If you are a job seeker wanting a new career or a local business searching for new employees, the MCAS Career Center provides excellent resources for you. The MCAS Career Center Specialist offers workshops on resumes, employment portfolios, effective job searches, professional attire and behavior, interviewing techniques, and other critical employment soft skills. Businesses can post jobs and participate in MCAS Job Fairs.
In addition to these services, MCAS has developed strong partnerships with the Los Angeles County Workforce Development Board (WDB) and the LA County America’s Job Center of California℠ (AJCC) system. MCAS partner AJCCs will send case managers to the Career Center to provide services and financial aid for MCAS CTE classroom trainings.
LA County AJCCs Are Here to Help You!
The AJCC system provides education, training programs, and support services so job seekers find careers. AJCCs can subsidize wages through various programs, upskill training, and can offer other resources so employers find and retain skilled workers. AJCCs connect job seekers to busi- nesses so that this region can compete in a global economy.
The MCAS Career Center works hard to partner with LA County AJCCs. What can the AJCC system do for you?
Below are just some of the many services we deliver:
Job Seekers
Provide Employment and Training Services for:
Individuals Receiving Unemployment Benefits
Adults Who Are Long-term Unemployed
Veterans
Youth Ages 14-24
Other Populations with Barriers to Employment
No-cost Job Training to Start a New Career
If eligible, upgrade your skills, earn a new license, and go to work in a new field
Youth@Work for 14-24
Paid internships with local businesses
Career Development
Job Search Assistance
Help with Resume and Employment Portfolio
Mock Interviews
Access to computers, printers, and internet
Businesses / Non-profits
Pay Subsidized Wages for New Employees
On-the-Job Training funds
Offer Your Business Paid Interns
Youth@Work Program
Path to getting a full-time employee
Provide Allowable Funding to Upskill Your Current Employees
Incumbent Worker Training Program
Assist with Employee Recruitment
Coordinate Job Fairs and Expos
Market your job posting
Conduct specialized recruitment campaigns
Assist with Potential Access to Tax Credits
Access to Business Services Representatives
Complete Business Needs Assessment
Guide your business to receive resources
Career Technical Education Programs
Learn new career skills and start a new career!
Monrovia Community Adult School offers numerous short-term vocational programs that help your earn certifications and give you the skills you need to start a new career. MCAS teachers are experienced professionals who share their industry knowledge to give you a solid foundation for success in a new profession. These teachers also have significant industry contacts and resources to ensure that students who successfully complete our vocational programs have a high rate of job attainment.
In addition to our world class vocational programs, MCAS offers excellent Non-Technical Programs. Our English as a Second Language faculty is passionate, caring and committed to helping our students become proficient in English as quickly as possible. The MCAS Academic Lab offers a rigorous high school diploma program that prepares students for postsecondary education. Students seeking assistance with basic skills or test prep for the GED or HiSET can receive assistance from highly qualified instructors. And MCAS arts and crafts classes are taught by talented, successful artists.