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Minnesota construction training program for women has 90% job placement rate
Facing big projects like the St. Croix Crossing bridge, the Central Corridor Light Rail and a new football stadium for the Minnesota Vikings, more and more women are filling Minnesota’s need for construction workers thanks to a training program in Minneapolis. Women Wear Hard Hats Too is a 20-week program that seeks to fully prepare women for […]
June 26, 2013
Workforce
European neighbors look to Germany’s vocational training system in order to combat high youth unemployment rates
As of late, Germany has been receiving a lot of attention and praise for its dual-education system. A system the country credits for its very low 8-percent youth unemployment rate. For comparison, as outlined in a great new article from The Economist, European counterparts Spain and Italy have youth unemployment rates of 56 percent and […]
June 4, 2013
Recruiting & retention
Army, community college team up for innovative career recruiting
Recruiting isn’t easy these days, so it’s always nice to see an event that takes hold and becomes successful, such as the STEM event held this week in Michigan. A joint project between the United States Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center and Macomb Community College, the sixth annual Robotics, Engineering and Technology […]
December 5, 2012
Recruiting & retention
AWS using new approach to find next generation of welders
Did you know more than 140,000 new welders will be needed by 2019? Neither did I. The American Welding Society says many welders in the United States are approaching retirement age, and they’re expecting a bump in demand from industries across the spectrum. To pique interest in the field, AWS helped the Boy Scouts of […]
June 5, 2012
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