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Mass. Teens Rally For Jobs At State House

WBUR
By The WBUR Newsroom BOSTON — Hundreds of teenagers converged on Beacon Hill Thursday afternoon to urge lawmakers to keep funding for youth jobs in the budget. The teens marched from Copley Square to the State House. There, they heard from Gov. ...

Young Entrepreneurs to Inspire Students to Create Their Own Jobs

The Lincoln Tribune
CONCORD – On Friday, on February 25, Centralina Workforce Development Board will bring the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour to Concord to inspire youth and young adults to create their own path during one of the worst economic downturns in 80 years. ...

San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, Workforce Investment Board and ...

Marketwire (press release)
SAN BERNARDINO, CA--(Marketwire - February 22, 2011) - Continuing its support of young people facing obstacles to employment, the County of San Bernardino's Workforce Investment Board, whose members are appointed by the County's Board of Supervisors, ...

Departments of Workforce Services and Employment merge

February 18, 2011

CHEYENNE - Today, Governor Matt Mead signed into law Senate File 120, which officially re-organizes the Department of Workforce Services and the Department of Employment into one agency.

WIA-funded training programs a lifeline in economic crisis

San Bernardino Sun
The Workforce Investment Board is working daily using federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funding to create solutions and opportunities to combat this problem. WIA funding is making an impact in our county, and these programs are providing a ...

Workforce Investment Board honors 23

Cincinnati.com
Twenty-three individuals and two companies from Greater Cincinnati were honored by the Southwest Ohio Region Workforce Investment Board recently for their contributions and leadership in workforce development. The workforce board is a non-profit ...

Proposed cuts could close work force centers

GoDanRiver.com
Moran, who was recently elected chair of the National Association of Workforce Boards, said there are still several steps before the federal budget is set ...

VIDEO: Northwest Minn. Town has an Unusual Problem: Recruiting for ...

By monsterunleashed
We continued the NAWB Forum 2011 conversation about hiring around the country by jumping from a discussion about high unemployment in Macon, Ala., to Thief River Falls, Minn. Mike Moore, the Economic and Community Development Director ...

The promise of green jobs

Ct Post
Funded by a $4 million federal grant, Workplace Inc., Southwestern Connecticut's Regional Workforce Development Board, started enrolling students like Cirillo into its Green-Up Bridgeport program in February 2010. The program introduces students to ...