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Those who complete Phase Three are certified in identified skills and have demonstrated stable, work -ready behavior. Phases Four and Five begin a 24 -month period of job placement, ongoing case management, supplemental training, links to additional education and alumni follow up. Taller San Jose has a strong program linking participants to employment through job preparation workshops, participation in job fairs, resume preparation, referrals and job coaching. The Job Developer serves as a liaison among employers, students and community resources such as the One -Stop Center to ensure that program graduates locate employment within 90 days of graduation from Taller San Jose. Participants are taught job search techniques throughout their training and are required to submit a minimum of ten resumes per week during the last month of training. All students participate in mock interview sessions with local Human Resource professionals. A network of local employers provides employment opportunities to graduates upon their completion of training at Taller San Jose. During this period, Taller focuses on: 1) placing graduates into initial employment; and, 2) helping graduates move up the career and wage ladder in their industry by connecting them to additional educational and training opportunities. Case managers follow -up with graduates at 3 -month intervals and staff measures graduates' rates of- placement, salary, job retention, continuing education, employer- sponsored health benefits, and recidivism. In addition, Taller San Jose participants who have not completed their secondary education are encouraged to co- enroll in a high school diploma program offered in the evenings and on Friday and Saturday. These diploma and certification programs are sponsored through the local community college, Santa Ana College Office of Continuing Education. Taller San Jose staff work with Continuing Education staff to monitor participant progress and meet educational goals as appropriate. Each of Taller San Jose's training programs is designed to place students in high- demand industries that offer career ladders for growth. Taller's Medical Careers Academy, for example, trains clinical and administrative medical assistants to enter the allied health field, where the demand for allied health workers in California is expected to grow 63% between 2010 and 2030 and 39% by 2016 in Orange County. Researchers estimate that California's universities and community colleges will only have the capacity to train 634,000 of the needed workers— between 63 and 79% of the allied health workers the state requires (Help Wanted: Will Californians Miss Out on a Billion Dollar Growth Industry? September 2009 report by The California Wellness Foundation). Traditionally the construction industry has been a high - growth industry in the county. Despite the economic downturn, the building industry still has a need for skilled, reliable, entry -level workers and 70% of Taller's construction academy graduates are placed into employment or continuing education within 90 days of graduation from the program. Taller San Jose works with industry partners to refine its program curriculum to ensure that its training continues to meet the evolving needs of the market. A key dimension of Taller San Jose's mission is to ensure that students are prepared for new employment opportunities such as those associated with the growth of the green economy. To help students build skills that are currently in demand in the building industry, Taller San Jose has added supplemental training for alumni in green construction, specifically solar panel installation. The nation's green building economy is poised to grow exponentially in the next few years, yet faces looming labor shortages in the areas of Exhibit A 7