A report from Baltimore Sun: Dante Braxton, 24, runs a small gift shop at the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives in Woodlawn. Michael Calhoun, 28, landed a job there as an administrative assistant. Both men learned their job skills through courses the center tailors to meet the needs of developmentally disabled adults. On Monday, [...]
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A report from Kansas City Star: Updated: 2012-04-30T23:34:32Z JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that could help military veterans receive on-the-job training for private-sector jobs. Senators who passed the bill Monday said it would tap into federal money to offset part of the job training costs. The bill previously [...]
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A report from The Times of Trenton – NJ.com: Michael Mancuso/The TimesVincent Harney, bottom right, of Trenton, New Jersey, checks a cooling unit at Princeton Air Conditioning Inc., in Princeton Windsor Industrial Park, 39 Everett Drive, Building D. Harney and Kendall Williams, third from right, of Hamilton, are on six-month paid internships at Princeton Air [...]
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A report from Vets navigate tough new terrain _ the job market – Knoxville News Sentinel: FILE – In this Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, Navy veteran Eric Smith speaks about the expected Senate passage of the “VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011″ during a news conference on Capitol Hill……….. continues on Vets [...]
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A report from Dickinson Press: Talk about it FARGO — The upper level of Scheels All Sports superstore in Fargo has more fishing gear than once thought imaginable. Take the escalator up, maneuver two right turns and then a left and you’ll find the real-world start to Eric Carlson’s life. Not that being a North [...]
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A report from Columbus Dispatch: By Joe Vardon The Columbus Dispatch Friday April 27, 2012 7:49 AM Gov. John Kasich says community colleges can be the business community’s “first responders” to help them fill their employment needs. And a first response is coming soon for a key initiative of Kasich’s in 2012: to better align [...]
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A report from Huffington Post: West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D) West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D) issued an executive order Tuesday that will soon require West Virginians enrolled in state job training programs to prove they’re not on drugs. “I continuously hear from business leaders located all across the state, that they [...]
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A report from Brandywine East Community News: Dawn Career Institute has announced it will work in cooperation with the Ministry of Caring for a second year. The Ministry of Caring is a Wilmington nonprofit group that provides many services to community members with a range of difficult life circumstances. Among the group’s services are case [...]
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A report from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: By John Schmid of the Journal Sentinel April 24, 2012 10:17 p.m. Reggie Newson The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development on Tuesday rolled out a new law meant to address a chronic inability to fill manufacturing jobs in the state because of a lack of qualified or willing candidates. [...]
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A report from Benton Evening News: Residents interested in coal mining careers attended an informational meeting on Monday in the University of Illinois Extension Office in West City with a special guest in attendance. Kathy Lively, director of Man-Tra-Con, introduced State Sen. Gary Forby, who sat in the audience, before introducing the panel of speakers. [...]
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