Discover the power of Coaching with Career connections group
Train
Our program is tailored to meet the unique needs of each individual. Providing soft skills training, workforce readiness, and professional development.
Equip
The program brings together individuals with similar interests and provides industry linked certification and technical skill programing.
Connect
Our experienced coaches conduct school-to-career pathways through developing internship and hiring pipelines.
Training, Equipping, and Connecting Tomorrow’s Workforce.
Today’s workplace includes multiple generations, from experienced leaders to emerging professionals, each with different expectations, communication styles, and motivations. From Gen X to Gen Alpha, Career Connections Group has a passion for helping young adults and current professionals find their purpose through meaningful training and rewarding work-life experiences.
Career Connections Group partners with schools and business to develop innovative programing, work-ready talent, and impactful professional development.
our purpose
Who We Serve
Schools looking to develop innovative career connected programs for America’s future workforce professionals. Businesses looking for meaningful professional development and new methods for cultivating workforce pipelines.
Why We Exist
We aim to target the skills gap prevalent in the American workforce by attacking the problem on both ends: workforce training and equipping for the next generation, and professional development and new talent pipeline connections for today’s companies.
our team
Founder & President
Meet Joseph Hayes
I am a husband, father of three, and proud grandfather of six (and hopefully many more in the years ahead). Throughout my life and career, I have been passionate about helping people discover their potential, develop their talents, and connect with opportunities that lead to success.
My professional journey includes 39 years in public education, beginning as a kindergarten and second-grade teacher before spending nearly three decades in Career Technical Education (CTE). During that time, I designed and developed CTE programs, recruited and mentored students, provided college, career, military, and personal counseling, and built strong partnerships with business and industry leaders to create meaningful workforce opportunities.
For 34 years, I also served as the Founder and Director of The Nature Camp, where thousands of young people experienced leadership development, character building, teamwork, and personal growth through outdoor learning experiences.
Beyond education, I have devoted much of my life to ministry and community service. Alongside my wife, I co-founded Faith Victory Center Ministries and later founded Time TWOgether Ministries. I have also spent many years coaching youth and high school basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer, using sports as a platform to teach leadership, responsibility, perseverance, and character.
Whether as an educator, camp director, coach, ministry leader, husband, father, or grandfather, my goal has always been the same: to lead by example through genuine care for others and to help people become the very best version of themselves.
Career Connections Group is the culmination of these experiences—a company dedicated to training, equipping, and connecting individuals, schools, businesses, and communities to build stronger futures and create opportunities that change lives.
Other Team Members
Patricia Evans – Philips Corporation Global Quality and Regulatory Manager
Jennifer Remaley – Special Education Instructor
Katie Gambino – Medical Missionary
Joe Wargo – High School Counselor, Competitive Triathlete
Josh Hayes – School Board President, High School Teacher
Chris Brookes – Founder/ Owner Brookes and Henderson Home Builders
Alixzandra Bohnak – Gatehouse Estate Management Operations Manager
Ryan Pendleton – Executive Director of Shared Services Alliance & Connect ITC
Russ Bennett – Former Superintendent, now Director of Leadership Services at the ESCNEO
Dominic Favazzo – Retired Director of Counseling Orange City Schools
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