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San Diego Workforce Investment Board’s Five Year Strategic Plan will be used to guide future funding investments. This plan identifies goals and strategies designed to address workforce challenges in San Diego County. The San Diego Workforce Partnership will collaborate with

Walmart is opening two new stores in Escondido this fall and will need to fill 200 positions. For interested job seekers, the hiring center is located at 1351 E. Valley Parkway where the company is accepting applications from 8AM to

The San Diego Zoo Global, one of San Diego’s top tourist attractions and a leading conservation organization dedicated to saving endangered species worldwide, has hired three City of San Diego high school student through the Connect2Careers youth employment initiative. Isabella Medina

On June 19th, 2013 the Department of Labor (DOL) hosted a dialogue on the challenges and potential opportunities for our women veterans.” title=”“> The dialogue focused on the unique obstacles that women veterans face in finding meaningful employment and intentional

When Oceania Robinson arrived for orientation at Comprehensive Training Systems (CTS) she was a young, unemployed, single mother, struggling to provide for her son with the help of public assistance. She had recently relocated to San Diego from Texas, after

On Friday, June 7, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that 175,000 jobs were added in May – up from a downwardly revised 149,000 in April. The unemployment rate rose slighty to 7.6 percent from 7.5 percent. The increase

Rebecca Aguilera-Gardiner and Marlene Taylor have been elected to serve as Chair and Vice Chair of the San Diego WIB for 2013-2014. The WIB, comprised of businesses and various entities representing the San Diego region, oversees funding for workforce development programs. They also work to

With roughly 600,000 unfilled manufacturing job openings in the United States employers are demanding highly skilled workers in order to meet their needs. A few prominent organizations in San Diego are actively searching for qualified people as well. In collaboration

As the economy improves, the employment outlook becomes increasingly positive in San Diego County. The following figure compares the number of job postings to the number of people unemployed in the region. It suggests that if every job ad were

P2E is an employment initiative started by the WorkPlace with the support of AARP Foundation, Citi Community Development, and the Wal-Mart Foundation. P2E creates a pathway for career success for the long-termed unemployed through a five-week preparatory program that includes skills assessment, career