Registration Open for 2018 Apprenticeship Forum

As businesses continue to experience skill gaps with new employees, apprenticeship training options are well poised to help develop the necessary skills and abilities of our communities’ emerging workforces to help meet the growing needs of our region’s employers. The WIB’s annual Apprenticeship Forum is a great resource for business leaders, HR managers, economic &
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Multiple Events for Manufacturing Day Hosted by Local Chambers, Schools, & More

Multiple organizations, including high schools, tech centers, employers, and workforce and economic developers are celebrating manufacturing day this year by hosting a number of events aimed at increasing awareness of the many opportunities to be had in this vital sector of region’s economy.  The Joplin Globe spotlighted a number of these in their October 2nd
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WIB Receives Missouri Association of Manufacturers’ 2018 OneSource Alliance Award

The Workforce Investment Board of Southwest Missouri was honored by the Missouri Association of Manufacturers last week with the presentation of the Made in Missouri OneSource Alliance Award. The WIB, in partnership with the Job Centers in Joplin, Monett, and Neosho has and continues to work with our areas’s manufacturing and education  stakeholders to work to
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Employer Registration Open for Manufacturing Days ‘Drop Off’ Hiring Events in Joplin, Monett, and Neosho

As part of our Manufacturing Days activities this year, the Workforce Investment Board and Missouri Job Centers are putting together a special hiring event that will span all three days of Manufacturing Days. Here’s how it works: Work-ready job seekers interested in manufacturing will tour area manufacturing plants on: Oct. 3 in Monett/Cassville, Oct. 4
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Inclusion Forum 2018

You won’t want to miss this year’s Inclusion Forum set for Oct. 2 at the Joplin Public Library! We invite you to attend to hear excellent speakers and gather new resources related to our theme of “Opening Our Eyes to Unseen Disabilities.” This year, the Inclusion Forum will include the inaugural presentation of the WIOA Partners Southwest
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Diamond, MO Sees Addition of New Manufacturing Facility

Metal Building & Component Manufacturing in Missouri is projected to grow 7.9% over the next five years, with average earnings of $50,448 per job. McElroy Metals, a leader in the industry with dozens of facilities across the nation, recently opened a new manufacturing facility in Diamond. In the past five years, Southwest Missouri has seen
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Building Trades Hiring Event Scheduled for September 5th

A hiring & resource event for the Building Trades Sector is scheduled for Wednesday, September 5th at Joplin Memorial Hall.  The event will coincide with completion of the work experience portion of the most recent building trades pre-apprenticeship training offered by the Job Centers in Joplin, Monett, and Neosho.  Students of the training will have
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Official WIOA Plan Modification April 2018

Official WIOA Plan Modification April 2018 Consistent with the “sunshine” provisions of WIOA sec. 107(e), the Workforce Investment Board of Southwest Missouri posts the “SW WIB Local Plan Modification” for public comments.  Any public comments concerning the plan may be sent to Sherri Rhuems, Executive Director at publiccomment@sectorready.org.