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| Back in January, Onions began classes at City College. One day, the Mission Economic Development Agency came by to recruit for a Bilingual Bank Teller Program. Yesterday, was graduation day. |
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| Onions had been raving about the teacher, Olivia, and she helped the students get online resumes and to practice their interview skills. In addition, she has made contacts with banks and each of the graduates has a few interviews lined up. |
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| Each student came up and gave a short speech in appreciation of the program and to give thanks. |
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| Diploma time! |
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| Surprise! They were called up again. |
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| Turns out that one of the parts of the program that funders provide is a stipend ($500) to help graduates purchase business attire. |
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| Onions was the only graduate to speak Chinese (turns out he'd be even MORE desirable if he spoke Cantonese, but Mandarin is a selling point), four are Spanish speakers and one is from Syria and speaks Arabic |
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| Olivia, Onions, Edwin from El Salvador and Angelina |
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| Turns out Onions invited a friend from one of his City College classes, Wilson, also from El Salvador. Who would ever have guessed a year ago, Onions would have TWO friends from El Salvador? The program is great and fingers crossed for his interviews in the upcoming weeks. |
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