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professional email account and dress professionally for an interview and the workplace. In addition, every student practices their interviewing skills by participating in between three and five mock interview sessions with volunteers from local companies. Taller San Jose's Employment Services Manager strives to place all youth who complete training into employment within 90 days of program completion. The Employment Services Manager works to build relationships with local employers to hire Taller San Jose trainees and case managers provide 24 months of support to help youth retain their employment (Letters of Support from St. Joseph Health and McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. have been included as Attachment D and demonstrate employer commitment to hire Taller San Jose youth). V. Work Based Learning Taller San Jose has established several on- the -job training opportunities to help youth gain professional experience prior to moving into the mainstream workforce. For example, students enrolled in Taller San Jose's Medical Careers Academy participate in a four -week medical assisting externship at a partnering doctor's office or community clinic (a sample Externship Agreement has been included as Attachment E). Participating clinics include MemorialCare medical clinics, St. Jude Heritage Medical Group and La Amistad Community Clinic, among others. Taller San Jose's Employment Services team work to identify potential externship sites and promote the program. Students work at their externship site full -time from Monday - Thursday and convene at Taller San Jose on Friday morning to review the skills that they have applied during the week and to review questions with their instructor. The Medical Careers Academy Program Manager conducts regular site visits to monitor students' performance, and at the completion of the externship interns are evaluated by their site supervisor(s) in these categories: Performance (technical skills), Initiative, Professionalism and Patient /Staff Relations. About 60 percent of youth are hired by their externship site (80 percent of them are still employed at the same site 12 months after their initial placement). Taller San Jose has also developed paid internship opportunities with local companies. St. Joseph Health's Revenue Cycle Services offers 24 -week, paid internships ($9.50 per hour; 40 hours per week) each year that are available to Office Careers Academy trainees. Each intern is matched to a staff mentor and gains experience in medical billing. To date, twenty Taller San Jose students have cycled through this program and eight have been hired full -time by St. Joseph Health. Driven by the desire to strengthen its sustainability and increase its mission impact, in 2010 Taller San Jose launched its social enterprise and general contracting venture, Hope Builders, Inc. Hope Builders employs youth who complete training in Taller San Jose's Construction and Green Technology Academy, offers them an opportunity to refine their skill set by working side - by -side with master tradesmen, and fast - tracks them to living wage employment with local construction companies. Hope Builders, Inc. specializes in distressed properties and serves developers, private investors, nonprofit housing organizations and home owners throughout Southern California with new construction, renovation and rehabilitation services. EXHIBIT A