Chad Lukins already knew his way around a cockpit. A retired Naval Flight Officer with a pilot license, he was flying contract flights for private clients when he set his sights on a bigger goal: becoming a commercial pilot. In May 2025, Chad connected with the...
Kalyn Smith was no stranger to caring for people under pressure. Working part-time in patient care and emergency medical services, she’d already proven she could handle the toughest moments in healthcare. What she wanted next was a career that matched her...
When Colin Richardson first walked into a Central Region Job Center, he was piecing together a living with two part-time jobs, one as a retail associate and another as a nursing assistant. That nursing assistant role wasn’t just a paycheck, though. It was a...
When Maria Wolfrum walked into the Central Job Center in December 2023, she was working part-time in retail sales and looking for something more — a career that could offer stability, purpose, and a future she could build on. What she found was a team ready to help...
When Maria Wolfrum walked into the Central Job Center in December 2023, she was working part-time in retail sales and looking for something more — a career that could offer stability, purpose, and a future she could build on. What she found was a team ready to help...
After more than 25 years of leading people and missions in the U.S. Army, Rodney Richardson came home to Missouri with something most job seekers don’t have — decades of real leadership experience. What he didn’t have was a clear sense of how to translate that...
