Success Stories

Years after Palatka native Cora Fells connected with CareerSource Northeast Florida (CareerSource NEFL) and received help to earn a culinary degree, she achieved a childhood dream in July 2021: opening her own restaurant in her hometown. Aptly named ‘Cora’s Place,’...

Diona Green was in the customer service field for 15 years when she suddenly became unemployed, but with the help of CareerSource Northeast Florida (CareerSource NEFL), she was sent on the path to transition to become an entrepreneur in the work she really loved:...

About 10 years ago, Jacksonville native James Coleman attended a CareerSource Northeast Florida (CareerSource NEFL) Employer Workshop and became a graduate of the program. Since that time, Coleman has helped hundreds of local residents, especially youth living in the...

Crystal Norwood is now a traveling nurse and will shortly be receiving her nurse practitioner degree – and she gives CareerSource Northeast Florida (CareerSource NEFL) the credit for getting her started in what has been an exciting, profitable and rewarding career in...

Thanks to the Individual Training Accounts (ITAs) offered through CareerSource Northeast NEFL, Arianna Grondin received scholarship assistance to enter the Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) Nursing Program. Today, she’s a nurse resident at Baptist Hospital...