2016

When Alicia Vasquez found out she’d been placed at the San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) for job shadow day during her senior year, she wasn’t sure what to expect. It is thanks to that experience, however, that Alicia learned about CONNECT2Careers

When Mark Bradley first heard about Breaking Barriers (BBSD) he was doing his best to get back on his feet. Mark was out of work and receiving substance abuse services treatment from Mental Health Systems’ San Diego Center for Change, funded through the

Back in January 2014, Representative Susan Davis called upon Congress to extend unemployment insurance as there were 1.3 million people in the U.S. left without benefits, trying to find their way out of the Great Recession. One San Diego man

The San Diego Monthly Employment Report (August 2016 to September 2016) shows increases in civilian labor force and employment. The California Employment Development Department (EDD) reported a decrease in San Diego’s unemployment rate from 5.0 percent in August to 4.7

On October 19, United States Department of Labor Regional Administrator Virginia Hamilton led a panel of regional workforce development board leaders to share their experience and successes with Customer-Centered Design (CCD). Andrew Picard, San Diego Workforce Partnership’s (SDWP) Director of

This year, twenty partners have signed on to sponsor the Workforce Conference 2016: Future of Work. This year’s conference will identify upcoming trends in the future of work and workforce development, including the gig economy, the resurgence and evolution of

On October 4–6 in Dallas, TX, the 4th annual Close It Summit brought together over 500 attendees from across the country to highlight, explore and scale competency-based education, training and hiring. This year’s theme, Shift Happens: No Turning Back, reflected

Crystal Gunter is a Youth Program Specialist with the San Diego Workforce Partnership. Here she describes her role, discusses what she likes best about working in workforce development and shares one of her proudest professional moments.  Tell us about your

On September 30, SDWP CEO Peter Callstrom and Workforce Development Board members Dr. Sunita Cooke — President of Mira Costa Community College District and Co-Chair of the Board of Governors Task Force on Workforce, Job Creation and a Strong Economy

Hailing from Torreón, Coahuila in Mexico, Ernesto de Leon had already completed an undergraduate degree in biochemistry and a master’s in quality and productivity when he fell in love with partner Jesse Cruz 10 years ago. He decided to move