Editing Job Corps (section)

== Phases of career development ==

Applicants to the Job Corps program are identified and screened for eligibility by organizations contracted by the U.S. Department of Labor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jobcorps.gov/AboutJobCorps/program_admin.aspx |title=Program Administration |date=January 27, 2009 |publisher=Job Corps |access-date=January 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091226091201/http://www.jobcorps.gov/AboutJobCorps/program_admin.aspx |archive-date=December 26, 2009 }}</ref> Each student in the Job Corps goes through three stages of the program:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jobcorps.gov/cdss.aspx |title=How Job Corps Works |publisher=Jobcorps.gov |date=2012-02-03 |access-date=2014-05-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419025325/http://jobcorps.gov/cdss.aspx |archive-date=2014-04-19 }}</ref>

'''Career Preparation''': This period focuses on the assimilation of the student to Job Corps academic assessment, health screening, career exploration, and instruction on career planning. This phase lasts for up to the first 60 days of enrollment.

'''Career Development''': This period is where the student receives all vocational training, academic instruction, employability and social skills development, and driver's education.

'''Career Transition''': The period is preceded by a focus on transition readiness, and is the phase of services that immediately follows a student after they leave Job Corps. Career Transition Specialists assist with job placement or searches, and provide support and referrals for housing, transportation, and other essential components of living needed by the former student to obtain and retain employment.