Job Training and Career Services Southern California

CAREERS
CHANGE
LIVES

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

Careers Begin Here

Year of
Anniversaries

23rd Annual
Strictly Business
Awards Dinner

AN EVENING OF IMPACT AND
INSPIRATION UNDER THE STARS

Thank you to our sponsors, guests and honorees who helped make the 23rd Annual Strictly Business Awards Dinner a memorable evening.

JVS SoCal is responding to COVID-19 by making health and safety a top priority. Learn more.

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

Our 23rd Annual Strictly Business Awards Dinner was a Great Success. Thank You to All Participants!

Jun 20,2022

JVS SoCal raised nearly $830,000 to support our workforce training and placement programs in Southern California, breaking all previous fundraising records for the agency’s annual dinner.

Peer Support Program Promotes Well-Being of Veterans and Helps them Access Critical Services

May 19,2022

Army veteran Richard Rodriguez experienced the outdoors like he never had before. For over four hours, he practiced a new sport in the company of fellow Veterans.

First-Hand Experience: JVS SoCal Clients Become Case Managers in Refugee Program

Apr 28,2022

In our Refugee Employment and Acculturation Services (REAS) program, virtually every staff member has experienced the challenges of navigating the immigration system, overcoming language barriers, and finding employment.

WHM 2022: Providing Healing and Promoting Hope in a Time of Crisis

Mar 17,2022

When Hanna Tverdokhlib received an early morning call on February 24, she knew it was time to drive to the hospital. Her client needed her by her side. Hanna is a certified Doula who provides expectant mothers with physical, emotional, and informational support.