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 [...]
Program to employ more than 4,000 young Missourians with paid internships and work experiences across the state
(News Release) Gov. Jay Nixon joined U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver at a home in the Green Impact Zone in Kansas City today to announce a new youth employment initiative to help prepare more than 4,000 young Missourians for future [...]
Five state parks benefit from around 88 slots of paid summer youth internships through Missouri’s State Parks Youth Corps
Southwest Missouri youth have two weeks remaining to apply for a summer job with the State Parks Youth Corps, Gov. Jay Nixon announced during a visit to Reeds Spring today.
The Governor visited the Gibson Technical Center to meet with students in construction, mechanical, automotive and other training courses to detail the State Parks Youth Corps: [...]
Registration is now open for the next in the series of Quarterly Regional Summits hosted by Chambers of Commerce and WIB stakeholders from across the Four-States area. The summit is slated for 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 19th at NEO A&M College in Miami, OK.
Following a busy holiday season and kickoff for [...]
Workforce system grants at the state and local level aided Crowder College in the launch of Energy Audit and Weatherization training. The one-week course prepares Students with highly-focused training and certification prep. Crowder’s MARET Center (Missouri Alternative and Renewable Energy Technology Center) hosts the training, slated for February22-26.
The Missouri Career Centers and the WIB’s Dislocated [...]
Gov. Jeremiah (Jay) Nixon honored the successful efforts of Missouri’s Next Generations Jobs Team that employed and expanded the skills of thousands of youth across Missouri’s fourteen local Workforce Investment Board regions. In special ceremonies held at the Governors Mansion recently, Gov. Nixon recognized Eagle-Picher Industries for their leading edge work in alternative energy.
Pictured in [...]
For more than half a century, Pittsburg State University has played host to the largest regional technology conference of its kind, showcasing the latest in technology and technology education. That tradition continues as students and faculty members from five universities and numerous junior high and high schools visited the Kansas Technology Center for a [...]
Thousands of Missourians now have access to new tools from Microsoft and the Missouri Career Centers at no-cost thanks to the Elevate America initiative. Gov. Nixon unveiled the Elevate America program today and showcased the free access to in-demand e-learning and certification programs from Microsoft, under this innovative public-private partnership.
Beginning today, Missouri is one of the [...]