More than hundred students and 120 workers at the Charleston Job Corps Center face an uncertain future after the U.S. Department of Labor’s new decision to pause operations at the nation’s Job Corps Training Centers. “We are definitely hanging by a thread. Our staff is hanging by a thread. Our students are very concerned,” , said Melissa Rhodes, Charleston Job Corps program director. On Thursday, the Labor Department announced it will begin a phased pause in operations at contractor-operated Job Corps centers nationwide..