New Carthage Community Center Hosts Construction Sector Hiring Event
The Job Centers in Joplin, Monett, and Neosho offer numerous pre-apprenticeship training programs in different industries, and the latest one in construction helped establish a new community center in Carthage. Graduates of this most recent program received the work experience portion of their training during renovation of a local derelict building, thanks in large partRead More
KODE Highlights Apprenticeship Program Expansion
KODE News recently highlighted a program expansion for apprenticeship training, allowing for the allotment of $3.6 million dollars of federal funding to student training. Apprenticeship programs are training models that weave classroom and on-the-job training elements together. Students are paid employees from day one, learning new skills along a sustained career pathway with clear advancementRead More
Dade County Earns Certified Work Ready Community Designation; All Southwest Missouri Counties Now Certified Work Ready
Dade County, Missouri is the newest area in the state to have been designated a Certified Work Ready Community by ACT, having met all of their testing and employer support goals required for certification. The CWRC designation is an independent validation of the quality of a region’s workforce, and this marks the tenth time thatRead More
SectorReady+ Career Readiness Program Sees Expansion
The SectorReady+ pre-apprenticeships developed by Southwest Missouri’s Workforce Investment Board are set for another expansion this spring, with the launch of two new programs in Early Childhood Education and Industrial Maintenance & Machining. With childcare services in constant demand, the WIB is partnering with local tech centers and community colleges to develop another short-term pre-apprenticeshipRead More
McDonald County Earns Work Ready Community Re-Certification
McDonald County was recently re-certified by ACT as a Work Ready Community, having met its new NCRC testing, employer support, and supplemental criteria goals. The county was initially certified in May of 2016 after after its local workforce met the preliminary testing requirements of emerging, incumbent, and transitioning workers. Since then the county has metRead More
Dade County Nears Certified Work-Ready Designation from ACT
When an area receives the Certified Work Ready Community designation from ACT, it means they have received independent, third-party validation of the quality of their local workforce. Sitting at 83% complete, Dade County is poised to become the most recent addition to the CWRC community in Southwest Missouri. The initiative, a national effort led byRead More
New Registered Apprenticeships in Southwest Missouri
Southwest Missouri recently saw the addition of two newly developed apprenticeship programs registered with the US Department of Labor – MSW, Inc in Webb City and Cooper Gear & Manufacturing in Anderson. Registered apprenticeship programs are a proven training model businesses can employ to help develop stable and predictable pipelines of skilled workers, and reduceRead More
Mt. Vernon Hiring Event on January 9th (Date Change)
The City of Mt. Vernon is hosting a hiring event to help connect job seekers and employers on January 9th. The focus of this job fair will be to provide extra support for those affected by the recent layoffs of Positronic in Mt. Vernon and Dexter Solutions in Aurora, but the event is open toRead More
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