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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A report from Daily Caller: The United States Agency for International Development has suspended a program it was using to train foreign workers in the Philippines for jobs in English-speaking call centers. USAID ended the Philippines-based program following New York Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop and North Carolina Republican Rep. Walter Jones’ letter to the agency [...]
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A report from Sun-Sentinel: Tens of thousands of unemployed South Floridians are being told to show up at local employment offices for training and job counseling, or face losing their unemployment checks. As many as 30,000 Broward County and 19,000 Palm Beach County residents who are on federal emergency unemployment benefits will be expected to [...]
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A report from TheReporter.com: SolarTech, an initiative of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, has partnered with NOVA, a job training organization, on a pioneering program that trains people for highly sought after “green jobs” in the region’s fast-growing solar and energy efficiency industries. Called the SolarTech Workforce Innovations Collaborative, or SWIC, the program goes a [...]
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A report from Huffington Post: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan traveled to a community college in the middle of Iowa to announce Thursday what he called a “transformation” of vocational education. “The Perkins program must be transformed if it is to live up to its potential to prepare every youth and adult to participate [...]
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A report from Chronicle-Telegram: ELYRIA — President Barack Obama praised job training programs like the ones at Lorain County Community College during his speech today to a room packed with about 400 students, workers and public officials. The president said he wanted to see an America where everyone has a fair shot at being part [...]
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A report from UPI.com: U.S President Barack Obama ((R) chats with NASCAR Sprint Car Series Champion Tony Stewart, in front of his Number *14* Chevrolet, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, April 17, 2012. UPI/Mike Theiler License photo ELYRIA, Ohio, April 18 (UPI) – President Obama stumped at a community college [...]
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A report from HispanicBusiness.com: President Obama will commend community college-business ties for training workers for well-paying jobs in high-demand industries, the White House said. Obama was to travel Wednesday to Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio, 30 miles southwest of Cleveland, where job-training programs are helping unemployed workers, the White House said. He was [...]
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A report from Bellingham Herald: The “three R’s” of green living are not all treated equally. Reduce. That’s the idea of getting by with less. It’s a practice not always followed, but it’s a concept that’s easy to grasp. Recycle. That’s the popular one. We recycle trash. We love our recyclable bags. Recycling makes great [...]
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