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🤔 Your Opinion Matters: We're seeking your input on how we can better support our communities. Should we focus on providing more affordable housing, enhancing job training programs, or expanding educational initiatives? Share your thoughts and help us prioritize our efforts! #CommunitySupport #AffordableHousing #JobTraining #EducationalInitiatives #PublicOpinion #NAREBRegion1 #CommunityFocus #SupportAndGrow #CommunityEngagement #YourVoiceMatters

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How can young people be prepared for the ever-changing job market? 👨🚀 Join the Employment Academy (June 17-28) and learn the skills needed for decent jobs in a transforming world! ⛓ https://cutt.ly/Vw2lyuur #EmploymentAcademy #FutureOfWork #YouthEmpowerment Bernd Mueller

Exciting news for skilled trades employers! Introducing apprenticesearch.com, a go-to resource for seamless job matching in the skilled trades. Dedicated to connecting employers and job seekers in the skilled trades, apprenticesearch.com is committed to helping every job seeker find their place in this dynamic industry. apprenticesearch.com offers a range of employment events and programs to support job seekers on their journey to becoming job-ready, no matter where they are in their employment journey! This helps to ensure employers are finding the best candidates for their job openings. Additionally, apprenticesearch.com hosts a Women in the Skilled Trades Peer Mentorship Group, fostering encouragement and empowerment for women in the skilled trades industry. Hiring skilled trades employees from equity-seeking groups? apprenticesearch.com can connect employers to relevant wage subsidy programs, making the hiring process smoother and more inclusive. Ready to experience the power of a diverse workforce? Register on apprenticesearch.com today and unlock new possibilities! https://bit.ly/3SR5Ohx

More you worry about your employability, less you need to worry about employment. As mid-year reviews approach, it's crucial to reflect on the new skills you've acquired and identify the skills that will be in high demand in the coming years. Take this opportunity to stay ahead of the curve and ensure your skill set aligns with department/company needs. #Employability #SkillsDevelopment #CareerGrowth

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🌟 Discover first hand what the Job Start scheme holds with insights from our JP Corry team members, Hannah and Marcus! Dive into the video below for an inside look and uncover the opportunities awaiting you. #JPCorry #JobStart #OpportunityAwaits #CareerGrowth

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Looking for work, preparing a resume, interviewing, and landing a job is a learned skill – everyone starts somewhere. For young adults without confidence or family support, or simply never having had a job before, the challenge is ever greater. This year, our 18th Summer effort, the Northern Virginia Educating Youth Through Employment (EYE) Program reached over 180 young adults and placed them into jobs where they earned some money and gained new confidence in their work attitudes. All of our Northern Virginia EYE Young Adults was provided a LinkedIn Learning License to explore new skills and to continue building their education efforts for the year ahead.   Our Northern Virginia Program emphasizes gaining new skills through direct work experience and adding value to an employer’s organization. In my luncheon address to the EYE graduates, I quoted Dr. Martin Luther King by noting “If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.” There is so much need for these types of work experience programs for young adults, both in Northern Virginia, all of Virginia and and across the United States. Let’s make this effort a national priority. 

I read the 298 pages of the Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act so you don't have to... Here's what you need to know 👇 The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act or (WIOA) is the primary funding driver for a majority of the workforce development programs in the state. It has 5 main buckets which encompass almost all of the workforce development programs and services offered. Those buckets are: 1. Workforce Development Activities 2. Adult Education And Family Literacy 3. Wagner-Peyser Services 4. Vocational Rehabilitation 5. General Provisions WIOA is geared to serve jobseekers AND businesses. Jobseekers: - Unemployed/Underemployed - Seeking training - Facing barriers to employment (e.g., English as a second language, low income, recidivism, homelessness, basic skills deficiency) Businesses: - Placement Services - Job posting - Candidate screening - Events (job fairs, recruitment events, etc.) - Training Services - Incumbent Worker Training - Quick Response Training - Apprenticeship - Work-based learning - Other Services - Rapid Response/Layoff Aversion - Labor market research - Human Resource services - Federal Bonding and Work Opportunity Tax Credit This is a 50,000 foot overview of WIOA, what it is, and who it serves. There are additional programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) --> food stamps and, the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Welfare Transition Program. These have different funding sources but also utilize WIOA programs to help people get to a place of safety and stability. If you want more detail, I wrote an in depth article here: https://lnkd.in/gzS9v7JA