development and placement support and is located in various synagogues in Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley and the South Bay.

Youth Programs

Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) program serves out-of-school youth ages 17 to 24 in Los Angeles County. Participants receive an array of services, from job readiness workshops to college and career exploration, and on-the-job training opportunities in the local community.

Mentoring for Women

Founded in 1998, this innovative six-month career development program offers women with defined career objectives the unique opportunity to be paired with a mentor who has an established career in the participant’s chosen field.

JVS Scholarship Program

In partnership with private donors, the JVS Scholarship Program provides qualified Jewish students whose primary residence is in the Greater Los Angeles area with need-based financial aid, in the belief that education represents the first step to career success.

Disability Services

Our staff works with all populations including individuals with disabilities, veterans, refugees, immigrants, welfare-to-work recipients, homeless, victims of violence, opportunity youth and career professionals in transition.

America's Job Center

We support all military veterans by providing career coaching, assessments to identify transferable skills, training in high growth career sectors, job search skills and job placement assistance. JVS Veterans First team partners closely with the LA County Veterans America’s Job Center.

Testimonials

In the Words of Our Clients

Mayra Plascencia

Luis Jasso

Lorrie Williams

Client Stories

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Our Initiatives

Jobs. Vision. Success.

Stories from an Innovative Nonprofit and the People Who Make it Work

JVS SoCal Raises a Record-Breaking $1.5M for Career and Workforce Development Programs

Jun 2,2023

Year after year, our generous employment partners and donors come together to support JVS SoCal’s mission to provide people with the necessary tools, resources, no-cost job training, placement assistance, and retention support to help them overcome barriers to employment…