News & Stories

Aron Steck had nearly 40 years of experience before he found himself unemployed. He was having a hard time finding a job and enrolled in the Employment Recovery Initiative (ERI) bootcamp earlier this year. Here, Aron tells us about his experience, road to employment and how the ERI bootcamp changed his perspective.

Ty Vaughn is an administrative coordinator helping to support our programs teams. Here Ty tells us what he enjoys about working in workforce development and how he and his son spend their free time.

Learn more about board member Terry Kurtenbach, the executive director of human resources for the San Diego Convention Center Corporation.

Partnered with World of Work, Ed Hidalgo, chief innovation and engagement officer with CVUSD, explains why it is important for schools to incorporate workforce development into education for students of all grade levels.

San Diego’s labor market made further progress on most fronts in September, although some areas of weakness remained. Companies added more jobs and the unemployment rate fell. Firms struggled further to fill job openings as the labor force shrank slightly. San Diego is lagging both the State and the Nation in its recovery from pre-pandemic job peaks.

Mayor Todd Gloria, along with regional and local partners committed to investing in equity throughout the region, shared updates from the City’s Back to Work SD initiative and ongoing collaborations focused on supporting the Black community. “Our youth are the

The San Diego Workforce Partnership and Creating Coding Careers announced a new 12-week pre-apprenticeship program aimed at removing financial barriers to careers in software engineering.

As we continue celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, we wanted to highlight a few Hispanic and Latinx workforce heroes who are making a difference in San Diego. We’d like to thank the San Diego County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for their contributions to this list!

Dr. Ricky Shabazz currently serves as San Diego City College’s president and CEO. He specializes in enrollment management and cultivating institutional policies, processes and culture that provide personalized student experiences and improves student success. Here Ricky tells us about his passion for workforce development.

Ashlie Halton participated in our first ever Dental Assistant Program, a four week bootcamp that helped prepare participants for a career in the dental field through learning and earning certificates. She shared her experience with us–what she liked, learned and what advice she’d give to others who were interested in becoming dental assistants.