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ULGH / Events - Career Fair on April 28 - Rentschler Field - East Hartford

Visit Urban League of Greater Hartford's website for more details.

via www.ulgh.org

Making a Commitment to Summer Jobs

FROM THE US DEPT OF LABOR:

Making a Commitment to Summer Jobs

by Secretary Hilda Solis on April 7, 2011

 

Participants in the kickoff event for the Summer Jobs USA event, from left to right: John Stumpf, Well Fargo; Bill Warren, Direct Employers Association; Brandy Ellis, Level 3 Communications; Susan Miller, Qwest Communications; Betty Amend, UPS; Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis, Rodney Moses, Research in Motion; Dian Ogilvie, Toyota Motor North America; Rhonda Stickley, Providence Health Systems; Richard Skelnik, General Dynamics C4 Systems.

United States Department of Labor: Make a Commitment to Summer Jobs!

From the Department of Labor

Make a Commitment to Summer Jobs!

We're partnering with business leaders, elected officials and non-profits to create, publicize and fill 100,000 jobs for low-income, young people age 16-24.

• Summer Jobs USA — Make the Commitment!
• See who is already committed to summer job hiring in your area!

Benefits for Employers

• Employers who offer summer jobs have the opportunity to shape and tailor the future workforce.
• Corporate Voices for Working Families reports that "creating connections with a young person builds loyalty and frequently adds value to a company."
• Employers who have participated in summer job programs in the past have found a critical pipeline for highly qualified, loyal employees. This "grow your own" strategy has proven effective for businesses of all sizes.
• Summer jobs also help strengthen the economy as young people and their families spend their earnings locally.

Looking back (and leaping forward): Results and images for the 2010 Summer Youth Employment and Learning Program

  

 

The 2010 Summer Youth Employment and Learning Program gave youth opportunities for job readiness, leadership and decision making.  The program was funded by the State of Connecticut - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) with leveraged funds from select municipalities and foundations. 
See the Statewide Outcomes here. (PDF)

Visit the photo gallery

 

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Capital Workforce graduates 11 green welders | Hartford Business Journal

Capital Workforce graduates 11 green welders

04/13/11

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See the photo gallery.  Capital Workforce Partners in Hartford graduated 11 workers last week from a special program designed to educate them in welding through environmentally friendly methods.

The 11 graduates were Aaron Bethea, Keith Braswell, Ruben Crespo, Michael Dinocenza, Leonard Fayer, Darek Fraczek, Safire Fuentes, Kenneth Rodriguez, Joseph Skrabut, Roger Springer and Christopher Zajdel.

The training was completed with the help of Connecticut Green Jobs Partnership, Jobs Funnel and Ironworkers Local 15. The program was funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

via http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news17928.html

Attend the HealthTECH Workforce Forum - May 19

 

The Health IT Workforce Challenge! 

Solve the Puzzle
At the HealthTECH Workforce Forum
Thursday, May 19, 2011
University of Connecticut, Stamford
One University Place
Stamford, CT 06901
8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Optional WEBCAST
Streaming LIVE to your Desktop, iPhone, Android, BB

Why Attend This Event?      

Two recent, monumental healthcare laws, the HITECH Act (aka Electronic Health Records), and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka healthcare reform) are expected to have a major impact on our nation's workforce. Come join your fellow business, education and government healthcare stakeholders from all over the region as we put together the pieces of the HealthTECH Workforce puzzle.    

Workforce Fares Better in Final 2011 Budget Thanks to Nationwide Advocacy

FROM  HRMS, Human Resource Marketing Management, Inc. http://www.hrms.net/

 

 

 

Details were released April 11 on the final Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 continuing resolution (CR) negotiated by the White House and Congressional leaders late last week. The bill, which will fund the federal government through September 30, includes $38.5 billion in cuts below current funding levels—$78.5 billion below levels requested in the President’s FY 2011 budget proposal—and includes $13 billion in cuts to programs under the Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services.

Drop off locations for Summer Youth Employment Program applications

 Download the application.

You may drop off completed applications at these locations:

• Blue Hills Civic Association, 120 Holcomb Street, Hartford
• Community Renewal Team, 555 Windsor Street, Hartford
• Our Piece of the Pie, 20-28 Sargeant Street, Hartford
• Human Resources Agency, 58 Scarlett Drive, New Britain
• CT Puerto Rican Forum, 95 Park Street, Hartford
• Bristol Community Organization, 55 South Street, Bristol
• Urban League of Greater Hartford, 140 Woodland Street, Hartford
• Catholic Charities,191 Franklin Avenue, Hartford

You may mail completed applications to these Providers.  Pick the one near you:

FY11 CR passes; FY12 budget advances.

Excerpted from National Skills Coalition

http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/

April 15, 2011

On April 14, Congress voted to approve H.R. 1473, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 continuing resolution (CR), which funds the federal government through the end of September. The CR, which was the product of intense negotiations between the White House and congressional leaders, includes $38.5 billion in spending cuts compared to last year’s funding levels, including about $1 billion in cuts to job training programs under the Department of Labor. (View a detailed table and brief summary of spending cuts and other workforce provisions included in the final bill.)

With the FY 2011 appropriations process now complete, Congress immediately turns its attentions to the FY 2012 budget process, which promises to be far more contentious politically – and potentially far more dangerous for workforce development programs.

National Association of Workforce Boards > HOME

 Workforce Investment Act 101 Toolkit for Local Elected Officials

 

The National Association of Workforce Boards authored a Workforce Investment Act (WIA) 101 toolkit for elected officials with support from the National Association of Counties, National Association of State Workforce Agencies, National Conference of State Legislatures, National Governors’ Association, National League of Cities, and United States Conference of Mayors. This toolkit outlines the important and fundamental features of the WIA of 1998. It is designed to help elected officials understand the important role that WIA plays in elected officials’ human capital and economic development efforts. The toolkit describes the intent of the legislation and its dynamics at the state and local levels as well as WIA’s interplay with other human service and economic development systems.

The toolkit is organized into five sections:

·         The Law

·         Workforce Investment Boards

·         WIA and Human Capital Development

·         WIA and Economic Development

·         Future of WIA  

 

The toolkit is available in two forms – basic and with expanded discussion – and provides WIBs with the information they need to introduce WIA to their local elected officials.

The toolkit was made possible with support from the support of the US Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, and NAWB is solely responsible for its contents.

via www.nawb.org