A report from WKBW-TV: Cuomo Announces $ 10.3 Million Grant to Help Unemployed New Yorkers Accelerate Job Searches May 10, 2012 Updated May 10, 2012 at 12:05 PM EDT (WKBW release) New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday announced that New York State has received $ 10.3 million from the U.S. Department of Labor as [...]
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A report from The Flint Journal – MLive.com: Genesee County, MI — The top executive of the county’s job training agency says this area can’t wait to take on one of its most stubborn problems — thousands of 16- to 24-year-olds who have left school, have no jobs and are fueling problems from crime to [...]
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A report from New York Times: Obama administration officials said a proposal to consolidate two existing job training and placement programs would help hundreds of thousands of people get training they need to find work. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News Job seekers examining a bulletin board at the One Stop Career Link Center in San Francisco. [...]
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A report from Bellingham Herald: WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s recent proposal to “train 2 million Americans with skills that will lead directly to a job” barely scratches the surface of one of the nation’s most vexing labor problems. The “skills gap” between what employers need and job applicants offer already has become a drag [...]
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A report from Bay Net: The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA)’s BuildUP job training program is attracting so much interest that the application deadline is extended to Friday, February 3, 2012. During the next year, BuildUP will train 150 participants for transportation careers in Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) systems, construction craft skills and/or [...]
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A report from WSOC Charlotte: CHARLOTTE, N.C. – In this tight economy, Rick Jones is grateful to be employed and he says job training from Goodwill Industries made it possible.“I am 32 years old, but I’ve got a lot of life to live. This program has given me my life back,” he said.Jones completed Goodwill’s [...]
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A report from eNews Park Forest: Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 25, 2011. Military medics are on the front lines everyday saving lives; they are the battlefield’s first responders. Yet many military medics who want to work as nurses, physician assistants or in other health care jobs when they leave the military, are often not given credit or [...]
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A report from Gotham Gazette: “Thank you for calling Workforce1,” begins the recorded greeting. “Your success begins here.” If you called, you live in New York City and are one of an estimated 600,000 city residents who need a job. Many lack an advanced education, a professional network and financial resources. With these handicaps, they [...]
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A report from Patch.com: Area resident Angela Durden has provided a wide variety of services since 1992, including helping people with the art of resume-writing. She has a wealth of tips for resume crafting in two new books, both called K.I.S.S. Your Resume and Say Hello to a Better Job. Durden offers many services, including [...]
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A report from Sacramento Bee: CARLSBAD, Calif. and RICHARDSON, Texas, July 20, 2011 – /PRNewswire/ — Google+ has joined Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and BeKnown as the latest social media tool in the job seeker’s arsenal. According to a new report on CareerCast.com, Google+ allows you to keep your social life separate from your professional life [...]
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