Success Stories
Job Seekers and Employers Share their Success Stories with CareerSource NEFL
CareerSource NEFL Helps a Resilient Roberts Build a New, Safer and Stable Life
Donna Roberts, along with her two children, had just survived six years in an abusive relationship and was homeless at the time she found CareerSource NEFL though Hope Florida – a community-based welfare assistance program that serves single parents, and individuals...
Fernandina Nonprofit Can Now ‘Sign’ with Clients Thanks to Customized Training
A little over a year ago, Barnabas Center received funds through CareerSource NEFL’s Customized Training program for employees to receive training in conversational Spanish to better converse with its customers. This year, the nonprofit agency based in Fernandina...
Stay-at-Home Mom Turns to CareerSource NEFL for Help Reentering the Job Market
After Jacqueline Edwards gave birth to her baby boy two years ago, she decided to step back from work and become a stay-at-home mom for a while. A Jacksonville native, Edwards had been working as a title analyst for a mortgage technology company until she lost her job...
CareerSource NEFL Customized Training Supports Apprentices at MetroPower
Breanna Else, an apprentice from the Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) Florida West Coast Chapter, recently represented regional electrical contractor MetroPower at the 2025 SkillsUSA Skills and Leadership Conference at the Prime Osborn Convention Center....
Laid Off After 20 Years, Neal Finds a New Profession in Trucking Through CareerSource NEFL
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...
UF Health St. Johns Holds Graduation Celebration for Second Class of Surgical Technologist Apprentices
Friends and family members, along with representatives from CareerSource NEFL and hospital personnel, all joined together at UF Health Flagler Hospital in November for a celebration for the second group of five surgical technologist apprentices to graduate from the...
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