Monthly Archives September 2018

On September 19th, the San Diego County Career Centers, operated by KRA for the San Diego Workforce Partnership—winner of the 2018 NAWB National WIOA Trailblazer Award—hosted its third Annual Job-I-Con Hiring Fair, an extremely beneficial event for  jobseekers and employers alike. Jobseekers get to talk up their experience and expertise, connecting with dozens of employers in a relatively short amount of time. Employers, too, save time and money, interviewing and screening from a pool of hundreds of candidates. Shadia Omer, KRA Digital and Multimedia Coordinator, reported, “More than 200 jobseekers attended, networking, collecting applications and other materials, and taking advantage of the interview opportunities presented by more
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Three months ago, Tiana McLeish enrolled in YouthWorks!—a career-development program for Out-of-School Youth and young adults (18-24)—operated by KRA for the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation. Adhering to the Workforce Excellence Series, developed by AAWDC, YouthWorks! combines career assessment and guidance with workplace-skills training to equip young jobseekers with resources that maximize their potential for long-term workforce success. James LeBlanc, KRA Program Manager, reported, “During a Workplace Excellence Workshop, our Career Exploration Team agreed that Tiana’s skills-and-interest assessments indicated she would be highly successful in a customer-service career environment.” Following productive career-planning and-counseling sessions, the Team also agreed that Tiana was workforce-ready, and
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