Workforce

California Community Colleges adopt major workforce action plan
150 150 Ed Coghlan

Board of Governors approves list of 25 recommendations to reform the Colleges workforce training programs

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Inland Empire health care workforce hits the road to recovery
150 150 Bill Britt

Region’s physician-to-population ratio comparable to Arkansas and 16,000 health care jobs need to be filled by 2017.

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California must improve its pipeline of skilled workers and degrees
150 150 Ed Coghlan

Skills gap will ensure state will fall short in filling need for college grads and middle-skilled workers.

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Growing the Central Valley Economy
150 150 Ed Coghlan

Event highlighted ways to help the Central Valley thrive including putting a “face” on the Valley and building coalitions to transition to the future economy.

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Colleges work to close labor force’s skills gap
150 150 Sydney Kamlager

Op-ed: “Skills gap” is threatening California’s economic growth and keeping people in poverty.

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Agenda for 2015 California Economic Summit firming up
150 150 Ed Coghlan

Annual gathering will happen in Ontario, the first time the Summit will take place in the Inland Empire, where the effects of the Great Recession were felt most severely and the issues of workforce, housing and water are vital.

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Town hall showcases new steps to close skills gap in California
150 150 Ed Coghlan

Employers concerned about filling open jobs with skilled workers and community college faculty came to hear about task force’s new recommendations to boost workforce development in California.

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Real life work experience program launches California students into careers
150 150 Bill Britt

Launchpath connects regional employers with high school and community college students to give them a leg up in the competition for jobs and gives a boost to the local workforce.

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Makerspaces, or “Kinkos for geeks,” making jobs in California
150 150 Bill Britt

Entrepreneurs can take advantage of these manufacturing spaces for small businesses and which advocates call “critical pieces of a jobs, innovation, and education infrastructure.”

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