This week, Missouri’s workforce system deployed a new item developed to showcase products and services now available through the recently-implemented Next Generation Career Center (NGCC) initiative. A new NGCC ‘menu’ lists dozens of job seeker resources that cover everything from skill assessments that can lead to a national certification, to information about on-site career exploration [...]
The economy is changing and legacy models no longer works for automobiles, for the media, for medicine. Why would we still accept an outmoded model for workforce training? Those words from Julian Alssid, in his latest editorial in the Huffington Post, resonate the value of linking workforce development with well-designed, pro-business public policy that focuses [...]
Missouri’s labor market conditions continued to improve in June, according to data released today by the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED). Payroll employment in the state’s metropolitan areas decreased in some areas and increased in others. The reduction of temporary census workers played a substantial role in many areas, particularly in St. Louis (-2,600) and [...]
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The Workforce Investment Board of the Southwest Region, Inc., serving seven (7) counties in the Southwest Region of Missouri, is now issuing notice for a Request for Proposal (RFP) from a qualified individual or firm to provide an independent [...]
CNNMoney.com’s small business column on July 8th profiled the Rural Outsourcing trend and listed Joplin, Missouri’s branch of Onshore Technology Solutions as a prime example. Along with Onshore’s overview, CNN interviewed a University of Missouri – St. Louis I.T. professor on the momentum for the rural outsourcing model and the benefits it provides.
Online article from [...]
The Workforce Investment Board of the Southwest Region, Inc. (WIB), the oversight body for the delivery of employment and training services to the Missouri Counties of Barry, Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, and Newton, is planning to submit a Plan Modification to the region’s Workforce Investment Act 2-Year Operations Plan. The 2-Year Operations Plan and proposed [...]
Gretchen Bolander from KODE-TV Action 12 News studied local trends in light of a national study from Georgetown University on the jobs outlook and the increased demand for skills in the future. Rob O’Brian from the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce commented on the local job outlook through 2018. Jasen Jones from the Southwest Missouri [...]
The Joplin Globe newspaper profiled the summer youth employment initiatives in their June 23rd edition. The article features supervisors and youth on the job at state park sites in Liberal, Cassville, and Lamar as part of the State Parks Youth Corps. In addition to the newspaper article online, the Globe produced a video version online.
The [...]
The Heartland 411 partnership is pleased to host a day-long training and collaboration summit on Industry Sector Competency Frameworks Tuesday, June 29th. The event runs 8:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Saracen Room at Downstream Casino Resort.
What is a Sector Competency Framework?
Comprehensive and readily accessible industry competency models that document the foundational and [...]
Building on the success of the 2009 summer jobs initiative, as well as this summer’s State Parks Youth Corps, Southwest Missouri now has 75 more slots for youth in high-demand summer opportunities. The Missouri Summer Jobs Program provides young Missourians on-the-job training and work experience with top-notch employers across the Sh0w-Me state.
The Missouri Summer Jobs [...]