Employment Services
Verdugo Jobs Center
1255 South Central Avenue
Glendale, CA 90214
Phone - 818.409.0476
Fax - 818.409.0496
Open Monday through Friday; 8:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M.
www.verdugojobscenter.org
Job Seeker Services
Unemployment Insurance Benefits
At the Verdugo Jobs Center, we have qualified staff who are available to assist
you in a one-on-one processing of your application for Unemployment Insurance Benefits.
Services include:
- Two telephones in the VJC Reception Area are directly connected with the UI claims
center.
- Brochures are available which highlight claim-filing procedures.
- Partners provide customers with the 800 number to call to file a claim or ask questions.
Veterans Services
Additional information is available at the following Internet sites
Workforce Investment Board
Mission: To provide leadership to ensure that local resources are leveraged and
partnerships are formed to enhance workforce quality, job opportunities and economic
vitality in the Verdugo region.
2010/2011 VWIB Annual Report
VWIB Labor Market Report - October 2012
The Verdugo Workforce Investment Board (WIB), which was created by the 2000 federal
Workforce Investment Act, develops workforce policies and oversees state and federal
funding for the cities of Burbank, Glendale and La Canada Flintridge.
The WIB is comprised of 31 board of directors that are executives at local businesses,
education, community organizations, government, and labor.
The WIB has two primary customers, job seekers and local businesses. Through its
service providers, the Verdugo Jobs Center and the Burbank WorkForce Connection,
the WIB helps job seekers to find job opportunities and build careers through job
training. The WIB also helps identify business needs and provides direct assistance
to businesses that may have workforce needs, capital needs, or other service needs.
The WIB has been instrumental in helping to boost the local economy and to prepare
workers for the jobs in demand in the region. Some examples:
- The WIB has won over $5 million in funding to provide retraining for over 2,000
local entertainment workers that were impacted by the advances in digital technology
in the entertainment industry. The work of the WIB had a major impact in keeping
worker skills competitive and keeping jobs locally.
- The WIB acquired over $1 million to train 100 new nurses and provide upgrade training
to over 200 registered nurses at four local hospitals. This work helped to alleviate
a serious nursing shortage of 400-500 unfilled nursing openings at the local hospitals.
- With the closure of the Lockheed Corporation in Burbank and the layoff of over 9,000
workers, the WIB was the only entity designated to assist the thousands of workers
impacted by the closure at a time when 160,000 aerospace/defense workers were laid
off in Southern California.
The WIB is also the recognized community resource for labor market and economic
data on the local economy.
Workforce Investment Board Meetings
VWIB Members
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Ramon Abueg
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Glendale Water & Power Dept.
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Cynthia Banks
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L A County Community & Senior Services
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Mary Mirch
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Glendale Community College
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Lucy Burghdorf
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Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport Authority
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Paul Celuch
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Verdugo Hills Hospital
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Jess Duran
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City of Glen., Director Dept. of Comm. Serv. & Parks
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James Darcey
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Copy Central
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Michael Fullerton
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Web Conference
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Tami Garcia
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Walt Disney Imagineering
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Lillian Kirimlidis
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EDD/L.A. County Job Service Div. #915
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Nicholas Hacopian
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Glen West Management Co
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Mary Hamzoian
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City of Burbank, Economic Development
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Gary Holt
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District Lodge 725, IAM
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Judith Kendall
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Glendale Chamber of Commerce
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Gavin Koon
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IATSE
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Debbie Kukta
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KO Properties, LLC
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Chris Lenz
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Cal State University LA - Career Dev. Svcs.
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Susan Crabtree
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Glendale Adventist Medical Center
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Maria Mehranian
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Cordoba Corporation
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Paul Moeller
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Environmental Engineering
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Rosa Orozco
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L.A. County Dept. of Public Social Services
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Gary Olson
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Burbank Chamber of Commerce
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George Palazzo
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Local 726
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Richard Roche
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AT&T
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Michael Sevigny
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Chromatic Lithographers
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Marko Swan
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Cygnet Stamping Company
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Nancy Peera
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Department of Rehabilitation
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Andre Van Niekerk
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Woodbury University
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Joylene Wagner
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GUSD Board of Education
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Monico Zamora
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Teamsters Local 848
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Terry Walker
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Providence St. Joseph Medical Center
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The Glendale Youth Alliance (GYA)
Glendale Youth Alliance (GYA) is a nonprofit organization and a partnership between
government, education, businesses and our community. Glendale community leaders
established GYA in 1993 with a mission to provide jobs and employment preparedness
training for Glendale's low-income youth ages 14-24. GYA programs are designed
to build civic values in Glendale youth, provide a foundation to learn job skills
and to become productive participants of the workforce. GYA operates six programs
on a spectrum that provide mentored employment to youth and has provided first time
employment and training to over 5,000 Glendale area youth.
For more information please contact 818-548-2791 or email
Ida Babayan
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