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Voice of the Fields California
February 2019
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Volume 29, Number 2
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Are you looking for training opportunities?
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HE CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT Department (EDD) is part of a statewide collaborative network that includes employers, community-based organizations, educators, state and local government agencies, and training providers. This network has employment and training services and programs available to qualified job seekers including: laid off workers, youth, workers looking for better opportunities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. EDD services and information are at no cost to the workers.
Visit your nearest America’s Job Center of CaliforniaSM (AJCC), to get information on job search training. To find the nearest AJCC job center visit edd.ca.gov/Office Locator and ask to speak with an EDD representative. On this issue, we are featuring the Center for Employment Training, one of the many training opportunities, which could be combined with the support of other qualifying EDD services.
Center for Employment Training CET’s Mission The mission of Center for Employment Training (CET), an economic and community development corporation, is to promote human development and education by providing people with marketable skills training and supportive services that contribute to self-sufficiency.
How can CET help? What makes CET different is over the last 50 years they have mastered integrated job training services to support your success. CET delivers real-world, hands-on job training. Programs are designed to get you job-
ready in the shortest time. CET also provides supportive services to help you succeed. They help you by making sure you have the math and language skills you need to succeed at CET and meet the demands of your future job. From day one, CET treats you as if you are on the job and more than a student. Once you have mastered the job skills you need, no matter which CET center you graduate from, you’ll get job placement assistance. CET is there to provide the support needed to find work. They have some of the highest graduation rates, student satisfaction and job placement rates in the nation. Why? It’s
because they don’t stop at career training. CET’s success is when individuals get the skills to get the job. CET’s success is your first paycheck.
CET’s Commitment CET is committed to keeping services accessible to all. They believe in a hand-up, not a hand-out. They want to help lift people into a brighter future and multiple generations have attended CET knowing it is a place that changes lives. CET is a place where you are treated as a family member. At CET it doesn’t matter where you come from, if you are young or old, Continued on next page 6