Many young people from cities with high unemployment rates like Cleveland, Ohio, find it difficult to find and keep a job that will support them in the long term, especially if they haven't managed to finish high school. These days even operating check valves in a factory requires specialized training. So if you don't have it, are you doomed to work in retail stores and restaurants your whole life? No! You can get help from the US Government's Job Corps. Read on the find out more about the Job Corps and how it can help you.

The Job Corps is run by the US Department of Labor and supported by funds earmarked for economic recovery. There's more to revitalizing an economy than handing a sheaf of bills to big banks and insurance companies - it's also about training a capable workforce. Because it's aimed at people who are having trouble finding and keeping employment, the program is free of charge. The program involves education, training, and job placement, and has been helping people since 1964.

The point of the Job Corps program is to set the underprivileged up with a sustainable life, which requires skills other than just what are needed to work at a sewage pumps factory. It also requires life skills, social awareness, and financial training that will allow the successful trainee to manage the money he or she makes at work, find good affordable housing, and pay bills like a normal member of society. The Job Corps accomplishes this by mixing classroom lessons with job training, hands on tasks, and practice work that allows even people with different styles of learning to absorb the proper skills.

There are Job Corps centers all over the country, and even in Puerto Rico. There's one in Cleveland at 13421 Coit Road, as well as other centers in Dayton and Cincinnati. The Job Corps functions like a university campus, where students live, learn and work together in a safe, contained environment before eventually being released to look for a job doing internet marketing in Toronto. Training takes several months, and at the end of it trainees come out with valuable knowledge and a job placement in a field like construction, auto repair, health care, or IT.

This program is not for Oakville dentists having difficulty making the transition or for downsized older workers. It is primarily aimed at youth. To qualify you have to be between 16 and 24 years of age and meet the income (or rather, lack of income) requirements. To apply call (800) 733-JOBS.