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Holt Cat donates $100,000 to SA Works for workforce development
Holt Cat’s philanthropy arm, Holt Foundation, has donated $100,000 to workforce development agency SA Works to help develop learning programs and other workforce initiatives in the San Antonio, Texas, area. In addition to these initiatives, SA Works partners with the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation to offer summer job programs, job shadowing, secondary education programs and […]
May 5, 2017
Business
Go Build Tennessee seeks to replenish state’s aging construction workforce
Nearly one year after signing the Go Build Tennessee Act into law, Gov. Bill Haslam last week launched the statewide construction workforce recruiting program the bill will fund. With a stated goal of “inspiring young people to consider a career in the skilled trades,” Go Build Tennessee will receive more than $2 million in funding from excess […]
May 25, 2016
Roadbuilding
Illinois DOT’s new Human Capital Strategic Plan aims to address skills gap
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is aiming to address a projected skills gap with a new Human Capital Strategic Plan. Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann L. Schneider released the plan on Wednesday and, according to an IDOT press release, the plan is intended to “help create and foster a skilled, knowledgeable workforce that can meet […]
June 5, 2014
Business
Obama, Biden announce $600 million initiative to close skills gap through job training and apprenticeships
Today, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden announced a $600 million initiative that seeks to equip more workers with the skills needed to fill thousands of open but specialized jobs. The initiative will be funded by existing Labor Department funds. The first part of the initiative is $500 million in competitive grants intended […]
April 16, 2014
Workforce
Indiana Gov. Pence wants to “make career and vocational education a priority in every high school”
The state of Indiana spends $100 million each year on on vocational education in its high schools. However, only a few thousand of the students that take advantage of this training leave high school with approved credentials or a certificate showing they have received job training, reports the Logansport, Indiana newspaper Pharos-Tribune. And, of the the 100,000 students […]
October 31, 2013
Business
In campaign to end the skilled worker shortage, Mike Rowe unafraid of reaching into both sides of the aisle
As part of his Profoundly Disconnected campaign to make students and, really, the country in general, aware of the opportunities and good money available to those who choose a career in the trades, Mike Rowe has been making a lot of appearances lately. A little while back he appeared on Bill Maher’s HBO show “Real […]
October 30, 2013
Business
AGC: 74% of U.S. construction firms having trouble finding skilled workers; most expect trend to continue
A recent survey done by Associated General Contractors of America found that 74 percent of construction companies are having trouble finding skilled workers. The most frequently reported positions contractors are having trouble filling include carpenters, equipment operators and laborers, according to the survey. Meanwhile, 53 percent of responding contractors reported having a hard time filling […]
September 5, 2013
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