Thursday, June 23, 2011

W.Va. to receive $160000 for job training programs

Greenfield Daily Reporter
Unemployed West Virginians will have access to additional job training programs under a federal grant. US Sen. Jay Rockefeller says the US Labor Department has allocated $160000 to existing career centers in the state. Rockefeller says the grant is ...

6/22 Business briefs: State earns kudos for training

Bradenton Herald
As the statewide workforce investment board for Florida, Workforce Florida works on getting unemployed Floridians back to work and fostering economic growth through talent development. The state has 24 regional workforce boards that direct nearly 100 ...

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

White House Council calls for training to fill 2M jobs, cut red tape

WRAL.com
... jobs in the US, in part because employers can't find workers with the advanced manufacturing skills they need. The private sector must quickly form partnerships with community colleges, vocational schools and others to match career training with ...

Monday, June 13, 2011

Riverside County gets state funds for veterans' job training

The Desert Sun
Riverside County's Economic Development Agency will be getting a $465000 slice of almost $6 million in new state funds to help veterans from the Middle East wars transition into the civilian job market. The county EDA is one of 13 agencies splitting a ...

Jeanne Shaheen - United States Senator for New Hampshire

The Shaheen-Cochran measure is also supported by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB), CLASP, National Skills ...

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Hype Aside, 'Green Jobs' Are for Real—And Growing

CNBC.com
More than $500 million of stimulus money for education is targeted for green job training. In response, community colleges, vocational schools, universities, labor unions and nonprofits are gearing up to meet the challenge of training students for ...

Labor Department grants to provide vets' job training

Capital Flyer
by Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON -- As part of an interagency effort to support America's veterans, the Labor Department announced $37 million in grants to provide job training for about 21000 veterans, many of them homeless or ...