News & Stories
Something big is here: Career portal upgrade goes live with CONNECT2Careers
June 15, 2018
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The job search process can be overwhelming for anyone. With countless job opportunities available in the San Diego region, it can be hard to know which one is right for you. That’s where the San Diego Workforce Partnership’s (SDWP) career portal comes in.
Press Release: San Diego Housing Commission Designated as Site to Promote Financial Self-reliance for Families that Receive Federal Housing Assistance
June 7, 2018
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The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) Achievement Academy has been selected to serve as one of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) new EnVision Centers to promote financial self-reliance among federal rental assistance recipients and public housing residents.
Staff profile: Meet Penelope Oseguera
June 4, 2018
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Penelope Osequera is a Program Coordinator at the San Diego Workforce Partnership. Here she tells a little bit about herself, both personally and professionally.
City Heights Coffee House offers holistic training beyond essential skills
June 1, 2018
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To hear Sterling Tran tell it, City Heights Coffee House (CHCH) was in the cards for her since childhood. A social enterprise nonprofit that started in an alley off El Cajon Boulevard in 2016, the coffee house recently moved to its new brick and mortar home at 4465 University Avenue. Its mission is to help people become self-sufficient and to be the “central, multicultural gathering hub for our City Heights community.”
New program aims to improve health care by supporting small business
May 30, 2018
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The San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) is currently helping Kaiser Permanente and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) to spearhead a program called the Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC). The program strives to help small businesses in economically distressed areas build capacity for sustainable growth in revenue, profitability and employment.
Black youth disconnection data leads to first ever African American Achievement Summit
May 30, 2018
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Last year, the San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) launched OpportunitySD, a movement to dramatically reduce the number of opportunity youth (young adults ages 16-24 who are neither in school nor working) in the region. In March of this year, SDWP’s opportunity youth research with Measure of America revealed that San Diego County had the largest Black-White disconnection disparity of any big city in the nation in 2016, the most recent year for which data are available.
5 low- and no-cost services that will boost your San Diego business
May 21, 2018
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The San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) offers a menu of services to support employers at any stage of the business life cycle. Whether your company is just starting up, growing and hiring, or downsizing and restructuring, SDWP provides services to offset the costs and headaches you encounter along the way.
5 things we learned at CWA’s Workcon 2018
May 7, 2018
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Workcon, sponsored by the California Workforce Association, is a unique gathering of workforce, education, economic development and government professionals and other key partners helping to provide a trained, skilled workforce to California’s diverse regional economies.
SDWP’s innovative STEAM programming featured at U.S. News STEM Solutions
May 7, 2018
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On April 4–6, the Workforce of Tomorrow conference hosted by U.S. News STEM Solutions in Washington, D.C. examined the complexities of developing a workforce skilled in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), inviting leaders to bring key insights, innovative strategies and industry best practices to develop solutions for advancing this effort.
Press Release: San Diego Workforce Partnership Appoints New Board Members; Announces New Policy Board Chair
May 4, 2018
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SAN DIEGO, CA — The San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) announces the appointment of new members to its Workforce Development Board (WDB) and Consortium Policy Board. A new Consortium Policy Board Chair has also been named.