Established in 2020, the CAC seeks to create a safe workspace for Jerusalemite youth, within the age group of 15-35 years old, aiming to enhance their professional identity and develop their job skills, to be able to compete in the job market and to attain better opportunities in their careers.
Established In 2020, the Career Advancement Center seeks to provide Palestinian youth (age 15-35) in Jerusalem with safe educational and work spaces aimed at enhancing their professional identity and developing their skills to meet the job market demands and to attain better opportunities for their future careers and professions. It also aims at fostering resilience among youth in East Jerusalem, by enhancing their coping and resilience mechanisms and empowering them to reach their full potential.
In order to achieve this, the CAC provides a comprehensive package of services that is aimed at transforming the skills of youth for developing a better future, following the EJ-YMCA model for vocational rehabilitation for youth that relies on three interrelated elements; career counselling, vocational assessment, and upskilling and employability, to enable youth to develop a vocational identity that would lead to success and satisfaction at the personal identity level and the career level.
Our Services:
Skilling and Employability
Develop and provide a set of soft skills and life skills training modules, focusing on leadership, communication, conflict resolution, negotiations, work ethics…etc, as well as 21st century skills, such as digital literacy, digital marketing, social media for business, languages, labour law, taxation, etc. that match the rapid changing demands and needs of the labour market.
Career Counselling and Vocational Assessment
The CAC provides career counselling and vocational assessment, utilising international standardised tests such as Holland Code for career testing and Valper test for physical and mental assessment. These tests help youth to identify and explore their mental and physical capacities and personal inclinations and link this to potential future career paths or professions.
Commercial Revitalization
The CAC provides hands-on targeted services based on client needs, e.g. market-related functions and small business management. This will be rolled out based on a help-desk scheme where businesses request particular services that the CAC can help fulfill.
Working stations
The CAC provides a complementary open workspace for youth equipped with laptops and free internet connection. These work stations are dedicated for youth to use for study and research.
Classrooms Rental
These classrooms are to support organizations for providing equipped facilities for their training programs. The CAC has 3 classrooms with a capacity range between 15 to 40 persons, equipped with high-tech smart boards, free internet connection and other logistical services.
Sports for Development
The CAC utilises sports for youth development, through emphasising soft skills for positive sports participation anchored in a motivational and caring sport climate. The CAC offers youth a promotional package of membership to the sports center at the EJ-YMCA.
