Workforce Development
Workforce Development is a key priority for local and state government agencies focused on enhancing their communities’ skills, employability, and productivity. By investing in training programs, education, and job placement services, governments can help create a robust labor force that meets the demands of evolving industries. This directory offers articles on workforce development and related topics, like economic development, which examines strategies for fostering job creation and attracting business investments to stimulate regional growth.
Backed by a voter-approved mill levy, Joliet EMS has hired its first two full-time responders, boosting emergency care and marking a major step forward in long-term sustainability for the once fully volunteer-run service
At Pinnacle, Dr. Jennifer Hall urged leaders to ditch command-and-control for curiosity and coaching — and shared exactly how to do it.
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By 2020, SolarReserve’s solar thermal plant will power the South Australia government at a max. of $78 per MWH for 20 years and create 700 jobs.
The merit-based green card system would be designed to raise American wages. But policy experts say past immigration reform actions have failed to do so.
The fact that thousands showed up for warehouse jobs across the U.S. underscores both Amazon’s growth and how many people are looking for jobs and health benefits.
Without new school funding legislation, districts won’t get paid. The first payment to Illinois schools is due Aug. 10, 2017.
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Cisco request about 80 percent fewer visas and pay skilled foreign workers nearly double than that of IT outsourcing companies.
Wisc. Gov. Scott Walker said the state’s $3 billion deal to entice Foxconn to build a manufacturing facility depends on how many workers it hires.
The opioid crisis is creating a workforce epidemic leading to labor shortage and workplace safety and performance challenges.
Amazon is often accused of being stingy. But with recent $1M donations, and by including a homeless shelter on a new campus, it may have found a cause.
In response to President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban, one Colorado police chief wants people to know, transgender applicants need apply.
A bipartisan bill and a lawsuit address the fate of the 2012 DACA program authorizing work and certain protections for immigrants arriving before age 16.
The National Academies of Science projects future U.S. workforce growth to come from immigrant children.
Expanding the CALPIA e-waste recycling program increases offender training and creates more school computers, without adding state agency costs.
A Massachusetts court ruled a worker with Crohn’s disease being treated with medical marijuana may sue her former employer for discrimination.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel dismissed a city commissioner after an investigation uncovered sexist and racist emails circulating within the department.
Chicago Federation of Labor president Jorge Ramirez announced the purchase of the Chicago Sun Times, and his role as the newspaper’s chairman.
A pregnant ambulance driver fell asleep at the wheel and went off a Georgia road, killing a patient. The EMS nation is abuzz about working conditions.
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