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Recently, Maxine Suka and Joseph Seymour presented a “Video, Visual Storytelling and more…Innovative Breakthroughs in Service Delivery and Customer Engagement” workshop at the National Association of Workforce Boards’ 2014 Forum.  The “Innovative Toolshops” session, offered to KRA Corporation as a Forum sponsor, attracted more than 40 front-line practitioners, marketing professionals, and members of WIB executive leadership. Suka, Program Manager, KRA/San Diego Region Metro Career Centers—a partner in the American Job Centers of California network—commented, “Our presentation discussed the five major ways that video and visual storytelling can be used to impact our efforts in workforce development.  Opting for an interactive workshop
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Recently, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), held a Press Conference at the Hartford office of the CTWorks’ One-Stop Career Center, which is supported by Capital Workforce Partners (CWP) and its regional partners.   KRA Corporation manages and oversees the Workforce Investment Act and Jobs First Employment Services programs in the five Centers in North Central Connecticut. The Senator discussed the importance of not just extending Emergency Unemployment Benefits (EUB) for the long-term unemployed, which ran out at the end of 2013, but the need for more job-training incentives for businesses to put people back to work.  Another issue centered on the need
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For the fourth time in as many years, Charles K. Botts III, KRA Trainer and Subject Matter Expert, CTWorks One-Stop Career Center Program, appeared on the “Good Morning Connecticut” show on Hartford’s Fox affiliate TV station, Fox 61. Beginning to air its annual series on how the area’s unemployed can improve their marketability to get their careers back on track, the Station kicked off the series with a segment last week on “Crafting the Perfect Résumé”, and once again called on Botts to contribute his expertise and insight.    Botts, a Certified Professional Résumé Writer, as well as a Certified Workforce Development Professional,
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This month’s Spotlight! is shining brightly on the CTWorks Program* operated by KRA Corporation, and the phenomenal recruitment assistance and support provided to a new business-customer.  Jerry Santostefano, KRA Expeditor for the JFES (Jobs First Employment Services) operation of CTWorks, prefaced their story with, “We do try real hard here in Hartford, and the North Central Region of Connecticut, to make a positive difference for jobseekers and employers alike.  Our Spotlight! story is a prime example of those efforts,” which involved a massive worker recruitment and referral campaign, spearheaded by Artie Owens, our KRA Business Services Manager and his Team, for the HomeGoods Distribution Center
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Beth McCabe, CWDP, KRA Core Services & Staff Development Coordinator, reports, “KRA staff working in Connecticut’s North Central Region’s One Stop Center and Jobs First Employment Services Program [1] are on a roll—a Certified Workforce Development Professional roll that is!  After six staff members achieved certification in July of this year, on September 23rd, an impressive 11 more staff attained CWDP credentialing! With our newest ‘CWDP members’, we now have a total of 29 CWDP-credentialed staff!!” The coveted CWDP credential is administered and awarded by the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals [2].  Attainment recognizes the training, experience, and expertise of professionals who facilitate the
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Recently, at the KRA/CTWorks One-Stop* in New Britain, Elizabeth Esty**, U.S. Representative, 5th Congressional District of Connecticut…which spans Northwest and Central Connecticut…assembled key stakeholders in her District to discuss both supporting an economy that creates jobs, while ensuring there is a qualified workforce to meet the demand. The Employment and Workforce Roundtable brought together more than 60 stakeholders, including representatives from a construction trade union; private-industry employers; the Jobs Funnel Program***; and two institutions of higher education, Central Connecticut State University and Goodwin College.  Local and State Roundtable contributors included Tim O’Brien, New Britain Mayor; Sharon Palmer, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of
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The Spotlight! is shining brightly on six employees of KRA at CTWorks* who recently achieved the coveted status of Certified Workforce Development Professional (CWDP),  a credential that recognizes the experience, expertise, and training of professionals who, directly or indirectly, facilitate the workforce development process by which individuals identify, train for, attain, and maintain employment and self-sufficiency. These dedicated KRA staff members are: Althea Forbes-Francis, JFES Career Agent; Anthony Bernardo, Customer Service Expeditor; and Jeannine Batiste, Online Facilitator (New Britain office); Mark Allen, Career Agent/Ex-Offender Retention Specialist, and Jennifer Fields, WIA Career Agent (Hartford office); and Wendy Garcia, Unit Supervisor (Enfield office.) The CWDP credential is administered
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