Juma Ventures

Workforce resources:learn: alongside the job, youth are supported by a program coordinator, focused on helping them overcome personal barriers to successful permanent employment and mastery of crucial skills like communication, professionalism, personal accountability, teamwork, problem-solving and leadership skills, all in a growth-minded framework. Youth participate in a series of job search skills workshops such as resume writing and mock interviews and go on career tours that expose them to a broad range of career pathways such as advance manufacturing, healthcare and aviation. With the support of their personal coordinator, youth identify and attain strengths-based short-term and long-term personal, financial, education and career goals in an individual development plan (idp). Connect: the connect (or launch) component of our youth connect program is grounded in the notion that young people must achieve stability before they can successfully pursue mobility. By working in the enterprise, they are taking the first steps towards an eventual connection by developing foundational employment skills, gaining work experience, and beginning to create a professional network. Employment also promotes the stability necessary by easing financial concerns. Youth connect to career and educational pathways once they complete the juma program. Upon completion, youth become eligible for alumni services aimed at helping them achieve success in their post-juma job or education connection, and beyond.