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Here at Hopeworks professional development is one of the most crucial skills that a young adult will gain as a trainee or intern. We offer services such as Career Readiness Coaching to assist with academic requests and earning your High School Diploma along with other resources needed to become as successful as possible. You can gain a vast variety of soft skills such as presenting, mock interviewing, networking and more!

From Trainee to Youth Training Specialist

December 14, 2018

Meet Yanlexis Arizaga, she is our newest youth training specialist at Hopeworks. Yanlexis began her journey at Hopeworks in September of 2017. Within months she had developed technical skills as well as professional etiquette that allowed her to smoothly transition from training, to internships, into her new role on the Hopeworks staff. Her responsibilities now […]

Center for Family Services Internet Essentials Collab

December 14, 2018

In collaboration with Center for Family Services and Comcast Internet Essentials, Hopeworks was able to host a basic internet training program for community members at its facility. Annette Johnson, a Hopeworks youth, led the 2-week training. Annette was able to teach various modules such as typing, resume creation, internet safety, and job application submission. Her […]

Two New Certified Drone Pilots in GIS!

November 15, 2018

Congratulations to Shane Blaney and Chris Newbill! They both passed their drone pilot exams, and are now officially certified drone pilots. With GIS Manager Kadeem Pratt being certified earlier this year, we now have three pilots in our GIS Department! This is very exciting for our department as a whole, as we will be able […]

Taylor Davis is New Academic Success Coach!

November 15, 2018

We are excited to welcome Taylor Davis as Hopeworks’ new Academic Success Coach! Taylor previously worked at SERV as a prevention specialist, where she held workshops and developed curriculum for youth spanning in age from high school into early adulthood. She worked to educate youth on how to avoid interpersonal violence in their lives, hopefully […]

John Teesdale Earns Internship at Being Design!

October 29, 2018

John Teesdale, former Hopeworks intern in our Web Department, has landed an internship at Being Design Inc., a design firm in Philadelphia! His role there is a Web Design Intern and he is most excited about “getting the chance to learn and work under an experienced Web Designer who has already established his own successful […]

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