Tag: training
Making the leap from college campus to the workplace
Another trend that impacts the workplace is the erosion of corporate loyalty. While that problem took root before millennials were entering the workforce, it has been accelerated by a new wave of graduates for whom job-hopping is the only way to approach a career.
HCC receives grant for skilled training
Health and IT fields are the targeted areas of employment.
Danbury health center receives $112K grant
The Community Health Center of Greater Danbury has received a $112,000 federal grant to help support the training of primary care physicians.
NCC, colleges land $12m grant
Norwalk Community College and six other schools landed $12 million in DOL funds to train workers for health careers.
An American comeback for manufacturing
From his vantage point in Westchester County’s business community, Leonard “Len” Vallender saw his industry neglected for years and all but disappear as the...
Health career academy born in Bridgeport
The WorkPlace secured nearly $10 million in funding to train people for careers in the health care industry.
Housatonic debuts training program
While Connecticut was shut out of $500 million in training funds, Housatonic Community College established its own program.
Danbury Hospital shooting spurs new guidelines
After a 2010 shooting at Danbury Hospital, institutions across the state face new workplace violence requirements.
100 99ers on tap for training
The Workplace is enlisting companies to hire 100 area residents who have exhausted their unemployment benefits.
Selling Bridgeport – and its brownfields
A range of elected and private sector individuals are working to galvanize redevelopment of Bridgeport’s brownfields.
Students get lesson in high-tech manufacturing
Local companies were at Norwalk Community College April 1 to teach hundreds of area high-school students about careers in high-tech manufacturing.
Workplace program takes on ‘99ers’
The Workplace Inc. is dedicating resources to getting the long-term unemployed back to work.
Training 101
Gov. Dannel M. Malloy’s nominee as labor commissioner received a welcome reception at the Connecticut General Assembly – despite his admittedly thin credentials in workforce training.