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Plan Your Future

Do you want to work in a medical office?

Become a medical assistant. They handle the office duties and administrative tasks for doctors and other health providers. Medical assistants do not work directly with patients.

Get going soon - Some medical assistants are trained on the job, but many complete 1-year or
2-year programs from vocational schools or community college.

What you'll make - earn an average of $31,210 per year.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Planning Tools

Career Picker Tool (from the Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Think of your favorite subject in school, or what you like to do, and find a career to match.
www.bls.gove/k12

Dream It, Do It!
Check out the types of jobs that are right for your skills, your attitude and your passion.
www.dreamit-doit.com

First in the Family
Believe in your right to go to college. Read tips and advice from first-generation students who made it to college.
www.firstinthefamily.org

Fun Works - For Careers You Never Knew Existed
Learn about careers, not just the interesting ones other people have, but the ones YOU can have.
funworks.org

Know How to Go
Preparing yourself for life after high school is important. Start planning now.
www.knowhow2go.org

Local Programs

Diamond in the Raw Foundation
Exposes young women and others to career opportunities in the entertainment industry, corporate America business and entrepreneurship.
www.diamondintheraw.com

Los Angeles Infrastructure Academy
A one-year after-school program that provide hands-on experience, field trips, career prep, and job placement opportunities for skilled trade careers, such as the LA Department of Water and Power.
www.infrastructureacademy.org

Los Angeles Urban League Milken Youth Center
Local program to help young people and their families develop skills to compete for meaningful employment and higher education.
www.youthcenter.laul.org

 

Interested in a summer program that can help kick start your future?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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