Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates

The Impact

96% of JCG seniors graduated from High School in the 2021-22 school year.

Through a one-credit high school elective, CYC career specialists keep at-risk students, including foster care youth, in school and on the path to employment, college enrollment or enlistment in the military. Students are taught 37 critical core competencies including:

Constructing a resume and completing a job interview
Demonstrating time management
Communicating verbally and in writing
Developing team leadership
Identifying career interests and abilities
Exhibiting personal accountability

Schools Served

Aiken New Tech High School
Hughes STEM High School
North College Hill High School
Oyler High School
R.A. Taft Information Technology H.S.
Shroder
Western Hills University H.S.
Winton Woods High School
Withrow University High School
Woodward Career Technical H.S.

High School to Career Program

Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates (JCG) is dedicated to preventing dropouts among young people who have serious barriers to graduation and/or employment.

In more than three decades of operation, JCG has delivered consistent,

compelling results – helping young people stay in school through graduation,

pursue post-secondary education or training and secure quality entry-level jobs leading to career advancement opportunities. Through classroom facilitation, Project-based Learning and Work Experience Opportunities students are taught 37 core competencies in the following cluster areas:

Career Development
Job Attainment and Job Survival
Leadership and Self Development
Personal and Life Survival Skills
Work Place Competencies

Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates is a credited in-school elective class preparing students for life after high school. JCG is a local chapter of the statewide Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates program (JOG) and the national Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG). Along with core competency training, JCG facilitates a student-lead Career Association with the following goals:

Leadership Development
Career Preparation
Civic Awareness
Social Awareness
Community Service / Service Learning