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Medical Assistants Finish Classes with a 100% Pass Rate!

February 18, 2019
This year’s cohort of Medical Assistants finished their academic classes this month and entered their internships with a 100% pass rate! The Medical Assistant training program -- a unique partnership between Hopeworks, Rutgers-Rowan Board of Governors, Camden County, and Camden County College -- trains Camden youth in professionalism and the skills they need to become […]
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GIS Meets The Judge Group

February 18, 2019
The Judge Group is a leading professional services firm, serving over 40 of the Fortune 100 companies with over 7,000 professionals on assignment annually across a vast array of industries. This month, six members of the GIS department and Youth Healing Team visited the Judge Group’s headquarters in Wayne, Pennsylvania in order to meet with […]
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2nd Annual Alumni Tax Prep Event

February 18, 2019
With tax season here, many young people face challenges in understanding taxes and how to file theirs. To help, Andrea Jack of D&P Financial Services and her team led Hopeworks’ 2nd Annual Tax Prep event for Alumni at our office. The firm practices in the areas of tax preparation, accounting, bookkeeping, budgeting, and tax planning, […]
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New Projects in Web

January 16, 2019
At Hopeworks, our web team develops quality interactive websites for our clients. Our recent accomplishments include Reconnect Brooklyn, an organization that provides young men with the tools to become successful as they build job skills and reconnect them with education. Prior to working with Hopeworks, Reconnect Brooklyn was dissatisfied with their Squarespace experience so they […]
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Slalom Consulting and Hopeworks Camden Partnership

January 16, 2019
Throughout the months of December and January, visitors may notice some unfamiliar faces at Slalom’s Center City office -- a team of Camden youth, working on terminals right alongside highly-trained consulting professionals! The youth are not at Slalom for a tour, a mock interview, or a career day. Instead, thanks to the vision of Slalom’s […]
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Taking Advantage of Everything Hopeworks Has to Offer

January 15, 2019
Hien, doing great work in the web department, came to the United States on a study abroad program and earned her associates degree at Camden County College where she studied computer graphics. While there, a professor referred her to Hopeworks and she then contacted us to start the training program. Shortly after completing training, Hien […]
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Uplift Solutions Philly Food Rescue Brings Food to Hopeworks

December 17, 2018
Often, as youth at Hopeworks work to learn HTML, CSS, Javascript, ArcGIS, or other technologies, the technical complexity of the work can be challenging. Other times, the demands of balancing clients, production targets, and learning professional skills while on the job at Hopeworks can be daunting even to the most ambitious youth associate at Hopeworks. […]
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Hopeworks Alumna at the National Youth Employment Coalition Conference

December 14, 2018
This year, Amber Williams, a Hopeworks alumna and CRIB resident attended the National Youth Employment Coalition Conference held in Washington D.C. There she was able to participate in various panel discussions and provide a youth perspective on the challenges of gaining employment. During the breakout sessions, Amber learned valuable information about youth and workforce development […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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