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KRA Invites You to Listen, Learn, and Share!

February 8, 2023 | No Comments

In October 2022, KRA announced that the company had rebooted its highly successful “Searching in San Diego” podcast over to KRA’s The Hub for on-demand access to workforce topics and trends you need to know on the go! We invite you to access the most recent five episodes, hosted by Maxine Suka, The Hub Host and KRA Director of Workforce Operations, Strategic Initiatives, below: E-1: Ms. Suka extends a Welcome to The Hub E-2: Celebrating Workforce Development Month. E-3: A discussion on Advancing Employment for People with Disabilities with Patrick Boxall, KRA Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer. E-4:
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Official Launch of KRA’s Podcast!

October 21, 2022 | No Comments

KRA is pleased to announce that we have rebooted our “Searching in San Diego” podcast over to KRA’s The Hub for on-demand access to up-to-date workforce-services topics, trends, and tips! Click on the links below for a preview of a few episodes. Welcome to The Hub – Maxine Suka, KRA Director of Workforce Operations, Strategic Initiatives, reveals what you can expect from the podcast, the topics we will cover, and the benefits of tuning in! Celebrating Workforce Development Month – Maxine Suka discusses the history of Workforce Development Month and creative ways organizations can celebrate. Advancing Employment for People with Disabilities – October
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KRA Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month!

September 15, 2022 | No Comments

Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Johnson and was expanded by President Reagan on August 17, 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting today and ending October 15. The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and
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Six+ Years’ of Searching in San Diego

May 23, 2022 | No Comments

Since March 2016—when KRA launched Searching in San Diego, the official Podcast of the San Diego Career Centers, operated for the SDWP—more than 120 episodes have provided on-demand access to up-to-date “workforce topics, trends, and tips” for both jobseekers and employers. In E121: Working with Purpose, learn how to incorporate more meaning and purpose into your work, and your interests into any job, without having to find a different line of work. More educational and informative episodes, via iTunes, Spotify, and Soundcloud include: E120: Rethinking Your Career During the Great Resignation (2) and E119: Rethinking Your Career During the Great Resignation (1)—In this
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KRA Corporate Director Featured in Strategic Media Venues

January 24, 2022 | No Comments

In March 2016, the San Diego County Career Centers—operated by KRA for the San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP)—launched Searching in San Diego, the official SDWP Podcast for up-to-date workforce-services information for both jobseekers and employers. More than 100 episodes have aired, many supported by KRA/SDWP Career- and Business-Services specialists, who contribute the benefit of their expertise. However, for Episode 111: Women in the Workforce, a KRA corporate-level executive, Dr. Kordilia Noble, Director, Partnerships & Market Development, joined the program. She discussed the impact COVID-19 has had on women, African American women in particular, as well as her perspective on the importance of access
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KRA Monthly Spotlight!

June 30, 2020 | No Comments

KRA Expands Online Services for Customers During Pandemic In March 2016, the San Diego Metro Region America’s Job Career Centers (AJCC)—now a County-wide workforce-services program operated by KRA for the San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP)—launched its first major online program, Searching in San Diego, the official SDWP Podcast for on-demand access to the most up-to-date “workforce topics, trends, and tips” for both jobseeker- and employer-customers. To date, 81 podcasts have aired, dual-hosted by Diana Saldivar, KRA Career Centers Brand Manager and Doug Foresta, Workforce180 Director of Podcast Services and Communications, and supported by a team of Career- and Business-Services professionals, whose own experiences, many
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KRA Podcast Program – An Innovative Workforce-Services Solution

January 27, 2017 | No Comments

In April 2016, we reported the launch of Searching in San Diego, the official blog of the San Diego Metro Centers—operated by KRA for the San Diego Workforce Partnership—that provides on-demand access to the most up-to-date workforce information and resources of interest to both jobseekers and employers. Diana Saldivar, KRA Social Media Coordinator & Trainer, who also moderates the podcasts, has indicated that they are essential to “our continuing objective to stay connected to our career-seekers, business partners, and other Metro Region workforce-development stakeholders.” In the past 9 month, KRA/San Diego has aired 24 podcasts, some of the most recent featuring A
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Award-Winning KRA Operations Manager Featured in Podcast

June 6, 2016 | No Comments

In April, we reported that Ernestine Chambers, KRA Operations Manager, had been selected by the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals for its coveted 2016 Jodi Spiegel Enhancement of Customer Service Award. Attending the NAWDP Awards Luncheon, one of many highlights of last month’s Annual Conference program, Mike Fazio, Founder/CEO, WORKFORCE180—a web-based workforce-services training resource—was so impressed by her “unbelievable acceptance speech…brief, but impactful”, he invited everyone to “Meet Ernestine Chambers” in one of his educational and informative 180PROGRAMS Podcasts. We congratulate Ernestine, a previous KRA customer, for her many accomplishments and contributions, and thank her for providing the highest
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KRA Introduces Innovative Communications Tool

March 9, 2016 | No Comments

KRA’s San Diego Metro Region Career Center program, operated for the San Diego Workforce Partnership, is launching a new communications medium—podcasting, i.e. making audio files available for downloading to a computer or mobile device, or online streaming. Diana Saldivar, Social Media Coordinator, reports, “As an increasingly popular method for gaining on-demand access to information and resources, podcasting is an incredible tool for connecting with KRA/San Diego business partners, career-seekers, and community stakeholders about our exceptional programs and services, as well as addressing broader workforce-development topics relevant to our Region. We are currently soliciting podcast topics, and invite you to take the Podcast Poll to vote for what you
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KRA on TV!

December 26, 2010 | No Comments

On December 8, 2010, Don Scott, KRA Senior Vice President, Workforce Operations, and Alisha Bazemore, KRA Program Manager, were interviewed by Jan Callaghan, host of WHRO-TV 48’s Human Services Forum about the KRA/VIEW (Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare) program exceeding the Virginia Department of Social Services’ performance targets, as well as KRA’s unsurpassed participation in the Virginia Full Employment Program (FEP). Chris R. Watson, Public Information and Education, Norfolk Department of Human Services, invited KRA to appear on the show to showcase the firm’s VIEW and FEP achievements: 55 percent Work Participation Rate (WPR), 50 percent Employed Rate, 75
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