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Help When You Need It
by LaShanda Phillips
December 21, 2011
Are you jobless, or do you feel limited in your current job? Several local organizations can help you get the skills and assistance you need to move up in the working world.
Job Corps (multiple locations, http://www.jobcorp.org) provides help with education, computer fluency to help job-search skills, industry-related technical and academic skills, and personal management and social skills. The student becomes a Job Corps graduate when he or she has successfully found a job, has living accommodations, transportation and responds to periodic surveys.
Minact Inc. (5220 Keele St., 601-362-1631) is the operating center for Job Corps and also offers on-site job training.
Career Development Center (2703 First Ave., 601-960-5322, http://cdc.jpsms.org) offers Jackson high-school students technical education in the fields of cosmetology, computer systems, carpentry and other vocational training.
Stewpot Community Services (1100 W. Capitol St., 601-353-2759 and 845 W. Amite St., 601-949-3540, http://www.stewpot.org) has a free computer lab for the public, especially children. It offers free job training, GED classes, Internet training and educational software. Tutors help the members learn how to navigate the system and write resumes.
Goodwill Industries International Inc. (104 E. State St., 601-853-8110, http://www.goodwill.org) offers job training in various fields such as health care, information technology, retail and food services. At its career center, members can learn to build a resume, practice for job interviews, learn to dress and network. Goodwill can also place people in temporary jobs while they wait for full employment.
CNA Training Center (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Drive, Suite 3620, 601-364-1188 and 40100 Highway 82 W., Suite 10, 662-254-9911, http://www.cnatrainingcenter.com) is a minority-owned non-profit that offers a six-week training program for applicants who want to become certified nursing assistants. Mississippi Department of Health approved, the Center provides classroom and clinical training that prepares students for employment.
Computer Co-op (2807 Old Canton Road, Rainbow Plaza, 601-981-6925 and 601-982-4471, http://www.computercoop.com) provides free Internet access.
Please add other job assistance services online at http://www.jfp.ms.
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May 24, 2012 | 09:34 PMBryant Signs Voter ID Bill
golden eagle: @notmuch, here are some facts about voter fraud, straight from the Brennan Center's website: Fraud by individual voters is both irrational and extremely rare. Most citizens who ...
May 24, 2012 | 07:14 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
notmuch: Oh, I have hundreds of those right-wing sites, and I couldn't say which ones are more "partisan"--they all include those pesky facts. Yes, when dead voters and multiple voters under ...
May 24, 2012 | 07:11 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
justjess: @ golden eagle. Thanks for the spell check. I didn't just spell assassination wrong ONE time, I did it over and over. LOL! You are right on the mark; I was trying to use the word ...
May 24, 2012 | 06:46 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
golden eagle: I don't think you could've found a more partisan right-wing site than the Daily Caller. The fact of the matter is that the right is using this issue not as a means of improving ...
May 24, 2012 | 06:10 PM
[Dish] Cobby Williams, Young Gun
trusip: WOW! was this a real interview or a joke?
May 24, 2012 | 05:00 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
notmuch: I don't think you could have found a more liberal example of a "non-partisan" site, but even so, their evidence seems to consist of 250 carefully chosen instances in one area of ...
May 24, 2012 | 04:48 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
golden eagle: Rather than using ideological websites to support your argument, I'll use the non-partisan Brennan Center for Justice. Really good site.
May 24, 2012 | 04:30 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
notmuch: I might be missing something here, but I am a little confused by Golden Eagle's points: "the fact is that voter fraud is extremely rare"--so it is of no consequence that some ...
May 24, 2012 | 11:26 AM
Nick Hanauer's 'Controversial' TED Talk -- Tax the Rich?
RobbieR: TED is an elite academic conference.
May 24, 2012 | 10:18 AM
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DonnaLadd: No, Darryl, no one blocked you. Stop being paranoid. We just typically open comments in moderation during non-office hours. To me, a bozo isn't someone who disagrees with me. It's ...
May 24, 2012 | 06:18 AM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
Darryl: That's funny that you blocked my last comment...
May 24, 2012 | 05:31 AM
Nick Hanauer's 'Controversial' TED Talk -- Tax the Rich?
Renaldo Bryant: So true. This is why critical and analytical thinking are so important to citizens in a democracy. The rich have the power to shape perception ...
May 23, 2012 | 05:24 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
Darryl: justjess, you stated "Racism and discriminatory practices continue." What objective data do you have to support this? Calling someone unqualified is a subjective interpretation of ...
May 23, 2012 | 01:37 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
golden eagle: Wow, my English was bad on the previous post. You know how it is on these iPhones.
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Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
golden eagle: @Jess, I think the word you're looking for is "assassination". @Darryl, do we really know that the majority of MS'ians wanted this, when you consider that this was a ...
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