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Job Corps: Changing Lives One Student at a Time2009
Every year Job Corps helps thousands of young people begin satisfying careers. This Data Spotlight provides general information about Job Corps centers and students.

Job Corps: Changing Lives One Student at a Time2008
Every year Job Corps helps thousands of young people begin satisfying careers. This Data Spotlight provides general information about Job Corps centers and students.

How To Improve Employee Motivation, Commitment, Productivity, Well-Being and Safety

Fact Sheet: Safety Loss Prevention
This Fact Sheet provides general information about Risk Management and Loss Prevention resources. Staff who are involved with safety/loss control are in a great position to help drive the facility, management, and organizational culture, leading to a reduction in losses and a safer operating environment.

Job Corps: A training Program Pipeline to the Corrections Profession

How To Improve Employee Motivation, Commitment, Productivity, Well-Being and Safety

Meeting America’s Healthcare Employment Needs: The Job Corps/Community College Solution
As part of the President’s High Growth Job Training initiative, MTC was provided a $1.5 million grant to address Healthcare industry needs. Out of the 177 students enrolled in college as part of the program, 33 student participants (over 18%) successfully completed training during the grant time period, including 14 students who received industry-recognized college/career technical training certificates. A total of 45 students have entered employment in a healthcare field and nine completed AAS degrees with 65 still enrolled through 2006. This is the final performance report submitted to the DOL describing the lessons learned, outcomes and recommendations.

Job Corps: Changing Lives One Student at a Time
Every year Job Corps helps thousands of young people begin satisfying careers. This Data Spotlight provides general information about Job Corps centers and students.

Fact Sheet: Safety Loss Prevention
This Fact Sheet provides general information about Risk Management and Loss Prevention resources. Staff who are involved with safety/loss control are in a great position to help drive the facility, management, and organizational culture, leading to a reduction in losses and a safer operating environment.

Job Corps: Changing Lives One Student at a Time
Every year Job Corps helps thousands of young people begin satisfying careers. This Data Spotlight provides general information about Job Corps centers and students. It describes the daily schedule and methods employed to ensure appropriate program management and accountability for every student.

Job Corps: Changing Lives One Student at a Time - Spanish Version (pdf)

Job Corps Security Program

Job Corps: Promoting Success for Hispanic Youth
This report provides information about the demographic shift, Hispanic culture, strengths, and practical tips from others who are succeeding with large Hispanic student populations. The report also includes strategies to improve academic and training outcomes.

Identifying Successful Strategies for Job Placement

Industry-Recognized Certificate Programs and Job Corps
The continuing success of students requires that they develop skills consistent with industry standards and that they obtain recognized and marketable credentials. Increasingly, linkages between formal technical job training based on industry-established skill standards are changing the dynamics of the certification process in ways that will affect individuals entering the workforce. This report explores the increasing need to work together with industry and communities to ensure that training programs align with labor market needs.

Employment Dynamics Among Job Corps Students
While today's unemployment rates are higher than in the recent past, many Job Corps students continue to be successful in securing employment upon leaving the program. Employment rates for workers with less than a high school diploma have dropped, whereas rates for individuals with some advanced training and credentials have remained stable.

MTC's Future Clients
The demographics of the client base served by MTC's core businesses are changing. This Data Spotlight points to trends in Corrections and Job Corps that will impact our delivery of service in the future.

Workforce of 2010
A significant demographic shift is currently transforming the US workforce. With Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, and Generations X and Y currently active in the workforce, the challenge for management in companies is to effectively recruit, train and manage multigenerational employees working together.

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