Corporate Solutions and PHA Team Up to Prepare Residents

Michele Claybrook-Lucas (far left), director of Contract Training and Workforce Development at the College, congratulates graduates of the College’s Administrative Assistant Job Readiness program for Philadelphia Housing Authority residents as they proudly display their certificates of completion.

Residents of the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) received certificates of completion at the College’s Center for Business and Industry on May 19 in a ceremony that marked their graduation from the College’s Administrative Assistant Job Readiness program. In its fourth year, the 132-hour program, offered through Corporate Solutions in collaboration with PHA, teaches computer skills, résumé preparation, job search and interviewing skills, as well as life skills essential to obtaining a job and staying employed. Twenty PHA residents graduated from this year’s program.