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Last year, tens of thousands of people turned to JVS SoCal for help. With your support, we directly assisted over 30,000 clients, with thousands of additional individuals accessing our job training and career services. We are building better lives, one job at a time, by empowering individuals to achieve dignity and economic independence through sustainable employment.
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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.
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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Stories from an innovative non-profit and the people who make it work.
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Graduates of ImagingWorks, a medical training program, embark on new medical careers
November 25, 2024, Los Angeles—As families gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, JVS SoCal is proud and grateful for its graduating class of 2024 from ImagingWorks, a paid medical imaging training program. Twenty-eight graduates have achieved this milestone and are now prepared to step into new roles within the community and positively impact people’s lives. “ImagingWorks most…
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Harbor Freight Tools partnership provides Apartment Maintenance trainees with tools of the trade
Watts resident Jennifer Diaz was moving boxes into a luxury apartment in Downtown Los Angeles when she met a woman doing maintenance work. Curious to see another woman in a non-traditional role, she asked her how she got that job. The woman was a graduate of JVS SoCal’s ApartmentWorks eight-week training course which helps participants…
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ImagingWorks Expands Paid Clinical Training Program with Five New Locations in Southern California
*Los Angeles, CA – November 6, 2024* – ImagingWorks, a pioneering medical imaging training initiative by JVS SoCal, has announced the expansion of its 11-week clinical training program in diagnostic medical imaging with five new locations across Southern California. ImagingWorks prepares participants for high-demand roles as DEXA (dual-energy X-Ray absorpitometry) technicians, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)…
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How Navy veteran Ricardo Arellano’s life changed thanks to ApartmentWorks
Ricardo Arellano exited the Navy after eight years working as an aviation structural mechanic. Like many veterans, he had to look for a new job in a different environment. Back in civilian life, he was able to work in security at a hotel, where he met many celebrities, and he received free meals. But what…