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 Bangor Daily News: AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage has outlined a plan to ensure that most of the money the state spends every year on job training goes to actual job training and that the training better meets work force demands. The governor recently created a new State Workforce Investment Board [...]
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A report from Savannah Morning News: The state of Georgia thinks it’s time for more students to start thinking about the future. So beginning next year, students entering high school will have to decide what they want to be when they grow up and take a series of career pathway courses designed to prepare them [...]
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A report from Wall Street Journal: By JAMES BOVARD Last Thursday, President Obama proposed new federal jobs and job-training programs for youth and the long-term unemployed. The federal government has experimented with these programs for almost a half century. The record is one of failure and scandal. In 1962, Congress passed the Manpower Development and [...]
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A report from Bangor Daily News: WASHINGTON — As he prepares to announce a new set of job-creation proposals this week, President Barack Obama is looking closely at a Georgia program that has found a rare sweet spot in the hyper-partisan world of Washington politics: It is popular with Republicans as well as Democrats, and [...]
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A report from Record-Searchlight: Applying for a job has become a full time job all its own. You cannot get around the necessity of an Internet job search. Many employers post online and expect applicants to apply online by emailing or posting their resume. Here are some tips on making the most of your Internet [...]
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A report from Crain’s Detroit Business: JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced today that it is donating $ 530,000 to six Detroit nonprofits that have hired Detroit youth this summer or will help them during the upcoming school year. “We are addressing the learning needs of Detroit’s youth throughout the year and providing summer work that [...]
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A report from KPBS: Enlarge this image Sandy Huffaker / Getty Images Above: Solar panels sit above the Solar Grove parking lot at the Kyocera Plant in San Diego, California. Thousands of people are training to work in the green energy industry in California, but job growth is not meeting demand. SAN DIEGO — The [...]
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A report from WatertownDailyTimes.com: HOGANSBURG — A jobs training program soon will help more local residents find work at the General Motors Powertrain cleanup site. But officials close to the cleanup emphasized larger opportunities for employment will come from the site’s long-term redevelopment, not its short-term cleanup. Demolition of the former automotive plant is now [...]
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A report from The Republic: We also have more stories about:(click the phrases to see a list) Category: Many companies are still operating with leaner teams and limited budgets. As such, the most prized job candidates are those who are resourceful, enterprising and ready to hit the ground running. These applicants didn’t position themselves as [...]
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