SUCCESS
Newsletter for Lake County Workforce Development
Who’s Inside?
Jobseekers
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Workforce
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Investment Board
Work experience
3
Youth
5
Business
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Spring 2014
Lake County Workforce Development offers a variety of job
search services and training opportunities to help Lake
County job seekers of all ages and at all levels of
experience gain the necessary skills to be competitive in
today’s job market.
Team members work closely with businesses and
community partners to make successful employment
connections.
New Skills Lead to New Jobs
Melissa will graduate with a Masters Degree in Education/
Corporate Training in July 2014 thanks to funding through the
Trade Adjustment Act (TAA). She was laid off in 2011 after more
than a decade working for a pharmaceutical company. Melissa
says that the hardest part about being unemployed for two years
was the loss of purpose. She found the job market was
profoundly different than when she had previously looked for
work. “I knew updating my education would open doors.”
A door opened for her in February 2014 when she was hired as
a Document Control Coordinator for another pharmaceutical
company. She thanks the team at Workforce Development for
helping her with her resume and connecting her with job fairs
and potential hiring opportunities.
In October 2013, Melissa joined
the Workforce Volunteer group
and began helping in the
computer lab at the Job Center of Melissa’s family went into debt to pay monthly bills while she was
out of work. She is thrilled that she can now pay off her credit
Lake County. “I found a whole
cards, but this new job wasn’t about money. “I was determined
new support network when I
to get an interview because this job fit me perfectly.”
started helping other jobseekers .”
When Valdislav walked in to the Job Center in February 2014 to announce that
he had a job, the room erupted in cheers. He had been attending Open Lab
sessions at the Job Center for 1½ years. He had no computer experience when
he first came in. Staff members helped him to create an email address, write
and save a resume, and apply for jobs online.
Vladislav was amazed at how complicated online applications were. Still, he
kept coming back to the Job Center week after week. In March 2014, Vladislav
started his new job as a food service worker in a cafeteria at the naval base.