Monthly Archives September 2011

Eric Juliano is a conscientious young man with a wife, 4-month-old baby, and now thanks to the KRA/ Resource Workforce Center, a much brighter future for him and his family. Realizing that vocational training can be a valuable key for opening the doors of employment opportunities, he enrolled in Job Corps and graduated as an electrician pre-apprentice. However, after several months of unsuccessful job searching, Mr. Juliano turned to KRA/Resource for intensive, targeted job placement assistance. At the time of his enrollment, he learned from KRA Business Services Representative, Sara Sullivan, that KRA/Resource had partnered with Richmond’s Job Creation Pipeline
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On September 15, 2011, Knowlton R. Atterbeary, President & CEO visited two of the four CTWorks/KRA offices in Connecticut’s North Central Region.  First stop was the Enfield office to attend a committee meeting convened by Capital Workforce Partners, KRA’s client.  While there, he met with KRA program staff and then toured the new state-of-the-art Enfield CTWorks facility.  Next stop was the New Britain office where he met with KRA staff and with Mike Bartley, New Britain CTWorks Director. Mr. Atterbeary then attended a legislative meeting with Terry Gerratana, Connecticut State Senator, after which, they toured the newly-renovated New Britain CTWorks
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On July 29, 2011, in partnership with SC Works, the State’s One-Stop Career Center delivery system KRA Business Service Representative Kenneth Sales and KRA Career Agent Toshia Jones visited the FCI Federal Prison in Salters, South Carolina to participate in a Mock Career Fair for the benefit of inmates when they are released.  To assist in preparing inmates for transition into today’s job market, Sales and Jones conducted “employment interviews” and provided structured feedback to help inmates’ responses address a critical employment barrier they are more than likely to encounter. Due to the success of the Fair, FCI invited KRA to
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Gregory Taylor and Shannon Landon are a committed, dedicated, and goal-oriented couple. Matching their commitment, dedication, and goal-orientation are KRA Career Agent (CA) Malinda Cofield and KRA Job Readiness Academy (JRA) Instructor Frederick Smith. Together, the four worked as a single-purposed unit to make the couple’s training and employment goals a reality. Analyzing Taylor’s and Landon’s abilities, aptitudes, and interests, CA Cofield enrolled them in KRA’s Norfolk Workforce Development Center JRA, and monitored their progress closely as they strove to capitalize on their natural talents. Working diligently with JRA Instructor Smith, Taylor and Landon were wildly successful in enhancing their
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