Category: News
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JOG the Web: In-School Support
Tri-County Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates (JOG) is lucky to have a staff of such caring adults who put the needs of our youth first. Not every young person enrolled in our program comes from a stable home life, and external factors like that play into how our students are able to learn and grow. JOG’s In-School Career Specialists work with students to address these factors, offering extended services and support that go above and beyond the standard curriculum.
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JOG the Web: JOG Events
Tri-County Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates (JOG) is proud to organize a plethora of events to our JOG family and to our community! These events include conferences to help our participants grow both as people and professionally, as well as community engagement activities that allow us to connect with our closest supporters. This article will run through our events (both ongoing and recently previous) and briefly explain them.
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Student Success Stories: Zeke
Sometimes the young people we work with come to us looking for one thing and walk away with something much more valuable. That is exactly the case for Zeke. He came to us at Tri-County Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates (JOG) looking to see how to get connected to SNAP benefits through Job and Family Services, but once he met with the staff at JOG’s Medina County office everything changed.
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Staff Interview: Rachael Jolly-Kosakowski
Tri-County Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates (JOG) works hard every day to help connect tomorrow’s workforce with what they need to achieve their own successes. This comes through both academic and career efforts. One individual who has been involved in all facets of JOG is Rachael Jolly-Kosakowski.
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JOG the Web: Putting Vision to Action
Our vision of bringing education and career opportunities to the young people of Northeast Ohio has been the forefront of our mind since day one. Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates (JOG) works to bring educational and career services through a variety of our internal services. We do this best through programs for students like our school-to-career services and work experience programs, as well as having great community partnerships.
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JOG the Web: Subsidized Work Experiences
Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates (JOG) has been striving to put words to action since our inception. We work to ensure our students are academically successful as well as career-wise. Not everyone is able to jump straight into the fields they want to be in just out of their high school education. Our subsidized work program is one way the JOG program is able to put “our money where our mouth is.
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Partner Showcase: TimkenSteel
We are lucky to have such great employment partners who want to see at Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates’ (JOG) students put in a position to succeed. From learning skills in the trades to developing interpersonal skills, these companies provide valuable professional development to our kids as part of the JAG Model, setting them up for success in their future careers. TimkenSteel is a great example of an employment partner who works with us in a variety of ways, including sponsoring, providing board representation and event speakers, and sharing information on metal-working and other trades with our youth.
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Student Success Stories: Alyssia
Here at Tri-County Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates (JOG) our mission is to help youth with multiple barriers to success complete their education and successfully transition to employment at a livable wage or post-secondary job training. A good example of one of our Career Specialists helping one of our students overcome significant hurdles is in the case of Alyssia. One way that Career Specialists like Heidi help students feel heard and cared for is through our trauma informed approach to make sure all participants feel heard, engaged and confident to complete requirements for their High School education or securing employment.
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Staff Interview: Jessica Porter
Since the beginning, Tri-County Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates (JOG) has worked hard to provide needed academic and career services to students in our local partner schools, but the JOG model is not limited to just those standard education tenants. Our specialists go above and beyond to help their students feel welcomed, supported, and engaged.
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JOG the Web: JOG as a Part of JAG
Since our inception in 1987, Tri-County Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates (JOG) has worked as an affiliate of, and close partner to, Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG). Though we function independently as our own organization, we work with JAG to gain a foundation for how we can achieve our own success here in Ohio, making sure that we meet (or exceed) their criteria for success.
