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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.
Career Centers
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.
Mentoring for Women
Our 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.
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. The JVS Scholarship has distributed over $14.3 million to more than 6,200 students.
Ezra Network
The Ezra Network is an initiative of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles in partnership with JVS SoCal, offering career coaching, job search and placement support and is located in various synagogues in Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley and the South Bay.
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Supporting Women Entrepreneurs through Mentorship
Sally Talmi is a speech and language pathologist specializing in children. She wanted to start a business to create an online course for parents of children with auditory challenges. “It’s called ‘Let’s Get Chatty’ and it is a self-directed video course for parents of infants and toddlers,” explains Sally. “What it is really doing is…
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A Navy Veteran’s Voyage into Tech
As a young boy growing up in Nigeria, Emmanuel EssienEte dreamed of serving in his country’s military. In Akwa Ibom state, where he lived, he loved watching the precise marching as part of ceremonial parades. The pageantry was inspiring. “In my homeland, there’s no room to misbehave,” explains Emmanuel. “We are taught at a young…
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From overcoming burnout to embracing a new passion in human services through HealthWorks career training
A former communications specialist, Solomon Moon had reached a crossroads in their career. Burnt out by the inconsistency of past jobs and yearning for a more direct way to affect people’s lives, they stumbled upon JVS SoCal’s HealthWorks program while browsing the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles website. “I didn’t know how I was going…
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Robert Bermudez: “BankWork$ changed my life”
From an early age, Robert Bermudez had a strong interest in numbers. However, as a second-generation immigrant, he lacked the resources to pursue higher education. Being the oldest of three siblings in the family, he felt responsible for helping his parents by contributing to the household but also looked forward to the day he could…
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BankWork$ helps single mom achieve her career goals
Edith Garcia was a single mom of a two-year old living in the garage next to her mother’s apartment. She had her son Damian the year after her high school graduation, while she was working as a cashier at Home Depot. She took one year away from work to give herself completely to her son.…
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Former film editor joins the medical imaging industry thanks to CareerWork$ Medical
Earlier in her career of many years in film editing, Laura Behary was part of large crews that cut and spliced film in darkrooms. Laura took some time away from the workforce to raise her young children in the early 2000s, one of whom has special needs. When she wanted to get back into the…