Jimmy Story, Missouri Enterprise Business Programs Manager that serves the state’s agriculture growers and producers, recently attended a graduation ceremony for eight individuals who completed a workforce training program and hope to soon be employed following the completion of their time at the Southeast Correctional Center in Charleston, Mo.
A job skills-based inmate reentry program launched by Rolla leadership team of the Central Region Workforce Development Board is changing lives across Missouri and looks to further expand across the state. In less than two years it has quadrupled in size and achieved a success rate of 87 percent. The progr
When Nick entered the Connections to Success class at Algoa Correctional Center this fall, he was already equipped with job skills and trainingearned in Missouri Department of Corrections facilities, including a carpentry apprenticeship, auto mechanics certification and a National Career Readiness Certificate. What he didn't have was a blueprint for turning those skills into employment — while also addressing the elephant in the job interview room: his felony convictions.
Missouri has a severe labor shortage, and it could get worse.
That’s the sobering lesson of Workforce 2030, a new report commissioned by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce. The chamber hired Gallup to survey 1,000 employers, whose responses were pretty gloomy.
Finding dependable workers is becoming more difficult for Moniteau County industries.
Finding a job to support themselves is one of the keys to ex-offenders not returning to Missouri's prisons.
So, the Moniteau County Regional Economic Development (MRED) board jumped at the opportunity to work with the Missouri Re-entry Process through the Department of Corrections
DeSoto Parish and North Louisiana Economic Partnership (NLEP) recently jointly announce that DeSoto Parish has met all criteria to become a certified ACT Work Ready Community. This achievement caps a 14-month engagement process and begins a two-year growth and maintenance phase to retain certification
When evaluating candidates for a vacant position or current staff for a promotion, many factors go into the decision. Essential skills – sometimes called soft skills, life skills, or non-cognitive skills – in the workplace have received a bit of buzz lately, and, at ACT, we know the value they have in the workplace.  Discover how measuring essential skills in your workplace can have positive impacts and predict workplace outcomes. Feel confident putting emphasis on essential skills for human resource decisions.  Make plans to join this webinar to learn more.
Congratuations to Ivy Tech Comunity College's Terre Haute campus on a state-level award for it's CNC operator program. This CNC program is intended to allow students to get jobs in the machining industry. WorkOne helped to selectively admit students into the program using a variety of screening tools including WorkKeys.
Servicio Filipino Inc., a leading workforce provider in the Philipines; and its subsidiary SFI Carreer Center teams up with ACT.
DeSoto Parish has met all criteria to become a certified ACT Work Ready Community, according to a joint announcement Monday from DeSoto Parish school officials and North Louisiana Economic Partnership
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