Over the last year, JFCS Career Development Center has seen a growing need for employment support for veterans and military family members in our region. Our career counselors have established partnerships with local veteran employment services through the Pittsburgh Veterans Initiative Group (PVIG). This coalition, of service agencies and federal…Read More
Category: Career & Outplacement Services
Refugee and Immigrant Career Fair – a helping hand
by Chris Rippee, Career Counselor, JFCS Career Development Center Finding a job is rarely easy, but when you are foreign-born, the process can be even more challenging. Many immigrants and refugees struggle to find meaningful work as they adapt to American workforce culture. For more than 5 years, the Refugee…Read More
WorkLaunch 2019 is coming!
WorkLaunch is an annual series of work readiness events held each spring by JFCS Career Development Center in partnership with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Each year WorkLaunch evolves its event offerings to meet the needs of the changing regional workforce. This year events will take place from March 21st through…Read More
Re-energize your job search with JFCS Career Development Center!
Now is not the time to get the winter blues! JFCS Career Development Center has workshops, career fairs and presentations abound, all focused on sharpening job seeking skills. You can charge up your job search now! In January the 4-part series “A New Year! A New Career!” drew CDC clients…Read More