Industry Partners

Local Non-Profits Collaborate to Produce the Second Annual Have a Heart Charity Ball

The Have a Heart Charity Ball began as a way for three brothers to introduce their friends to one another and has grown into a fundraiser for three local non-profit organizations. Today, the Have a Heart Charity Ball is produced by young professionals for young professionals to benefit:

• Sacred Heart Community Service
• Sacred Heart Nativity School
• The Center for Employment Training (CET)

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El Teatro Campesino Comes to CET For Well Known Zoot Suit Performance Run

It has been the vision of CET's Executive Director, Hermelinda Sapien, to restore and convert their auditorium into a first-class performing arts theatre and then to bring Luis Valdez' El Teatro Campesino (ETC) to San Jose. Both vision and mission were accomplished and culminated during the recent co-production of Zoot Suit at the Anthony R. Soto Theater on CET San Jose campus this past August.

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Google Hosts Lunch for Female Executives: CET Executive Director attends...

Have you ever "googled" someone? Well if you type in Omid Kordestani, Sr. Vice President at Google Inc., you'd find some impressive information on this successful executive... and boy did Ms. Sapien feel honored to attend a lunch hosted by Mr. Kordestani on the Google campus last week!

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NFL Raiders support CET's annual Golf Tournament!

CET appreciates the community spirit of our professional athletes in the Bay Area and especially thank Raider players Marques "Tui" Tuiasosopo and Corey Hulsey for their participation in our 2nd annual golf tournament.

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Yahoo Supports CET's San Jose Career Center

At the recent Executive Business Luncheon, held at the Sobrato CET Center, Rose Salazar, Job Developer and CET Career Center Director was presented with a Camp Yahoo! guidebook.

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CET and the Mercury News Come Together at Christmas Time to "Give the Gift of Reading"

(From the Mercury News) "Whether it's a toddler's picture story or a teenager's novel, a book brings magic into a young reader's life. It provides comfort and hope on dark days. It can challenge, inspire, and open doors."

"Each year, the Mercury News Gift of Reading Program brings this magic to thousands of Bay Area children who need it most", and this year is no exception: The program donated books to children who sat on Santas knee at the Annual CET Posadas Christmas event.

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The National Society of Hispanic MBA's (NSHMBA) partner with CET

The National Society of Hispanic MBA's (NSHMBA) partnered with CET San Jose to present an evening of networking and inspiration. Pepsi Bottling Group, another CET partner provided complimentary refreshments and took advantage of the energetic, intelligent participants with informal recruiting activities.

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CET and Emmanuel Family Life Center form a Collaborative Partnership

The Emmanuel Family Life Center and the Center for Employment Training have renewed their collaborative partnership to provide services to the hard to serve persons with multiple barriers to employment. Services will include core, intensive, ESL, and occupational training.

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EZ Electric and CET Partner

CET is proud to have such a strong partnership with EZ Electric — in the past few months, hiring manager, Ken Stern has hired skilled students out of Building Maintenance and Shipping and Receiving training courses.

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A New Workforce Partnership in the Making in Santa Maria

The Santa Maria Center for Employment Training Division has launched a new and exciting workforce partnership. In collaboration with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, CET will soon provide education and vocational training services to enrolled Chumash tribal members and their descendents.

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NASSCO and CET Partner

In April, 2003,CET San Diego and CET El Centro just successfully completed a customized Welding Skills training course for NASSCO (National Steel and Shipbuilding Company) employees; the first customized training delivered by CET to NASSCO.

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