Job Seeker Success Stories

With financial aid administered by CareerSource Northeast Florida, provided through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Joshua Theagene was able to obtain his Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) and recently bought his own tractor trailer to break out on his own.

With funds provided through CareerSource NEFL’s Customized Training Program, drivers who provide transportation services to the aged and disabled throughout Baker County are now able to provide a higher level of care to the vulnerable participants they transport, including participants at the Clair Winston House.

With support from St. Joseph Neighborhood Center and the CareerSource NEFL St. Johns County Career Center, single mother Annie Biggers landed a Site Manager position with Flagler County Public Schools.

(Left to right) Operation Lifeline Executive Director Erick Saks, CareerSource NEFL Apprentice Manager Doreen Lund and Youth Services Manager Atheia Gillespie and Florida Department of Education Apprenticeship Training Representative Julie Nichols, on site at one of...

Racheal Neal had worked for Flowers Bakery in the Grant Park area of Jacksonville for 20 years, primarily as a machine operator in shipping and receiving, when she was laid off by the company along with several others – including her husband Willie, who had 30 years...

After the death of her husband and putting her career on hiatus for three years, Verda Smith credits the guidance and comfort provided by the team at CareerSource NEFL in resuming a new career. Smith spent 20 years working as a physician assistant – but all that...