A report from MTV.com: On Wednesday (June 8), Nick Jonas showed up on my turf here at the MTV News offices to shed some light on his latest venture, working with Quaker Chewy Superstar Search to find the next big thing. While here, he also chatted with VH1′s Jim Shearer during a live stream Q&A [...]
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A report from City Town Info Education Channel: June 8, 2011 After a dismal May jobs report, President Barack Obama announced he would renew his emphasis on expanding manufacturing jobs. According to The Charlotte Observer, the program, called “Skills for America’s Future”, is an initiative that to train 500,000 people for various manufacturing jobs over [...]
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A report from msnbc.com: By Athena Jones With jobs and the economy topping Americans’ concerns, President Obama headed to a community college in Northern Virginia to highlight the need to train workers for the manufacturing jobs he believes are key to strengthening the economy. The president returned to North Virginia Community College to announce several [...]
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A report from Mid-Hudson News: NEWBURGH – The Orange Works One-Stop Career Center received a visit from Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D- Hurley) on Monday afternoon, who took the opportunity to express concern for federal workforce job training money. The Workforce Center in Newburgh offers a variety of services to the unemployed, including job postings, computerized [...]
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A report from Alexandria Echo Press: U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken (D-Minn.) recently announced that more than $ 800,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will go to Minnesota organizations to provide for job training for veterans. The funds are awarded through DOL’s Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program and Veterans Workforce [...]
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A report from Warren Reporter:WASHINGTON TWP. — Warren County Community College has a program that makes it easy to take high-quality, noncredit online career training programs. The college’s Continuing Education Department has partnered with ed2go to provide career training programs in addition to professional development courses and announces the launch of Child Development Associate Training [...]
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A report from 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 21,000 veterans, many of them homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Labor Secretary Hilda L. [...]
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A report from Bizjournals.com: Two area nonprofit groups will receive $ 700,000 in federal funds to provide job training programs for veterans. The grants from the Department of Labor come through the DOL’s Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program, designed to help vets get back on their feet. Goodwill Industries of WNY will receive $ 131,169 in [...]
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A report from Civilrights.org: June 2, 2011 – Posted by Tyler Lewis Today, the Department of Education released its final rule designed to hold career training programs accountable for preparing their students for employment. Under the rule, career training programs that fail to demonstrate that their programs are preparing students for “gainful employment” would risk losing their [...]
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A report from Access Washington: Collecting unemployment requires real job-search effort – May 31, 2011 11-032 Media contacts: Jamie Swift, unemployment-insurance communications, 360-902-0904Rick Van Cise, WorkSource communications, 360-902-9454 Audio: /newsandinformation/releases/audio/index.php OLYMPIA – Congrats on your wedding, but we’re going to need our money back. That was Employment Security’s response to a Washington woman who received [...]
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