JOBS.
VISION.
SUCCESS.
CAREERS CHANGE LIVES
We help underserved Californians—like veterans, youth, refugees—turn job struggles into success. Offering free job training & placement, mentoring, coaching & more so communities can thrive.
We are building better lives, one job at a time, by empowering individuals to achieve sustainable employment and financial independence.
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.
No cost career training programs
Launch your professional career in the growing banking, healthcare and apartment management industries. In partnership with local and national employers, our career training programs – ImagingWorks, BankWork$, HealthWorks, ApartmentWorks and CareerWork$ Medical – prepare graduates for their first step on a career ladder that offers extraordinary potential. Class sizes are limited. Apply now!
Job & WorkSource Centers
We partner with LA City & County to operate several America’s Job Centers of California (AJCC) / WorkSource Centers, where we provide employment and training services to job seekers at no cost.
We connect job seekers to employers and trainers and provide access to Veteran transition services, a career resource library, workshops, on-site interviews with local employers, job leads, resource referrals and access to computers and other office equipment.
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.
WoMentoring
The WoMentoring program pairs women entering a career with a seasoned professional to help guide them and provide support throughout the career search process.
Disability and Assessment
The Disability and Assessment program provides a comprehensive evaluation and review of an individual’s skills, aptitudes, and interests to determine the next best career step. Assistance also includes job placement services such as resume review.
IMMIGRANTS and REFUGEES
Since 1931, JVS SoCal has helped immigrants and refugees from around the world. From German and Shanghai immigrants at the end of WWII to Cuban refugees in the 1970’s and Soviet Jews in the 1980’s, followed by Cambodians, Vietnamese and those impacted by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, we assist refugees and their families from all over the world, including Ukraine, Iran, Armenia, Cuba and elsewhere.
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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ImagingWorks showed Irene Gomez the road to her new career
Irene Gomez is a graduate of ImagingWorks , JVS SoCal’s earn-and-learn program that prepares participants to join the healthcare industry as Patient Services Representatives (PSR), DEXA Technicians, and MRI Tech Aides. Before enrolling in the program, she was working in hospitality, serving as an usher for a large events venue in Downtown Los Angeles. The work was seasonal, and the pay wasn’t enough to cover her living expenses, which made her fall into…
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JVS SoCal’s Scholarship recipient Carol Beckerman proves it’s never too late to go back to school
After a successful career in communications, Carol Beckerman felt that something was missing in her life. In 2015, she closed her communications agency, sold her home, and moved to Northern California to join a PhD program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. After an extended absence from higher education, returning to the academic…
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JVS SoCal’s Woman to Woman Conference Showcases Incredible Career Journeys
L.A.’s iconic Pink’s Hot Dogs owner Gloria Pink announced on Thursday, November 13, that profits from their popular “Martha Stewart” dog will be donated to the JVS SoCal Women’s Leadership Network (WLN) to support the agency’s incredible career training and support programs. Gloria, her husband Richard Pink and Beverly Pink-Wolfe made the pledge at the…
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Helping others inspired Rosario Bejar to become a Certified Nursing Assistant
Having been raised by parents who lived with chronic health conditions, Rosario Bejar is no stranger to healthcare. As she watched her parents’ health fluctuate over the years, she became increasingly interested in matters of aging and disease. When her mother passed away, Rosario’s interest began to feel insufficient—she wanted to do something to carry through this knowledge. “I always wanted to be a nurse,” she…
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Community is everything for this East L.A. apartment maintenance technician
Andrew Amador knows what it means to show up for his community. Raised in the heart of Boyle Heights, he was shaped by the very people he now serves– through coaching, mentoring, tutoring, and simply being present. “It’s my purpose,” he says, “to be an asset to my community.” Still, the purpose doesn’t always pay the bills. And the desire to give back doesn’t negate…
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New hope in a new home: How JVS SoCal’s Refugee Employment Program helps new arrivals rebuild their lives
For refugees, arriving in the United States often marks both an end and a beginning. The end of one chapter filled with uncertainty, and the beginning of another filled with hope, adjustment, and the hard work of rebuilding a life from the ground up. When refugees, like Manuel (his name has been changed to maintain…