Success stories
Yolanda
When Yolanda lost her job last year, she spent months looking for a
new one.
“I spent every day on the computer [applying for jobs] and just
couldn’t find anything,” she says.
Yolanda could no longer pay her rent and began losing hope. Then she found E&ES at the City of
With the help of E&ES Employment & Income Specialist Elsa Perez,
Yolanda didn’t just find a job—she found two.
“I couldn’t believe it,” she explains. “I go from not being able to
find one job on my own to getting to choose.”
Yolanda says the decision was an easy one. She quickly accepted an
administrative position with a mortgage company that offered the
office environment she wanted.
“I liked the atmosphere and the supervisor,” she says.
Elsa feels the same way about Yolanda.
“I am very impressed with her,” she says, explaining that Yolanda
came to her with all of the skills needed to succeed in the
workplace.
With previous experience in HR recruiting, Yolanda knew exactly what
skills companies were looking for. But without a college degree,
she found herself missing out on positions.
“It’s so hard out there; I see why some people just give up,” she
says.
She credits Elsa as her motivation to continue.
“Her dedication was overwhelming to me,” Yolanda says. “She was
always calling about potential jobs, always had something lined up
for me.”
In addition to spearheading Yolanda’s job search, Elsa also helped
revise her résumé and suggested she visit another E&ES location at
the
Yolanda took full advantage of its services. She attended a training
session to learn some of the “Do’s and Don’ts” of the workplace and
attended Job Club, where she learned about several potential positions. One in
particular caught her attention.
With Elsa's help, Yolanda set up an interview with the empoyer.
She felt an immediate rapport with the hiring manager—who would
soon become the boss she’s now pleased to have—and received an offer
shortly thereafter.
Now that Yolanda is experiencing career success, she’s returning the
favor by reaching out to others struggling to find a job.
And with the stress of job hunting behind her, Yolanda is turning to
other goals, such as earning that college degree missing from her
résumé.
After finding a job she loves in an economy like this, she says,
anything is possible.