Graduate benefits

Graduate benefits

At Job Corps, we will make sure you have the tools and resources you need in order to earn from what you learn. Here’s how:

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Job Search Assistance

Work with our center staff to connect with employers.

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Transition Allowance

Receive an allowance after graduation to help with the first few months of housing and living costs and transportation.

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Career Counseling

Meet with our on-site career counselors to search for jobs, prepare for interviews and plan your career next steps.

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Relocation Counseling

Speak with our counselors for tips and advice on moving to a new city for a job.

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Advanced Training Opportunities

Build on your basic career training and keep strengthening your skills in the industry of your choice. Talk to your center staff for more information about an Advanced Training opportunity near you.

real stories

Real stories

Job Corps works. But don’t just take our word for it. Check out a few of our graduate success stories.

Quinton
Quinton
Ferreira Power Group
Construction
Quinton was a student at Bethune Cookman College and on track to pursue a successful career, when the unexpected happened. His grandmother, who had been helping to support him through school, passed away. Devastated, he spiraled down a path of drugs, partying and crime with no direction and no reason to find a way out. After losing his job, apartment and car, he finally decided his life needed to change.
Read Quinton's Story
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Cassandra
H-5 Construction
Construction
During Cassandra’s time in the Don Young Alaska Job Corps Construction program, the center began a work-based learning program with H-5, a local construction company that builds everything from apartment complexes to business plazas. Due to their rapid growth in the area, the company soon looked to Job Corps students to help meet their growing demand.
Read Cassandra's Story
Michael Davis
Michael
Molex, LLC
Information Technology
Michael always knew he wanted to work with electronics. He wrote his first interactive electronics program in his eighth-grade history class and is now a leader at one of the largest consumer electronics companies in the world.
Read Michael 's Story
Success starts here

When it comes time to get a job, our staff will make sure you are connected with local employers. Flint Genesee Job Corps grads have been hired by:

  • Michigan State Police
  • Crim Foundation
  • American Red Cross
  • Grand Blanc Twp Police
  • Dept. of Corrections
  • Amerishield Protection
  • DM Burr Security
  • GST MI Works / JMG
  • Detroit Police
  • GST MI Works
  • Securitas Security
  • FBI - Detroit
  • ASVAB - Detroit MEPS
  • Statewide Security
  • Flint City Bucks
  • DHS / ICE
  • STAT EMS
  • Homeland Security
  • Mott Community College
  • Chamber of Commerce
  • Flint Police
  • Dept of Natural Resources
  • Genesee County
  • Lagarda
  • Food Bank of Eastern MI
  • CrimeStoppers
  • Kettering Univesity
  • Dort Federal CU Arena
  • Civil Air Patrol
  • GST MI Works
  • Disability Network
  • DHS / ICE
  • UBC National Job Corps
  • IUPAT-International
  • Charter Health Care
  • IMI- International Masonry
  • BAC MI Local 2
  • Detroit Apprentice Coordinator
  • Lansing Apprentice Coordinator
  • Stemulation
  • The Flint Development Center
  • Speedway
  • Hospitality House of McLaren
  • Abraham Dyck Painting LLC
  • Lapeer Plating & Plastics