Workforce Success Story Submitted By: Mesa County Workforce Center
Workforce Challenge
Youth with past justice charges, sporadic low-demand self-employment, and lack of formal training came to the workforce center seeking assistance finding employment.
Workforce Solution
Youth was connected to WIOA YT program which assisted by connecting him with a local employer for a paid Work Experience.
Outcomes & Benefits
By the time his internship was completed the employer felt they needed him permanently for the
position. He was hired on full time earning $13.00.
He states "My time working though the Kickstart program has been a gateway to a career I see myself in for years to come. Their program was efficient and flexible enough to work through all the in’s an out’s of finding me a perfect position, setting me up with the training and resources that I needed, and providing me with all the support I could have needed to succeed. I found the agent I was working with to be very understanding of my wants and needs for obtaining the perfect job for me and more than happy to put in the extra mile to find a good fit. I was impressed by the immense amount of leg work that they put in for me, always willing to lend a helping hand and more than happy to do whatever it took to connect me with potential employers. Through the help of the Kickstart program, I was expecting to get a decent job, but they helped me find the career of my dreams."