Posts by Marcie Dingle

Recently, several members of the KRA Corporation/VIEW (Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare) Program team in Norfolk,  attended a Volunteer Appreciation Reception Ceremony hosted by Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center*, a Public Service Site for KRA/VIEW jobseeker-customer volunteers since August 2007.  Ms. Janice Savage, Volunteer Program Coordinator, has hired several KRA/VIEW customers that began working at the Medical Center as volunteers.  So far in 2013, KRA/VIEW has placed six volunteers at DePaul Medical Center, and they have hired four as permanent employees: Tacara Scott, Information Specialist; Tamara Crouch, Certified Nursing Assistant; Latecia Cox, Record Completion Analyst; and Deion Harper, Claims Analyst. Alisha Bazemore,
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For the 3rd year in a row, the KRA/CTWorks One-Stop Program in North Central Connecticut was featured on the local Fox affiliate TV station, Fox 61, in Hartford.  Charles Botts III, KRA Business Services Consultant, appeared on the Good Morning Connecticut show to discuss the advantages of using social media in an effective job-search strategy. Logan Burne, Fox 61 Anchor, asked Botts to explain the proper use of social media tools, specifically LinkedIn*, for jobseekers who want to maximize their job-search efforts. Botts explained that in order to get the most out of LinkedIn, jobseeker-users should pay attention to the following “do’s”:
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Last month, Kenneth Sales, Business Services Team Lead, KRA/Waccamaw Region SCWorks One-Stop, was nominated for the Outstanding Workforce System Partner Award by a long-standing and valued  workforce partner, Williamsburg Technical College (WTC)*.  Nominations are being reviewed currently by the State Investment Board, and all nominees will be acknowledged…and the 1st and 2nd place winners announced…at a Luncheon Awards Ceremony on May 14, 2013, as part of a State Workforce Symposium.  Also, Sales has been asked to lead a Symposium workshop, the focus of which will be “Effective Delivery of Business and Employer Services.”  Regardless of the outcome, all of KRA
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For the 3rd month in a row, KRA/CTWorks, in the North Central Region of Connecticut, was selected for an Open House Roundtable attended by local and State dignitaries.  On April 8, 2013, Joseph Courtney, U.S. Representative (D, 2nd District); Scott Kaupin, Enfield Mayor; Sharon Palmer, CTDOL Commissioner; and Tom Phillips, President & CEO, Connecticut Workforce Partners, KRA client, hosted a roundtable discussion at the KRA/CTWorks One-Stop Center (OSC) in Enfield to learn about, first-hand, the positive effects the Enfield OSC has had on the area’s unemployed. The Open House event provided a unique opportunity to highlight the critical need for the services that
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The letter from Bridget Brown, Executive Director of the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP), contained six paragraphs of information and instructions, but all the KRA award winners saw, at first, was “Congratulations! You have been chosen by the NAWDP Awards Committee…” Of the four 2013 Advancing the Profession Awards, honoring “individuals who have made significant contributions to the profession that have benefited customers of the workforce investment system”, two will be presented to KRA staff members…Tiffany Haynes and Beth McCabe…at the annual NAWDP Conference at an Awards Luncheon on Monday, May 20, preceded by the President’s Reception on
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According to Rusty Gaskins, KRA Business Services Representative, “The relationship between the KRA/Waccamaw Region One-Stop and Terra Firma*is a great example of how local small businesses help our WIA participants to receive training and great incentives at the same time. Terra Firma hired two of our customers, one of which was an ex-offender, under On-Job Training (OJT) Program contracts, subsequently offering full time employment to both individuals. Deborah Newman, the COO of Terra Firma, serves on an advisory committee for Horry Georgetown Technical College, and understands the need for real-world experience and training. She was open to meeting with the
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Last week, it was reported that KRA, in partnership with the Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) and Capital Workforce Partners (CWP), KRA’s client, is hosting a series of Open Houses* in the North Central Region. The first, held in February at the KRA/CTWorks One-Stop Center office in Hartford, focused on the many benefits the CTWorks system provides for Hartford residents, and the feasibility of adopting, or adapting, a “Just Hire One” approach to employment development, as promoted by the National Association of Workforce Boards and the US Conference of Mayors. Distinguished discussants included Tom Philips, CWP President & CEO; Pedro
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In recent months, KRA partnered with the Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) and Capital Workforce Partners (CWP), KRA’s client, to host two Legislative Open Houses in the North Central Region.  The first, CTWorks@Hartford Open House, focused on the many benefits the CTWorks system provides for Hartford residents.  Distinguished guests…Tom Philips, CWP  President & CEO; Pedro Segarra, Hartford Mayor; Sharon Palmer, CTDOL Commissioner; Sylvania Lopez, HR Director, Hispanic Health Council; John Prescod, Executive Director, ConnectiKids; and “Yolanda”*, a KRA/CTWorks jobseeker-customer…started the day with a tour of the Hartford facility: the Career Agent area; Computer Resource Library; On-Line Learning Center, where customers with limited computer savvy
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