A report from McDonough Voice: Federal authorities are investigating another Illinois state grant initiative, this one a job-training program run by an administrator who was fired for mismanagement but has returned to work with back pay and a raise, The Associated Press has learned. Deveda Francois was dismissed from a $ 72,400 job at the [...]
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A report from Sun-Sentinel: PEMBROKE PINES An unused multimillion-dollar bus compound, long a symbol of government waste, will be transformed into a vocational school next year, providing adult job training and freeing up money to hire teachers, Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie announced Tuesday. Runcie said the move is part of a larger effort to [...]
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A report from Belleville News Democrat: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Federal authorities are investigating another Illinois state grant initiative, this one a job-training program run by an administrator who was fired for mismanagement but has returned to work with back pay and a raise, The Associated Press has learned. Deveda Francois was dismissed from a $ [...]
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A report from College Misericordia: Game Face workshop provides career training for sport management majors02-20-12 The Game Face workshop was held Feb. 11. The Department of Business at Misericordia University, in conjunction with the universityâ™s Sport Management Association and Business Professional Association, recently presented the final installment of career training for sport management majors through [...]
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A report from The Keene Sentinel: Posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012 8:00 am | Updated: 7:43 am, Sun Feb 19, 2012. Gina R. Dela Cruz has been job hunting since she was laid off in April from her job as a secretary at a real estate company. Dela Cruz, who is 60, said it was [...]
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A report from Fresno Bee: Valley community college leaders are headed to Washington, D.C., this week to report progress on a $ 20 million career training program that would improve graduation rates and prepare students for jobs in agriculture, health care and green energy. A federal grant puts 11 Valley community colleges at the forefront [...]
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A report from Leavenworth Times: The Leavenworth County Commission Thursday voted to take part in a new program that could help residents of the county find jobs. The Work Experience Program is run by the state’s department of Social and Rehabilitative Services. According to county Human Resources Director Diane Collins, the program is based around [...]
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A report from The Oshkosh Northwestern: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants community colleges and businesses to work together to train 2 million workers in high-growth industries, and recently requested $ 8 billion to create a fund to encourage the effort. Obama’s plan is called the “Community College to Career Fund,” the White House said. [...]
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A report from Tulsa World: Antonio Littlejohn, 39, was released from prison to GPS supervision last fall and wanted a job in Tulsa so he could pay bills and take care of his family, he said. He filled out application after application, checking the box marked felon to reflect his three incarcerations for Tulsa and [...]
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A report from Atlanta Journal Constitution: Print E-mail By Amy Lindgren For the AJC If you’re feeling sluggish about your job search, it’s possible you’ve gotten de-motivated somewhere along the way. By way of offering a self-help tutorial, I’ll list here the 10 most common de-motivators that I observe in job seekers. If any apply [...]
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