DEED jobs program awarded $5.5 million grant

Jordan Independent
DEED is the state's principal economic development agency, promoting business recruitment, expansion and retention, workforce development, ...

Program connects people with disabilities to jobs in health care

La Crosse Tribune
The program was funded by a $25000 grant from the Western Wisconsin Workforce Development Board and $15000 from Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. ...

US Department of Labor announces career videos challenge

Earthtimes (press release)
The creators of the top video in each category will win a $1000 cash prize. ... State Workforce Agencies and the National Association of Workforce Boards. ...

PG&E to offer military veterans job training

Sacramento Bee
By Darrell Smith Pacific Gas and Electric will provide free energy-sector job training this summer for military veterans who recently separated from the ...

Scranton University initiative helping at-risk youth find jobs

Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Funded by a $17000 Workforce Investment Area grant from the Scranton-Lackawanna Human Development Agency, the six-week “YES,” or Youth Employment Series, ...

Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on April ...

By EthiopianReview.com
“Last summer, the Department of Labor put more than 300000 youth into jobs that provided them with essential early work experience as they helped to improve their own communities. This is a good program that we hope can be expanded. ...

Quincy College partners with South Shore Workforce Investment Board

The Patriot Ledger
By Anonymous Quincy College has partnered up with the South Shore Workforce Investment Board and local healthcare companies to form the Health Work Alliance ...