JRC helps kids explore career possibilities and set employment goals for the future.  They receive counseling and help with formulating specific plans for economic stability.  For some, it is their first opportunity to realize their potential.  With the help of Larkin Street staff, young people gain the skills they need to be successful in the workplace.  With Larkin Street’s housing and health services, they are building safe lives for the present.  With employment services such as Job Readiness Class they are opening their eyes to the possibilities in their futures.

Participants in Larkin Street’s HIRE UP program who started with Job Readiness Class have gone on to pursue a variety of paths.  One recent graduate turned an informational interview into an opportunity to pursue a career in journalism, so impressing the staff of Asian Week that they hired him as an Assistant Intern.  Another fulfilled her ambition to work toward a career in computer animation, moving from Job Readiness Class to multimedia training to a college education in her chosen field.  One local employer, Glass Block Designs, has already hired four graduates of the Job Readiness Class at LSYS: a ringing endorsement of both the effectiveness of the program and the motivation of our hardworking youth.

By the time they are of an age to enter the workforce, we want the kids of LSYS to be ready for self-sufficiency.  Job Readiness Class is their first step toward careful planning for the course of their productive adult lives.

• Because of employment programs at Larkin Street like JRC, 90 youth were placed in jobs last year with a starting hourly wage of $9.57.

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