Job Corps

American

[job] / dʒɒb /

noun

U.S. Government.

an organization within the Department of Labor that operates rural conservation camps and urban training centers for poor youths.

Job Corps British

/ dʒɒb /

noun

a Federal organization established in 1964 to train unemployed youths in order to make it easier for them to find work

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He had applied to Job Corps, a federally funded career training program for lower-income teenagers and young adults.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

His mother, Nancy, convinced him to join the Job Corps aged 16.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025

Ellis earned her job-training chops at the federal Department of Labor’s Job Corps program, whose historic mission is training people who don’t plan to go to college for jobs in the trades.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2024

She went from Garfield High School and John Marshall High School to Seattle’s Job Corps program, where she originally planned to study culinary arts.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2020

After agonizing over it, Wes decided to go with Levy to his final Job Corps interview.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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